Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

By revoking temporary protected status for Burmese residing in the US without US citizenship & asserting that it is safe for them to return to military controlled #Myanmar in the middle of a civil war, Homeland Secretary Kirsti Noem is treating those people just like her family’s dog that she shot.

The Epstein bill is headed to Trump’s desk as we speak. So, what now? Well, a lot of panic, it seems. I have seen every single possible worst case scenario all over social media in the last hour, so let’s go through this step by step. My only request, read the whole thing before commenting. 1/

What an easy governing philosophy Republicans have. Just blame every problem on Biden, Democrats, and migrants. Then you never have to solve anything and can blame all your failures on other people. This is especially useful when you are grossly unqualified for your position.

It’s the same old same old. Republicans do a tantrum and break the dishes. The Democrats clean it up. It’s an abusive relationship.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

It’s never a fair fight when you’re forced to legislate with evil, soulless bastards.

Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

Boom: Hakeem Jeffries endorses Zohran Mamdani. About damn time.

Autocrats want you to feel like pushing back is hopeless. It’s not! Trump is a paper tiger. Most Americans don’t want this authoritarian takeover.

For as stupid as it is to say that a goddamn superhero movie imparted some wisdom, the line in the first Avengers movie -- "Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on" -- is something a lot of people should be internalizing at the moment.

I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

And in doing so validates every drop of today

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I suspected this might be coming because of her recent retirement... I knew she'd never lay down the microphone unless forced to. RIP to a giant of journalism, to a Founding Mother of NPR, and to -- I am proud and humbled to say -- my friend. www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...

“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.” If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.

“Operation Inflation” is offering free inflatable costumes to Portland ICE protesters. Bravo and Brava!👩🏻‍🍳💋

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

Please remember that the disgust people have over Christopher Columbus is not based on some modern, 21st century “woke” ideology, but rather on contemporaneous accounts of atrocities that make many modern genocides appear quaint in comparison. Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.

Solidarity is the only way

Rev. David Black who was shot multiple times by ICE with rubber bullets speaks.

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time. VANCE: No, George, I sai-- STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

One would think headlines couldn‘t get more abnormal, but they can. www.oregonlive.com

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

How to keep troops loyal: make them beg for food from the people you want them to oppress

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

What a despicable little man who is lying through his teeth to try to incite violence against Americans who will be peacefully assembling to protest the Trump regime’s anti-democratic rule.

LMAOOOOO A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?

Republicans won’t show up to vote on paying our troops during the shutdown because avoiding a vote on the Epstein files to protect Trump and his friends is more important.

INBOX — New York AG Tish James' statement on Trump's retaliatory indictment of her:

Everyone is lying except the people we know lie to us multiple times per day

It’s hard to conceive of one’s political opponents in a liberal democracy as being loyal to that democracy when they’re using the military on American citizens against the wishes of legitimate local authorities, and talking openly about doing much worse.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

I understand many of you will stop watching CBS news, just as you stopped reading the WaPost. That’s bad for them. But the real problem is we’ll have one less independent, reliable source of journalism. That’s bad for us.

The thing that bothers me so much is not the “we have to enforce our borders and laws.” We do. It’s the giddy joy and celebration they have at the misery of people far less fortunate. Always punching down

/2 The gulf is between people who think this is bad and think it is good. The gulf is between those of us who think the government shouldn’t treat people that way and people whop think we are stupid, un-American Marxists to think that.

There is a gulf in America. I submit it is the gulf between good and evil, or at least not-evil and evil. The gulf is not just between people who oppose this and people who are indifferent to it or reluctantly accept it in support of immigration policy or see it as collateral damage. /1

/3 The gulf is between people who see this as brutal and inhuman, and people who see the victims of this as inhuman. The gulf is between people who speak our opposition and people who think that makes us unpatriotic, unreliable, someone to be mocked with sombrero videos.

Hegseth has had a lot of bad ideas, but this one is disruptive and even somewhat dangerous. All of these men and women have real jobs they should be doing. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Pete Hegseth is a basically a meat cybertruck

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals! Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