Markey pushes on this in a Senate hearing today focused on labor issues. "The White House could have exposed workers and passerbys to deadly asbestos," @markey.senate.gov suggests, saying he still hasn't received any answers to his questions on asbestos protections.

This happened earlier today. A guy collapsed down on the floor right next to him at an Oval office event and Trump barely moves a muscle, doesn’t give a damn, and looks super annoyed that his photo op this afternoon has been interrupted. Donald Trump in a nutshell, ladies and gentlemen.

“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.” Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers: “We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

While one who sings with his tongue on fire Gargles in the rat race choir Bent out of shape from society's pliers Cares not to come up any higher But rather get you down in the hole That he's in. Dylan

@readfrontier.bsky.social and ProPublica found that in the past five years, toxic oil field waste has spewed out of the ground more than 150 times. Oklahoma’s regulatory agency, however, says it prefers “to lead with a handshake instead of a hammer.” Full story: propub.li/4nJRZxe

EPSTEIN EPSTEIN

It would be a shame if one of Trump's buildings were to be demolished, but it would be some justice.

NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

Extortion 101. These people REALLY suck 😒

"Ms. Monahan, 61, paid $439 a month for her coverage in 2025. When she went to shop for next year’s plan, she learned that the monthly cost would jump to $1,059 for the same plan with an annual deductible of $7,100..." Thanks, GOP congress! Thanks, Trump! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/h...

Trump said he would also lower a 20 percent fentanyl-related tariff to 10 percent after Xi agreed to “work very hard” to stem flows of the synthetic opiate.

Trump is a sick torturer.

Hegseth is stifling the Pentagon’s channels for public information and cutting off avenues for accountability as U.S. forces deploy on missions of dubious legality that are fraught with potential danger.

BREAKING: 25 states just united to SUE Trump for choosing to cut off SNAP benefits for children and struggling families. They're citing USDA's own publication that says Trump is required to use a $5 Billion contingency fund. 👏 GOOD.

Most plastic items are too small for recyclers to bother sorting and processing, or they're assembled in such a way that it's less expensive to just make new plastic. In fact, only 5% of Americans’ plastic finds new life. (Published Aug. 2024) By @lisalsong.bsky.social

“.. staffers were taken aback the next morning, when Thompson suggested during the daily network editorial call that it should ease up on covering Trump’s East Wing demolition ..” @nataliekorach.bsky.social @status.news www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...

The call for an ethics probe follows reporting from ProPublica that revealed a web of past business relationships involving border czar Tom Homan, his senior adviser Mark Hall, and consultants and firms seeking DHS contracts.

RADDATZ: Should the president be meeting with Democrats to end the shutdown? BESSENT: Well, what good does it do, Martha?

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Lots more detail in here about this outrageous arrest. The guy has been in jail for weeks now for posting a quote by President Trump.

"I’ve stopped worrying about the president’s sanity. What I worry about now is the sanity of anyone who still thinks this deeply troubled man should lead us." ~ Bryan Cranston

Changes to Oklahoma’s curriculum rules make it so teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists. ➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3WXTkFm

NEW: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it will send election monitors to polling sites in California and New Jersey — a move that Democrats and democracy advocates warned may be a potential step toward the Trump administration seizing control of voting.

Trump Grifts and Rewards Criminals as the Country Collapses Trump pardons his criminal Crypto buddies, bails out Argentina, attacks his critics, and demonizes Americans, all while destroying the White House and the US in his bid for money and forever power. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

MAMDANI, on Bill Ackman: “.. He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him!" @casestudyqb.bsky.social #NYC

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

Waste. Fraud. ABUSE

Yup

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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

The ranking member of a key House subcommittee is demanding answers from the EPA about why it hasn’t released a report quantifying the harm of PFNA, a forever chemical found in the water of millions of Americans. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

"Falsehood has to die And truth has to come forward."

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

The real reason @SpeakerJohnson won't end the shutdown: the Epstein files. Watch my entire conversation on the @findoutpodcast.bsky.social with @timfullerton.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHIv...

Meanwhile on Fox

How did Trump’s “shadow president” Russ Vought execute his vision of dismantling the government and putting bureaucrats “in trauma”? On Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. ET, join our reporter @andykroll.bsky.social for a Reddit AMA about Vought’s playbook: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

Looks like the Russians like his Russia tie. It’s not red-white-blue either. It’s red-blue-white. Like the Russian flag. For a meeting with Zelensky.

The truth will come out. The rich and powerful pedophiles being protected by the GOP will be tried for their crimes.

Philly Freedom from Drumpf tyranny.

Spare us your crimes, petty projecting people.