New Mexico is spending $30million to cover SNAP benefits for 10 days. Governor MLG to the rescue, again! I don't love everything she's done in office but if she ran for president I'd vote for her. Unlike *some* dem govs she's stood up for transpeople & is brave enough to try difficult things.

The pretense is gone. The only thing gilded is the oval office & the ballroom plans. 💙 @thecaffeinator.bsky.social @abbarsha.bsky.social @sassy0210.bsky.social @stephen5150.bsky.social @merlinmm.bsky.social @jules1212.bsky.social @seizeday.bsky.social @chaserbaybe.bsky.social @boldsea.bsky.social

Killing people on the open seas without a declaration of war is mass murder.

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

ROLLING STONE: “The current Congress has dropped the pretense of public service altogether… Congress enjoys ultraluxe health care as it fights to gut yours.” @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why don’t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Perfectly stated 👇👇👇

I have a very bad feeling about this...

the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles

Attending #BSidesPDX this week? Then you should join EFF staff for a Speakeasy meet up on Saturday after the event! eff.org/speakeasy-p...

Lindsey Halligan is a disaster at media, and somehow even worse at the law

NEWS: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva have SUED the U.S. House of Representatives in federal court in Washington, D.C. over Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to swear in Grijalva. Grijalva would be the 218th vote for the Epstein Files discharge petition.

New in PN: Lindsey Halligan's humiliation continues apace "After discovering — too late! — that you have to tell reporters beforehand if you want conversations to be off the record, Halligan now finds herself attempting to prosecute 2 high profile cases on the 'rocket docket.' It’s not going well."

Mike Johnson has not heard anything about the entire East Wing being demolished and cannot speak to that.

…and Santos is small change compared to the other pardons:

My new favorite sign. @hcrichardson.bsky.social

How does tearing down the White House to build a ballroom help the American people? Explain it to me like I’m 5.

NEW: A Jan. 6 rioter who breached the Senate floor — and was subsequently pardoned by Trump — was arrested Sunday for threatening to assassinate Leader Hakeem Jeffries. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Since the so-called "ceasefire" started, Israel has dropped 153 tons of bombs on Gaza, killing 97 civilians. By comparison, Russia has dropped 300-400 tons of bombs in Ukraine, killing 20-30 civilians. That means the IDF has dropped nearly 1/2 as many bombs as Russia killing 3-5 times as many.

I’m honored to call @joycewhitevance.bsky.social one of my best friends. Now she’s hit it out of the park with her new book! It’s essential reading for these times. Make sure you get your copy now!

"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians..." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...

DC churches rang their bells in support of protestors today. We must keep those bells of freedom ringing. No Kings

This is true of the current US government. All the more reason to support antifa. #antifa#USA 🧪

Undermining the Fed to get lower rates now is like ripping the batteries out of your smoke alarm because it’s beeping. It’s quiet for a bit. Then your house burns down. Credibility anchors expectations; expectations anchor inflation.

Letting Trump run and control The Federal Reserve and central banking policy is like giving the drug addicted the keys to the pharmacy!

Israel kills 22 in Gaza, including 13 shot dead waiting to collect food aid - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-22-gaza-including-13-shot-dead-waiting-collect-food-aid

The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington DC history took place on Jan 6 2021. Trump watched on TV & issued no order for the National Guard to intervene — Mike Pence did — and later Trump pardoned the perpetrators. Now with crime down 25% in DC Trump is sending in the National Guard.

Are you with Governor Pritzker?

Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid

The new head of US labor statistics recorded a podcast promoting Project 2025.

Wings blur, blossoms sway—a ruby-throated hummingbird hovers over purple phlox, sipping summer’s sweetness. #hummingbirds #birdphotography #nature #birds #wildlifephotography

Black-capped Chickadee is an upstanding citizen of the backyard. #birding

My God. This hit so hard. Because you know what they're going to choose. And it makes you feel like, as a species, we may be irredeemable. So many of us find just doing the basic decent thing an utter impossibility.

July's #BirdWhisperer is a sulfur-crested cockatoo! Ref photo by Pen_Ash #Bird #art 🦢

U.S. service members ordered to South Korea without their families after Oct. 1 will serve 24 months in the country, double the current tour length, according to U.S. Forces Korea. www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

Think about what the GOP is revealing with their attempt to suddenly change the Congressional maps: they know their agenda is so unpopular that they're going to lose unless something changes. Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.

Government plans new starter homes on old railway site in Newcastle Up to 600 starter homes will be built in Newcastle as part of a new government push to unlock housing on surplus rail land northeastbylines.co.uk/region/tynes...

Miasma Man says don't breathe. 🧪 "Kennedy promotes the principles of the “miasma theory,” an ancient and now-discredited hypothesis asserting that all disease is caused by dirty air."

Me, everytime SCOTUS issues a new shadow docket opinion:

BREAKING: Oversight Democrats just passed a motion in subcommittee to subpoena the DOJ to release the Epstein files. Total vote was 8-2 in favor (all Democrats voted in favor, 3 Rs for and 2 Rs against)

And you wonder why Trump is attacking Obama and MLK?