Checkmate!

Unfortunately, nothing teaches Americans the value of Democratic policies better than Republican rule.

Hope you all are having a blessed Thursday

🚨 oh look! Jack Smith is calling Marsha Blackburn’s bluff. Surely she should want him to testify publicly if she isn’t entirely full of 💩, right? Right?? www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/p...

ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike — Spending went from almost $9 million under Biden in 2024 to $71 million in Trump’s first nine months. (TCL: Why does ICE need warheads and chemical weapons? )

I just saw a video that said cutting SNAP would lower food prices because it would cut demand. I'm starting to think that Econ 101 either needs to be drastically overhauled or that you cannot take it unless you commit to taking four econ courses one heavily focused on externalities and elasticity.

That Thursday feeling #TBT

"nearly half..." ??? it's an open book test. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Updating my LEGO White House

The Constitution is not self-enforcing. The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms. And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People. No one is coming to save us. It's entirely up to us.

“Can you put two and two together about what’s going on here??” @saikatforcongress.bsky.social connects the dots for the panel

Whoever signed up to be the architects and builders for this project should face professional opprobrium

See that red X off the Pacific coast of Colombia? That’s where the US military recently blew up a boat, thousands of miles from the United States. There’s virtually no chance the boat was smuggling drugs into America, if it was even carrying drugs at all.

Why does this whole East Wing demolition thing make me feel like living out Zedekiah (2 Kings 25:7)?

Meanwhile the new working class - women and minorities in service industries, are somehow never that interesting and important as the white "blue collar" male with problematic values and red flag behavior. bsky.app/profile/chro...

This is Finn. He may have plenty of toys, but he refuses to play with anything other than a concrete block. 13/10 to each their own (TT: emilyyheide)

A girl can dream…🙌🏾 open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...

“.. If you do have children you might want to kiss them goodbye." "Do you prefer the type of blade they use on your throat, huh?,” the caller said.

Bring 2 friends!!

Only one thing bothers me more than reading about another democracy destroying action Trump has taken: seeing Democrats suggest they have given up, or thrown in the towel. That’s not acceptable.

The Federal Trade Commission received 200 complaints mentioning ChatGPT between November 2022 and August 2025. Several attributed delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises to the chatbot.

Yeah. Who are we fooling?

What?!

#WeekQforQuiet #AlphabetChallenge Early morning

#TrumpHatesOurHealthCare Regular Americans don’t give a shit about a clean CR. They care that they can afford their insurance premiums. NEW POLL…

Under the Chemical Weapons Convention (1993) chemical weapons such as tear gas cannot be used in international conflicts. Why then are we using it on peaceful protesters in the United States?

✊🏾🇺🇲🐸 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory

You may be surprised by how hard the "Nazi tattoo" thing hits. For instance, people I knew growing up had them but they were just numbers.

Great news!

That clampdown on the Pentagon press corps has done wonders. 🤡 @jamiedupree.bsky.social www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oc...

NEW — Oak Park attorney Scott Sakiyama supported a neighboring Black family while federal prosecutors accused their son of assaulting a Border Patrol agent. Ten days later, federal agents arrested Sakiyama himself. thetriibe.com/2025/10/chir...

BREAKING: Sen. DURBIN sends official congressional correspondence asking if Kristi Noem has hired any January 6th rioters at ICE.

Wondering what you can do in this struggle? Food banks need your help right now.

Thank you, Joyce!

Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t respect the Constitution. But they’re learning that Illinois does not and will not bow under their tyranny.

(CBS News) - A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...

What say you, Grok?

Raskin with Jeffries: "It's an alarming situation where now we have many of these January 6 defendants who have been picked up on other defenses. The Department of Justice is not zealously prosecuting them for other crimes they have committed ... it's a very dangerous situation."

Thank you, Judge Susan Graber for calling for an immediate en banc review in the 9th Circuit. Yesterday's decision must be vacated "before the illegal deployment of troops under false pretenses can occur.” The military has no place in our cities.

So we’re now paying federal taxes so Donald Trump can withdraw them from the Treasury like it’s his own personal bank account? Really?

And it’s getting worse. My email is beyond full and my pocketbook can’t do one more subscription.

Social Security is NOT a handout. It is a benefit earned with every paycheck, and it must be protected and expanded, not cut, privatized, or means-tested.