There’s so much going on in this headline.

"Who is mainly responsible for the federal government partially shutting down?" 🔴 Trump and Republicans: 47% 🔵 Democrats: 30% Washington Post / Oct 1, 2025

Generic Ballot Polling: 🔵 Democrat: 53% 🔴 Republican: 47% The Argument / Sept 18, 2025

It's fun that insane conspiratorial racism is just the default ideology now.

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

That’s because he considers his birthday as the most important day in American history. Military parade this year, UFC fight and more next year, his face on US currency. Expect more Trump birthday stuff, including a push to make it a national holiday.

There are no small government traditional conservatives left in the Republican Party, so this seems like a huge waste of time. But huge wastes of time are Ted’s specialty.

One of Trump's Favorite White House Reporters Denies Moon Landings Brian Glenn tweeted that he doesn't believe the United States landed on the moon meidasnews.com/news/one-of-...

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

Same judge. While Miller rails about judges.

Elon Musk and Stephen Miller both tweeted against judges today. A South Carolina judge's house burned down and almost killed her family.

This is heavy.

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"Well I'm not a policy maker"

Happy first Monday in October to all who celebrate. The Supreme Court is back in session. Here’s what you need to know about key cases this term. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms. Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Thinking how Stephen Bannon got fired in 2017 because Trump got mad that people were saying he's the real president. Probably wouldn't work with Miller because they only feed Trump AI slop now. They got him in the Professor X rig watching videos of himself leading troops in battle

MAJOR BREAKING: In a late-night order, Judge Immergut, a Trump-appointee, has BLOCKED Trump from deploying the National Guard from ANY state or D.C. into Oregon.

No indication yet from major media that the FBI has any interest whatsoever in investigating this apparent attempted assassination of a well-known judge openly targeted on social media by the far-right activist—Harmeet Dhillon—currently calling herself Assistant Attorney General of the United States

They still haven’t found all the missing children from the floods. Why are they more worried about Illinois than about the children in Texas?

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States. America is on the brink of martial law. Do not be silent.

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government.... On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames time.com/7323442/sout...

it is impressive that our downtown antifa team has turned demolishing and then rebuilding several dozen skyscrapers and high rise office buildings every 24 hours into a science

Did you or a friend or a family member get attacked by Trump’s brown shirts this weekend? I’d like to hear about it and maybe do something about it. My email is jchavez [at] ojrc [dot] info. Please put “Seeking Legal Advice re: ICE Building” in subject line. All inquiries are confidential.

mencius moldbug is thinking of fleeing the country because he thinks the trump administration's chaotic half-assing of dismantling liberal democracy is going to bite them all in the ass

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Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

Just a fucking disgrace that any president would say this to active duty military. But I expect it from this asshole, who has never respected the apolitical military tradition we’ve had since Washington. No, what’s more disgraceful is the silence of Republican vets in Congress.

“Federal officers were flanked by videographers, toting professional equipment and wearing high-visibility vests. They filmed from behind the lines of officers, capturing the show of force. At least two drones swept over the scenes.”

This right here!!

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1... The only violent ones in Portland are ICE

Gift Article wapo.st/4qa8yoq

I admire the FBI agent who declined to perp-walk James Comey. However, I can’t sit by while anyone portrays that as the law enforcement norm before Trump. In fact law enforcement, state and federal, routinely does gratuitous perp walks. /1

There are any number of legitimate reasons to use the passive voice, including not knowing who did the action you’re describing, or the whom is more interesting/germane than the who. Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.

ICE has been paying private security for 24/7 guards to watch a guy with no record whose leg they fucked up so badly he has been in a hospital for over a month, and we wonder why people were handing Tom Homan bags of cash. Via @kyledcheney.bsky.social storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

so is this the fight against "left-wing terrorism"?

“An ICE agent claimed someone was trying to force their way into a door, but it was just a CBS News Chicago photographer filming the exterior of the building.”

Joey Gibson founder of Patriot Prayer in Portland Oregon www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AdWtuQ/

Joey Gibson and Lindsay Nichols right wing nut jobs in black bloc to agitate in PDX.

As soon as I saw Joey Gibson popping his grifter gnome head back up, I knew this was going to start happening. Be mindful of those around you if you’re planning on going to ICE. RW activists are trying to cause problems to reinforce the narrative katu.com/news/local/c...

I genuinely believe that many if not all the ruckus moments from yesterday were curated by the fascist attendees, specifically to manufacture content that fits the narrative that conservative media and maga can use to "justify" sending in the National Guard.

Genuinely incredible how unprofessional these guys are. One dude yelling in your face and you immediately assault them on camera?

Here’s an idea for a reporter: Gather some retired cops or MPs together and show them how ICE handles hecklers and protesters. I guarantee you’ll get some amazing copy. Especially if your outlet lets you reprint profanity.

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

Then-candidate RFK Jr wanted to make Aaron Siri, a powerful anti-vaccine lawyer, his attorney general. Now @by-cjewett.bsky.social writes, Siri is "at the forefront of furthering their shared interests, inside government circles and outside through the courts." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/h...

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

if they do this to a public person, think about what they do to the ones we don't hear about