Senate Republicans don’t seem too worried about the government shutting down....as they have a glorified resort vacation scheduled just days after the looming deadline. trib.al/j9UA4yF

Fascism relies upon the privileged illusion of normalcy to thrive and take root.

Disgraced SC Republican lawmaker and founding member of the SC Freedom Caucus, RJ May, pleaded guilty to distributing child sex abuse material. This is the so-called “family values” party. This is who they are. Read more here: www.wistv.com/2025/09/30/f... #SCPol

An update from Jessie Fuentes

Spot on.

One of the most compelling messages from her last interviews is that while we’re the most “intellectual animals” to ever walk the planet, “we’re not intelligent,” said Goodall, who’s an expert in animal behavior. “Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”

it is interesting to me how the MAGA right has a balkanized view of the United States that does not, at all, correspond with the reality of the United States

ice’s illegitimacy grows with every passing day

ice’s standard operating procedure

ice lies

A Washington Post poll on Thursday found that 47% of respondents were blaming Trump and the GOP compared with just 30% blaming Democrats. Our messaging is working, keep it up! #MAGAShutdown

At this point we all should realize that when Trump claims he knows nothing about something he really knows all about it. I can’t believe he fooled over 70 million people. And now they will not only find out he knew about it but they will see how it will affect them

It’s actually far worse We’ve got a president and a Republican Congress who would see the entire government shut down AND billionaires get tax breaks rather than allow Americans to afford their healthcare OR even be able to get medical treatment because their policies are causing hospitals to close

Four U.S. citizen children were detained in an ICE raid—zip-tied, separated, held for hours. Imagine if these were your precious little ones! Can you close your eyes to this depravity? Please don't. Remember If this could happen to these little kids, it can happen to yours. Speak out now!

Wanna know whose shutdown this is? Pay attention to who’s enjoying it.

If you are shocked by what the Trump regime is publicly stealing or crimes it is committing, imagine the magnitude of the crimes they are actually hiding.

This was always the plan. Project 2025 was Donald Trump's blueprint to seize unchecked power within the federal government and restrict Americans' freedoms. And he is implementing it right in front of our eyes.

It's kind of wild that in this shutdown fight, if you follow the logic of what Republicans are saying, they are basically arguing that if a person shows up at an ER bleeding out from a gun wound or suffering from a cardiac arrest, they should be turned away if they can't show their papers.

Im just saying...

Our president is an international punchline, and so are we.

Little boy GI Joe it a total tool.

I could not be prouder of the work my firm is doing to protect voting rights and voters from the current Department of Justice.

PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.

abcnews.go.com/US/gunman-mi... Weird how none of these stories mentions Thomas Stanford’s politics I mean, inexplicable

NEW: THREAD: Just a small collection of propaganda emails sent by the regime to federal employees who have sent them to me on the condition of anonymity. First, we all saw the HUD banner from Tuesday morning. 1/

This you, Trump?

Sorry, but that’s one damn ugly queen.

Rest in peace, Jane Goodall. You taught us that kindness is a form of strength and that respect for life in all its forms is the truest measure of humanity. You will be dearly missed.

“.. They’re going up and up,” he said. “You wonder, ‘What is your breaking point?’” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social

Yes, I agree. We need to make it clear that Trump has seized our Constitutional Public Money our government creates in our name to pay for our General Welfare so we can make our bank payments. Wish folks would just be clear about this

So Schumer and Jeffries were right to force the conversation not about the CR or shutdown but about the final GOP budget and their broader agenda to begin the process of forcing Rs to take responsibility for the incredible harm they are doing to the country. That's what this debate is about. 5/

What happens if Dems not only say no to the ACA/Medicaid cuts but no to the tariffs, clean energy cuts and everything else that was passed without their votes in reconciliation? I don't think people understand what an incredible shitshow Trump, Thune and Johnson have created, how weak they are. 4/

So a reason the Rs have acted so stunned that Ds made demands on the CR (stop gap to keep the govt open) is that it forced the Rs to start to deal with something that it's going to be very painful, perhaps impossible - getting a final budget that can get 60 votes in the Senate and pass the House. 3/

The 2026 fiscal year begins today and there is nothing remotely resembling a Republican budget on the horizon. House and Senate Rs are far apart on basic stuff. The White House is bat shit crazy. Not clear there's even a process for the Rs to produce a final budget, make tough calls. 2/

A central reason we're in this mess is that the final GOP budget is going to be full of ugly, deeply unpopular stuff - exploding deficits, destructive tariffs, cuts to health care/clear energy/food, supersizing ICE, tax cuts for billionaires - that Rs simply don't want to take responsibility for. 1/

I just want all my anti-vax MAGA friends to see how much Trump praised Pfizer today for all their work on the Covid vaccine.

Sure it’s tough to find a new job or afford a home or groceries, but Trump has doubled his net worth since taking office by profiting off the presidency.

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

New reporting reveals DOGE operated as a "rogue entity," engaging in activities putting every American at risk of a “catastrophic” data breach. We know DOGE represents a huge threat to privacy, but to what end? @nschneidman.bsky.social connects the dots: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/doges-data...

There should be one message only: "R's hold all three branches; it is up to them to fund the government; if they need help from the Dems to pass a budget, then they will need to make some changes. If there is a shutdown, it's their fault. EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN." AOC understands this. Be like her.

🚨This is a big deal: suburban chicago police launch an investigation into an ICE attack on local CBS news journalists.

Can’t even laugh at this. The idea of these meatheads skulking around my beautiful, glittering jewel box of a city, looking to tackle every non-white person they see, makes me sick to my stomach. This is the real domestic terrorism.

U.S. Border Patrol agents tried and failed to detain a man in downtown Chicago (via Christopher Sweat)

Lame duck. Lame brain