Of course he's not following the rules, but it's dangerous to get to resigned to and cynical about it

And SNAP (food stamps) will break down on Nov. 1 if there's still a shutdown

The White House is a public building and a National Park, maintained by the National Park Service. The President is a tenant. He has zero authority to tear up this building.

I don't think we should let it go that the president posted a video of himself shitting diarrhea on us. It should be on his wikipedia page

This part blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Ah, yes. I see the Department of Metaphors and Idioms is still fully staffed, despite other government cuts. This one is a little on the nose, but effective.

Businesses choose what jobs they take. ACECO chose to take this one. They can choose not to. 2/ archive.is/y7ng8

The chasm between the traditional Republican assertion of representing “normal” America and the assortment of extremists, fraudsters, and weirdos in positions of influence and power has become brutally stark. It is time to pounce.

Boy do i have news about how all those other political fights relate to the current authoritarianism....

I would note that this disdain points in one direction. These legacy media outlets have been quick to cover and hype tea party protests, anti-mask/anti-vax protests, and countless other examples of what they call “real Americans” engaging in protest.

Since people are remembering the tea party: a critical part to remember is that much like the open up campaigns of 2020, it started as an astroturf campaign by billionaires like the Koch brothers. When I say the media has a deference to money and power I mean it.

they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade

During Thanksgiving and holidays, people want to do food drives where they collect canned goods etc... and I really would love to offer that food banks need MONEY so if you can collect and donate MONEY please do that. They can then use those funds to purchase what's needed AT DISCOUNTS.

And by "helps" I mean to fully wrap our heads around where all of this is heading and why it makes it so vital that we make our stand now and stop this destruction in its path. We're still in the consolidation phase and we need to work now while we're still there.

Helps to realize that as the fascist steal money from every program and wreck the economy, they're pumping money into a secret police army that will be loyal to them and the only available employer to a lot of men who can't find work and have been radicalized meticulously for years.

seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over

It's not a ceasefire if they're sending air attacks. What is wrong with everyone

Hell, it's 2025 and the GOP is still running against LBJ.

Oh it’s not appropriate for your program to air the president wearing a crown and shitting on American citizens? You’ll talk about it in euphemisms? Maybe call it the “crown video” and ignore the shitting part? Because that’s appropriate? Tell me, was it appropriate for the president to do it?

Yes because of the Epstein files discharge petition, but also because Johnson and the rest of the GOP are going to try to overturn the elections of Democratic House members during the midterms, especially in more competitive seats. Laying the groundwork for that.

The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal

I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭

Remember when they hounded Hillary for years over insufficient email security protocols?

Anytime you ask “why did the Times cover it this way?” or whatever corporate media it is, remember that influential moderates are the tool of the wealth class and are there to normalize whatever the wealthy want and create doubt regarding reform and change.

Reaping given current discourse. Unsubscribe. Tell your friends you've unsubscribed and why. Shit encourage your local library to unsubscribe. The NYT will not save us. They don't want to

More people marched today than at any time in the history of the United States. For @nytimes.com, it was the 6th most important story. They are making sure that those in power do not see what they do not want to see. This is not what we were brought up to think of as journalism.

By terminating funding for Gateway, Trump is sending a message with his immature, mob boss antics.   “The message is loud and clear,” said one Jersey union worker, “we take the hit.”

trump take egg

Wow it’s so crazy that Congress appropriated funds and the president just decided that the money isn’t real Like Article 1 isn’t a thing anymore lol 🙃

‼️ this is one of the reasons why the Musk shutdown of USAID broke me, like Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives' a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not' so the funding disappeared?? and people are dying??

My point is—make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing. Protests aren’t effective warnings for the powerful if you aren’t backing it up with more organizing outside of it. Find the local coalition partner you like, introduce yourself, and stand under their banner

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

I think two things are true: 1. young republicans were always terrible and racist 2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Coffee, beef, vegetables, and dairy – all more expensive. Trump’s economy sucks, and Republicans are making it worse by shutting down the government and letting health insurance premiums double. Democrats are back in DC today to stop this insanity.

I asked Border Patrol why they used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics, highlighted this morning by @paleofuture.bsky.social. You're not gonna believe this but they did not answer my questions: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"trump wants to import nazis" is a fine democratic immigration message

So Nazis. They want to give refugee status to Nazis. OK, maybe not JUST Nazis. Also certain other white people who hate non-white immigration. But Nazis can definitely come. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

briefly interrupting my shame posting to tap one of the other signs: a society that would like to keep functioning must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Worth remembering that the Vice President called Trump Hitler and then decided to join his movement.

In the story the GOP justices told Wed, Louisiana’s cracking and packing of black voters to decrease their electoral power isn't racial discrimination - but remedying that theft is. Against white voters. It's the central grievance of Republican politics. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

They’ve been saying it out loud for years . They have said that for years They said they wanted slavery We are far further down the pipeline than folks think and until we are willing to discuss why We gone suffer Because guess what the anti VRA stuff is

"Look, I'm one of a handful of people that don't take corporate PAC money." "What about AIPAC money? You take AIPAC money, don't you?" "A minuscule percentage of my resources come from..." "I read it's like $800,000...."

DOE's public statements about this say that all the ad hoc committees, including HEPAP, will be replaced by a single committee. As an STS researcher, I am compelled to point out that this overlaps with the Nazi playbook for taking over German physics. My slides about how they did that:🧪⚛️🔭

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding. "When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says. This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2018...

they're just blasting boats at random out there

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility. He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

SCIENCE POLICY NEWS: During Yom Kippur, all the members of the High Energy Physics Advisory Committee (HEPAP), myself included, received a letter thanking us for our service and telling us essentially that the almost 40 yo standing federal advisory committee was no more. ⚛️🧪🔭 Why that matters 🧵