Contrary to Trumpian assertions, the Fist and Fourth Amendments are still in effect. I'm thankful for all those seeking to assert and preserve those rights, and they will be successful in the end. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

All he knows how to do is destroy.

Pritzker on Fox: "He's challenging the integrity of the next election by sending troops into our cities. It isn't about fighting crime. He said he's going after the worst of the worst. That's not what they're doing. They are literally after black and brown people because of the color of their skin."

Feels like a good day to watch this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irk6...

CNN has a live cam on the twisted rebar that is all that's left of the East Wing and the Colonnade. www.cnn.com/live-video-2

Defend the Affordable Care Act. It’s not a perfect system, but carving it up would bring even more suffering. Losing the tax credits too. Call Congress. 202-224-3131 Swamp them with letters. Use @resist.bot text ‘sign PQAFUW’ to 50409 resist.bot/petitions/PQ...

They can do standalone funding bills for critical sectors. John Thune wants to do that in the senate. But Mike Johnson is blocking all of it under orders from Trump. bsky.app/profile/atru...

we simply do not talk enough about how much of modern capitalism has pivoted away from providing goods and services in exchange for money and into inconveniencing and harassing people with fees, surcharges, and delayed invoicing for long enough that they give you money just to make it stop

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

When Tish James walks into a courthouse tomorrow — the target of a political prosecution demanded by a President obsessed with revenge — she does not walk in alone. New York has her back. Grateful to Governor Hochul for bringing us together tonight.

If you're going to build monuments to yourself they should properly represent your character

The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants destruction of the White House East Wing halted, saying it's "deeply concerned that the massing and height of the proposed new construction will overwhelm the White House itself." savingplaces.org/press-center...

COLLINS: When it comes to swearing in Adelita Grijalva, you have said you're following the 'Pelosi precedent' in not swearing her in. Since when do you want to be like Pelosi? MIKE JOHNSON: I don't. I'm following standard practice here.

October 22 is International Wombat Day, the perfect time to celebrate one of Australia’s most endearing, yet often underappreciated, marsupials. With their chunky bodies, teddy bear faces, and famously cube-shaped droppings, wombats are truly one of a kind.

👀 “Homan said he attended a Department of Homeland Security briefing six months ago to discuss classifying the drug as a WMD. ‘When I left that briefing, it was my understanding that they would push that recommendation up to the Secretary, but I've been out of it ever since,’ he said.”

In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government. She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her. So I confronted him.

Yep‼️🤪🤪

Well, well, well...

It would cost roughly $700 million to make the nation's slowest buses fast and free. And it would generate more than double that in economic benefits for our city.

A heatmap of official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "lobster"

Learnt how to do kettle stitch in class the other day #art #illustration #bookbinding #kettlestitch #sketchbooks

Another blatant liar and fraud. This regime is chock full of them.

New painting in progress …

Q: Has Speaker Johnson reached out to you since the January 6er made a threat on your life? HAKEEM JEFFRIES: No

If you want a Mayor who tells you everything that he can't do, Andrew Cuomo should be your choice. But if you want a Mayor who will use every tool at their disposal to lower the cost of living, I am the candidate for you.

well that just about said it all

Giving off this energy!

Let's game this out...

Big news out of Indiana today as Republican legislators surprise everyone by saying no to Donald Trump. Each crack in Trump’s facade of inevitability will lead to more. Let’s keep it up!

I hadn't even heard about this, and thought you had to be joking, but no, it's real. www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7e8lv176go

He’s already building a triumph arch across the river from the Lincoln Memorial. The problem is, the Lincoln Memorial wouldn’t face the arch squarely, like it does in his rendering. How much you wanna bet he tries to have the Lincoln Memorial rotated?

That's what gets me. In the olden days, there'd be stories leading up to it, maybe some semblance of a justification, a little promo. And again, WHO DA FUCK is doing this work? Is nobody worried about who is wandering around the grounds of he White House in yellow construction vests??

How in the fuck did no one know Trump was going to demolish a chunk of the White House until the bulldozers showed up? How did this happen without weeks of advanced reporting on it and concerned op-eds about The People’s House and history and who has the right to blah blah blah? Unbelievable.

Trump's done this before - demo-ing something he claimed he wouldn't. news.artnet.com/art-world/do...

Someone posted this too.

WHAT THE FUCK

Metaphor alert

The entire east wing is going to have to be ripped apart based on the renderings. This is nuts if it didn't go through reviews and approvals. Also wondering what kind of security nightmare it would be if it wasn't planned out well.

Here it is: www.bbc.com/news/world-u... He's wanted to do this for a decade.

Did they gut the entire east wing? It's hard to tell without a wider view, but it sure looks like it.