I’m pretty sure if we designed an assisted living facility to look like the WH and put lots of gold all over it and a ballroom with his late 70s playlist on a loop we could coax him in there and he wouldn’t know the difference. bsky.app/profile/atru...

> @governor.ca.gov

Thanks, Donald Trump! Burbank Airport has ZERO air traffic controllers from 4:15pm to 10pm today because of YOUR government shutdown.

If you voted for Trump 3 times, and his policies put you out of business, shouldn’t you be asking Eric and Trump Org for your bailout instead of the rest of us?

We need to have a conversation about the fact that Donald Trump has legitimately lost his fucking mind.

Developing: Trump considering $10 billion bailout for farmers he singularly drove into poverty by taking away their biggest customers and markets. No hyperbole here. He started the fire and now he’s giving them a cup of water to put it out. And of course, he expects them to thank him for it.

And yet this pale little dungeon spawn still wants you to believe Portland is the problem. Portland, a city so gentle it probably writes thank you notes to the rain. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

Trump is claiming no inflation. He knows that, unlike him, we actually do our own shopping and know that’s bullshit, right?

We can fund health care and keep the government running, or we can shut everything down to raise prices on people. To me, that’s a pretty easy choice.

Even if you support massive deportation operations, under no circumstances should ANYONE be ok with US citizens being forcibly removed from their homes and detained without explanation. This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights and should universally condemned.

Cartoon from @anntelnaes.bsky.social 😞

George Carlin would never have taken blood money to perform comedy for a Saudi Arabian tyrant.

I do, yes. That’s why the GOP is trying so hard to steal seats via off-cycle redistricting, purge voter rolls, etc. They’re fucking terrified that they’re going to get trounced in the midterms. And they’re right.

I honestly don’t know how we stop this. Watching ICE fast rope in to residential areas like they’re some direct action operation to kill a high value target was fucking nuts. Letting right-wing podcasters go on ICE raids is even more batshit crazy.

I think that’s pretty likely, but I also would urge folks to understand that even if they are indicted, there’s likely nothing that will happen to them. Ask Putin and Bibi.

Was the entire purpose of DOGE to gain access to everyone’s information?

Thanks for spending part of your Friday with us. <3 Hope you find many reasons that make you smile over the weekend. Cheers! 🥃 I'll leave you with this Jane Goodall quote.

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?

I have a whole collection of challenge coins from various people, and this is hands down the dumbest fucking coin I’ve ever seen.

This was not leadership. It was totalitarian theater. A grotesque parody of command staged by cowards who would not survive five minutes in the world of the people they dared to lecture. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

DOKOUPIL: Republicans says what you're really fighting for is taxpayer dollars for illegal aliens. I know that's not strictly true-- ELIZABETH WARREN: Excuse me, not strictly true? It is a flat out lie!

Gotta love Senator Warren. That’s my senator.

This is chilling: “The goal is to unravel enough of the federal government now. That it will make it impossible for Democrats to rebuild it even when they do get back to the White House.” 2/4

THE PURGE Polls show that Project 2025 didn’t resonate. Voters thought it wasn’t real. Well, now we’re living it and it’s already 47% implemented after only 9 months. Trump’s shutdown is a shortcut: gut the federal workforce, fire career experts, replace them with loyalists. Laid out in P2025. 🧵

“Senior federal officials have quietly counseled several agencies against firing employees while the government is shut down — as President Donald Trump has suggested he will — warning the strategy may violate appropriations law” Do* violate appropriations law

Ya'll realize trump knows he's destroyed Biden's economy. He did it on purpose. And now he can blame the destruction of our economy on this shutdown THAT WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY. CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

She called it. The media blew it by letting a serial liar off the hook

I never thought I’d say this, but I agree with MTG 100%. And for the record, I’m not paid for any of my opinions. Never have been, never will be.

If you’re watching us from outside the United States, it’s pretty much as bad as it looks.

Hard to blame the Democrats for the shutdown when you're in charge of all 3 branches of government, plus the Supreme Court.

It’s the first of the month, a day that brings dread and uncertainty for so many struggling tenants. And for the 2+ million New Yorkers in stabilized apartments, this month means another rent hike — the fourth in a row under this Mayor. But change is coming.

From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

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Mike Johnson agrees that Trump is “unhinged” and “unwell”

Elizabeth Warren: "The president said 'I am going to impose a lot more pain on my fellow American citizens. I'm going to impose a lot more pain on people in NY who need to use those tunnels so I can get my way politically.' To me, that is a place to stop & say, then we're ready to fight about this"

Warren: "Knock 15 million people off their coverage, drive up the cost for everyone else, close rural hospitals -- that's the Republican plan, because you know what the real heart of it was? They gave away a trillion dollars to the billionaires. That was the part that matters to them."

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

"Trump is claiming that this will help you get prescriptions cheaper, but it's not what it seems, and I am begging you: Do NOT enter your medical information into this Trump-backed website!" www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...

They wanted to run America like a business. They chose a CEO with a history of financial fraud who had bankrupted many of his businesses. Ergo, we have Trump shutdown #3.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

I so needed this today 🤣

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Minnesota Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund and a recently naturalized citizen and voter, my law firm has moved to intervene against a DOJ lawsuit seeking access to the state's voter registration data. www.democracydocket.com/cases/minnes...

Blame the Trumplicans.

Dear @apnews.com The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once. Fix your headline.

No. This is on the Republican Party.

Biden in office, GOP House and Senate: DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN!! Trump in office, GOP House and Senate: DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN!! Allowing one party to control the media narrative because they’re loud and dumb is absolutely ruining people’s understanding of how anything works.