UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

Tara Palmeri isn’t exaggerating—she’s warning: “If the Epstein files are released unredacted, it would truly shake the world.” These aren’t rumors—they’re receipts. When the truth comes out, it won’t just expose people, it’ll expose the entire system that protected them.

Mike Johnson has not heard anything about the entire East Wing being demolished and cannot speak to that.

“Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency.Hope should shove you out the door, because it will take everything to steer the future away from endless war and grinding down of the poor.Hope gives a future." -Rebecca Solnit

Protesters have blocked the westbound side of Canal. They are chanting "ICE out of New York now!" and "Liberation, not deportation!"

This is very good

Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t

Cuomo can say Kościuszko but not Mamdani?

wow. zohran brought one of cuomo’s accusers, charlotte bennett, to the mayoral debate. he asked cuomo what he would say to his 13 accusers of sexual harassment. cuomo said it takes “a certain level of maturity to work in government” and that the cases were resolved anyway. fucking scum.

Thank you, Senator Jeff Merkley, for your incredible 22-hour and 37-minute marathon speech on the Senate floor!

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.

Trump didn’t pull permits. He didn’t tell the right offices. He lied—it wasn’t “June,” it was yesterday. This isn’t about a ballroom. It’s about what’s underneath that dance floor—the Presidential Emergency Operations Center. What country is he selling us out to? #EastWing #CA32 #PeoplePower

Does anyone think of the final scene of The Conversation when they see what trmp is doing to the East Wing ? iykyk #eastwing #evidence #surveillance #releasethefiles

ICE fired shots again, hitting a civilian and a U.S. marshal. DHS, once again, is claiming the man rammed ICE with his car. Let’s see how long before that version of events unravels. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.

The day after the Chinatown raid, New York AG Tish James launches an online portal for the public to submit photos and videos of ICE activity. "We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," she writes. Portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

We're very close now to this execution—take the time to read @laurengill.bsky.social's important story:

They don’t want this information getting out Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...

Feeding America is a great organization to donate to, 98% of the money goes to programs and services and for each dollar they can provide 10 meals. If you donate $5 that’s 50 meals. It’s a national org that rescues, stores and distributes food to foodbanks and pantries. www.feedingamerica.org

One thing I will say about going back outside post open-heart surgery, so many public spaces are inaccessible. No elevators. Bathrooms in obscure basement locations. No consideration of space needed for wheelchairs, walkers, and other assistance devices. Existing in public shouldn't be a privilege.

I lived with my dad when I was very young and he didn’t apply for food stamps or free school lunches, though we qualified. So, I went hungry. It was awful. I begged neighbors for saltine crackers. I can say it was the worst time of my life. Children shouldn’t go hungry. Restore SNAP benefits.

The idea that a grown man never thought to Google what his prominent chest tattoo that he probably looked at every day in the mirror actually meant is also not winning my confidence

NYC’s Dept. of Education spends around $10 billion/year on contracts. Many provide essential services to our schools, yet with over 3,000 active contracts, DOE faces major efficiency challenges. DOE needs procurement reform. Yesterday I announced my platform to deliver it.

IIRC, this is the second round of layoffs in FB's AI division

WATCH — @abbydphillip: “Today an ICE officer’s weapon discharged and shot a U.S. marshal and a suspect because they were using the weapon to bang on the window.” 🤦🏻‍♂️

NEW: CU Boulder sophomore Nathaniel Ellis has been identified as a member of the white supremacist groups Patriot Front and Active Club. Nathan is on the Executive Board for CU Boulder's Turning Point USA Chapter. Read the full report: frontrangeantifa.noblogs.org/nathan-ellis/

This supposed ceasefire is giving "mission accomplished " from Bush era #gaza

Dang...

WSJ: Gaza Violence Spills Into Another Day, Testing Cease-Fire Deal A message from my friend Tasneem in Gaza. The cease-fire has already been broken, life is treacherous for civilians. Please give to Tasneem so she can feed her children and raise funds to flee. And others. ❤️ tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 79th day out of the last 91. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Adelita Grijalva: "There is so much that cannot be done until I'm sworn in. So every moment that passes that I'm not able to provide constituent services or be a voice for Arizona, I cannot bring the issues forward that they send me here to do."

“I was targeted for transfer to prevent my supporters from helping me.” @sarahlazare.bsky.social, reporting on the case of Willian Giménez González, an advocate for the rights of day laborers, abducted by ICE on September 12, and who is speaking out from detention. inthesetimes.com/article/chic...

The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no evidence they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had proof, they’d face a court, not a drone. The law still applies, even to suspected drug traffickers, and right now, the Administration’s story isn’t adding up.

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

😔😔😔😔 www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/p...

Hundreds of people protesting ICE in downtown manhattan right now. Reads and Broadway. NYPD cops in riot gear on scene.

Latest on the blog where I talk about the impending loss of SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans and what we can do. blackgirlinmaine.com/activism/tim...

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

Adelita Grijalva: "There is so much that cannot be done until I'm sworn in. So every moment that passes that I'm not able to provide constituent services or be a voice for Arizona, l cannot bring the issues forward that they send me here to do."

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT "A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Her mother passed. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...

This was reported back in September - www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/n...

The NYT is reporting that Donald Trump is demanding $230 Million from the DOJ for past cases against him. That means...he's suing us. Because that's who would pay for it.

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

Or is Epstein caught in the Trump files? www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-calendar-girls-party-jeffrey-epstein-report_n_687d076fe4b01e91d6959be8/amp

It has now been 28 days that Speaker Johnson hasn't sworn in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. She would provide the final signature needed to have a House vote on releasing the Epstein files.

Food banks and community groups brace for spike in demand from shutdown Federal workers who don't normally need social services are on their 21st day without pay, while food programs such as SNAP and WIC are going to run out of funding next month Federal workers Yes Congress? Let them Eat Cake

This summer, Congressional Republicans voted to kick 310,000 Pennsylvanians off Medicaid to give their billionaire friends tax breaks. With this shutdown, 2M Pennsylvanians will lose SNAP benefits in November unless Republicans go back to DC & pass a budget that protects healthcare for Americans.