A second House member has broken with Mike Johnson over the Trump shutdown.

Good morning. In case you were wondering. (Narrator: I’m sure you weren’t.)

NEW: Far-right sheriffs and election deniers are teaming up to police elections and sow doubt about their integrity. From seizing voting machines to patrolling ballot boxes, their tactics offer a glimpse into how Trump could use them to subvert elections.

America just watched a rehearsal for dictatorship. The only question now: who will call it what it is before the curtain drops for good?👇👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

@GOP does not care about health of Americans and its children but they do care about tax breaks to the ultra wealthy! #DonaldTrumpsShutdown

“Nobody saw this coming!”

#ProudBlue Dems are fighting to reinstate cuts to healthcare that will cause your insurance premiums to soar & hospitals to close. The GOP is fighting for tax breaks for the 1% - they don’t care about our pain. #ThisIsTrumpsShutdown

📢 📢 TEN HUT EVERY ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIER IN AMERICA‼️ Since 1776, over 41 million Americans, excluding Donald Trump, served in our country's military. Name ONE who fought or died for a felon draft dodger to order a former Fox host to use our military against his political opponents.

Every dollar we send abroad to subsidize a genocide is a dollar we’re not spending on food, schools, and healthcare here at home.

Neguse: "I would challenge anyone to make sense of the rantings and ravings you just heard from the president. These are not serious people tweeting out offensive videos last night on Truth Social ... I think it's important for all of us to acknowledge what we see with our own eyes"

Breaking the laws

Some guy on TikTok is threatening to release the Grindr profile of Mike Johnson. Please human, please don’t let God down. 🙏

#ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory 👇🏾 is what is happening to...US! ✊🏾

Oh MAGA. The Rapture has happened, and you're still here? He says you did it wrong. But listen to this report, straight from Heaven. He's right, you would hate it there. All those woke, liberal values. 🤣🤣🤣 #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

As America nears a tipping point, Russell Vought desires a radical rightwing “counter-revolution.”   For @zeit.de, I wrote a profile of one of Trumpism’s key figures – and one of Trump’s most dangerous henchmen.   Some thoughts from the piece (since it is in German):

Dear James Comey, You know who I hear is a great lawyer and who has never been charged with a crime? @hillaryclinton.bsky.social... you should call her and see how that one goes. Sincerely, All women who are over your toxic "I did nothing wrong" faux masculinity

Wall Street Journal asks judge to make Trump pay up for filing 'meritless' lawsuit over 'proven true' story about Jeffrey Epstein birthday letter lawandcrime.com/high-profile...

Sarah Kellen is a former assistant to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was widely described by victims and in lawsuits as Epstein's and Ghislaine Maxwell's "lieutenant". \ has never been criminally charged and lives a life of luxury in Miami. Maxwell DOCs | Epstein Files

Reminds me of how the Koch brothers funded the “grass roots” tea party.

GM & TY, Schultziepie! 💙 @pshene-agent99.bsky.social @marvls1.bsky.social @blueresister.bsky.social @louiseplease.bsky.social @atoth99.bsky.social @jaybird54.bsky.social @leftyme907.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @raykwong.bsky.social I don’t make this face when hugging a grieving widow.

BREAKING: Democrat Adelita Grijalva has won the special election in AZ-7 to fill her late father's US House seat. The discharge petition to release the Epstein files needs one more signature, and she's expected to sign it. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Kimmel pulls no punches. “Trump might have to release the Epstein files to distract people from this.”

“Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he can’t take a joke.”

I'm so embarrassed to be an American right now. Donald Trump is a senile old codger, standing before the United Nations, reading a speech clearly written by an alt right lunatic and a bunch of oil and gas lobbyists. Well done, U.S. voters. You really fucked this one up.

Some personal news: I’ve been raptured. Apparently, you leave your clothes behind when you ascend to the heavens, so apologies to the people on the 20th floor. It wasn’t my choice to squeak across your windows.

These 3 individuals screwed everyday Americans out of billions of dollars. Of course Convicted Felon Donald Trump granted them clemency, and the S.E.C. is dropping the cases against them to make restitution to the victims. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Well now that the memorial service is over, maybe we can get back to more important matters. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

I miss having a decent man in the White House.

But her emails. But he’s old. But her laugh. Yeah… but his FASCISM. 🤡

Leftists still blaming Kamala for what Trump is doing in Gaza right now. 🤡

Trump: ‘I’m not going to start wars.’ Also Donald Trump: ‘Let’s retake Bagram in Afghanistan.’ Man, just release the damn TRUMPSTEIN files. NEOW!

The Senate just declared Oct 14, 2025 — Charlie Kirk’s birthday — as ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk.’ That date also happens to be George Floyd’s birthday. You know the assignment.

And to be clear the merger between Tenga and Nextstar *shouldn’t* go through. It blows past the FCC limits of local stations that one company is supposed to own. But Carr was expected to change the rules bc they *want* right wing media conglomeration

This is by far the best breakdown of the culture that Tyler Robinson was deeply involved in. The media and the government are taking things at face value, either because they don't understand the lingo or because it's just convenient for their narrative. Broken down in 2 parts to fit BS limits.

The UK doesn’t have First Amendment free speech protections, but the Brits don’t GAF‼️

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

Trump on Miss USA 2012 which Erika Kirk was a contestant. The most interesting little history about this was Trump allowed transgender to participate. Legal Action: Trump publicly stated that he would sue Monnin for making false accusations and for damaging the pageant's reputation.

Man, I was working on a piece with lots of metaphorical necrophilia, but I'm thinking I should probably put that on ice for a while.

MAGA screams ‘cancel culture is evil’—then turn around and do the canceling themselves. Hypocrisy is their only policy. I stand with freedom of speech!

This is like Jeffrey Dahmer wiping bits of flesh off his lips and saying he’s had enough of all these cannibals.

Kash Patel always looks like he was just told that he got syphilis from the donkey he fucked.

Again, I need to point out that Jessica Watkins, a former Oath Keeper leader who rioted at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 is a transgender woman whose sentence was commuted by Trump. Stop assuming that someone is a wild lefty just because they're trans.

Democrats need to be out there threatening the people doing the Trump's illegal bidding with arrest and prosecution after Trump is out of power. Democratic governors need to declare any federal worker who breaks state and local laws can be arrested and prosecuted. Make these MAGA drones afraid.

It's important to keep pointing out: Jimmy Kimmel didn't say anything about Charlie Kirk. He criticized Trump and his MAGA freaks for gleefully exploiting Kirk's death. That's what got him suspended. And that's what makes this different and even more dangerous.

This is a fair point.

Why is the right so angry? They control the entire government and they’re still miserable f*cks. Joy Reid nailed it.