Friends — something dramatic has happened over the last two weeks.

Uniter MSNBC Live 25 Line is going and going and going from around the corner to see @jenpsaki.msnbc.com, @maddow.msnbc.com, and @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory #ResistanceUnited

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Vance: I’m sure that in the course of his life he has been paid more than $50,000 for services. The question is did he do something illegal. Stephanopoulos: I’m asking if Homan accepted the $50,000 Vance: Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services? Low income women can’t get food

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Join us TODAY to make No Kings posters @raygunsite.com from 2-4pm✨🪧🎨

I invested in a “proto-bird” inflatable (dinosaur for non-biologists) for this coming Saturday. Spirit Halloween pop-ups FTW!

Someone please tell me this is fake? Even he can’t think his followers are this stupid to believe this. How is it the “Biden FBI” Trump was President. Not Biden.

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

What happens when prosecutions become political theater? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss reports that Trump’s DOJ planned a “perp walk” for former FBI Director Jim Comey on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider: cafe.visitlink.me/HETzAj

Congress continues to fail at providing the checks & balances the Constitution intends on the executive branch, but Senate Democrats are working hard to try and get it there. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Donald Trump has finally found his Roy Cohn. Read the detaios & judge for yourself if this is how the people’s lawyer should do her job. joycevance.substack.com/p/oversight

Always read @mollyjongfast.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/mollyjon...

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

Using the government shutdown as an excuse to implement Project 2025. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

What you need to know about the Tish James indictment, with @preetbharara.bsky.social and me: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Nooo… 😭 She is the GREATEST! I have told people that her flawless, heartbreaking scene in “Something’s Gotta Give” is right before mine; & when making my reel I would want to put her scene on, forgetting that I’m not in it! Replayed a million times 😢 She’s so lovely, Jack ADORED her 🥹🕯️ 🕊️ RIP Diane 💔

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents. Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time. He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone. Houston, Texas

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Donald Trump appears ready to leave yet another mark on the nation’s capital with a triumphal arch that could rival the Lincoln Memorial in scale.

President Trump is considering a triumphal arch at Memorial Circle in D.C. for America’s 250th anniversary. It would represent Trump’s most audacious effort to remake the landscape of D.C.

Press pool: “On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial”

Never give up HOP.🐸

Where are the #Epstein files⁉️

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey. I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.” Among those RIFd: —leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases; —leadership of global health center —leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

“Decisions are made solely based on the work and intentions of Alfred Nobel. The committee operates in a room adorned with portraits of past laureates, a space imbued with courage and integrity.” youtube.com/watch?v=z59b...

Sen. Sanders: No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings rally on Oct. 18 is not a hate America rally. It’s a Love America Rally. It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in our Constitution, in the American Freedom, and who’s not gonna let you or Trump turn this country into an authoritarian society.

Imagine that

#NoKings #NoKingsDay nokings.org

MAGA being played for fools by fools

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:

“There are a lot of critical things the federal government does... There are critical things that need to be saved.” Vice President JD Vance (R-Arson Club of America)

Stop the shutdown, swear in Adelita Grijalva, release the files.

New #poems! "Natural History" & "Mind Made" out now at @emergejournal.bsky.social emergeliteraryjournal.com/current-issu... #poemsky #writingcommunity #poetry #authors

CDC workers have been terminated tonight

California is about to 100% replace coal from our state's energy supply. The 30,000+ megawatts in new clean energy and storage we've added since 2019 is now powering about half of our peak electricity demand. While Trump bets on the past, California is shaping the future.

Today is World Mental Health Day. Please know that it’s OK to ask for help when you need it. If you need crisis support, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is available 24/7. Call or text 988.

JFC

Trump Administration Live Updates: Federal Layoffs ‘Have Begun,’ White House Says www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

I know this sounds extreme. It is. I know I sound overly alarmist. I don't think I am. Trump is enacting a well thought out plan so he and his allies can rule forever. But it's not too late to stop them. We can peacefully and forcefully mobilize now. We have the power.

Step 5 of the plan: Rig the rules and the information. Tilt the election playing field your way and destroy the idea of truth.