I find it difficult to trust anyone who doesn’t consider The Princess Bride to be one of the greatest films of all-time.

People having babies right now are braver than the troops. My kids are teens and I'm not sure what I'd do if I was facing the prospect of having to give birth and raise young children amid the dismantling of the medical system *and* the department of education *at the same time.*

⚡️ JUST NOW — Speaker Johnson will NOT guarantee a vote on ACA subsidies even if it passes the senate (after the Schumer-orchestrated cave)👇🏽

An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??

Translation: he has no idea how insurance works

The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

A team involving @uclqsion.bsky.social scientists has, for the first time, directly visualised and quantified the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease.

In 2020 @wwf.panda.org identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people! We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry. Here's a🧵 with eg's

If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?

Damn. I missed Josh Shapiro tearing JD Vance a new one yesterday

Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.

idk who needs to hear this but the President of the United States of America is APPEALING a judges order forcing him to fully fund SNAP. Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.

The @couriernewsroom.bsky.social folks picking up our video of Matt Van Eppstein Files 🫡

Extended dance mix:

The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

The choice is clear as day: Trump and Musk for Cuomo vs. our campaign for change.

One of my absolute favorite genres: Nazis getting their socks rocked by Black People. 🇺🇸

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

"The White House was never meant to be a palace, nor the Oval Office a throne room." -@therickwilson.bsky.social https://therickwilson.substack.com/p/the-east-wing-obscenity?r=1ne2d&showWelcomeOnShare=false&triedRedirect=true

UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

$100M for Trump’s golf trips. $172M for private jets. $230M to settle with Trump. $250M for his ballroom. $40B to Argentina. $117B in tax breaks for the top 1%. $170B for ICE. But no money for food stamps. Billionaires are robbing all of us.

41 million people (including 20 million kids) will lose access to food in a few days while a new 90,000 square foot ballroom is being added to the White House. This political moment is profoundly disgusting.

So we’re now paying federal taxes so Donald Trump can withdraw them from the Treasury like it’s his own personal bank account? Really?

Stigmergy: How to Create a Mass Movement by Heather Marsh A great book that everyone should be reading! #booksky #bindingchaos #3e

Was it America First or Argentina First? Somehow there’s $40 billion for Argentina.

The GOP spent years screaming about a manufactured Biden bribe but says nothing about this. Tells you all you need to know.

My rock bottom, is a glass ceiling for many. I’m done with imposter syndrome.

The ‘America First’ party, everyone.

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Preach!

No money for healthcare, no money for veterans, no money for farmers. But good news: Trump just doubled Argentina’s bailout to $40 billion.

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program. ➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

What a loss 🕊️

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight. Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

This.

Mars was the Roman god of war. That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.' Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices. That’s why we have Marshall’s.

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

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words. The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files. But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

If I was Donald Trump I would not be drawing the public’s attention right now to my ability to release files

Semi-regular reminder that a sane country would have already impeached and removed. But then again a sane country wouldn’t have elected a maniac criminal twice in the first place.

You can’t vote out fascism by the way. Not once in power. It has never happened in the history of the world.

The American people ask a simple question: In the richest, most powerful nation in history, what corrupt special interests—foreign or domestic—have such a stranglehold on our government to prevent the full release of the Epstein files?