AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now? Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests? Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face

Maduro was a brutal ruler, it’s true. So is Putin—who Trump supports. So was Bolsonaro, who Trump supports. So was the drug-trafficking former head of Honduras, who Trump just pardoned. So is Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. MBS. Bibi. Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.

It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.

Isn't it odd that the United States has enough money to suddenly run Venezuela, but not enough to run our own country? There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. This is the military industrial complex on steroids.

ICYMI: Today, the United States of America, under the direction of a mentally unstable president, attacked Venezuela, a sovereign nation, kidnapped its leader and his wife, and declared they are now running the country. It’s exactly as insane as it sounds.

It’s the United States that needs regime change.

Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult. A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates. When will party leadership learn this lesson?

Since 2020, I have been fighting for mail-in voting and the GOP has been fighting against it. A critical court case is now going before the U.S. Supreme Court. I can assure you that I will be there fighting hard to ensure every lawful ballot counts.

Time to swear in Adelita Grijalva, let her cast the final vote to release the Epstein files!

Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."

These 8 useless Democratic Senators are all wealthy and have feathered themselves a lovely retirement nest. They don't need to be in these positions anymore. They can amble away into the privileged nothingness that defines their spinelessness and lack of courage. Demand more and better, folks.

Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything." For once, I believe him.

@hassan.senate.gov VOTE NO. The bill does not contain provisions to extend the ACA subsidies. Without these credits, 22 million Americans will be forced to either go without healthcare coverage or pay hundreds extra each month. People cannot afford this!

@shaheen.senate.gov VOTE NO. The bill does not contain provisions to extend the ACA subsidies. Without these credits, 22 million Americans will be forced to either go without healthcare coverage or pay hundreds extra each month. People cannot afford this!

@fetterman.senate.gov VOTE NO. The bill does not contain provisions to extend the ACA subsidies. Without these credits, 22 million Americans will be forced to either go without healthcare coverage or pay hundreds extra each month. People cannot afford this!

@kaine.senate.gov VOTE NO. The bill does not contain provisions to extend the ACA subsidies. Without these credits, 22 million Americans will be forced to either go without healthcare coverage or pay hundreds extra each month. People cannot afford this!

@senangusking.bsky.social VOTE NO. The bill does not contain provisions to extend the ACA subsidies. Without these credits, 22 million Americans will be forced to either go without healthcare coverage or pay hundreds extra each month. People cannot afford this!

@rosen.senate.gov VOTE NO. The bill does not contain provisions to extend the ACA subsidies. Without these credits, 22 million Americans will be forced to either go without healthcare coverage or pay hundreds extra each month. People cannot afford this!

@durbin.senate.gov VOTE NO. The bill does not contain provisions to extend the ACA subsidies. Without these credits, 22 million Americans will be forced to either go without healthcare coverage or pay hundreds extra each month. People cannot afford this!

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Tonight was a very bad night.

Damn, even the cat voting?

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @deadder.bsky.social )

Holder: The Supreme Court is a broken institution. And it’s something that has to be part of the national conversation in ’26 and in ’28. If there is a Democratic trifecta in 2028—and I think the possibility of that is pretty good—Supreme Court reform has to be on the table.

California, please vote. Yes on proposition 50!

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor would not have been stripped of "Prince" if the Epstein Files were fiction written by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, James Comey, John Brennen, and various unnamed people in the Biden administration, as guilty Donald stupidly--and desperately--claims.

“They were careless people…” - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Nearly 8 in 10 Americans agree that spending by wealthy donors and corporations in our elections gives rise to corruption — including majorities of Republican and independent voters. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction. We must overturn Citizens United.

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Retired couple (teacher & union carpenter) on ACA premiums skyrocketing — from $443/month to $2,224/month: “It's like buying another house and trying to pay for two houses at the same time… without the subsidy we honestly don’t know what we’re gonna do.” #TrumpShutdown

Leaked document. Yikes, things are about to get much worse. It looks like we’re on the verge of becoming a military state across the country. Step out of line, and the man come and take you away.

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50. California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections. Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.

California will monitor Drumpf’s election monitors www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

Hey U.S. military members: "I was only following orders" didn't work at Nuremberg.

I see that the United States' peculiar brand of Christian Nationalism includes judging the poor for needing SNAP benefits (judging is something Jesus said *not to* do) but not helping the poor with SNAP benefits (helping the poor is something Jesus told them *to* do).

ROLLING STONE: “The current Congress has dropped the pretense of public service altogether… Congress enjoys ultraluxe health care as it fights to gut yours.” @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why don’t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

If all the documents were released, all the records, all the interviews, if every shred of paper written on the Epstein sex trafficking operation were released tomorrow, there would still be horrific things we’ll never know. Think about that.

Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.

Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.

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