"The US government began the first shutdown in nearly seven years (and the THIRD UNDER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP), disrupting hundreds of thousands of jobs and upending many public services...the Trump administration using...a simple, but controversial, message: Blame the Democrats."- Bloomberg

Ain't it the truth?

"I tell you, some people are so low-down my eyesight ain't got no business resting on them." - 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘰, Richard Grant

Never forget!

Purging the government of non-loyals is what the government shutdown is all about. The United States Government has fallen if this is allowed to stand.

The Propaganda Machine is hard at work..... Too bad it's not working for the American people. If half the effort was put into acrually helping non-billionaire people, America would be great again.

This is what RepubliQans do.....

Here's hoping (and praying) that the military generals will have more devotion to the Constitution, and the oath they swore, than to advancing their personal careers by traitorous agreements and obsequiousness to an authoritarian.

No words...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS NWA (Fayetteville)” - sign up now to join me! There's also one in Rogers. Let's go! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

💥BOOM! There it is. "Full force" authorized from agents carrying guns, no less.

Chalk another one up for the wealthy being the real welfare queens...

The capitulation of ABC, Sinclair, and Nextar to air the Jimmy Kimnel Show demonstates, without doubt, the POWER OF THE PEOPLE! Together, we are stronger than fascists.

We the People! www.thedailybeast.com/maga-friendl...

Inflation is killing us!

Gifted article valid for 7 days www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

A manufacturer saying their products are good... What could possibly go wrong? www.flightglobal.com/airframers/f...

A question EVERYONE should be asking.

"So we are bailing out Argentina while Argentina’s farmers sell soybeans to China in the place of American farmers which is putting them out of business, so now we also have to bail out American farmers while Argentinian farmers make bank. Makes sense." - Meidas+

👀 Wow! 👀 “The old societies of Europe are collapsing,” he said, “and the United States is applauding its new Hitler." newrepublic.com/post/200952/...

IT'S TAXPAYERS' MONEY! We pay the tariffs, not foreign countries. IT'S. OUR. MONEY!!! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

"The entire point of the Teacher Freedom Alliance is to destroy... When announcing his departure on Fox News @ Night, [Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan] Walters said he was going to “destroy the teachers unions” and “build an army of teachers to defeat the teachers unions once & for all.”- Daily KOS

This is some scary 💩! www.wired.com/story/larry-...

Richest country in the world? "By their 18th birthday, about 3 in 4 children nationwide relied on Medicaid, CHIP, or the subsidized insurance marketplaces established through the 2010 Affordable Care Act — or experienced a period...without health insurance" arkansasadvocate.com/2025/09/24/r...

Deep State DOGE “A clear pattern emerged across agencies—officials who questioned DOGE were pushed out, and DOGE-affiliated personnel were installed in key positions such as Chief Information Officer...🛢 www.wired.com/story/armed-...

“There is a credible basis to suspect that the Board and executives may have breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty, care, and good faith by placing improper political or affiliate considerations above the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.” deadline.com/2025/09/disn...

Some countries have actual rule of law....I'm jealous...(sigh) "Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy over efforts by close aides to procure funds for his 2007 presidential bid from Libya during the rule of late dictator Muammar Gaddafi" www.reuters.com/world/europe...

One big "family"... open.substack.com/pub/tarapalm...

"Our take is that Team Trump knows [his U.N. speech] was another disaster, and that’s why they’ve been talking about escalators and teleprompters ever since." - Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Youngman

This is what RepubliQans do..... arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Arkansas takes more away from low income families. (41% struggle to meet basic needs.) Just another casualty of the school voucher scam - keeping education for the wealthy. After all, if we don't have an uneducated underclass, who will do the grunt work for the rich? arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Control the food supply & give the masses spectacle... We're living that scenario right now. "Bread and circuses...🛢

Why learn historical FACTS? So you don't do the same stupid things again and again. Example⬇️ "In the 1930s, Hollywood moguls wound up altering or even canceling films so as not to offend Hitler (!) and retain their German market...🛢

He declared Antifa a terrorist organization. (No such organized group exists.) Anti-fascism as enemy. And there you have it....he outlawed a CONCEPT. A concept that our fathers, grandfathers, & great-grandfathers gave their lives to defend...that the entire world fought for. Democracy has fallen.

"Once upon a time, not so long ago, any of the stories outlined below would have been headline worthy, launched investigations, and initiated hearings. • Trump Nixes Probe Into Border Czar’s Suspected Bribery • Attacking Foreign Nationals • Not Reporting Hunger In America...🛢

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) & the distinction between true & false no longer exist.” - Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)

Big corps - Ripe for the picking...

ABC, you owe me an apology! You owe EVERY PERSON IN THE U.S. an apology....for a start! Now, COMMIT to DEFENDING Freedom of Speech. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Quote of the Week: "it’s as if all the stupid that’s backed up in his head all week can’t wait to vomit itself out of his mouth. let’s call it projectile stupidity." - Jeff Tiedrich (*One can apply the statement to a myriad of people, but the author was specifically citing Markwayne Mullin.)

"alleges that Attorney General Tim Griffin, state Rep. David Ray, R-Maumelle, & state Sen. Ben Gilmore, R-Crossett, & PACs associated with them violated campaign contribution limits &...public servants receiving outside payment for carrying out official duties." arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...