NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find: - NONE of the arrested were criminally charged - NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists." - ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

Great visualization of the problem. Time to get rid of the electoral college

Ingraham: "To raise wages for American workers, you can't flood the country with…foreign workers." Trump: "I agree, but you also do have to bring in talent." Ingraham: "Well, we have plenty of talented people here." Trump: "No, you don't." Ingraham: "We don't have talented people?" Trump: "No."

Instead of funneling endless amounts of money into our bloated Pentagon budget while thousands of veterans face homelessness and hunger, let’s use those funds to truly take care of our veterans — ensuring every one has a home, food, and access to medical and mental health care.

Yassamin Ansari is racking up some good fighting points. The table in front of Johnson’s office, and now this. Keep saying it like it is.

A Trump supporter who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois.

That was FAST. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s gambit is working.

If Schumer is voting no, then who put this deal together?

I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵

Just a reminder.

CICERO, IL — Trump’s ICE goons pepper spray into a family’s car and hits a 1 year old baby girl.

"Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.” —Frederick Douglass, speaking to Senate Democrats

Whoever came up with the FAA flight reductions maneuver to put the screws to Senate Dems is about to get promoted

November 9, 2025

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

So @schumer.senate.gov really thinks we don’t understand that he orchestrated this by getting senators not up for re-election to vote yes?

🚨 I pledge to NEVER step foot in a Walmart again. If I cannot afford it or find it elsewhere, I do not need it. White people MUST take a stand. This openly hostile contempt for black people cannot be tolerated or dismissed. I am not waiting for a national strike - I am DONE. Who will join me?

All of this

Please don’t think this beltway game of having retiring Dem senators vote yes while everyone else votes no is going to shield leadership from the end result. We see what is happening and can’t be fooled by those games.

I'd like for someone in the dem caucus to tell us which senators were real no votes and which ones voted no because they were allowed to.

"Is there a more feckless, spineless opposition party anywhere in the democratic world? Why do Democrats insist on repeatedly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?" Me for Zeteo's First Draft this morning on the Democratic surrender in the Senate:

It should be that simple.

These 8 useless Democratic Senators are all wealthy and have feathered themselves a lovely retirement nest. They don't need to be in these positions anymore. They can amble away into the privileged nothingness that defines their spinelessness and lack of courage. Demand more and better, folks.

Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength. Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans. The American people need more from their leaders.

80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate. Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?

Never forget who sold us out: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

I thought my new health insurance premium was going to be $350 per month until I got this letter informing me that it would be $1,228.28 PER MONTH. I CURRENTLY PAY $50. Is my math mathing? Is that.... a 2,356.42% increase? 2256.42%???? TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩

There’s a disturbing lack of outrage over ICE’s aggressive tackling and arrest of a non verbal autistic man in Chicago. Just like the lack of outrage over Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been held in solitary for months. Disabled lives matter too!

The Key principles behind Starving Citizens and Children. > Chief Roberts > Trump > GOP > Wealthy They are all in the LOOP, follow the fingers. 👆👆

Caption this. #OvalOffice

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu on charges of genocide.

Great news from Chicago! A federal judge has set new rules for immigration agents at protests. Body cams, clear IDs, and warnings before force are now mandatory. Tear gas & riot gear only allowed if safety is at risk. Upholding civil rights is crucial. #WayToFightFriday

Here's Sara Ellis' injunction order from Chicago re 1A and 4A, requiring things like advance warning before using gas and ID. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

After “a string of incidents in which masked criminals posing as immigration officers robbed and kidnapped victims ..” @latimes.com #ICE @wired.com www.latimes.com/california/s...

Based on the current population of 342,783,738 each person would have to lose an average of 393 pounds to reach Dr. Oz’s estimate.

"What it's like to defend democracy, only to be called an un-American traitor." Sgt. Aquilino Gonell defended the Capitol on January 6. He wrote a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his enablers:

I am a softy for teachers and I live for real good news. This 🧑🏾‍🏫 Teacher of the Year moment is pure joy. If you know someone who could use a smile today, pass this on. 🎉

NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown. The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:

“I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.” Eugene V. Debs

Guardian: Masked, heavily armed federal immigration agents arrested a US citizen in the parking lot of a Los Angeles Home Depot store, then entered his car and drove away with his toddler, who is also a US citizen, in the backseat.

If the Supreme Court signs off on Trump’s tariffs, it would dramatically upset the balance of power between the president and Congress. It’s a high-stakes decision at a time when the president is relying heavily on emergency powers to sidestep legal constraints.

Might have been a reason the Constitution gives the power to declare war to Congress rather than entrusting it to the whims of one man...

Jeffries: "Now it's incumbent upon everyone in New York City, those that supported the next mayor and those that didn't, to make sure that he's as successful as he can possibly be on all the things, including, perhaps most importantly, affordability and public safety."

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Dear Lord. Armed ICE agents STOLE A BABY. Both the baby and the dad were US Citizens. www.latimes.com/0000019a-51e...

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

Senate Democrats tried to pass a resolution pressuring the Trump administration to FULLY fund November SNAP benefits. Senate Republicans shot it down- allowing Trump to continue treating hungry Americans as political pawns during this #GOPShutdown. It’s shameful.