@washingtonspirit.com Aubrey Kingsbury dominated that shootout! #NWSLPlayoffs

Let’s go @washingtonspirit.com #NWSLPlayoffs

"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.” Gov. Andy Beshear

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @deadder.bsky.social )

Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop. “If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???” Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.

there are going to be a lot of stories in the next couple weeks about the generosity of ordinary people in helping their fellow Americans and all of them will be wonderful and none of them should be necessary we don’t have to have a government this cruel and capricious

Over the next few weeks, millions of Americans are going to receive notices that their healthcare costs are set to explode in 2026. Many more will log onto online insurance marketplaces only to find that they’ve been priced out of the coverage they rely on.

I’m tired of watching hardworking folks beg for the basics while billionaires keep cashing in. 
Being able to put food on your table should never be a luxury. You can’t call yourself pro-life while letting families go hungry. 
You can’t shout “America First” while putting Americans last.

This is a president who described January 6th as a day of love and #NoKings as a day of hate. #NKBridge #NoKingsDC

We are rallying at Memorial Bridge to march to #NoKingsDC #NKBridge #NoKings

#NoKings #NoKingsDC

Today’s the day. See you in the streets.

The founders assumed a guy like Trump would come along. They never assumed a congress would so willingly give up their power This arch thing is bat shit loonery

Like a lot of us here, the Lock 'Em Up-est comments I see on social media are coming from, well, extremely normal people. So I wanted to explain how extremely helpful it would be this weekend if they scared the shit out of everyone driving them nuts.

What is happening in Chicago, and other cities across the U.S., is unimaginably horrific—it will forever be a stain on American history. Do your part to fight back against this by attending a protest this Saturday. We need to show America—and the rest of the world—that we are done with this shit.

I’ve never foraged mushrooms before, but this @vaoapodcast.bsky.social podcast has me thinking about it. I do like to forage berries!

DC is our HOME. We have seen the full force of the Trump regime, but they have not heard silence from the people of DC. October 18th, when we march to the national mall, our voices will be deafening! #nokings #nokingsday #nokingsday2 #50501movement #resist #resistance #dc #dmv #washingtondc #trump

Please consider signing this petition in support of Hands Off The Arts, which is fighting for #kennedycenter employees who are being wrongly and illegally terminated by the #trump regime amid #unionizing efforts. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/reinstate-kc-union-workers #handsoffthearts […]

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This is Virginia Guiffre's statement to Ghislane Maxwell, read by Guiffre's attorney in court the day Maxwell was sentenced. I had to divide it into 2 parts. Please read each & share. These are the words of a child rape victim, a victim of the monster Trump now protecting & arranging her freedom.

For the other universities watching, the lesson is PLAY OFFENSE. Do not accept the terms of conflict you've been presented. Relentlessly communicate your intention and vision. Engage and challenge those who misrepresent your intentions.

CORRUPTION UPDATE: Donald Trump accepted a “free” luxury jet from Qatar. A new report says taxpayers will be on the hook for up to $1 billion for renovations. All for a jet that's going to his future Presidential Library.

"In my mind, this is no longer a conversation about anything else. Children are starving and being murdered in Gaza by the Israeli military while they seek to feed themselves. It feels impossible to talk about anything else in this conflict when that degree of sociopathic violence is occurring."

Donald Trump doesn't care about our families. We all know that. But it's on us to outline a clear agenda for a Democratic Party that does. Here's what that looks like:

Ludi-Kurtz

Whitehouse: "Let me mention first just how very bizarre it is that the Deputy AG is going out to do a witness interview. It really raises the question whether he's doing that in the role as Deputy AG, or if he's stepping back into his role as Trump criminal defense lawyer."

We’re still marchin’, y’all #GoodTroubleLivesOn 🇺🇸 @50501dc.bsky.social

"There's no water to take a bath, it's been four days since I've taken a bath," he said. He claimed the food at the immigration facility is scarce and unsanitary. "They only brought a meal once a day and it had maggots. They never take off the lights for 24 hours," La Figura said.

I think you should be able to say things the president doesn’t like and still be a citizen. Maybe we should write that down somewhere.

The builders behind Alligator Alcatraz and other detention sites are top DeSantis donors. They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine. Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail. 🧵

MacArthur park is literally where the unhoused live. This has zero to do with criminal anything. Nothing to do with immigration. This is photo op bullshit.

Let’s go @uswnt.ussoccer.com

Two weeks ago today, Donald Trump’s ICE agents arrested me. Now, he’s threatening to put @zohrankmamdani in a prison camp he’s building in a Florida swamp. It’s frightening. It’s essential to fight back. It makes me proud of how New Yorkers voted last week – and how we’ll vote again in November.

BREAKING: Senate Republicans are taking votes right now to jam through their awful bill. They don’t want you to know all the bad votes they’re taking. I’m making sure you know EXACTLY where they stand and what they’re doing.🧵

It appears the fire may have been set to bait the firefighters. More info in the updated article linked below.

COLD-BLOODED Matt Freese #USMNT

A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa. It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;) It's so New York.

This is extraordinarily corrupt. But I still think he’s far more malevolent and sociopathic than merely corrupt.

Jon Finer, one of the negotiators of the JCPoA: "To people who say, how can you trust Iran? You didn't have to trust Iran under [the JCPoA]. There were weapons inspectors... all over Iran's facilities, and they were saying right up until the minute that Trump pulled out that Iran was complying."

If people really find this to be such an easy conclusion, then Congressional authority should be easy to get. So why don’t they insist on a vote? They know this isn’t “progressive” resistance. They want to marginalize it as such because on top of this war being ILLEGAL, it’s also deeply unpopular.

Shouldn’t the NY Times headline note that this new policy breaks the law?

When it’s gone, it’s gone. We’ll never get it back. We don’t need this money this way. We can’t undo the environmental damage that will follow. This is a bad idea.

This is superb

the argument that it's not life saving is literally that trans people, as an entire unit, cannot be trusted to report whether transitioning improved their quality of life

I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played. CINEMATIC

💥 BREAKING: American Airlines shareholders voted today to reject an anti-DEI proposal at its annual meeting, tally TBA. Proposal requested AAL end its relationship with the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, benchmarking LGBTQ+ practices. AAL has had a perfect score for 20 years.

People in Los Angeles rising up against ICE.