Ever give a speech so bad The NYT runs a callout asking generals and admirals if they’re quitting? Pete Hegseth has.

On a scale of 1-10 how over hearing white whiny bigot victomhood are you?

Wednesday is COMING

Lawrence: One of the examples you've put out is in Speaker Mike Johnson's Louisiana district, a 60 year old couple earning 82,000 a year. Their health care premiums will rise by almost $20,000 by 300% because of what their congressman is doing.

NEW: Far-right sheriffs and election deniers are teaming up to police elections and sow doubt about their integrity. From seizing voting machines to patrolling ballot boxes, their tactics offer a glimpse into how Trump could use them to subvert elections.

Just astounding. The reason they can shove through 100 Trump nominees at once is because the GOP changed the rules to eliminate the 60-vote requirement. Something they won’t do to fund the government. Yet they blame Dems.

HEY CORPORATE MEDIA, Say it with me. Your headline is REPUBLICAN CONGRESS FAILS TO FUND GOVERNMENT: SHUTDOWN IMMINENT Let me know if you need any help with this

COLLINS: Why do you think Trump didn't mean that? He referred very specific cities MIKE TURNER: He doesn't mean it in the manner you said it COLLINS: I was just quoting him

I don’t need a message from Newsom. I came to that conclusion on my own. I suspect most of us did. It was based on listening to what Miller says, watching what he does, and understanding history.

Even worse...Pete Hegseth...sees himself as being an intellectual; someone who knows what they are talking about. Even when striving to be as objective as is possible for me...I can find nothing about Hegseth that aligns with any of that. Not. One. Goddamn. Thing.

Gee, I wonder why?

oh my

A reminder that the Senate is controlled by Republicans (as is the House, White House, and Supreme Court), so any shutdown was caused by Republicans, and Republicans only.

lol wow

"That was the whole point of the event. It had nothing to do with improving our national security and military readiness. It was a role-play session for undeserving straight, white guys who could never hack it and resent those who could."

Today, Generals and Flag Officers sat there thinking, "This is the DUMBEST son of a bitch on the planet." Which one were they talking about? Take your pick.

"Why not agree to immediate funding, you negotiate ACA funding at a later date?" "Because Republicans won't negotiate those things! This is the same Republican party that just cut a TRILLION dollars from healthcare. Those are the people we're gonna trust to come to the negotiating table?"

“Don’t be fat, bullying is ok again, buy my book”

How is this sustainable?

We’re tossing Argentina a $20 Billion lifeline and they’re turning around and selling soybeans without tariffs to China.

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

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Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

Finally, a reporter asked the question I’ve been screaming at my TV. 📌 Why do you keep lying about immigrants getting free healthcare? And Trump went straight into his same old word salad mode of incoherent nonsense. No answer.

Just gonna keep tapping the sign* *𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦

“Pete Hegseth won’t allow us to join the army anymore, but he did say we’re qualified for ICE. It’s probably because of my beard.”

Tonight, a post that is longer than usual. But a Judge in Boston issued a 1st Amendment decision that is incredibly important (& long), and we trace his reasoning and some startling conclusions he committed to paper. I hope you’ll stick with me and read to the end. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

It’s still insane and disturbing to me that our troops went from being led by decorated 4-star Generals to a small disrespectful trashy idiotic Fox Propagandist rapist drunkard who installed a makeup area for himself at the Pentagon. Makes me sick every time I think about it.

Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans forced a government shutdown tonight. Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs. What happened to the art of the deal?

President Trump and Congressional Republicans just shut down the government because they refused to stop your health care costs from rising. Let me be clear: Republicans are in charge of the White House, House, and Senate. This is their shutdown.

We must pay billions to farmers Because we cut off their customers with tariffs And pay billions to Argentina Whose farmers are selling to the customers we forfeited Because that is America First

WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown

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Jayapal: It is a strange and bizarre time when we literally have a president thinking about plating the ballroom in gold—while he’s thrown 15 million Americans off healthcare, fired over 150,000 federal workers, and is threatening to fire even more if we go into a shutdown.

For real? We don't really need AI for this, but still. apple.news/AOO3NxcoHQwW...

It is very clear. If we are ever going to get the Epstein files released we are going to have to overwhelmingly elect Democrats in the midterms. It is the ONLY way we get them and investigations in to the abuses by ICE. www.daxforcongress.com

Rep. Andy Harris: "I guarantee you China and Russia do not have woke policies in their military."

We got bail Trump’s ass out from another one of his epic failures just like the time his father had to run down and buy $3 million in chips at his failing Atlantic City casino to keep it from defaulting? bsky.app/profile/atru...

The GOP SHUTDOWN of the federal government will: 🚨Skyrocket costs 🚨Screw up essential services 🚨Abandon disaster victims 🚨Make everyday life even WORSE for Americans This is America after nine months of Donald Trump.

My favorite part of Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl is MAGA not realizing that Puerto Rico is part of the U.S.

Russ Vought: "Let it be said -- there are all manner of authorities to keep this administration's policy agenda moving forward, and that includes reducing the size and scope of the federal government, and we will be looking for opportunities to do that."

"You're all a bunch of bloodthirsty goons who kill people and break things, and that's all you're good for. I am a Respecter of the Troops."

Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social: What are we asking for? Just don't increase people's premiums by 75% this fall. We're not asking to fix every problem in a broken health care system. We're just saying, don't make it worse.

Naturally Trump’s mouth gift wraps a perfect lawsuit for every government worker he fires after he makes it clear he is doing it solely for politics and is specifically targeting civil servants who are registered Democrats. He basically wrote their lawsuit for them today.

I don't know if people -- in general -- know what "authoritarianism" is. I don't know if they really know what "fascism" is. But I think they're far clearer on what a dictator is. Choice of words is very important right now.

The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries. He said this out loud.

“We became ‘the woke department’…Not any more. We’re done with that shit.” -Hegseth He & his fuhrer are incompetent and disgraceful. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump's Fascist Attack on Teachers and the GOP's 70-Year Fight to Dismantle Public Education @rweingarten.bsky.social is standing up to Donald Trump and the GOP's bad-faith attacks, threats, and smearing of teachers and public education. thelefthook.substack.com/p/trumps-fas...

So wait, is he trying to change the name to Department of War because Defense clearly doesn’t allow for deployment against American citizens?