Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.

Mom tells the truth‼️

And the award goes to Speaker Mike Johnson... When confronted with the unhinged Trump speech to the Generals Mike Johnson said he didn't see it.

Troops illegally invade more cities as the authoritarian take over gathers pace, surely at some point the American people are going to realise how extremely serious and dangerous this is? People need to take collective action against the fascist dictatorship youtube.com/watch?v=i1rt...

Priorities.

Just to note. January 23, 2019 there was a vote to reopen government (HJ RES 28, roll call vote 46) when the govt had been shut down for 30 days. Mike Johnson voted “no” on that. They didn’t seem to mind shutdowns then

Elizabeth Warren: "If fighting to reduce the cost of healthcare and avoid a coming catastrophe is not worth fighting for, then I don't know what is."

If you thought you’ve been hit hard by grocery prices, wait until you are gut with 100% tariffs on your medications… if you already use generics to cut your costs, 9 out of 10 generics are sourced from Indian manufacturers.

Trump would rather shut down the government than work with Democrats. His budget serves the 1%, not the other 99% of America. #SheShed #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

Americans are staring down a cliff: health premiums could soar 75% and DOUBLE in rural America. Instead of fixing the GOP’s health care mess, Trump is threatening to slam the brakes on government. Cruelty over solutions, chaos over care. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

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There's likely truth in that:

He wants to dictate what the press can say. What a university can teach. Whom a company can employ. And to whom the law shall apply. He who wants all this is not a president, But strives to be a dictator. And all who succumb are not citizens, But subjects.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... They’re still blaming Biden. Even though it’s simple math for most of us to understand that higher Tariffs (taxes) on everything cause prices to go up and we have to pay these. But Trump has MAGA followers fooled. Because they believe everything he says.

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance However, they are weaker than they look…

Fat man and Little boy, because they bombed yesterday.

Sorry we had to cancel your cancer treatment, but the Secretary of Defense had to fly all the generals in so he could call them fat.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'? JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said. S: Those are quotes

Fun thing I learned while looking something up for a piece I'm writing: The official website for the Department of Defense now says, "Department of War" and its website is war.gov. Pretty sure none of that can be official without congressional approval, but, fuck it, right?

Here they are 😳😳. 🤣🤣

Hegseth’s warrior peacocking is simply disgusting. You want to see a warrior? This man landed at Anzio to kill fascism and anyone who defended it. Then he came home, married my grandma (who died this week at 101), and never touched a gun again. As a great poet once said, be a simple kind of man.

Every cell of his body.

With this I say goodnight…⬇️

Imagine getting flown out of your command to hear this idiot ramble about politics and the Gulf of America

Oh Boy 🫢catching Trumps speech to the military. He’s going down. He’s brutal to listen to. Yikes. He’s making shit up! No facts about anything whining whining!

What I would give for a completely honest, anonymous assessment of this appalling and ludicrous spectacle from the commanders in the room.

Sound Up 🔊 ( ht: @stanrezaee.bsky.social )

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate 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 that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

Republicans control the White House. They control the House and Senate. A government shutdown is on them.

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

The cost of coffee is on the rise, thanks to tariffs. Congress has introduced a bill to scrap the tax—a move that could be popular as more Americans reach for a cup.

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

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"

Hey, MSM, please stop calling them “immigration agents.” Call them what they are: thugs bullies militia members Insurrectionists pardoned criminals ICE

My father served in Vietnam. A white, skinny Jewish kid from Brooklyn. He said he never would have made it home without the bravery of his Black brothers, many whom had beards. DUI hire Hegseth is a revolting disgrace to our military.

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals! Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.

GOP is shutting down the government to prevent you from having healthcare

I’ve never understood why, given his adamant position that vaccines are dangerous, RFK Jr nonetheless vaccinated himself and his whole family. One of life’s enduring mysteries, I guess