Pete Hegseth spent the day awkwardly ranting to military leaders. Meanwhile, the GOP shutdown has furloughed 335,000 Pentagon workers. One thing is clear: they care more about political theater and grievances than protecting this country.

Trump is cutting health insurance funding, slapped a tariff on pharmaceutical imports, and now wants to force you to buy from TrumpRX - a crisis he created to profit from. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

You can tell the shutdown isn't a real emergency because Ted Cruz is still in the country.

Went to a live recording of @laist.com #AirTalk this evening - and boomer Shawn Steel was completely inappropriate, attacking a UCI professor for simply sharing facts about the Vietnam War, then calling a Dem strategist a hack. Larry Mantle was a pro of course. #OrangeCounty #politics

I asked Trump's former OMB director Mick Mulvaney to acknowledge it's a lie that undocumented immigrants get ACA subsidies (they don't), and he ended the interview. "Would you agree that not a single dime of ACA subsidies goes toward undocumented immigrants?" "I'm not gonna do this anymore."

A reminder that the Senate is controlled by Republicans (as is the House, White House, and Supreme Court), so any shutdown was caused by Republicans, and Republicans only.

We’re headed for the first shutdown since the last time Trump was in office. The framing of trying to give Medicaid to illegals is absolute nonsense. The average family of four is paying up to *$1500* a month on the insurance marketplace. Dems wanted to help. GOP refused.

Biden in office, GOP House and Senate: DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN!! Trump in office, GOP House and Senate: DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN!! Allowing one party to control the media narrative because they’re loud and dumb is absolutely ruining people’s understanding of how anything works.

people were worried about a behind the scenes loyalty test and once again they get around outrage by just doing the thing right out in the open

The reaction to Trump’s speech on the GOP side is pretty hilarious. It’s generally “what the fuck was that and why did anyone think it was a good idea?” But they’ll get out on Fox News and talk about how great it was.

Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.

Sorry, but I have to get something off my chest: every word out of Pete Hegseth's mouth gives "frathouse rapist" to me Am I the only one?

Trump just called us "the enemy within" Those are LITERALLY the words Adolf Hitler used to describe Jews in Nazi Germany. Literally the same words.

Pete Hegseth is a jackass that has no clue what women are capable of.

Every fishing boat kills 25,000 people. FFS 🤦🏻‍♀️

Michael Miklaucic: The West is losing the cognitive war with Russia and China "Russia and Chi... https://www.twincities.com/2025/04/05/michael-miklaucic-the-west-is-losing-the-cognitive-war-with-russia-and-china/ #Opinion #Opinion #Columnists #Donald #Trump […] [Original post on twincities.com]

1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs. 2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar. 3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!

In which Pee-wee German Stephen Miller’s wife tries to take on Benson & Stabler. Ya know, cause that always ends well for the perps. Dun dun 😬

I have legit said this. Now would be a GREAT time for municipal authorities to begin roadwork in front of ICE facilities.

Trump is ordering the military to use “full force” against an American city, while the Supreme Court declares him the Sun King and Congress hides under a pile of coats. The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit

hey, remember when Kamala Harris warned everyone that Trump would use the military on us, and the press was all "shut up, laughing lady, prove you worked at McDonald's"? that was fun, wasn't it

Happening now in war ravaged Portland: the city's Parks and Recreation Department (the most subversive of all government entities, is giving away trees.

The President of the United States claims to have authorized the military to use lethal force on US citizens, and there’s not a single Republican who has the balls to tell him that’s both illegal and morally wrong.

🤔 You know what's the most interesting thing about Amelia Earhart? Epstein. It's Epstein. Stay focused. #EPSTEIN #EPSTEINtrump

If a full accounting of Epstein’s crimes - and his accomplices - is ever made public, people on the left and the right are going to feel really dumb that we’ve been arguing with each other while the elites of both parties pal around and do abhorrent shit.

The far right in America today: a quick primer. #Politics #Democracy

The rules have changed. Mike Johnson wants to wait until the official results come in October 14th to swear in Grijalva.

They’re not going to tell you the reason for the meeting

BOLDUAN: When I was asking you about Comey, you've twice now brought up the Epstein files and Tom Homan. Why? RASKIN: Because the DOJ is in full coverup mode

Good god

Maybe just more Hegseth idiocy, but if this were happening in another country where an authoritarian leader was trying to consolidate power, we'd be very nervous

After 1st Trump admin ended, I compiled names and bios of 300 of Trump’s worst associates/accomplices/. Includes 1000s of links to my sources. When did Trump’s conservative enablers include their sources? Here is the link to: Only the Worst People, drchrislamb.com/only-the-wor.... Enjoy. Share.

"I will sew up your asshole and feed you laxatives." - my beautiful teenage daughter to our Australian Cattle Dog named Kevin when he wouldn't stop barking.

🚨 This scene comes to us from Iowa. The man recording this atrocious attack on an innocent man makes it clear that he is a combat veteran, and explains that he is going to video their crimes and he is not to be touched: “I will knock you the fuck out.” 1/2

Comey: My heart is broken for the Department of Justice. But I have great confidence in the federal judicial system and I'm innocent, so let's have a trial.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the deciding vote to not release the Epstein files. Now the survivors are striking back.

Out of fucking control and if I were an elected Dem or running for office I’d be in front of every camera I could find telling America your prescriptions just got twice as expensive, your health insurance premiums are about to skyrocket from ACA subsidy cancellation, and oh the gov shuts down Wed.

Heading in the direction of Nazi Germany after Hitler took power 30 January 1933 and put his political,opponents in concentration camps. But instead of having historians reconstruct events in retrospective, it‘s on live television.

Discovery is going to be fantastic, though. We all saw this abuse of power coming. Multiple prosecutors (even Trump appointed ones) tried to stop the administration from making this mistake because there’s no case.

And right-wing groups? 🦗🦗🦗

Seriously?!

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

It’s wild to me that the Pentagon is just… fine with reporting that most of our senior military are going to be in the same location. Personal security nightmare.

hegseth ordering flag officers to Quantico without telling them why, is ominous af. And why is @theintercept.com calling it the department of war? That name has not been made official by congress..

Ryan Walters bolts after announcing on cable news (in our studio) he will be stepping down as Superintendent to become CEO of Teacher Freedom Alliance to “destroy the teacher unions”.

Donald Trump thinks he’s being brilliant. Sadly, he’s showing the world he’s a thin skinned, petty, vindictive loser. So sad. The long row of Presidents now missing Biden make Trump look like an arse. A fool. www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...