No health care, no deal.

Dems should be all over THIS, not caving on a shutdown and healthcare premiums on which the publicly currently clearly blame Trump and the GOP for.

CBP/ICE DRIVE-BY PEPPER SPRAYING OF A ONE YEAR OLD. my god this is vile, just vile. #Chicago

At this point, it’s utterly bonkers that any Democrat would trust any Republican to negotiate in good faith.

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

Americans can’t afford this deal. Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan. A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.

It’s time for Speaker Johnson to cut the ridiculous excuses and do his job. Adelita Grijalva won an election more than 6 weeks ago, and she still hasn’t been sworn in to represent more than 800,000 Arizonans. Read her op-ed:

@mendoza4az.bsky.social is the Marine veteran who will unseat Juan Ciscomani in AZ-06! JoAnna’s story of lifting herself from humble beginnings in rural AZ to Marine Drill Sergeant to 2 Masters degrees is one of the most compelling I’ve ever heard. Project 2026-Flip the House!

Hey Arizona! If you’d like to help out for the holidays, please drop off your donations, or scan the bar code to donate! Midwest Foodbank 725 E Baseline Rd Gilbert, AZ 85233 Any and all help is welcome! #ProudBlue #Pinks #OneV1

Someone should go there and show them the clips of Trump's Great Gatsby party. I bet they'd be so happy to know he's having fun.

Arizona friends: Below is a resource to use to learn when your SNAP benefits will be available to you this month... provided the SCOTUS opts to allow families and children to eat: view.sfmc.azdes.gov?qs=b8ffca8cd...

Finally. Thank heavens. Arizona SNAP recipients start to receive benefits for November, governor says www.azfamily.com/2025/11/08/a...

The Tuesday election was a message to Democrats to keep fighting. People are scared at what Trump is doing to their lives and our democracy. And they desperately want the opposition party to stand up to him, not willingly get run over.

The Trump administration should stop holding 900,000 Arizonan's food benefits hostage during the month of Thanksgiving. I'm proud to be fighting alongside 25 other states to ensure Arizonans can access their food benefits. Full press release here: www.azag.gov/press-releas...

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

Democrats asked for ONE THING today to reopen the govt: Keep health insurance subsidies where they are at now for one year. That is IT. Nothing else. Republicans said no. So all the lies they tell every day about things Dems are asking for is BS. Republicans OWN this shutdown.

Despite multiple court rulings, the Trump administration is holding SNAP funding hostage cruelly and illegally. Yesterday, we asked the Court to compel the federal government to pay full benefits. Learn more at www.azag.gov/press-releas.... coppercourier.com/2025/11/06/a...

Full circle

I think these images of Halloween 2025 are going to stick with Americans for a long time to come. Trump's party with women in oversized champagne glasses & out of control federal agents drawing guns on the people of Chicago. I wrote about the split screen here: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

Speaker Johnson kicked me out of his office. Here's why.

A 17 minute conversation and the Tucson office could not tell me one public event #Ciscomani has had outside Tucson while he's on paid vacation

The real choice Democrats face is not between a continuing resolution that allows the government to function normally or a government shutdown. Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down. Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.

Proud to fight Trump's illegal tariffs driving up costs for everyone alongside my fellow AGs @agdanrayfield.bsky.social and @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov. youtube.com/shorts/nQDdD...

I launched the American Mobilization Project because the fight can’t wait until 2028 or even 2026. AMP channels thousands of small contributions to anti-Trump mobilization all over the country. 1/ A few groups funded by AMP had big wins last night.

I’m proud to be representing Arizona in Washington D.C. for the oral arguments in our tariff case before the Supreme Court.

Arizona AG Kris Mayes: "Our founding fathers placed the power to tax Americans in Congress. They did not believe that we should have a president or king who had the power to tax and to levy these kinds of tariffs that are having a devastating impact on our states."

New post on the patreon. This one covers how I adopted Spike. Please pay attention to the trigger warnings at the top of the post and skip this one if it will trigger you. www.patreon.com/posts/matts-...

#TrumpIsToxic to us all! 🐻‍❄️ Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to drilling “If We Lose the Arctic, We Lose the World” Sauli Niinistö www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Everyone should pay careful attention to the Maine voter ID ballot measure (Prop 1). It is on track to lose -- thereby proving that the GOP claims that voter ID laws are overwhelmingly popular is a lie. Perhaps now the legacy media will stop repeating that nonsense.

"No Amount of Hand-Washing Can Make COVID-19 a Seasonal Virus" Published: 14 August, 2024 "The left image shows that SARS-CoV-2 propagated to most organs, whereas the right image shows that influenza was mostly confined to the liver and lungs" Source: whn.global/scientific/n...

I'm glad a court agreed with us that Trump cannot illegally withhold SNAP funding. While we wait for those contingency funds to go out, we are still all going to need to step up to make sure our fellow Arizonans don't go hungry.

GOP Senators are participating in the #Epstein files coverup, protecting billionaires who rape children. This likely includes the rapist in chief. Mike Rounds is just one of those complicit Senators. wearesaners.org/wp-content/u...

SARS-CoV-2 is an ongoing threat to human health "Last month Neil Sprackling, a CEO with Swiss Re, cited long COVID as a significant factor contributing to that two per cent jump in excess deaths, particularly in people over the age of 65." thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

My Stop the Presses newsletter defines some terms to help you navigate the current chaos. They include: Self-coup Brandolini’s law Agent provocateur False flag Streisand effect Concern trolling Toxic empathy Uncanny Valley Red pill and Accelerationism. But I can’t help you with "6-7."

"In fact, a second infection doubles the long-COVID risk for a child." thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo! I know how hard you worked for this.

"symptoms&conditions of long COVID in children can include heart muscle inflammation,changes in taste&smell,blood clots..kidney injury..generalized pain..chest pain,fatigue&malaise,headache,musculoskeletal pain,abdominal pain,cognitive impairment thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

🔥”The weight of science on the risk repeated COVID infections can pose 2 children’s health, is “no longer murky”🚨urges parents to take precautions, including masks, vaccinations, advocating for well-maintained & properly calibrated ventilation systems in schools” thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Food Resource List for the Tucson area as of October 30, 2025: tucsonloveletter.com/articles/food/

If you think the #COVID19 pandemic is done and ever-evolving variants pose no significant threat, consider these two realities, writes contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk.

One year ago today, the insurrection fomenter/ demented felon then-candidate, publicly faux fellated a mic stand, and America said, "That's our guy!" Bravo America 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Bravo

Last night, the FAA warned there would be NO CONTROLLERS WORKING at the Orlando Int Airport.

Dear people who don't live in the Chicago area, Trump's thugs are practicing their violence on us before they apply it coast-to-coast. Get active now, while you can. Help us defeat the fascists and save our country.

“Because COVID destabilizes the immune system, researchers are now beginning to see a link between repeat COVID infections and rising cancer rates in young people. One study recently found that a COVID infection can accelerate or increase cancer risk…”

“Every infection increases the risk for heart attacks, strokes and heart disease; for new-onset diabetes; for cognitive decline and dementia; for deregulating the immune system; and for reactivating viruses like Epstein-Barr or shingles.” thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

What Stuart Stevens says is perfectly obvious, and something you will not see reflected in any of the major media coverage.

BREAKING: There has been another ICE raid at a Home Depot today — this time in Phoenix. In this Huddled Masses exclusive, @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reported that immigration groups are weighing a boycott of the chain.