Jeffries: In that Oval Office meeting, which lasted over an hour, the amount of time spent talking about health insurance for undocumented immigrants was less than 10 seconds. You know why? Because they know it’s a lie. They didn’t even bother to bring it up—because the cameras weren’t rolling.

My husband and I are two of those 24 million people using Obamacare health insurance Marketplace and facing unknown premium increases. Getting the tax credits extended past December is critical. Stand strong Democrats!

We've had fuckups in the White House before, but never a president who seemed so deliberately intent on being a fuckup. It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.

I watched a video of a Ukrainian woman with catgirl ears on her helmet along with a trans pride flag patch drop an artillery strike on an ruf position and blow up a dozen guys

“Fuck them kids.” That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other. abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

Mario was covering the No Kings protest when he was detained. This is an open effort to suppress and intimidate the press and a horrifying miscarriage of justice.

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

When you see a headline that makes a claim that sounds absolutely bananas & cites some “study”, don’t just believe it because the headline used one science word. Look at the source. Was it even peer reviewed? Where? What are experts in the field saying about it? If it sounds ridiculous it might be.

❌️👑 Tell Trump NO KINGS! 🗓📍Oct 18th, noon, Grant Park Indivisible Chicago's visibility brigade over the Kennedy with an alert to the upcoming #HandsOffChicago #NoKings rally and march--see you on the 18th!

I'll just say for anyone who is starting off, and I am a small potato but still, I have never paid to appear at a book club or on a panel or at a festival where I was an invited guest. I've had two book launches at local bookstores, I haven't paid to throw those. beware of ppl asking you for cash.

Sigh #cansky

Workers at Wafler Farms are fed up. They've been waiting for two years since they first voted for the UFW to get their contract, but all the company gives them is delays. Sign their petition demanding Wafler sign the contract now. act.seiu.org/a/waflerpeti... #WeFeedYou

I have questions

National Guard training begins on Oregon Coast ahead of Portland mission

Cancer clinic has decided to abandon the entire east and north sides for some distant suburb that's looking to be3 or 4 legs on public transpo, plus walking on unnamed paths, and will be a 2 hour trip instead of the one bus in under an hour now. Feral capitalism sucks.

Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal

Very Trump-era story. 1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum. 2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property! 3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property. 4. The person who did the right thing was fired. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

oops-we-screwed-you-too-hard-and-accidentally-did-a-recession money

I mean come the hell on… The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address “giftgirl2025” and initially told the museum that they were looking for “like a sword or something,” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

A grieving vampire and a vengeful mermaid team up to pull of the heist of the millennium that will upend both their world orders...and end up with more than they bargained for #weeknightwriters

Heeeey Ohio folks! Please take a moment to fill this out. We're targeting Husted as he's up for election next year. Let him know how his policies are awful for Ohio health. Also if you want to come to the event (Oct 15, Columbus) please reach out!

The Telehealth Act of 2024 was supposed to create PERMANENCY to telehealth but Maga Mike Johnson never brought it to the floor. There was bipartisan support to get it OUT of the continuing resolution. The GOP House chaos I saw in July 2023 & June 2025, did NOT know its ass from its from its elbow! 🤬

And it's not a one-time capitulation. If DOJ ever says you violated the vague and unconstitutional terms, they will take back ALL federal funds from that year and you have to return ALL private funding from donors who want their gifts back from that year. It's a never-ending protection racket.

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

everything is terrible so here's the Muppets channeling Hamilton and bringing me untold joy (via the brilliant brettevansmafrog on insta)

“I have no idea what Project 2025 is.” - Trump, October 31, 2024

There was a noticeable difference between “feds are in town” and “feds are in town and now being paired up with MPD units.” They went from bumbling around on the Mall to surgical strikes in migrant neighborhoods & targeting key commuter roads for working class neighborhoods at rush hour.

Jeffries: "Trump and the Republicans spent all year last year promising they were gonna lower the high cost of living. They also spent all of last year running away from Project 2025 ... now all of the sudden, Donald Trump admits it was his project all along. He just did it earlier today."

VOUGHT: To own the libs, I will swing this baseball bat. After it hits the lib, it will go on to hit our supporters square in the crotch. MAGA: Do it. And don’t worry. When then pain hits, we’ll blame the Jews. VOUGHT: Aren’t they the best?

Correction: The average proposed rate hike is actually 23%. The MEDIAN proposed hike is 18%. acasignups.net/rate_changes...

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Health care is a great benefit offered by many companies, but if you are a: ✅ Small business owner ✅ Freelance writer or artist ✅ Early retiree OR experience a period of time without a job Republicans in Congress want to take away the main way you can afford health care.

It is cruel. All Americans should be able to see a doctor.

Between this, the epstein list, obsession with trans kids playing sports, & neverending conspiracy theories about what's going on in schoolsin general, you realize that the primary concern of the Republican party and its supporters is their deep desire to abuse children

"Jorge" is repairing hoses that water the strawberry plants. Hoses are placed under plastic which suppresses weeds & conserves water. However, moles can eat under the plastic and bite the hoses which prevents the water from circulating properly, so he must fix them. #WeFeedYou

Everyone's talking about the sombrero Trump tacked onto Hakim Jeffries but what's even more concerning is the AI deepfake voice where Chuck Schumer is made to voice the Great Replacement theory.

Multiple furloughed workers from the Department of Education had out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown automatically sent from their email accounts without their consent or knowledge, according to four sources familiar with the situation.

Seriously. Fuck these fascists. Join a No Kings protest on October 18 and stand up for our rights and our democracy.

Blue states should stop paying federal taxes and see how quickly the tune changes when the federal budget disappears overnight

when you literally control all of the branches of government… #satire

1) This is incredibly racist.   2) He is referring to EMTALA, a Reagan-era law that requires a hospital to provide life-saving care, regardless of your ability to pay.   3) Does VP Vance prefer we just let stroke victims die in our waiting rooms because they can’t speak & verify their status?

SCOOP: Leaked Document Justifies Boat Strikes as “Non-International Armed Conflict” “The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.” theintercept.com/2025/10/02/v...

very much hoping @netflix.com doesn't capitulate to right-wing anti-LGBTQ+ pressure. if they were to cave, I will cancel my subscription immediately

Sad to report that we've lost another #kakapo, and a particularly significant one. Solstice was the last kākāpō rediscovered, found on Rakiura in 1997. She died on the weekend as a result of complications from the #disease cloacitis. There are now 237 kākāpō left. #conservation #parrots #birds

this is a blatant attempt at avoiding accountability At DHS request, FAA grounds drone flights across Chicago in rare 10-day ban "would effectively block private citizens from using drones to observe, photograph or interfere with ICE raids and arrests."

A sixty-year-old couple in Mankato making $89,000 combined will pay an EXTRA $1500 every single month just to get health insurance if we don’t get a shutdown deal. That’s why we’re fighting so hard.

I am grateful to the humanitarians on this flotilla, including Austinite Greg Stoker, who attempted to deliver desperately needed aid to Gaza. They must be immediately and safely released by Israeli authorities. End the blockade and genocide now.

And here's another one:

A Democrat running for county legislature on Long Island disappeared on a swim. A judge this week sided with Republicans and refused to allow a replacement candidate on the ballot.