👉 Campaign fraud by a felon known for it. No Justice bsky.app/profile/chri...

The story of 2024 is this: Trump had a plan to destroy American government called Project 2025, which had, literally, not a typo, a 4% approval rating. He lied constantly and said he wouldn't do it. Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.

If a Democrat promised to, say, not raise taxes, and then entered office and signed a bill that raised taxes, the media would freak out - "Will President Harris's broken promise doom her in 2028?"

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Salt & Straw has succeeded in making an ice cream treat that looks like a Choco Taco and has the general vibe of a Choco Taco, but is many times better than before.

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

This shows one reason why our “red-blue state” framing can be so misleading. Over 30% of Trump’s popular vote came from these states. He’s hurting 23.37 million of the 77.3 million ppl who voted for him. The #3 and #4 states for Trump, in terms of pop vote? CA and NY.

Very nice scoop by @pabloreports.bsky.social—sure seems like Lutnick just lied about having a thousand "Trump Gold Card" signups out of the gate.

Called it

“Which raises the question: If Trump can’t tell the truth even when it counts most, with legal jeopardy on the line and lawyers there to help prepare him, is he able to apprehend the truth at all?” “This is not normal for a functioning adult.” Read this.

Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal

App Store not beating the chickenshit allegations

Just to be clear, we wrote that paragraph long before the App Store removed ICEBlock. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

GUARD IN MEMPHIS: The TN Supreme Court & a federal court have both ruled it is unconstitutional for TN’s governor to deploy the National Guard for law enforcement. In 2021, TN’s GOP Attorney General wrote an advisory saying the same. It was so damning, the new AG secretly erased it from record!

One more time.Vought has always planned to slash the executive branch. It's in Project 2025. The shut down is irrelevant to that plan. They believe they have the constitutional power to do this *no matter what.* The media is buying into Trump's BS that Dems gave them the "opportunity."

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Jack proving again that he’s not for Jersey.

How is this remotely constitutional? Our Supreme Court has made a mockery of the separation of powers.

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

This is up 9 points from a couple days ago. Keep speaking up!

> @deanbaker13.bsky.social

The people who’ve been calling you baby murderers your whole life want you to turn down the temperature.

Trump - Hey farmers, I'm going to bail you out of the mess I created BUT you're crops won't sell again to China, I've tripled your health insurance, and your closest hospitals are closing soon. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

In the absence of a federal government, NewYork Assemblyman Zohran Mandami becomes interim head of the United States.

Republicans are lying about who’s to blame for this shutdown so they’ve resorted to blatant partisan hackery on official agency websites. These violations of the Hatch Act are Exhibit A of the Republicans' desperation to divert from the truth: the GOP owns this shutdown. youtu.be/jwqrxcrfsf8?...

Those furloughed workers, who are not got getting paid during the shutdown, may be able to file for stopgap benefits in both states, officials from the Washington state Employment Security Department and Oregon Employment Department said.

Finally someone (Andrew Weissman) mentioned the fact that the Lutnick interview shows that Epstein was so obvious about his activities that it's impossible to believe that people didn't know what he was up to. Donald Trump was his best friend for 15 years.

First they shut down the government. Then they tampered with federal workers’ emails to shift the blame. This is corruption in broad daylight.

Why *almost* every door? What made the difference? Hardware, reportedly.

A quick note about money and comedy and power. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

“It’s easier to talk here than it is in America," Dave Chapelle told an audience at the Riyadh Comedy Festival being held in Bonesaw Auditorium.

“.. Some Republicans estimate they will eventually need to provide $35 billion to $50 billion in aid to farmers hit by Trump’s tariffs.” [.. That’s roughly half of all the revenue raised from new 2025 tariffs so far this year, notes @ernietedeschi.bsky.social] www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Apparently, the charming “Dancing Pedophile Friends” statue is back on the Mall. And, as I said before, "Remember, Donald Trump did everything that Jeffrey Epstein did. He just did it backwards and in lifts.”

Burning more fossil fuels. To power technology. That may take your job. @bloomberg.com $BTU www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This was always the plan. Project 2025 was Donald Trump's blueprint to seize unchecked power within the federal government and restrict Americans' freedoms. And he is implementing it right in front of our eyes.

Some of us were talking about both subjects before it was cool.

In the Trump regime, every accusation is a confession. The terrorism is coming from inside the White House. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

all of this is being directed by a woman who shot a puppy just because he was annoying her, and then she included the story in her memoir because she thought it made her look GOOD. from the top down, all these people have a void where normal human empathy is supposed to be.

Also in the running, also from POLITICO. www.politico.com/news/2024/10...

i made this a couple days ago bc of a dumb headline but it’s proving rather evergreen

🚩 republicans control the house, senate, and presidency, and already changed senate rules to fast track nominations. #TrumpsShutdown 🚫

My new piece, up now @thenation.com: "If only trans activists had known what size check to cut for Chappelle, they could have shut him up years ago and saved themselves all the picketing at Netflix." www.thenation.com/article/cult...

🚨 LIVE FROM TEXAS: Democracy Docket is reporting from El Paso as a federal court decides whether Texas can use its new congressional map in next year’s election. At stake is minority communities’ voting strength – and perhaps the balance of power in Congress.

A visit to the war zone that is Portland ⬇️ substack.com/@thedangerou...

He couldn’t run a casino!

KIMMEL: “That sonofabitch… I never imagined we’d have a president like this, and I hope we never have another president like this again… celebrating hundreds of Americans losing their jobs - he took pleasure in that. The opposite of what a leader is supposed to be.”

Rieckhoff: A vet on CNN said we haven’t fought to win in 20 years. I said, I was fighting to win. You were fighting to win. Kander: That shit pisses me off. Rieckhoff: He said he meant the generals. Which one? It’s boogeymen—and now cosplay warriors who never served join ICE to bully immigrants.

Crockett: "What assurances do we have if we entered into an agreement with these Republicans that they wouldn't go back on their word and just say, 'Oh yeah, we'll sign off on a rescissions package'"

ME: "Jesus, why does your close friend Speaker Mike Johnson relentlessly bear false witness?" JESUS: "WHO???"