It’s the Epstein files shutdown.

Pam Bondi's DOJ now running interference for far right influencers arrested by local cops in Portland. Opens investigation into arrest of Nick Sortor www.kgw.com/article/news...

Tis the Season!

🚨🚨The House reading clerk just read a letter from House Speaker Mike Johnson where he declares a 'District Work Period' from October 7 to October 13. That would mean no votes in the House until mid-month.

They took these US citizens naked and put them in zip ties and threw them in a van.

Was just writing about this today, but here's a preview: the dam is about to burst. People in Blue states are pissed and getting more pissed. The conversations I hear even from non political people aren't subtle.

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Naked children torn from their mothers and tossed into vans. U.S. citizens detained for hours in zip ties. Doors kicked in and belongings stolen or destroyed. This is the reality of Trump’s deportation agenda. It was always about cruelty.

NLG is receiving more and more verified reports of federal agent door-knocks and contacts. If you are approached by federal law enforcement, don’t be afraid to alert your community!

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session. Want to know why? Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out. Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

Trump and Republicans are desperately trying to make your healthcare twice as expensive.

Trump’s tariffs have pushed Illinois farmers to their breaking point. Now, with Trump’s shutdown, USDA offices are shuttered across the country, and farmers cannot access loans or economic assistance. Illinois farmers deserve better.

How out of touch can Donald Trump’s top economic adviser be? A 60-year-old couple making $85k/year will have to pay over $22,000 more EVERY YEAR. TWENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Gov is shutdown. Let’s see who picks it up this time 🤣

Terrifying development as pretext to Crack down on US residents. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

#Chicago doesn’t play “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” — Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and activist

The way this made me laugh! 🤣

Join us on October 3rd We’re holding a live AMA with Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh on r/50501. It’s a chance to hear directly from someone running for office without the usual filters. Come with your honest questions, thoughts, and concerns. Now’s the time to ask! @katmabu.bsky.social

He knows it. They know it. They've always known it. Amongst themselves, they joke about it. They tell stories about it. They swap advice on how to deal with it. But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.

Republicans control the White House, Senate, and House. This government shutdown is on them.

“The Department unilaterally and without staff knowledge or consent, went in and changed the messages to include partisan language,” claims a DOE employee. This is particularly problematic because experts have alleged that the partisan language could be a violation of the Hatch Act.

Ukraine has hit a Russian military facility in Berezniki, Perm oblast. #explodey

The regime is deporting an Atlanta journalist and being pretty open about the fact that it‘s in direct retaliation for his coverage: “An immigration judge granted Guevara a $7,500 bond in July, but the government filed a stay, claiming that his reporting on law enforcement activity was dangerous”

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

Easily, his most elaborate and destructive distraction from #TheEPSEIN_Files... yet.

NEW: We just filed a class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration for its creation of massive secret databases of millions of Americans' personal information, violating the Privacy Act. This illegal overreach is unacceptable.

Immigrants aren’t the reason Americans struggle to afford healthcare, but this administration would rather spread fear than offer real solutions.

Day 2 of the Republican shutdown. Your regular reminders: 1. GOP controls government. They control what bills get voted on and the vote thresholds for each bill. Senate GOP can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it. 2. Dems are fighting to lower costs and save healthcare.

Haha yes. Because ADP shows a really really really bad jobs report.

The mighty @hcrichardson.bsky.social joins me at 11 am ET to discuss how we can confront Trump and the GOP's march towards authoritarianism. Join us. No paywalls. thelefthook.substack.com

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) is prepared to cave on negotiations to prevent a government shutdown. This cowardly move would allow Republicans to avoid the shame of a shutdown while ripping healthcare away from millions. Call Schumer’s Office and tell him to vote NO: (202) 224-6542

To Donald Trump: Stop using military troops and ICE to invade and disrupt American cities. Stop calling your political opponents “enemies” of the US. Stop attacking the 1st Amendment. Our troops and our nation deserve better than you acting as a petty tyrant.

“The oath says enemies foreign and domestic… well, we also have domestic.” Trump tells the generals he plans to use the military against Americans

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Another Kavanaugh stop.

Des Moines public school issues statements yesterday (scroll down) saying that Ian Roberts had an FBI background check in 2023 and it raised no red flags and Roberts said he was a US Citizen. To summarize: ICE said Roberts entered the US in 1999. He was running track for Copin Sate though in 1997

Me and the family went to downtown Chicago over Labor Day weekend. We walked the streets, played in parks, and rode public transportation the whole time. Never felt unsafe or even uncomfortable. The city was absolutely beautiful and we had a great time.

About to be the family that owns TikTok.

Is Johnson just gonna ride it out at home until he shuts down the government and then blame that?

As agents retreated back to the facility grounds, a protester was knocked to the ground and arrested.

A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.

Make no mistake: public pressure works. But remember, Trump will still try to abuse his power to pressure CEOs and silence his critics. And the dominance of these media giants is still a major problem. So to everyone who made a difference today, stay in the fight.

The kicker is just a chef's kiss of stupidity

Do not bow down to these people. Do not allow them to convince you that you must. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel has been swift, and severe. The whole episode underscores something I've been blogging about for a while: A lot of powerful people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...

I get that "don't complain bc things sucked more in the past" is not really a strong argument, politically or morally. But still. This graph is stunning, comparing the 2020 homicide spike in NYC to historic trends. Still SO safe, for all the "city on fire!" rhetoric.

Every 3000-mile journey begins with the first 60 miles.