260,000 South Carolinians are about to lose SNAP benefits, and McMaster’s answer is “donate to food banks.” That’s not leadership. That’s failure. If he really wants to help, he can call up his buddy Donald Trump and tell him to end this shutdown. We deserve action, not excuses. #SCpol #SCDems

Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218. Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐

So the president took a dementia test, and then they administered an MRI. Where’s the media on this?

According to a complaint filed in federal court, a federal agent blatantly violated an existing court order (against using excessive force on journalists and demonstrators) by pointing a gun in a veteran’s face, saying “Bang, bang” and “You’re dead, liberal.” newrepublic.com/post/202301/...

Let this sink in… “At least one expert now predicting this could trigger greatest hunger catastrophe in the U.S. since the Great Depression.” 📌 The Dept of Agriculture posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid won’t go out on November 1.

@jessicatarlov.bsky.social's middle name is 🔥🔥🔥

Digital access to banned books www.cbs8.com/article/news...

chill, the #media folks are still looking for their bathroom!

There should never be shame in needing help from a food pantry. But this is gut-wrenching: working every day, not getting paid for weeks, and needing a food pantry you didn’t need before. What’s shameful is that this is completely avoidable. Republicans need to get back to DC and negotiate.

Yup.

When they’re racist: they’re just kids. When our kids are targeted: they’re adults.

NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

For all the people who say they are too busy or too afraid to protest in the streets, here is an easy way to protest that will also save you money. Remember, the billionaires are only billionaires because WE spend money. Join the economic blackout Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 Rise up! Resist!

NEW: “As of Sept. 30, the department no longer presumes service connection for male breast cancer,” a Veterans Affairs rep confirmed to @propublica.org, meaning newly diagnosed veterans will have to show that their cancer is linked to their military service. By @ericumansky.bsky.social

The people/corporations that funded this should have their names removed from the donor plaque. They paid for influence, not the building. It should be repurposed to be something opposite of what he intended. This White House destruction is emblematic of Trump and his administration.

Hey Mike Johnson, Where’s your health care plan? We the People

"The Last Paycheck In America" open.substack.com/pub/therealm... “Because this isn’t a shutdown anymore. It’s the dismantling of the American Dream; by code, by greed, and by design.”

Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions. These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water. AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.

When the state begins speaking in the language of purity and duty, history warns what comes next. #authoritarianism #DemocraticDecline #SteadyStateAssessment

"Not only is Donald Trump not here, not negotiating, Mike Johnson has now shut down the House for 39 consecutive days. There's no one to negotiate with. Across town, Trump is building a $300 million ballroom while he is set to let Americans starve." -- @repstansbury.bsky.social

FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who has led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago, must obtain and wear a body-worn camera and report every weekday at 6 p.m. in person to the federal judge who has tried to rein in federal agents’ use of force. @wttw.bsky.social

📌 Listened to this and literally tossed my cookies 🤮 Alex Acosta needs to go ASAP ‼️ Thanks 💙 Rep Stansbury ✊🏾✊🏻 Let Adelita Grijalva do her job 🐥 #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles ‼️

A judge blasted Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino for violating her order to stop using excessive force. “Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” the judge said. blockclubchi.co/4qukilG

Fascism. Who knew? #activism #politics #crime #fascism

Rachel Maddow shocked the nation by unveiling top-secret financial documents revealing that an LLC registered under Mike Johnson’s wife’s name may be linked to a shadowy chain of multi-million-dollar transactions.

Enjoy your lunch today, Senate Republicans. It must really work up an appetite denying food programs for millions of Americans across the country.

What began as a modest workplace amenity for public servants has metastasized into a taxpayer-funded citadel of privilege — a Capitol Hill concierge service offering ... round-the-clock care & personalized access that, in the private sector is the sort of luxury care only millionaires can afford

Children teargassed during Halloween celebrations. Women thrown to the ground and arrested. Journalists targeted and obstructed from doing their jobs. Lynn Sweet gives us the latest on ICE in Chicago https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ice-escalation-in-chicago-looped

BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

ICE detains mother dropping off child at elementary school—refuses to even look at her U.S. legal papers. "What documents?" agent sarcastically replies—holding up the folder. "The ones in your hands!" witnesses yell back. Madison Elementary School in Santa Ana, California.

The decline isn’t subtle anymore.

The Unknown Secret Police, allegedly ICE but their identity remains concealed, abducts and vanishes a man as he arrives for his immigration court hearing in San Antonio, Texas. He is seen in tears, pleading for his life, as he is forcibly dragged into an unmarked vehicle.

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

More CBP/ICE pussy ass bitches overstepping their authority. Murica you are at the "Papers Please" phase of your history. RESIST ! Scraping the bottom of the Proud Boy/Oathkeeper/Jan6er/KKK/etc..... barrel.

Jeffries: "Do what leaders do as opposed to being missing in actio for 28 days while finding $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina & destroying the historic parts of the WH so he can construct a ballroom where he'll be celebrated like a wannabe king. It's all outrageous stuff."

Fantastic point Or history of America

ICE is struggling to hire officers — even after lowering its standards. DHS is spending millions of dollars on an aggressive television ad campaign targeting local police officers — but it's not getting nearly enough applicants. It looks like most Americans simply don’t want to be ICE thugs.

JD Vance was a founding advisory board member of American Moment whose co-founder & CEO, Nick Solheim, recently told the Boston College Republicans that, “I want to start with a heavy exhortation—you need to be willing to be killed.” Heritage president Kevin Roberts defended his remarks. 10/22/25 1/