Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.

Shouldn’t we be asking “where is all that money DOGE saved us?” Billions slashed from agency budgets, but that funding was already appropriated. Where’s the billions in funding congress directed under the bipartisan infrastructure bill? Where’s that? It’s all papering accounts, but where is it?

ICE is really doing great, ya know? Look at their vehicles with full tanks of fuel while most motor pools are rationing what's left. Look at those ICE planes soaring away while reg travel is cut more & more. Look at those chubby meal team members yanking up kids while SNAP is stolen away. Yay ICE 🎉

KFF has an excellent article that highlights 8 things to watch for during open enrollment. KFF really is THE BEST for health policy. I'd love to highlight a few, but you should TOTES read this article dollfaces😃 Let me show you why republicans really DO hate Americans. www.kff.org/affordable-c...

Good Morning beautiful people! I’ll be frank( Ha- No, I’ll be Ms. Medicaid!) I am not feeling like the world’s best delight today, silly colds… That said, I’ll see what fun new facts I can come up with this weekend. Or bad jokes… Probably the latter… 😌 Happy Saturday!!!

Indiana is a state where gun laws have lead it to be a hub for straw purchases and firearm trafficking. The other consequence is allowing people to own a deadly weapon with no training and no permit. This needless and senseless death was completely avoidable and awful gun safety practices.

DHS disabled the software that archived officials’ text messages. They are now screenshotting their messages and uploading them to a shared drive. They are trying to wipe out all evidence against them and ensure there is no paper trail. Wonder why?

Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.” The result was “institutionalized hunger.” @kristencrowell.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Coming off the heels of winning local races, the Ohio Democratic Party is feeling optimistic about the 2026 election ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/07/v...

Costco is great for buying large quantities of pet food just saying

UPS and FedEx grounding MD-11 planes following deadly Kentucky crash

I missed this from @nbcnews.com @natashakorecki.bsky.social: Immigration agents tear gassed a 2-year old girl in Chicago. See the story below

@hcrichardson.bsky.social is doing the work here, explaining the complexities of the past hours. Please stay informed as to why actions are taken past the what has happened. Confusion is weakness. Let's take what we learn to those who may have missed it.

Senior FEMA leadership is too scared to come explain themselves to Congress. Totally not the behavior of innocent people following the law, with nothing to hide. Right? Right?? Please read this thread & sign on to the Katrina Letter. It'll piss of the Secretary which is always a bonus. 🧵

ICYMI (like I did): Say what you want about Schumer, but we gotta give him credit for having made this chess move. The more you know…

I watched this live yesterday. HCR gives a great explanation of how the Dems did not “cave” on Friday.

Lauren Boebert doesn’t respect Coloradans. It’s time to vote her out.

the group of handmaids made a slow procession to the “free speech” zone outside the broadview detention center. they’re now silently standing in two rows, facing the building. many are holding red umbrellas that read “dissent is patriotic.”

outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois: the illinois handmaids and the democratic women of cook county are demonstrating against the kidnapping of community members by federal agents.

And for more intel, national @pbs.org is not lowering their membership fees for ANY member stations, so there is complete fault on both sides of this. Even smaller stations that are in blue states are suffering due to federal funding cuts AND the actions of national PBS. Holding them accountable for

What brings you hope today?

Yes, this is real. I double and triple checked because I cant believe this is a public product. Yet Tesla approved a $1 trillion package for a racist, bigot, misgoynistic edgelord. Probably missing some apt labels.

Through conversations with Congress we have learned that Sec Noem and FEMA’s Senior Official Performing the duties of administrator are MIA when it comes to responding to congressional inquiries. 😳 #TransparencyMatters 1/4

🧵 What a week! Tuesday’s wins, the regime’s tug of war over SNAP $ despite $40B to Argentina; ~8 weeks of the House on paid hiatus; Rep. Grijalva still not sworn in; Feds missing another paycheck; & GOP shooting down a reopen deal that would extend ACA subsidies (more below), and going on vacation.

