Major explosion north of our home in El Segundo at the Chevron Refinery. Literally shook the house. Wife and I are safe. Drove south and the sky was bright orange from the fire. Looked like the gates of hell.

Let us in. Hold ICE accountable. Tear down the fence. This is what we are demanding from the Broadview ICE facility, and nothing less. Our leaders can decide whether they stand with the people or with ICE. There is no middle ground.

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. 🧵

Father Michael Pfleger calls out Trump and says that the "state of emergency is in America"

REPORTER: US law already prohibits giving healthcare to illegal immigrants LEAVITT: Are you denying that Medicaid money has never gone to illegal aliens?

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Two moms find out their sons are returning from Russian captivity. Such an emotional video. One of them says the Defender's son turned nine yesterday. He gets the best birthday present today!

Today, I'm signing legislation to safeguard our elections and the voice of every voter. It's now illegal to use contests or payments to get people to register to vote. And in the 2026 election, voters have the chance to repeal our state's ban on the public financing of elections.

A 10-foot bronze statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands, removed last week by the National Park Service, was restored and returned to the National Mall. Minor damage remains, but the hands are clasped again. Visitors reacted with surprise and approval. www.axios.com/2025/10/03/t...

Sen. Bernie Sanders: If we do not make changes and fight back effectively, you're going to see 15 million Americans lose their health insurance through the cuts in Medicaid and the ACA. That's what's at stake.

My Filipino American History Month display at my library. It’s my honor each year to showcase & uplift Filipino stories. Just 5 years ago, I didn’t have enough books to even put up a display, but now my display overflows. I marvel at how far we’ve come. And yet there’s always room for more. #booksky

🏆 Well done, Jimmy! #Memphis #Tennessee #StephenMiller #DonaldTrump #SchoolOfRock

Trump has not been seen in public since Tuesday and has no public events on his calendar today

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Stephen Colbert responds to JD Vance previously mocking the democrats, with a meme of his own of JD getting amorous with a couch, wearing a sombrero on his a$$. Make sure you share far and wide, we are sure JD will just love it, and will find it hilarious. youtube.com/shorts/QI959...

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When you sets are as good as @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social you don’t need to go to Saudi Arabia and tell jokes to murderers. Watch Josh host The Daily Show next week!!

Q: You just said this is an unenviable choice, this is an unfortunate consequences. But the president posted a video likening Vought to the grim reaper. So which is it? LEAVITT: Look, the president likes to have a little fun every now and then and I think both things can be true

Rep. Madeleine Dean: "It looks like the president is trying to take us off the world stage in terms of our credibility as the indispensable nation. I want the speaker to go to the president and say it's recognizable what you are doing and your deterioration."

Oop. Turns out that voters blame the GOP more for the shutdown by an average of 12 pts.

Fox News reporter to Mike Johnson: "How can you say 'they take no pleasure in this,' and then the next minute say, 'Oh, they're just having fun and trolling?'"

Credit to @thedailyshow.com This is hilarious 🤣😂✊🏼 #arresttrump #arresthegseth

On NPR, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not repeat a claim about illegal immigrants receiving health care. She insisted the WH is willing to negotiate over health care tax credits—but later. And said freezing $18b in infrastructure funds to NY was “temporary.”

Gov. Pritzker has said all the right things, but now he needs to act and get these state troopers out of there.

BREAKING: Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.” More billionaires bending the knee.

Pretty boy Floyd gets the Stephen Colbert treatment 👇🏼😂😂👏🏼👏🏼

🚨 “They put black people in one van and immigrants an another… Trucks and military style vans were used to separate children from their parents.” THIS. IS. HAPPENING. People need to see this. We all need to see it. Nobody gets a pass here. Please share with your networks. 1/2

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 3: Earl Manigault When he stepped onto the court, the world watched. No one dunked harder or jumped higher. But the GOAT never made it pro. There are countless NYC stories like his. Brilliant talents lost to drugs or crime. It doesn’t have to be this way.

White House Struggling to Deny Stephen Miller Murdered Boats of Fisherman www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/03/w...

Wow. This really says it all.

Don’t stop rubbing their noses in the teachings of Christ.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.

Sigrid and I decided a hike was in order today since I’m furloughed. #VA #StateParks

Let me introduce you to my friend, TN State Rep Aftyn Behn. She is running in a special election for Congress in TN-07. She is the only woman running in a field of 14 men. She’s tough. She’s real. She knows what she’s doing. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

They’re baaack. 🤣 Repairs and all…

Join us Kristi Noem! 9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St

Gov. Beshear: “What we're seeing on the other side is the president making threats, almost negotiating through blackmail, saying, 'If you don't agree to exactly what I want, I'm going to fire a whole bunch of people and cause a lot of pain.”

Mom of 4. Navy vet. Fighter. Mikie Sherrill took on the gun lobby & won, delivering commonsense laws that save lives. As NJ’s next Governor, she’ll keep leading with courage to protect families & make our communities safer from gun violence. #VoteNJ

Karoline Leavitt is a soulless doll that pretends to be human.

The national conversation should not be us reacting to his batshit crazy every day. The national conversation should be that we have a batshit crazy person in the White House.

We are breaching planetary boundaries, and much of it is connected to food and how we produce food. And it would be good for individual health, too! "The planetary health diet, ... could halve the food sector’s greenhouse gas emissions and prevent up to 15 million deaths annually." 1/n

MIKE JOHNSON: They want to give taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens again CRAIG MELVIN: I had a hankering feeling you were going to bring that up. I actually did look at it. That's a bit misleading

Air Force Global Strike Command leader Thomas Bussiere retired hours after Defense Secretary Hegseth urged generals to resign if they disagreed with him. His nomination for vice chief of staff was previously withdrawn, cutting short a distinguished career www.airandspaceforces.com/bussiere-ret...

Hard to tell the real illegal militia from the fake illegal militia

Umm.

@timmiller.bsky.social: “The Commerce Secretary is really stupid…He's just being dumb enough to say the obvious truth, which is that 'my fellow cabinet members and the President of the United States, who I work for, are covering up something related to this sex trafficking ring.'”

No matter how hard the Speaker tries to change the subject, Medicaid is about health care, not about immigration. Americans see through the talking points and understand that their health-care bills will go up so that taxes for the rich can go down.

. @janefonda.com is so inspirational www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...