This is absolutely a lie. There is no reason shutdowns trigger layoffs. They never have before. Trump is simply using the shutdown as an excuse to take federal employees hostages and to further gut the government. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hegseth says he's loosening disciplinary rules and weakening hazing protections at rare meeting of top military leaders.

NEW: I interviewed Leonard Peltier at his new home in North Dakota. Now 81, he has a LOT to say about his ~50 years in prison, why he thinks Biden bucked the FBI to finally release him, how Indigenous people are "in danger" under Trump, and his next chapter. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...

“Misleading” “falsely” You can call it a “lie”, @nytimes www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

It’s almost impressive that he was able to say this with a straight face

“Ex Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale registers as a foreign agent for Israel” — to make content targeting Gen Z on TikTok, etc… (he withdrew from the 2020 campaign team after domestic violence accusations from his wife) www.mediaite.com/politics/for...

“To our enemies: FAFO” (holds for applause that doesn’t come) Cringey awkward moment as Hegseth summons all 🇺🇸 generals to hear him do a one-man show about how strong we are

Whatever will Corporal Klinger do?

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

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In case facts still matter…

Trump threatens to permanently cut jobs and people’s health care if a shutdown happens, making it clear only Democrats would actually care — then lies about “fraud/waste/abuse” Tough to negotiate with people who don’t actually care about the people they’re governing

JUST NOW: “A federal judge issued a scathing rebuke to Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian student protesters — illegally targeted immigrant students for deportation in order to “strike fear” into protesters…” www.mediaite.com/politics/jus...

NEW STUDY: Vouchers are helping wealthy families whose kids are mainly already in (religious) private schools. Imagine that! If only that had been entirely foreseeable. Clearly @GovBillLee’s goal all along. reachcentered.org/publications...

Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social (an attorney): “Deploying military units to take part in policing Tennessee citizens violates the Tennessee Constitution… We either have the rule of law or we don’t.” @govbilllee open.substack.com/pub/tnsenate...

NEW YORK… ICE puts a photographer in the hospital… Completely out of control

😬 whoopsy. Freudian!

Quite a satellite image this morning! 🛰️🌀 Clouds extend 1000 miles from #Imelda's center all the way into central Pennsylvania. #Humberto continues to churn in the Atlantic.

Swells and high surf from both Humberto and Imelda are expected to produce dangerous marine conditions and rip currents along the east coast of Florida and the Georgia coast today (Sept. 29). These conditions will spread northward along much of the East Coast early this week. weather.gov/safety

In addition, swells and high surf from both Humberto and Imelda are expected to produce dangerous marine conditions and rip currents along much of the East Coast of the United States during the next several days. Visit hurricanes.gov for the latest.

Imelda is expected to bring damaging hurricane-force-winds to Bermuda when it passes near or over that island by Wednesday afternoon or evening. A Hurricane Warning is now in effect for Bermuda.

Hey, look, I’m not Washington insider. But it sure sounds like Pete Hegseth just wasted a lot of time and money yelling at a whole bunch of high ranking military personnel because he can’t grow a beard.

Longtime Pentagon reporter Helene Cooper said that she can't find any military officials who attended the meeting in Virginia with President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth and liked what they heard. www.rawstory.com/trump-milita...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tells military There will be "No more climate change" The absolute arrogance to think they can change the laws of Physics and end climate change when opening millions of acres to new coal mining There will a lot more climate change edition.cnn.com/2025/09/30/p...

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth issued a series of new directives that will make it harder for women to serve in combat and easier for personnel to engage in hazing and bullying without repercussions. Hegseth wants a gang of thugs, not a modern army. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pete Hegseth to the generals today—

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign. "If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

Today’s dangerous speech showed it. SignalGate showed it. Nearly every action he’s taken in this office has shown it. Pete Hegseth is wildly unqualified and should resign.

"You can't use either one. I can use both because I'm the best at using n-words. But you can't use either one."

Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV

Pete Hegseth had all the authority of a flag-football coach lecturing NFL players as he spoke to the General and Flag officers today. He's lucky that only replied with silence to his speech because the mocking laughter he earned would have burned like dragon fire.

My statement on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump’s meeting with military officers at Quantico:

Pete Hegseth said no “beardos” are allowed. No word yet on short, two-inch wide mustaches.

The DoD just spent millions of taxpayer dollars to haul in top military leaders so Pete Hegseth could rant about “fat generals” and Trump could ramble about sending troops after Americans because “woke”. Tell me again how we’re making America great again?

“New Zealand doesn’t have a passionate culture of gun ownership and the weapons have been viewed more dimly since the mass shooting. Gun ownership is enshrined in New Zealand law as a privilege, not a right.”

Hurricane #Imelda Advisory 15A: Imelda Becomes a Hurricane. http://hurricanes.gov https://x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1972994344719142940

All these garages and no garage bands.

We need to reckon with what really needs to happen to the people responsible for this shit - from the White House down to the grinning ghoul agents on the ground - if we’re ever going to have a chance of crawling back from this hell. These people need to face real - and I mean REAL - punishment.

This passage nearly broke me.

One of the reasons I think we need to make an exception in the 8th amendment for people acting under the color of law is because ritualized humiliation has to be part of the punishment for the state here. It needs to be tiktokable

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

DOJ sues 6 states for private voter data, voting rolls www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Trump said it himself, a shutdown is a black mark on his presidency. We can keep the government open and lower your health care costs, but he’s refusing to lead.

I’m tired of living thru existential crises. Ima keep going but I’m tired of this shit.

goodmorning friends 🫶🏿