WE HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAVE” Now THAT is messaging.

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Going to go ahead and say this is the Brooklyn social event of the fall.

Department of Homeland Security is cutting over $187 million or 86% of homeland security funding to New York State which will radically defund NYPD, FDNY, and NY State Police terrorism programs, according to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

NO KINGS Port Charlotte, Florida Saturday, October 18

Ronald Reagan–appointed U.S. District Judge William Young: “ICE goes masked for a single reason — to terrorize Americans into quiescence… To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed, masked secret police.”

Republicans control the White House, Senate, and the House. This government shutdown is failed Republican leadership on full display.

Imagine under a Bernie Sanders admin, Congressional Rs and Ds agreed to give a 5% increase to DOD in exchange for big boosts to housing and nutrition. And then Bernie decided to just illegally ignore it and actually cut defense 10%. That’s what Trump is doing. How can you make a deal under that?

Less than 3 hours until a government shutdown. Democrats are standing ten toes down to protect working people and their health care. Republicans? They’re refusing to negotiate, putting 20 million Americans’ health and wallets on the line.

As long as I am a member of the United States Congress, I will NOT fund authoritarianism. I will NOT support Fascism. And I will NOT vote for a continuing resolution that steals from American families.

Federal judge, appointed by Reagan, in 161-page opinion today in deportation matter: "There’s the issue of masks... To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police"

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Between this and what we've seen in Chicago recently, it's not hard to conclude that ICE is deliberately targeting journalists trying to document their abuses

No ICE! No Troops! Protest 9/30 in Chicago

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.” - Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

Per a source, the entire Federal Acquisitions Service, part of GAS, apparently got a notice today saying they will ALL be furloughed in a shutdown. Even though it is self-funded, meaning it does not receive Congressional appropriation. So. That's cool.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

Republicans just shut down the government to rip away healthcare and hand Trump another blank check for his illegal power grab. Instead of negotiating a budget that protects families, Republicans chose to throw working families under the bus. This is the GOP’s shutdown & they own the damage from it.

NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community. thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...

Lines from Lou Andreas-Salomé's sixth and final novel:

This is the language of dictators.

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth invited the entire military leadership of the U.S. to Quantico to demand treason. They called our citizens “the enemy within” and promised to use American cities as “training grounds for warfare.” This is how republics die. www.mind-war.com/p/full-metal...

We simply cannot trust Trump and Republicans to stick to their word on funding agreements. Democrats have kept our promises. But Trump is clawing back funding that has already been appropriated. They have no intention to negotiate in good faith or follow the law.

Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.

Breaking News: President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military should use U.S. cities as “training grounds” at an unusual meeting focused on culture wars. It was unclear why they needed to gather senior military leaders from overseas to tell them this face to face.

Today's the last day for 150K+ feds who took the "Fork" (deferred resignation program), including 800+ at the Social Security Administration. The experience at SSA demonstrates 3 things about the DRP: 1. It's the tip of the iceberg 2. It wasn't really voluntary 3. It hurts service to the public

Covid cases rising with new variants Nimbus and Stratus. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Secretary of Defense who only got the job because the president saw him on the teevee is complaining about military leaders who were promoted "for the wrong reasons"

Arizona Republican leaders so far have been silent on Rep. John Gillette's call for a Democratic congresswoman to be executed story via @jerodmacevoy.com

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

Donald Trump's militarization of our city streets isn't about fighting crime or public safety — it's about consolidating power in his hands. What he plans to do with that, now or during the 2026 elections, should worry all of us.

Just this morning, Pete Hegseth said the job of the military is to “KILL PEOPLE AND BREAK THINGS.” When Trump sends soldiers into NYC, into LA, into Chicago, and into everywhere else that won’t submit to him and his entourage of fascist freaks, he’s expecting a job well done.

Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, a house painter and father of four from Mexico who was critically injured by a sniper at an ICE facility in Dallas, has died, the second fatality of the shooting, according to Latino civil rights leaders representing his family.

"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."

Trump opens with a threat to the generals: "I've never walked into a room so silent … Have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud ... If you don't like what I'm saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future. but you just feel nice and loose."

Pro waste, fraud and abuse: wapo.st/3IGPRYu

Well?? #nokings #nopedophiles #nofascists

BREAKING: A Mexican man who was shot at a Dallas ICE facility has died, becoming the second detainee killed in the attack, his family says.

Over the weekend, we received reports of federal agents from ICE and Customs abusing their power. And now, we're being told the Trump Administration wants to deploy 100 military troops to Illinois. One thing is clear — none of this is making Illinois safer.

"After his release, the 79 year old U.S. citizen was treated at a local hospital for multiple broken ribs, a dislocated elbow..." ktla.com/news/79-year... www.yahoo.com/news/article...

This government shut down is all about whether Republicans will get away with raising health care premiums by 75% for 20 million Americans and throwing 15 million people off their health care. We can't allow that to happen.

The Democrats already decided disabled ppl and Palestinians are worth sacrificing for everyone else’s comfort. Trans ppl are next if we don’t take a stand. It will be awful, but let him shut it down. At some point, you have to stop sacrificing ppl and stand for fucking something

The Kavanaugh Stop

Pritzker on ICE: “Jack booted thugs”