NEW: In Texas redistricting case, a leading political scientist testified that he saw “evidence of intentional discrimination” in the map, which “aggressively seeks to roll back minority power.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Can't stop. Won't stop. RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES.

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session. Want to know why? Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out. Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

2022: Elon Musk claims this is Ghislaine Maxwell photobombing him at a party and that he did not know her. 2025: Elon Musk's name appears in the Epstein Files. 👀

One day that cross on her neck it going to explode.

So Speaker Johnson gave the congress another week off. Paid of course, while they shut the govt down. The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed. And they get another vacation

And the bloating of valuations continues. I've been around long enough to remember Greenspan's "irrational exuberance" and this whole craziness on AI makes that look like an infantile teenage crush.

BREAKING: The First Circuit rejects Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. In the New Jersey-led multistate case, the appeals court, in a 100-page ruling, keeps the nationwide scope of the injunction blocking the EO in place. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Unanimous First Circuit takes pains to emphasize that this was an incredibly easy case to decide, despite writing a very long opinion knocking down every ridiculous argument the Trump admin made.

GIGO

I have reached out to their management.

Also really can‘t imagine that @thecure.com agree with this

Hey @schwarzenegger.bsky.social care to speak out against this usage of your image in this fascist propaganda bullshit?

So this used to be the quiet part of the GOP platform. No more.

Over the years Susan Collins has made it crystal clear that she does not care how many people lose access to healthcare, and this week she shut down the government instead of voting to let Mainers get the care they need. It’s despicable.

Ah yes, those halcyon days gone by . . .

The combination of ignorance and arrogance is stunning.

Like Russian nesting dolls, da?

I’ve been through government shutdowns. This one is radically different. Here’s what is at stake, and why Democrats must hold the line. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/this-shutdown-is-different

It's worth asking how differently things might look on the ground right now if #SCOTUS hadn't eviscerated Bivens—and made it all-but impossible to bring damages suits against federal officers (like ICE agents) who violate our constitutional rights. This is from my rebuttal in Hernández v. Mesa:

Americans are standing on a health care cliff. More than 20 million Americans could see their premiums double. Doctors, nurses, rural Americans, patients, and families are speaking out. This isn’t political theater—and we will keep fighting this crisis.

I was so excited today. I thought this was an obituary — turns out I was very wrong. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

This is an Epstein shutdown.

I see why he bankrupted casinos.

Go to hud.gov and use the website feedback button to tell them the website is for all Americans and to take down this partisan propaganda. #ThisIsTrumpsShutdown

The word that keeps running through my head about this administration (among others) is "adolescent." These are people with a little boy's idea of what sounds manly.

The GOP would NEVER go back on their word, would they?

I know you are, but what am I?

Do as I say; not as I do.

The shutdown is not the fault of democrats. Republicans can vote to fund the government without a single democrat by changing the rules to lower the 60 vote threshold like they did two weeks ago to push through 48 trump appointees at once. 10/

A well orchestrated disinformation campaign is still disinformation.

"I didn't see it." Utter horse shit.

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.

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."

Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist, has died at the age of 91.

Lots of disgusting things, but hey, at least you aren't asking about the Epstein Files.

* Supreme Court Refuses to Let Trump Immediately Oust Fed’s Cook @bloomberg.com

Yet more evidence of a slowdown that has the hallmarks of early stagflation. Buckle up, folks, it's gonna get a lot bumpier once the over-hyped market valuations start to wobble, and even more so when the bond market starts to realize they can't finance their way out of this economic miasma.

Bin-go

Now under state control, New College of Florida rankings are tanking, but this is just one symptom of a much bigger problem: there is a massive brain drain is underway in Flori-DUH as faculty and administrators vacate positions in light of the anti-woke agenda of Ron DeSantis.

You mean they didn't follow the law? I'm shocked. 🙄

Precious metals now come with a warning on Schwab. That can only mean one thing. Looks like they are heading for a run.

If only they were decent students. *sigh*

This is not a fight about tax credits. This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin. We have the chance to protect the health care of millions of Americans. We need to take it.

Are you not entertained?

We are entering a massive negative feedback loop that will impact the very foundations of what we used to consider the public good, all to subsidize tax cuts for wealthy elites who will never experience the pain of the loss they're imposing on the rest of us.

When it comes to household balance sheets, those with assets are pulling away. (via Goldman) @mikezaccardi.bsky.social

I've been saying this for two weeks! AOC: Trump is weaker than he looks. They double down in public to overcompensate for it. They rely on the 'perception' of strength. They rely on the 'perception' of inevitability. They want you to give up! We can't give up. We have to be their consequence."