Day One

Republicans, who control Congress, are lying by calling this a #DemocratShutdown. Democrats are responding honestly with #RepublicanShutdown. But I suspect the most accurate description is #EpsteinShutdown.

He told the Generals not to be fat…he. Told. The. Generals. To. Mind. Their. Weight. While standing w the morbidly obese stunningly unhealthy Commander in Chief

SAY THAT! “Bruh, fuck this shit.” 🔥

Question: If a POTUS was actually a Russian asset with the specific intent of destroying the military power, market strength, social unity, economic hegemony & global influence of the United States from within, what would that person do DIFFERENTLY than what that asshole is doing right now?

No need to be scared of him. The trend is clear - everyone outside of his hard base is abandoning him.

I literally adore Governor Newsom He Understands The Assignment 💪💪💪💙💙💙

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Wednesdays Thru October 29 Rep Smucker (PA-11) Congressional Office Visit

Q: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate

We must pay billions to farmers Because we cut off their customers with tariffs And pay billions to Argentina Whose farmers are selling to the customers we forfeited Because that is America First

Lawrence O’Donnell: “Imagine crossing ten time zones to hear that.”

If Jimmy be Kimmel, we wish him well. If Jimmy be Fallon, we wish him gone.

BREAKING NEWS: Veterans in Congress tear into Trump for Quantico speech, threats to Americans in cities.

Got Soybeans?

Lutnick on being invited over to his then-neighbor Jeffrey Epstein's house: He invites us in and there's a massage table in the middle of the room. I say, "Massage table in the middle of your house? How often you have a massage? And he says, "Every day...and the right kind of massage."

This great and kind man would have been 101 today. Rest in peace, President Carter. Right now it's hard to believe that we once had such a decent human being as our President. My portrait.

ME: "Jesus, why does your close friend Speaker Mike Johnson relentlessly bear false witness?" JESUS: "WHO???"

Tell these NBC reporters how Trump's government shutdown is affecting you here:

Well! This should be fun! #activism www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

NO KINGS Scranton, Pennsylvania Saturday, October 18

I believed @mollyjongfast.bsky.social (of course) but it still is such a shock going to the hud.gov website myself & seeing this:

🎯 @repdean.bsky.social is right, and @SpeakerJohnson knows it. What is it called when everyone in a group is too afraid to criticize the leader for something they know is objectively wrong?

2 dead in murder suicide in Plainfield, Illinois. A woman killed inside home, man shot self outside; 4 children between 3 and 16 years old in home unharmed; home is within Joliet city limits, but has Plainfield mailing address. Deceased identified as 40 year old Jennifer Heit.

Trump is terrorizing those in the United States of America. That's his joy. That's his choice. That...is what is happening. Plain and f*cking simple.

The Interior Department has told its staff to bring their government laptops and phones home so they can monitor updates about potential mass firings.

ICE would also bar out of shape fatties, but that’s basically the whole crew.

I’m fighting for Eric Adams’ voters. Andrew Cuomo is fighting for his donors.

Just try to imagine the public outcry and wall-to-wall media coverage if President Biden had cancelled $8 billion in funding to red states.

The Government is now shut down, but apparently nobody called the school in the Bronx that had come to the Capitol for their tour today, so they're getting the treat of a lifetime since AOC agreed to give them the tour herself! I’m loving this for all of them!

If you live in Illinois, we need your help. This will take less than five minutes and will truly pressure your local elected officials to stand with the people rather than ICE.

youtube.com/watch?v=_-Vb... Luke Beasley

Shut down all but inevitable Senators rejected spending stopgap bills on a House passed continuing resolution -the final off-ramp to avoid a government shutdown set to go into effect at 1201 Wednesday. Speaker Mike Johnson sent his members home until Monday to pressure Senate to pass it.

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the NAACP and the NAACP New York State Conference, my law firm has filed to intervene as defendants in a DOJ lawsuit seeking access to New York state's voter registration data. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

HEALTHCARE IS NOT RED OR BLUE WITHOUT IT IT'S LIFE OR DEATH..

It’s another day ending in y. You know what we still don’t have???

Senators just voted down bills to fund the government — again.

We’ve lost one of the great human beings today. Let’s be inspired by her example, and protect our beautiful planet and all animals.

California and New York paying taxes to this federal government in 2025 is tantamount to England and France paying taxes to Germany in 1940. The money is going to be used *against* you.

AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago, rising to prominence particularly in the '90s and early 2000s. https://to.pbs.org/48HSOlZ

As the government shutdown begins, remember that one of the biggest deficit drivers of the past 20 years are Republican tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations. The issue isn't programs that help millions of Americans, it's giveaways to the rich.

The First Amendment (And A Court) Punch Back open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Worst US President ever!!! He needs to be put in a Psych ward or jail asap!