MIT’s president torches Trump’s funding quid pro quo, citing free inquiry and merit. She rejects caps on foreign admits and speech limits. First major university to refuse as the White House tries to yoke science money to politics.

‘Substantial' firings of federal workers have started during shutdown, budget office says. “RIFs have begun,” Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on X. Here's what we know so far. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/s...

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

Vicious authoritarianism built on a pretext of shameless lies under the cover of scolding Christianity.

superb - Robert Jenrick is supporting the case of asylum seeker, who is appealing against a public order conviction, using the ECHR bsky.app/profile/rola...

New YouGov polling shows 75% are in favour of a 2% tax on wealth above £10 million.

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law. They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

ICE agents tried using the Azteca de Oro parking lot in Joliet as a staging area—owner Ivette Nunez called the cops, cited her no-trespassing rule, and boom—minutes later, the agents were gone. Proof that a firm “not on my property” still works. www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-n...

They show up wearing masks, in unmarked vehicles, with no ID visible, to snatch people off the street. This is MAGA.

Ha! I love this headline in TIME.

The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet. MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.

Trump receives a $400 million jet and a $5.5 billion golf course in Qatar, while Qatar gains an air base in Idaho. Got it. No pay-to-play going on here.

💔 A 7-year-old boy was killed by Russians during today's strike on Zaporizhzhia. Relatives said his father, who is currently in hospital in critical condition, spent three years in Russian captivity.

Trump’s building a golf course in Qatar. He accepted a $400M luxury jet as a gift from Qatar. His son-in-law got a $1.5B investment from Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries. His top officials like Kash Patel and Pam Bondi worked for Qatar. And now this.

In Trump's America, you're a hell of a lot more likely to be kidnapped off the street and beaten by masked goons cosplaying as ICE agents than you are to be assaulted by an immigrant.

We’re doing what?!

Today is Day 10 of the Republican shutdown. Your regular reminders: 1. Republicans control the White House, Senate and House. 2. GOP making deep cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and ACA. 3. Democrats are fighting to lower costs, cancel the cuts and save healthcare for Americans.

KILMEADE: Would you do a standalone military vote to get them paid during the shutdown? MIKE JOHNSON: Well, the thing is, Brian, remember this -- three weeks ago today, we voted to pay the troops (That's a no)

NOBEL rewards democracy over authoritarianism

www.commondreams.org/news/nationa... ...fire that the defendants themselves have started.”

“We won’t allow the harassment of our staff, our community, or our neighbors at our businesses.” “We’re the city with big shoulders. We don’t need you. You (ICE) can go home now.” Chicago West Side businesses have come together to resist ICE and support immigrants. #HandsOffChicago #AbolishICE

Censorship has fully arrived. In the latest, Apple banned an app that archived ICE abuses for legal evidence Every single day, censorship gets stronger as media and corporations bend to serve the regime

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WTF !?!?! Amanda Tovar witnessed Chicago pastor David Black hit by ICE pepper balls and recorded video. Here's what she saw. #cnn #ice #chicago #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

(Politico) Trump's vindictiveness continually shows up, almost as if his vengefulness has to be continually satisfied. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan resolution to limit Trump’s authority to order military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean. The measure would have required congressional approval for further attacks.

I was horrified and infuriated to learn that a constituent of mine was abducted by ICE agents, handcuffed, and thrown into a back of a van, all without reason. Masked federal agents aren’t welcome in our state and they can’t keep kidnapping Americans. My full statement ⬇️

Farage advertising Hillsdale College "All I want education to do is teach critical thinking – to teach people there are two points of view and you make up your own mind as opposed to what’s happening now..." There can be many more than two points of view - we need critical thinking. #r4today

My statement on Middle East peace

"... part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration..." religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

A resident of Iowa City's Catholic Worker House and employee of the downtown Bread Garden Market was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed by the ICE Gestapo in Iowa City, IA.

ICE GOONS from the Terminal Island Facility forcefully restrained an observer, documenting the incident.

Our current media is so afraid of being fired, they cannot see that if they continue in this manner WE WON'T NEED REPORTERS!

WAKE UP, AMERICA!

The Trump administration is trying to make Portland seem like it's mayhem. But if you ask the people who live there? They'll tell you it's the administration causing the problems. As I've said before: we got us. www.kgw.com/article/news...

‘We’re Now a Conservative Opinion Page,’ Declares Washington Post Columnist

Is there a better indication of how superficial and unhelpful mainstream media has become than that they are cutely musing about whether the domestic terrorist who changed "The Department of Defense" to "The Department of War" will get a Nobel Peace Prize—instead of reporting the fascism/terrorism.

“None of these statements are true.” MEMPHIS DA Steve Mulroy FACT-CHECKS @AGPamBondi’s sworn testimony before Congress. His post (with Spandau Ballet soundtrack 🎵): www.instagram.com/p/DPmv-WKEil...

NEWS: The Epstein Survivors' press conference yesterday was postponed. New date TBD.

When referring to people who are anti-Trump, don't fall into the trap of calling them "Antifa." That is a loaded, mangled word. Call them what they are, "anti-fascists."

US judge blocks Trump's deployment of National Guard in Illinois reut.rs/47jAO0g

One thing we've learned from the American judicial system: The first 34 felonies are on the house*. *Terms and conditions may apply. See prosecutors for details if you're not white. Or rich.