We're on day 6 of the Republican shutdown. This could end TODAY if Republicans come to the table and negotiate with Democrats. Instead, they're choosing to let this shutdown drag on and let your premiums skyrocket.

blah blah on Fox re how great it is to get real masculinity back in charge! huh? Real men who are so scared they wear masks, slam women to the floor, break into apartments & tie up women & children. Then masculine Speaker gives HOUSE a vacation out of deep fear of Epstein files. Cowards all.

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

NYT forgot to mention this: Body-camera video of agent shows an officer saying, “Do something, b----,” before pulling over and shooting her 5x. This video footage belies the allegation that she drove toward officers before one opened fire at her. Yes, ICE is lying to the court AGAIN

BREAKING: U.S. Senate rejects Democratic government funding bill.

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Taco Trump is feeling the heat but he just can't help himself because he is a pathological liar

#NoKings #WeWillNeverBow

Mossy green branches inside the forest #MossyMonday #forest

Trump and Johnson are prepared to double our health care premiums and keep the government closed just to keep MAGA corruption and their war on the working middle class going. Democrats say no way. Cancel the cuts, expand health care and restore government to the people.

In recent days, right-wing streamers could be seen perched atop the ICE building, providing cover from any weapons dispersed, and signaling a cozy relationship between DHS agents and conservative social media streamers.

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Feds fired tear gas, pepper balls & flash-bangs without any clear signs of provocation, saying left-wing protesters had “swarmed” the building. OPB didn't see any such swarming but did observe right-wing videographers filming up on the ICE roof & from behind officers. ICE ARE DISHONORABLE LIARS

Body-camera video shows an officer saying, “Do something, b----,” before pulling over and shooting the woman five times. This video contradicts the govt’s allegation that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning DISHONORABLE ICE LIARS

Democrats are fighting for Americans to keep their healthcare. And we won't stop until affordable coverage is protected.

Working around the clock? You just gave the Republican House Conference yet another week off during a government shutdown.

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

Trump is failing at the one thing he was elected to do: lower costs. He’s even shut down the government rather than negotiate with Democrats who have a solution to prevent over 20 million Americans from getting a huge increase in their health insurance costs.

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"To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response: “Do you really mean that?” "Say it with outrage or dripping sarcasm, with raised eyebrows or deadpan calm. It doesn’t matter. This phrase is quietly disarming and deceptively powerful.

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WHEN THE COURT SAYS NO THE COURT MEANS NO

Trump even said during the Navy thing that it was a rally. I bet they filled the seats right behind the podium with young enlisted wo discipline who would react pavlovian style. But did the whole assembly react or just the shills? Plus what about the Navy commanders, what was their faces saying?

Republicans are telling us we have to wait to even talk about stopping health care premiums from doubling. But billionaires didn't have to wait for the tax breaks they didn't even need? Not OK. We need to get to work to save health care for Americans NOW.

They want the mandate but not the accountability. That's not leadership.

Read our statement responding to reports that the president is sending California National Guard troops to Oregon. We are quickly assessing our options and preparing to take legal action. We’ll continue to share updates as we have them.

The judge blocked Trump from sending the troops until at least October 18, citing a lack of evidence that recent protests necessitated the move.

Alt fuels will rise again 🌅 WWJD This handwashing is more about the filthy lucre backfiring on them, check it out: "There is now a risk premium associated with investing in the United States. "Which is horrifying,” he said. “We always were the rule-of-law place.”

Par for the course. Do you remember how Noem saw her young dog Cricket as "less than worthless" "untrainable" and "out of her mind with excitement, chasing all those birds and having the time of her life" so Noem took her to a gravel pit near her farm & shot her? Jesus does too you DHS psychokiller

"While Rick Scott was CEO of Columbia/HCA Hospital, he oversaw the biggest Medicare fraud in US history and was fined $1.7 billion, which was the largest healthcare fraud fine ever levied by the DOJ"

Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said his officers have been repeatedly exposed to tear gas deployed by federal agents. He said the situation that had unfolded at an ICE detention facility in his village had created a “dangerous situation” for the community and first responders.

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The House hasn’t held a vote since SEPTEMBER 19th at 10:53 AM!!! For more than two weeks, Congressional Republicans have blocked action to lower costs and make healthcare more affordable. They’re choosing a taxpayer-paid vacation over the people they represent.

Trump's attempt to take over the Oregon National Guard was "untethered from the facts." And here's another piece of evidence in this overall lawless fever dream MO of this oathbreaking administration: Respondents' [ICE] proferred excuses for delaying a formal notice are unsupported by facts.

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The last three government shutdowns have happened while Donald Trump was President. This shutdown, like all recent shutdowns, is a REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN. Enough with the chaos. Time for Republican leadership to work with Democrats to reopen government and save your health care.

There it is.

Senator Murphy: we are telling the president that if you want us to sign onto a budget, it can’t be a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy. I would be a sucker to agree to a budget that literally funds an operation to hunt me and my allies down—to imprison us, harass us, intimidate us.

"We’re in the middle of a government shutdown fight in which Democrats are drawing a hard line, but not for an end to Trump’s lawbreaking. Trump has responded by escalating the lawless threats toward blue America."

This October, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the most consequential voting rights case in years. Here’s my article for @MeidasTouch.com on what’s ahead at the Court. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

This from @govpritzker.illinois.gov on @cnn.com

Violent thugs are terrorizing Americans and they were sent by the White House.

Did you know that your healthcare premiums are about to double because the GOP is intentionally sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pretending that Democrats are trying to give undocumented immigrants free insurance?

Lovely clouds today.

Families across America are starting to get notices from their health care providers that their premiums are going to skyrocket 75%. This is happening now — not in a few months or a year. Right now. That’s what this fight is about.

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...