This is a blatant attempt to silence and isolate us. He’s stopping the trains, closing the freeways and firing live rounds into California. We will not be intimidated. We will not be silenced. #NoKings

Just so y’all know, after stating emphatically they wouldn’t shut down the 5 freeway for Trump’s military maneuvers today, the 5 freeway is completely shut down.

John Bolton is being prosecuted because Trump hates him. I cannot understand why anyone credits anything in a document prepared by Trump's DOJ targeting his political opponents. The coverage of this case makes me think we have learned nothing about giving Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt.

Woman Acquitted of Assaulting FBI Agent: Reid was arrested for "assaulting, resisting, or impeding" federal officers, a felony punishable by up to eight years in prison. But when prosecutors presented the case, a grand jury declined to indict—not once or even twice, but three separate times.

Clyde and I are on our way to #NoKings!

Do you know what a group of frogs is called? AN ARMY

Gov. Jared Polis: "If you're a Republican, imagine it was President Biden sending troops into your Republican states to enforce DEI...Imagine for a moment how you would feel. That's how Democratic governors feel with federal troops invading their own cities."

Judges are refusing to accept Justice Department attorneys’ explanations at face value and even telling them outright that the executive branch has forfeited its claim to presumed honesty.

This video of the "ICE" agent [?] with no ID, who thinks claiming to be in the DHS means he's allowed to drive his kids around drunk answers two questions: 1. Many ICE agents probably *are* just cosplaying vigilantes with issues; and 2. Many think claiming to be ICE means they can disobey laws.

California leads the way!

Nasty business

In fact, there’s already an indictment lying around somewhere

During a shutdown, Congress needs to be treated like a sequestered jury No one goes home until it gets resolved Basic hotel Basic meals $50 per day payment

Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.

John Roberts is to blame for the GOP's war on democracy — and he knows it

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Jeffries: "You've got Leavitt, who's sick, she's out of control. I'm not sure if she's just demented, ignorant, a stone cold liar, or all of the above. But the notion that an official WH spokesperson would say that the D Party consists of 'terrorists, violent criminals & undocumented immigrants'..."

🇺🇸 “A federal prosecutor who resisted Trump’s demands to bring charges against Letitia James was fired along with her deputy Friday evening…” As @saletan.bsky.social says: Authoritarianism is here. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

“.. You can take the man out of the hedge fund, but you can’t take the hedge fund out of the man. .. And now he’s getting American taxpayers invested in the future of Argentina, a notorious macroeconomic basketcase.” @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. Mark my words.

“.. It’s to the point now where .. I could lose everything ... Being a small business owner isn’t worth it when your country turns on you,” said Jared Hendricks, the CEO of Village Lighting, a small business selling Christmas products. @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/h...

Pope Leo calls on journalists to report facts and expose disinformation. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.

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Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities. Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

ABOLISH ICE and EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT should be mainstream Democratic promises and talking points. But timidity and civility will rule the day and screw the rest of us and this country in the end.

Chief Justice Roberts must be impeached

This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress. Everything else is noise and bluster. This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.

The American people deserve a public health system that puts science before politics. That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.

It's all about racism and power. This corrupt right-wing Supreme Court will gut the Voting Rights Act. It's been a dream of Roberts for decades. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

🚨The war on Antifa has begun, with the FBI canvassing informants for insights on the group, scrutinizing financial records and gathering intelligence on left-wing affinity groups, sources tell me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/inside-the...

Two class-action lawsuits accuse Bank of America and Bank of New York of maintaining relationships with Jeffrey Epstein and failing to report suspicious activities until after his death. The suits allege his trafficking operation wouldn’t have existed without the special treatment provided to him.

When a picture says a thousand words… #TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

They arrested a giraffe.

LA Times now confirming our earlier reporting: www.latimes.com/california/s...

This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.

Don’t be surprised if the administration turns up evidence that these organizations have given grants to progressive groups that may have been involved in protests that also had an Antifa presence, and on that basis tries to establish guilt by association.

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

As shutdown enters its 3rd week, expect it to impact the economy “in a nonlinear fashion. “.. missed paychecks, slower pace of business investment .. “.. our initial estimate of a 0.1% drag on GDP is now outdated, and we expect a 0.25% drag per week, or 1% per month.” @joebrusuelas.bsky.social

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Shutdown is costing US economy $15 billion a day, Bessent says reut.rs/4om5DXJ

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

Los Angeles has just declared a state of emergency. Not because of wildfires. Not because of riots. But because of an invasion by federal government troops. We can see where this is going.

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"In unison." Amen. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bring as many American flags to No Kings as you can.