He is VERY upset. There was a strange kitty in our backyard!!! (Tenzing does not like other cats. The shelter had to keep his kennel in the lobby because he was so upset in the kitty room)

Ah, shit. Pour one out for one of the true Greats

Priorities.

Can I point out the *only* entity claiming agents are interested in this AI monstrosity is the....creator of the AI?

America First! (but Argentina Firster!)

I'm watching coverage of the gov shutdown. Absent is the recent Supreme Court action allowing the president to rescind budgeted funds. They destroyed the negotiation necessary for this process. How can there be compromise when one side has established that they won't abide by agreements they make?

Good history helps us avoid nostalgia. The great article “Economic History and the Historians” (2020) by Anne McCants reminds me why nostalgia can get us in trouble. Two of her examples are very relevant to today: vaccinations and the popular narrative of some economic “good old days.”

this is the third time Donald Trump has shut down the government while his party controls both houses of Congress

You won't read a better summation of the Hesgeth/Trump show than this one... (From my subscription for you) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Never forget that the media likes Trump and wants him to rule us like a king, so they refuse to cover what Democrats are doing unless it's something they think will depress voter turnout.

Senate Republicans just voted to shut down the government — blocking our bill to fund it responsibly, protect health care, and stop Trump from getting a blank check for his lawlessness. They’d rather please their Dear Leader than deliver for the American people. Shameful.

Why is this even possible?

@kfile.bsky.social had dug up EJ Antoni's since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay people, conspiracy theories, crude insults aimed at critics of Trump. Also weighing against his nom: He would have destroyed BLS

I don’t think there could possibly be a better messaging opportunity for Dems than “Republicans are refusing to honor an election and are depriving citizens of representation so they can protect Epstein associates” but then again I’m not a politics genius

The gaslighting is wild. THEY control the White House, the House, and the Senate—yet always find a way to blame Democrats for their mess. The so-called “$1.5 trillion wish list” is about protecting health care, food assistance, and housing. (1/2)

DALLAS (AP) - Family says a Mexican man shot at a Dallas ICE facility has died, becoming the second detainee killed in the attack. @apnews.com

The shooter was a Christian who thought the Mormon Church was the "antichrist"... a focus of evangelical Christian end-times prophecies. He signed MAGA- and evangelical-aligned petitions. He's a *Christian* who attacked his perception of a heresy.

"We are asking the Department of War to deploy to our cities" should be a statement that ends any Governor's political career.

ICE is here in Chicago, clearly going after the worst of the worse, or as they apparently call it, "Adorable families with small children attempting to enjoy an early fall day at a park." May shame follow those participating in this cruelty for the rest of their lives.

Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a $20 billion package to rescue the Argentinian economy. The taxpayer-financed deal has little upside for ordinary Americans. However, the announcement had massive economic benefits for one American: billionaire hedge fund manager Rob Citrone.

He also flew a FJB flag, but tell us more about how he was a left wing terrorist, Republicans!

For those following along at home, we've now reached the "DOJ is losing unopposed motions at the DC Circuit" level.

He never touched the "officer". ICE pushed **him"" This is what passed for "law enforcement" in Trump's America

A leading Democrat in the Senate just released an important report documenting how NASA has been working to implement the president's proposed budget, not Congressionally approved funds, in slashing missions. Read more ⬇️

we need evidence of two things: first, that trump can distinguish fantasy from reality and second, that trump is actually president

I feel naive just writing this, but a president threatening to withhold funding to a city unless it elects his preferred candidate for mayor seems like the sort of thing that shouldn't be legal.

rfk jr has the aura of “guy trying to conceal his bite wound in a zombie movie”

Interesting to note that the coal industry in the U.S. employs just a tad over 40,000 people, according to the BLS. The same source tells us that 64,000 people work at wineries.

"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."

This is terrifying. We have descended to "group think" now?

FYI: this guy was fired from Border Patrol for sexually abusing his daughters for 11 yrs. Before he pled guilty to just 2 reduced charges & was given lifetime probation w/out having to register as a sex offender, he was hired by a contractor that works for BP. So don’t expect much.

Am watching "Shakespeare:Rise of a Genius". I love Shakespeare, I really really do. But this show is full of assumptions and guesses and presenting them as fact. We do not know exactly when Shakespeare was born, for example

He wants to be “in command” before all of those brass stars. Trust me that when you are in a room full of flag officers you count the stars and are very humbled by the number — I lost track at 25 when I had to brief. Hegseth wants to own them, and curse him for it. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

JUST IN: Oregon sues to stop Trump’s deployment of the military, saying its pretextual and that ICE protests have been small and relatively contained since June. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.

50 masked bastards rolling through downtown on a beautiful Sunday to snatch a handful of street vendors

ICE brutally detains U.S. citizen just for filming—knocking her unconscious. "Agents took her to a side alley, beat her up, then called an ambulance," witness said. "Then they kidnapped her from the hospital—without a formal discharge—and took her to Downtown LA Detention Center."

Maybe it’s just me, but I find it *incredibly* disturbing that the president of the US is very clearly losing his goddamned mind, but most of the media steadfastly refuse to even mention it.

On the first day in office, this President pardoned actual violent insurrectionists who stormed our Capitol. Now he’s making up shit in Portland to justify using the military AGAINST the American people. Real POS behavior from this TEMU dictator.

Portland isn’t “war ravaged”. Chicago doesn’t need “saving”. Tylenol doesn’t cause autism. People still care about the Epstein files. Escalators breaking down is not news worthy or an emergency. Medbeds are not the answer. Keep resisting fascism. Ignore the distractions. Fight back.

ICE arrested press tonight. They threw a tear gas canister into the press last week. This was not an accident. Release Steve Held.

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

Weird way to describe one of the only specific scenarios that the founders outlined as treason

Yup

Today I was reminded of my MIL, who always gave me $$ for my bday & I would buy some cute Halloween decoration. Then I realized this is my 1st bday w/o my mom. Not crying, but very blue today

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens. Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

Huh. Here's the instigation of violence the Administration has been screaming about.

This is the most excellent local headline writing. "DID YOU GIVE WATER TO A BAT NEAR THE ARBORETUM? IT HAD RABIES." (this is explicitly for @andreagrimes.com )

Has anyone collected the vile statements congressional Republicans have made calling for the murder, assault, deportation and/or imprisonment of their colleagues? Seems like there’s a lot of this coming straight from the GOP but the nation is more focused on ordinary liberals on social media.