@sanders.senate.gov: "We have already had 15 Republicans in the Senate defy Trump and say, 'Release the SNAP funds.' So I think that if we had held firm, it would be the Republicans who would yield. That was not the position of these 8 Democrats."

#SpeakerMikeJohnson has a plan.. www.facebook.com/share/v/1BsV...

Google's Gemini Deep Research can now read your Gmail and rummage through Google Drive

BREAKING: The NCAA revokes the eligibility of six more college basketball players as it continues an investigation into betting allegations.

The tech billionaire’s climate pivot is cowardly—and profoundly unhelpful.

Public procurement records show agencies such as ICE, CBP, ATF, TSA, the SEC, the Secret Service, the State Department, the U.S. Marshals, and the IRS have purchased flight data from ARC. @josephcox.bsky.social has a step-by-step guide on how to opt-out of it.

When you book a flight through major travel sites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines will sell details about your flight—your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government. We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide: www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...

28 Oct 2025 -- Denver has lost out to Perth, Australia in the right to host the 2030 Gay Games & its 12k athletes. COL has built a reputation as trans positive & Denver made the final 2. But Trump's anti-trans policies seem to have closed the deal for the Aussies. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Vice President JD Vance Saturday was called out for "publicly mocking other Brown people" despite "being married to a Brown woman and having mixed-race kids.

A federal jury this week found a private company that runs detention centers liable for the 2015 death of an inmate in Louisiana and awarded the man’s family $42.75 million in damages.

Inflatable frog costumes are selling out following the weekend's “No Kings” protests and to counter Trump’s demonization of US cities more broadly. www.wired.com/story/the-lo...

Trump’s attempts to fashion a presidential police force of armed soldiers for domestic deployment, while claiming the right to kill anyone he deems a terrorist, are historically unprecedented challenges to the rule of law.

Independent photojournalist Zach Hussein was shot at least 20-30 times with pepper balls during an Oct. 4 anti-deportation protest in Broadview, Illinois, while photographing graffiti near the fence erected around the ICE facility. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...

In @nytopinion Clemency for George Santos “wasn’t even really about him but rather about the president who granted it. Mercy, which was and remains the proper justification for the pardon power, had nothing to do with it,” Jeffrey Toobin writes.

“The fear generated by this action is totally inconsistent with the goal of having a government that follows the law rather than doing whatever it pleases," a former IRS commissioner told @michaelmechanic.bsky.social, of the Wall Street Journal's Trump-IRS bombshell.

Via Jacob Fischler: Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren minimized the announcements, saying they fell short of providing the free IVF coverage Trump had pledged to work toward.

 In 2017, Equifax suffered one of the largest data breaches in history. Around 147 million Americans had their Social Security numbers, birth dates, and addresses exposed. But instead of alerting the public, executives quietly sold stock while the company hid the breach for months.

Julian Brown, a 22-year-old inventor, has turned plastic waste into fuel. Scientists have tested it and found its diesel burns cleaner than traditional diesel.

Hey, dOnNIe even your crew is tired of the gaslighting ⤵️⬇️

Federal immigration authorities made multiple arrests, including a WGN employee, after apparently targeting a small group of landscapers in Lincoln Square.

The Truth Be Told ‼️⤵️

If there ever was doubt, let there be none Now ⤵️

Does tRuMp understand the prerequisite to get your face on money 😳 ⤵️

Arizona’s Democratic senators got into a hallway confrontation with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday as the government shutdown’s eighth day dragged on.

Gov. Pritzker told Trump what we need to hear: “If you come for my people, you come through me.” Follow Illinois: protect communities, refuse authoritarian stunts, and stand between Washington’s overreach and our people. Governors: take note — courage > cowardice. @atrupar.com

Once a crook and pedophile, always a lowlife.

A coalition of solar energy companies, labor unions, nonprofit groups and homeowners sued the EPA on Monday over its termination of $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) issued a grim warning about America's health care system during an interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Monday.

“Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice.”

In the spring, the Trump administration abruptly cut $500 million from an emergency food assistance program that delivered meat, dairy, eggs and produce to food banks across the country. Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning.

It's Obamacare health insurance prices — and how much help 24 million Americans will get with their premiums — that are in dispute.

Also completely unacceptable, having an incompetent drunk as our Secy. of Defense, and a senile, bloated Jabba-like diktator wannabe as commander in chief!

The shutdown could turn into a long standoff as Democratic leaders react to signals from their base that they want the party to stand up to Trump. “They want to see some spine,” says our @DashaBurns on #PlaybookPod. 🎧 ow.ly/trwu50X4VKp

@GOP he's yours. #MAGAIsATerroristGroup

There are snippets of this true story everyday in the news and from Congress

Judge who reviewed James Comey's indictment was confused [pissed off by the ineptness if you read between the lines] by U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan — a former Trump personal lawyer — as to why there were two versions of the indictments. www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-j...

Lakers sign F Anton Watson, G Nate Williams reut.rs/4gNzg1V

The Texas GOP was probably fine with the Nick Fuentes groyper group bc their biggest billionaire donor shares many of his beliefs.

They shot way past the stop sign they had originally yelled for people to back up to.

Oh yeah they shot at me and another journalist (as you can see).

ICE just chased everyone off the public road by the Broadview facility. They yelled for people to move and immediately began firing gas into the crowd, which included legal observers, press, and medics.

Trump did not specify a time for when troops would arrive, if they do; Portland police chief said he's not aware of any federal troops currently in Portland. www.kgw.com/mobile/artic...

As Trump orchestrates James Comey’s indictment, the corruption is the point Among the most striking things about the Comey indictment is that it is plainly what it appears to be. There’s barely a pretense of propriety. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

This is what Ice is doing in front of the cameras, imagine what they’re doing when no one is filming

In a Zeteo exclusive, I asked @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to listen to the death threat he recently got (the man was arrested) and talk about the Islamophobia he faces. He says Trump's rhetoric against him has helped fuel these "kinds of threats." Full interview: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

If you worry when someone quotes from the Quran but feel totally comfortable when someone quotes from the Bible ....

People spreading fears about Sharia law need to expand their thinking to what they do when forcing people to say a prayer from someone else's religion. Freedom of religion and freedom FROM religion are both important concepts.