Democrats didn’t cave. They boxed republicans in and made them own the shutdown. Watch.

Good day for Dallas, good day for Dallas residents. Very satisfied with both the council and the police chief.

Anyone up for another night of #AlteredState AMA? .....that may turn to me asking you all questions.

Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

BREAKING: Following trial, Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, finds that Trump did not properly invoke federal law to call up the National Guard and "permanently enjoins Defendants’ orders to deploy federalized members of the National Guard to Oregon."

Yahhhhhhh there was a real lack of any actual help for employees offered during this meeting. Just reassurances that we will get paid when the shutdown ends but absolutely no thoughts or suggestions on how to assist us in the meantime. Like if we can’t afford gas what do you suggest we do? 😒😒😒😒

This is the next blow that red states are taking to follow along with the MAGA plan of attack. By disaffiliating as a member station, APT will not show any national PBS programming and will ultimately control every aspect of that station. What does this mean? wbhm.org/2025/no-more...

And amid a shutdown, dump is flying back to Mar a Lago. Cant imagine a lot of work will get done down there.

Also of note, Javier Milei was in NYC at the America Business Forum where he claims socialism has entered the USA. Seemingly speaking about Mamdani. youtu.be/yUB2_Nidlzs?...

The award honors that recognizes an individual who embodies the selfless leadership of the Revolutionary War hero. 🤢🤮 This quote she gave is, uh, interesting: “I’m going to ask you to choose not to be offended by what’s going on in this country, to continue to love people, to talk to them"

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

Mark Zuckerberg's Palo Alto neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge. Read more: wrd.cm/4hMW4PM

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

Honestly might do this again tonight. The community and discussion and escape from current events was great. @humboldthunnybunny.bsky.social I promise I won't fall asleep before you arrive this time 😁😁

Oil regulators claim Oklahoma's wastewater incidents are under control. But our reporting with @readfrontier.bsky.social shows the state is still dealing with dozens of instances of toxic waste spewing out of the ground, one of which killed about two dozen cows in Sept. 🔗 https://propub.li/4oWsppu

As other Alts have done, I’m hopping on the pile on wagon to provide some examples of how this is fucking us all’s

I’m gonna be super real and honest with y’all for a minute. It might go over like a lead balloon but it’s Friday and I’m out of fucks. For those that haven’t figured this out, most of us at #AltGov are actual Feds or are otherwise connected to Feds in ways that mean we are directly impacted by the

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Another shameless lie. Trump’s own lawyers at USDA posted (then deleted) the guidance below that SNAP continues during a shutdown. Can someone ask him to explain why he disagrees with Trump’s own lawyers?

🧵 1/7 Tomorrow marks three months since the tragic and terrifying shooting at CDC Roybal. The gunman was fueled by dangerous conspiracy theories about vaccines. 💔 Officer David Rose died protecting us. President Trump has never said a word.

Well since replies were turned off and I was asked a question, I'll respond this way. Nancy Pelosi is 85 fucking years old. 85. Shes had a great career, and some people have the opinion its time to let the younger powerhouses get into leadership roles.

I’m still confused where all this money universities are coughing up to the government is going

LET THEM EAT OZEMPIC! New episode of Democracy-Ish now. With @daniellemoodie.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmVa...

Hi everyone! Im excited to see this news, but im curious if the decision to appeal/seek an emergency court order has or will impact Oregon SNAP funds being available today. If anyone feels comfortable to provide if they have or havent received their benefits yet, thatd be great. Im curious is all

The administration is now APPEALING the court decision requiring it to provide full food assistance to Americans. There’s no other way to put it: They are doing everything they can to take food away from Americans in need. Shameful.

What this article does not mention is the intentional abuse of federal workers by this administration and the illegal activities to achieve their goals. “Workforce overhaul” is a bit of a euphemism for what’s actually happened and happening.