Some staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs are finding little to be merry about after the agency said it would eliminate tens of thousands of open, unfilled positions across the country as it looks to streamline its staffing.

The Supreme Court has barred President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard to Chicago to protect ICE agents, handing the White House a rare loss at the high court as the president has sought to send troops to multiple American cities. https://cnn.it/49vMygj

Nah, it's real. Rolling Stone had the story in June 2023. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

I am so livid at CNN for allowing Scott Jennings spew his MAGA-loving Conservative bullshit on a daily basis. I will never forgive them for setting our country back. Now they’re even on Bluesky. Please block them.

Today, MAGA is losing it over this video of Pete Hegseth SLAMMING Trump. “All bluster, very low substance… he’s an armchair tough guy. He said that John McCain is not a war hero yet he sought his own five military deferments.” RT to ruin Trump’s day!

In normal times, DOJ wins most of its cases because it has the resources to ensure that presidential actions are lawful. But under Trump, the Department is run by a sycophantic election denying enabler. The result is DOJ's credibility with judges is in tatters and it is losing case after case.

This is a very big deal.👇 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The housing market explained.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office posts a video of Emperor Palpatine reciting Donald Trump’s Truth Social post about L.A. via @swholocron.bsky.social

🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️

Why is no one talking about the documentary on Netflix about the Epstein files? Some of those girls were 12 years old! youtube.com/shorts/9NqFD...

Moskowitz: Speaker Johnson seems to have memory problems: I haven’t seen that. I haven’t heard about it. You’re telling me this for the first time. He just can’t get away from trying to defend the president without making it look like he has absolutely no idea what’s going on at any point in time…

“I want to be a part of the position where I could vote for the person that's representing me, versus just have these people representing me in a way that I don't feel comfortable with," Walter Lewis said in his appeal to have his voting rights restored.

Reader Tom B. from Seattle is matching gifts to his GoFundMe for ProPublica up to $15K. We’re just over $4K so far. Help close the gap:

Glaring gaps in Epstein files as released docs offer scant new insight into crimes

The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

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The President of the United States deleted this photo of the drawer full of photos with himself and Jeffrey Epstein from the DOJ's illegally redacted release of the files last night. We are watching a cover up in real time. This is file 468.

This whole thing is a joke... bunch of lying nazi freaks that we arent holding accountable for anything. They do what they want on their own schedule and everybody accepts it. Its a fkn travesty how weak DC dems are

We were married on this day in 1978... soulmates ever since. ❣️ #ForeverGrateful 🙏

10/21/25🤬ICE/J6 terrorizing Mount Pleasant (Chicago) with 15 unmarked SUV’s, drone & chopper🇺🇸🙏

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plan to draft articles of impeachment against AG Pam Bondi over the DOJ’s failure to release all Epstein files as required by law.

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

For a man that regrew his ear it’s strange that his hand is always in recovery mode

A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer was held in jail for more than a month this fall after police arrested him over a Facebook post of a meme related to the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Ghislaine Maxwell asks court to set aside her conviction

'You will never see us committing war crimes!' That's because we prohibit the release of videos that prove it... #ImpeachHEGSETH bsky.app/profile/thet...

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Yeah, hard to explain that... #TDS #ItsAcult #MAGAtNation

Exactly.

He may not be the worst president ever but he is without question the worst person to ever serve as president.

And this 👇 Measles outbreaks are spreading across the U.S., and we are likely to lose our status as a country where the disease is eliminated, something that disease specialists say is directly related to Trump’s appointment of RFK Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The last thing our veterans need is FEWER people making sure they get the health care they need. This is a grossly short-sighted decision by Secretary Collins. We need answers and accountability.

On Rob Reiner "Now I’m hearing his voice tell us all to do more,” he added, and to “keep fighting, to keep living for every soul taken from this earth, that no longer has the life and breath to raise their voices for a better world, we must raise our voices for them.” Mandy Patinkin

Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.

I’m pretty traumatized, I’m grieving , I’m placed away from my sibling and now I’m going 2b killed @nycacc.bsky.social if someone doesn’t come to foster me and make me feel safe! Message @princesskim.bsky.social for an application! REPOST ME! I’m August!

Trump's second term moves forward like a mad train, contemptuous public opinion. The Republicans who once praised him are discovering that the movement they thought was glorious is turning into a disaster, and many of this idiots, dreams now jumping off the moving wagon. #ProudBlue #DemVoice1

Feds say they foiled New Year's Eve terror plot in L.A., Southern California

US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has made a dig at President Trump's social media response to the news of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife's death.

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A gerrymander is not a sure thing…

We are thrilled that Indiana state senators made the right choice today! Thank you to everyone who showed up and stood up for fair maps and democracy. The joy in the Statehouse was palpable.

BIG NEWS: Midcycle redistricting has been DEFEATED! Democracy and fairness prevailed, and Fishers Resists was in the room where it happened. (Thank you Pam Martin for writing this post & to you & Phyllis Kriner for being such joyful company on this historic day).

Nothing has ever been more real than Russian collusion

It's Trump’s Gold Card plan: Foreign citizens-just slip him a cool million & poof u get a visa allowing u to take the American jobs he swore he’d protect. No "Charlie finds a Wonka Bar Golden Ticket", more "pay‑to‑stay" in a country run by a bigly demented male version of Veruka Salt. U want it NOW💰