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"President Trump is totally not worried about the release of more information related to the Epstein files, so he and the White House are doing what totally not-worried people do in this situation… They’re freaking the fuck out."

I'll just leave this here...

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

I’m not sure tonight really could have gone any better for Democrats. Gonna be a lot of puckered sphincters over at Casa GOP. #election

Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

It’s mind boggling to me that Congressional Republicans would be willing to run for re-election as “the party that doubled your health insurance costs.” #copolitics www.denverpost.com/2025/10/27/c...

Mike Johnson shamelessly lies: "We strengthened Medicaid. We improved healthcare access and we lowered premiums with our legislation."

This happens EVERY TIME REPUBLICANS take over government. Every goddamned time. apnews.com/article/trum...

"I quit. I quit the Republican party and my job as an accomplice to the party in the throes of an authoritarian cult." www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

Just let AI place our online ads. What’s the worst that will happen? Frank Sinatra singing to people on a plane?

Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history. The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular! So were the signs...

Probably our favorite sign of the day from Denver, Colorado No Kings

This week on @getmoresmarter.com, hosts @jasonbane.bsky.social and Ian Silverii discuss shutdowns and dumb military gatherings. We also continue our series of interviews with 2026 candidates -- this week with State Treasurer hopeful Brianna Titone. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/217006...

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President Trump says some federal workers “don’t deserve” to get back pay when the government shutdown ends. That could have a big impact in the Denver Metro area where the Federal Center in Lakewood has the largest concentration of federal agencies outside of DC. #copolitics

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life? #TwentyfiveFortyseven

Did you know that your healthcare premiums are about to double because the GOP is intentionally sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pretending that Democrats are trying to give undocumented immigrants free insurance?

This is beyond ridiculous.

I really think I could master teleportation before I could get basic assistance from United Healthcare.

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

The stupid...it burns. www.denverpost.com/2025/09/24/a...

Anybody feeling rapture-y yet?

Funny untold bit of that: I think we'd staked out an oil and gas fundraiser. Coffman had been avoiding us since his comment that Obama wasn't "an American at heart." Another congressman approached the event entrance first and FROZE. "I'm not here for you," I said. He nodded gratefully and entered.

You know what? Fine.

I want to be helpful as the world comes to an end tomorrow (or maybe Wednesday). You can Venmo me your life savings and I'll dispose of it for you. www.vibe.com/news/enterta...

George Brauchler testing the waters for governor in a D+15 state that specifically rejects his brand of vile hateful politics is one of the most delusional things we can think of. Dude was the first Republican to lose the AG race in 20 years. We strongly encourage him to run. #copolitics

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

Really. Trump condemns “demonizing” of political opponents. Yes, Trump apnews.com/live/utah-va...

A fan saw our last episode title and made this!

The rapid rise in autism cases is not because of vaccines or environmental toxins, but rather is the result of changes in the way that autism is defined and assessed. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

Trump seems to distance himself from RFK Jr on vaccines

If you’re wondering how much of what RFK Jr said yesterday about vaccines was true—almost none of it was. @FullerLab_UW is one of the most accomplished vaccinologists out there and her article is required reading to separate truth from falsehoods. theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-s...

> @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Impossible for us to say anything other than FA. FO.

There is no democratic justification for withholding these files. This is a coverup.⁩

CNN put together a clip of RKF Jr denying today he linked antidepressants and mass shootings, followed by a clip of RFK Jr last week linking antidepressants and mass shootings

This is very accurate

Gov. Polis did a Reddit AMA over the weekend, where he was peppered with questions about RFK Jr., whose HHS nomination Polis supported. Polis blamed the media for the focus on his support for RFK Jr. To be clear, Polis tweeted his support for him and then doubled down. www.reddit.com/r/Denver/s/5...

Florida might be actively trying to discourage tourism at this point. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

Yay guns! apnews.com/live/minneap...

Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire"

Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president? Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out

BREAKING: A police officer has died after he was shot by a Anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist, who opened fire near the CDC complex and Emory University in Atlanta. Your stupid conspiracy theories are literally killing people.

Okay, Canada: Please invade us now. We’re too dumb to have our own country. www.yahoo.com/news/article...