If Congress shuts down and stops working, how will we be able to tell?

Sending thoughts & prayers to the war-ravaged city of Portland, Oregon now under siege from attack by Antifa & other domestic terrorists. Take solace in dear leader's words: "Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen." (and "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL"). Let the healing begin...

Again, for those Labour supporters at the back, telling us the good stuff that Labour is doing *doesn’t help*, even if on a smart infographic, whilst the big stuff, the headline stuff, is awful. Cut out the big xenophobic crap, and we might be able to hear the good stuff.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Erasing history.

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka. I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws. Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

So…let me see if I have this right. The federal government is gonna shut down in 30hrs, and the party that controls the ENTIRE federal government is trying to blame the party that controls NONE of the federal government for the looming shutdown?

Right on the prediction. Right about the reaction.

It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it

These are the guys telling us that Tylenol causes Autism. Hard pass on taking their medical advice. Pregnant mamas, Take care of you.

I’m getting really strong middle aged divorced dad vibes from the ex weekend tv talk show host currently play acting as “Secretary of War.”

yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.

That vile, racist AI video Trump dropped last night made it loud and clear: he has zero interest in stopping the shutdown, so the countdown continues. This is Trump’s shutdown!

Additional information has come out about this incident: www.wtoc.com/2025/09/29/b...

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🚨🚨🚨 A man in khaki shorts pulls out a weapon and points it at 2 teenagers. I am an adult and have no idea how horrified these kids must be; how traumatized they must feel. This was posted an hour ago. See the next post for further details. This shit has to be stopped. 1/2

can you imagine sitting in that audience as a three-star flag officer — decades in the service, multiple post-grad degrees and a virtually unequaled level of command expertise — and being forced to watch this dunderheaded dry drunk give an off-brand jordan belfort seminar?

Unprecedented & authoritarian. Federal law explicitly prohibits govt control over school curricula. The Brookings Institution warns that dismantling civil rights & promoting ideological curricula is a rollback of decades of progress & threatens our democratic foundation #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

All white. All white. All white. Here it comes. The "It's Ok We Are White Nationalists Because White's Are Superior," portion of the speech. It's out in the open. This is our military now.

These are some of the violent criminals ICE detained in their performative show of force in Millennium Park on Sunday. Oh wait, it’s only Hispanic families with small children. Our country is currently creating a generation of traumatized youngsters who will grow up hating America. #MomSky

😵‍💫 he wasn’t hired for his competence 🍸

I’m sorry, was it the DEMOCRATS who defunded Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act to give tax breaks to billionaires Nope-that was Trump With votes from MAGA Senators like Roger Marshall Now hundreds of rural hospitals will probably have to close And only the Democrats are trying to stop this

It’s troubling to hear the political commentariat describing Donald Trump’s and Nigel Farage’s actions as ‘unprecedented’. It suggests they are observing individual pieces of the jigsaw instead of the broader authoritarian context. @westenglandbylines.co.uk westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/eme...

BREAKING: The White House claimed the FBI deep state targeted Homan in the $50K bag-o-cash bribe for government contracts, but it was actually a fellow ICE colleague that steered undercover agents to Homan. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...

You don't get to control the White House, Senate, and Congress, and then blame Democrats for a government shutdown. This is about keeping the Epstein files hidden, not keeping the gov't open for business. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

[tv commercial opens] [a woman comes into a kitchen and puts down her grocery bags] “as a busy mom, I’m always looking for faster, cheaper ways to launder hundreds of millions of dollars”

This is spot on. Our capitulation to the ‘inevitability’ of AI couldn’t come at a worse time.

"Trump is lying to justify his own authoritarian desire to deploy the military on the streets of America’s cities, while also commandeering a police force from a Democratic mayor. This isn’t the first time Trump has manufactured a fake 'emergency.' It is one of his favorite tactics." #NationalGuard

Reminder that Miller once asked an admiral “When a boat full of migrants is in int’l waters, they aren’t protected by the U.S. Constitution, right?” When admiral said that’s technically true, but int’l law still applied, Miller replied: “why can’t we use a Predator drone to obliterate that boat?”

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system! Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

I’m *almost* as angry at the uselessness of the current Democrat Party leadership as I am about the Republican Party collusion and corruption.

🚨This. Is. Madness. Do not normalize seeing heavily armed federal forces in the streets of Chicago (or anywhere). Posted on IG a few minutes ago. 1/2

Never forget the 🟠 💩's famous words...'I love the undereducated'. Project 2025 is being implemented piece by piece and destroying our public schools is a major goal of these oligarchs and fascists.

Sending positive vibes from Philly

There are a few moments that leave me speechless on Bluesky. Getting a follow from @markhamillofficial.bsky.social is one of them. You've been inspiring me for years and continue to do so Mark I'm so honoured thank you.

Shameful and painful to the United States of America.Trump really showed who and what he is in front of the countries in the UN. 🤬

Occam's Razor always rules. Always.

MIKE JOHNSON: We have to ensure that the rule of law applies to everyone TAPPER: Does the rule of law apply to people who stormed the Capitol on January 6? JOHNSON: Apparently there were 274 FBI agents in the crowd TAPPER: They were sent there to do crowd control. It wasn't a false flag operation

“Show us your warrant!” “Ma’am, you’ve been watching too many movies. We’ll show you the warrant after we’re done.” 🤔 *busts in the door with babies crying*

Strictly come scrounging.

“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.” I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt. And that’s wrong.

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.

To review: Just this week! Ordered Comey charged Ordered Congress to shut down Invaded a city with Full Force of military Ordered ALL generals to DC for 🤐 meeting Shut down press at Pentagon Declared antifa domestic terror group Ordered attack on domestic terrorists TOTALITARIANISM IS HERE! #resist

The same guy telling you Portland is war-ravaged, told you Mexico was going to pay for the wall and people were eating your pets in Ohio.