I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

This is quite the surprise from @joncooper-us.bsky.social … I’m all about this … 👀 (Perfect for the season too) 🎃

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

Save the date: On Oct. 8, Reps. Ro Khanna, Thomas Massie, and Marjorie Taylor Greene will hold a press conference — joined by survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse — to discuss the discharge petition to force a vote on Khanna and Massie's bill, the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

The government shutdown is in its 4th day and Donald Trump just arrived at his golf course.

A federal workers' union has filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin for altering Department of Education employees' out-of-office email messages to include partisan language about a government shutdown without their consent.

New KFF poll: Americans want Congress to extend the expiring, enhanced Obamacare credits by a whopping margin of 78% to 22% — a remarkable political entrenchment for subsidies that were a heavy political lift for Democrats just a few years ago, per Politico.

Sen. Schiff to NBC: "He's described me as the enemy within. He's described other Democratic elected officials as the enemy within. He is using the Justice Dept. to go after his political enemies, and he's using the Justice Dept. to protect his political friends … This should concern every American."

Sen. Dick Durbin presses Pam Bondi on FBI personnel reportedly being asked to flag instances of Trump's name appearing in the Epstein files. Bondi says she's "not going to discuss anything about that with you." Durbin: "Eventually, you're going to have to answer for your conduct."

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BREAKING: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert portrays JD Vance. “We heard that JD Vance loves a good-natured, funny meme, so we made one just for him!” I'm choosing to believe this is actual footage and not 'AI'

Here are all the states Russ Vought announced just today he would be illegally stealing taxpayer dollars from. Have we ever had a President work so hard to hurt the people he represents? I'm not going to be intimidated by these crooks.

To all #Military being affected by the #TrumpsWaronAmericans Use this info

The year is 2003. 17-year-old Stephen Miller is sitting in the back of a school bus talking about torture, as in “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity." Miller looks directly into the camera and describes the torturing Iraqis in gruesome detail, as his peers laugh uncomfortably.

The church shooter wearing a Trump shirt that says “Make liberals cry again.”

This is worth a listen! 💙💙 POV of someone in the room who had to listen to these cosplaying warriors 🤨 👉🏼 Putin is having a party he couldn't get a better gift! 🎁 🥳🤨💙

Pete Hegseth says military leaders should 'do the honorable thing and resign' if they don't like his approach to the armed forces.

Trump opens with a threat to the generals: "I've never walked into a room so silent … Have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud ... If you don't like what I'm saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future. but you just feel nice and loose."

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign. "If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

Pope Leo: "Someone who says 'I'm against abortion', but is in favor of the death penalty, is not really pro-life. Someone who says 'I'm against abortion, but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States', I don't know if that's pro-life."

Yes to ballrooms. No to healthcare for Americans. Got it.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'? JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said. S: Those are quotes

ICE Is Buying a Tool to Track Hundreds of Millions of Phones, Without Warrants Trump is quietly building a surveillance state, and almost no one is paying attention.

Let’s open our eyes. This isn’t a functioning democracy any longer when - in the middle of a high stakes funding fight - the President illegally suspends federal projects in states run by Democrats as a way to punish the political opposition.

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.

This you, Trump?

ICE targets Democratic congressional candidate—who fights for disabled rights and relies on a wheelchair. "Agent didn't say anything, just came over and body checked me," she said. "I was tackled and my face just smashed into the ground super hard." Amanda Siebe in Portland, Oregon.

File this under “essential function.” 🤡 #Shutdown abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

MAGA, if you're enjoyin' Trump's racist AI videos about Hakeem Jeffries, remember this. When this is all over, Trump will still have health care, but you won't.

Just saw a video, and reposted it, showing that someone brought their adorable Golden Retriever to the War to give everyone kisses The most Portlandic war ever

In case anybody needs to hear it today, Fuck Donald Donald Trump!! 💙💙💙

The Republican algorithm for STUPID: A + B = I’m way to fucking stupid to know that common people use A + B in simple math problems. Stupid people lack any common sense… like Trump = BAD. They can’t grasp the concept!

🚨If you think this cannot happen to you - then you are mistaken. Eventually, your demographic will NOT save you. If you do not care about the people it is happening to now, then you are no better than ICE. You are not more important than anyone disappeared today. 👏🏻Wake👏🏻Up👏🏻People! 1/2

“I have full-blown Trump Derangement Syndrome — and honestly, it’s the only way to see the world clearly. He will do literally anything he thinks he can get away with. As a country, we’ve crossed red lines I never imagined we’d cross.” open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...

“The Trump administration has shown no compunction about purging outstanding senior officers. It has been ruthless & unprincipled & it should not be assumed that either your values, service, or interests count for anything in the current carnivorous environment.” www.justsecurity.org/121421/hegse...

This headline says it all about where we are on the rule of law. “Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

House Oversight Democrats have released a third batch of records from the Epstein estate — including phone message logs, aircraft manifests, and copies of financial ledgers.   There are mentions of possible contact between Epstein and Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Steve Bannon. tinyurl.com/4n9h999m

BREAKING NYT:   Trump just fired a U.S. attorney who insisted on following a court order.   Michele Beckwith, the top federal prosecutor in Sacramento, was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.

Breaking: WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say.

I mean, what did the Royals think would happen? It’s Donald Trump. 🤣 Of course, he leaves Windsor Castle the way he leaves America: trash everywhere, stains nobody wants to clean, and a trail of disgust left behind.

“Ben Hodges, the former commanding general of US Army Europe, wrote on X that in “July 1935 German generals were called to a surprise assembly in Berlin and informed that their previous oath to the Weimar constitution was void and that they would be required to swear a personal oath to the Führer.”

No wonder he and Trump hit it off so well, for a little while, anyway. Long enough to destroy everything in government that makes life in a democracy easier for the working class. No wonder Musk declared that Trump's name appeared throughout the Epstein Files that Musk/doge examined so thoroughly.

Hey dipshit, nice try. You Republicans control the House, the Senate, & the White House. Why are you whining about the Democrats? You control the entire federal government. Any shutdown is on you.