NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti. The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.

He owns. Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s pick as Treasury secretary, owns North Dakota farmland on which he earns between $100,000 and $1 million per year www.tsln.com/news/treasur...

He's just waiting to buy up the bankrupt farms.

LA lit it up for democracy 🔥 California, make your voices heard! #VoteYesOnProp50 @vjaybomb.bsky.social

The Trump admin’s USDA issued new guidance stating it will not use existing funds to cover SNAP benefits if the government shutdown extends beyond October 31. This move effectively threatens to withhold billions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funding

When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.

They expected Shumer to cave like always... The GOP expected Democrats to relent on the shutdown by now. That isn't happening. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Better version - this is full version and was loaded 8 years ago - long before AI.... even mentions Canada at about 2 minutes. youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

Is that why they call it the high seas?

Is that remarkably wet from the point of view of water?

Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."

All while he's building the ballroom and expanding it further in the middle of a government shutdown. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/t...

The only question for Mike Johnson should be "why did you dissolve Congress?" And when he predictably lies or changes the subject, repeatedly follow up with variations of "so why aren't you doing your job?" The Speaker's opinions on anything else matter little if Congress is artificially on leave.

Burchett is Burchetting again.

The national debt is the highest it’s ever been, after adding $1 trillion in a little under two months. Our elected officials have abdicated their fiscal responsibilities.

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

I suggest when the Dems take the House, that the new Speaker refuse to swear in Mike Johnson, as he cannot be relied on to honor the Constitution.

Barr? Whose dad employed Epstein? That Barr?? Acosta? The guy who gave Epstein a sweetheart plea deal? That Acosta??

Goldman: "We are combining the weaponization of the DOJ with his grift and corruption to make money off the presidency. It is completely absurd. Trump would've been convicted at trial in both of those cases. The only reason they went away is bc he won the election...it's a shakedown of his own govt"

Dan Goldman on Republicans: "When something is so egregiously and shockingly wrong as this, they need to stand up ... that keeps getting lost as we talk about all these court cases. The Republicans have abdicated their job as members of Congress."

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

Entire government is an extortion racket.

What next? Trump is suing US. The taxpayers and citizens of America. As we pay millions to retrofit his jet plane from Qatar. Millions for his golf outings. Millions for the use of Mar A Lago for his events. Millions for his body guards, accommodations, law suits, Propaganda, personal servants. etc.

Rand Paul: There is no fentanyl made in Venezuela. Not just a little bit, there's none being made... These are outboard boats that, in order for them to get to Miami, would have to stop and refuel 20 times... We don't just summarily execute people.

Throne room. That's what he is building.

Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare. And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

If No Kings were a state, it’d have more people than Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, or 30 other states

Over 7 million people went to No Kings today. Most states don’t have 7 million people in them.

Bot malfunction.

The disruption brigade is trying really hard tonight. Got the 'agree to disagree' code loaded up and everything. @james92-92.bsky.social

the crowd sizes are obviously the highlight here but the fact that *this* is the public statement of the NYPD does not bode well for the regime. or, put another way: I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

No Kings Cleveland lump in throat...

I’d like to thank Mike Johnson, Steve Scalise, and all the Trump administration officials who tried that “Hate America rally “ bullshit for boosting today’s attendance. Nice work, wankers!

Memo to Mike Johnson and his White Christian Nationalist ilk: We march not because we hate America but because we hate what they're doing to America.

Either Ted Cruz, Pam Bondi, RFK Jr, Kristi Noem, Howard Lutnick, Linda McMahon, Tulsi Gabbard, Karoline “Barbie” Leavitt, Kash Patel, Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Mike Johnson, JD Vance and #Donny etc. are telling the truth each time they speak or I’m in another parallel universe.

Cincinnati #NoKings 👑

Speaking at #NoKings Cincinnati. No kings. Freedom.

These people are power mad. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Yes and blaming the left when MAGA ran on shutting down and gutting everything. With all this gaslighting how are we not having natural gas shortages.

Long overdue. Read Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov's full statement. ⬇️

Big SCOTUS December argument calendar, incl: * 12/1: ISP / copyright infringement (Cox) * 12/2: Investigative subpoena / First Amend. (First Choice) * 12/8: The end of Humphrey's Executor (Slaughter) * 12/9: Campaign finance / coordinated expenditures (NRSC) * 12/10: Capital punishment / IQ (Hamm)

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From https://theonion.com/trump-spends-entire-u-k-trip-trying-to-figure-out-where-he-knows-prince-andrew-from/

Mike Johnson can call the House back into session at any time. He’s choosing not to.

It’s Monday and we are over this, Mike Johnson…

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.