Hundreds of generals and admirals had to fly in from all over the world so Pete Kegseth can live out his Patton fantasies.

Khanna: "We have to understand how abnormal this is. You don't mock someone and put a video out about how they look. You don't ever mock people's ethnicity. How do you negotiate with that? And how have we made this normal?"

For months @donnagaffney.bsky.social and I issued a warning: do not hand the nation’s health to a person who treats evidence like an inconvenience, who lets ideology replace science, inside Health and Human Services (HHS). To Read This: archive.ph/sxsBu

Scumbag.

"The shutdown can certainly be used rhetorically to justify more firings, but they’re just the same firings with a different rationale, one that is no more legal or legitimate than before. Of course, 'legal' and 'legitimate' are loaded words given the rubber-stampers at the Supreme Court."

Well THAT was embarrassing.

"The point will be to force the generals to applaud such statements, to broadcast that applause—and thereby to signal to all their troops, and to the American public, that the military brass is on board with Trump’s authoritarian agenda." www.thebulwark.com/p/remember-t...

This. All of this!

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This is the cringiest MF on the planet. He’s actually saying this to our most senior military officers from around the world.

Let us never forget, how many of the political games the GOP played involved the loss of human lives. They’re still playing those games. People are still dying.

Democrats must vote in support of Trump's budget unless they have a clear endgame to win the shutdown? That's the sort of overthinking by which Democrats convince themselves not to try. Either (1) Trump and the Republicans make concessions or (2) things get worse and the public blames Trump.

Worth a read. Pensions of all kinds hand our money over to capitalists to speculate and profit with or loan to those using it against us. It's why they want to "privatize" Social Security, which simply transfers money from those earning it to those who no longer earn it - thru no capitalist hands!

Trump to generals: "The other day, $31 billion that they found. 'Sir, we found $31 billion and we're not sure from where it came.' A financial guy. I said, 'Well, what does that mean?' He said, 'We don't know where it came.' I said, 'Check the tariff shelf.'"

one reason I think soft coup is underrated as an outcome is that we probably already had one in January 2021 and the collective popular reaction was that we didn’t notice

FYI. If the Govt shuts down, everyone stays in town including the president but you’re just bored with nothing to do because it’s all messaging and negotiations. GREAT TIME TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

Religion is love? No! Love has nothing to do with religion, no. Religion is an idea that someone pushes on you, Religion is judgement, Religion is suffering, Religion is conforming, Religion is establishment, Fuck all that! Love has nothing to do with religion. Love does not divide. -Madonna

Good for Watson. Words that should have come from Trump since he was there the first day. But this is the kind of behavior he encourages.

It has been cumulative, and they all had a part in building this. Republicans are doing this. Blame them, or be prepared to live the rest of your and your kid's lives with Conservofacism of some form.

Did so much to enrich the already wealthy while making a majority of MAGA rubes who are middle class, cheer on their financial situation getting worse It isn’t Trump - it’s the 1/3 of the nation that enables and allows Trump over and over and over again - even if it harms them

So tomorrow will probably be a terrible day for anyone who has a retirement account. If the new tariffs are enacted and there’s a shutdown. Hopefully things will not be too bad. I don’t think we ever had a president that did so much harm to our country. 🔄

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka. I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws. Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

THIS…. Every frickin’ day 🔥🔥🔥

Congratulations to Portland, Oregon on being the first city invaded by the US military purely on the basis of being a little annoying

Americans: My family needs healthcare GOP: No Americans: It is VERY important GOP: NO healthcare but here’s coal Americans: I don’t need coal GOP: It’s all we have. Wait, here’s measles. Americans: But my kid is sick GOP: The gold in the White House is 24 karat. #RemoveTrump

The Deputy Chief of Staff... is in charge of military strikes? Do we even have a president?

Who’s gonna tell Mike Johnson that he can’t recess his way out of the Epstein files?

Oregon AG Dan Rayfield: "California, DC, Memphis, potentially Illinois, now Oregon - this normalization that you can use the US military in our cities. That is un-American & every place that it happens, you will see Democratic attorneys general standing up, drawing a line in the sand & saying, 'No'"

'Never seen that before': Ex-Air Force Secretary aghast at Hegseth's loyalty purges www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...

Miami Herald reporter wins lifetime achievement award for breaking Epstein story.⁦ ⁩

Never gets old.

Absolutely crucial point by @barackobama.bsky.social - the "arc of the moral universe" only "bends towards justice" because WE "pull it in the direction of justice." Like maintaining our democracy, it's not automatic or "self-executing!" bluevirginia.us/2025/09/mond...

It is important to see this sort of straight talking, precisely because of the executive order last week that conflated criticism of the government with terrorism.

bragging about how much gold you’re putting in the oval office while all the economic lights on the dashboard are starting to flash red and the government is about to shut down is some shit that would make the marie antoinette caricature wince

The Supreme Court ruled that Trump can unilaterally withhold $4 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress that his regime deemed “wasteful.” Meanwhile, he’s happy to bail out his authoritarian pal in Argentina to the tune of $20 billion. Talk about wasteful.

Has Miss Lindsey found the pair of balls John McCain gave him? Lindsey Graham Revives Trump’s Russian ‘Golden Shower’ Rumor www.yahoo.com/news/article...

This is the President explicitly threatening to withhold federal funds from New York City if voters elect a candidate he opposes. This is an unlawful attempt to coerce voters through federal financial threats and a textbook example of voter intimidation to influence the outcome of a local election.

"Along with fast-tracking the money, Noem flew there herself on a government plane to tour the pier personally. She then stayed for the weekend and got dinner with the donor, a local cardiologist, at the French restaurant Bleu Provence..." www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Please. At least give the FBI a chance to sharpie the ammunition before you jump to conclusions about the motivations of the latest mass shooter.

Utilities, groceries, health care premiums all going sky high, and he’s blabbering on like he’s Louis XIV in Versailles.

The man behind the US’ summary execution of civilians off the coast of Venezuela is Stephen Miller.

Just think about how absurd it is that Police in Chicago have to protect their citizens from the Federal Government.

The better question is why would any LEGITIMATE business need untraceable and unregulated avenues of transferring money?

Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth’s new Pentagon strategy The critiques from multiple top officers, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, come as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reorders U.S. military priorities. Gift link wapo.st/48HID0N