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The Trump Admin is using government websites and the emails of civil servants to promote blatantly partisan propaganda about the government shutdown. This is an intolerable abuse of power and a form of bureaucratic identity theft from federal workers.

GUARD IN MEMPHIS: The TN Supreme Court & a federal court have both ruled it is unconstitutional for TN’s governor to deploy the National Guard for law enforcement. In 2021, TN’s GOP Attorney General wrote an advisory saying the same. It was so damning, the new AG secretly erased it from record!

The country’s two biggest private prison companies are poised for a major profit windfall, with this summer’s budget bill providing an infusion of funding for immigration detention. Once the increased detention and deportation capacity ramps up, it will be difficult to unwind.

On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives. Today, in response, we brought our own graphs. We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.

Trump’s golden ballroom is a higher priority than other needs.

The Trump administration has announced construction of the White House ballroom will continue during the government shutdown.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to Fox & Friends host Lawrence Jones: "In New Hampshire we do not provide health insurance for illegal immigrants, we have never done that, and you are just wrong."

I wrote this piece about 7th anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's murder. On the costs of speaking the truth in today's world. And how Jamal's memory still stalks Saudi Arabia--- and the Washington Post. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Credit: Variety “…. (A) contemptible and cringe-inducing clown.”

Puerto Ricans are US citizens but MAGAts are too stupid to know that.

Sour grapes. That’s why this is happening. ICE plans to run immigration enforcement at the Super Bowl. Cori Lewandowski: “ICE will be everywhere”

Q: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate

Here’s an email to Department of Homeland Security employees informing them that some will have to be furloughed because of democrats. A blatant lie. 3/

I just signed legislation to allow another gasoline blend into our state market, which will help avoid price spikes at the gas pump. Our work to prevent the kind of severe jumps in prices that we saw a few years ago is paying off — and we'll keep doing more to lower costs.

Religion is a convenience of the deplorable. #CINO. #TaxChurch

Legendary environmentalist Jane Goodall, who led groundbreaking work in chimpanzee research, has died at the age of 91. Her work transformed how we perceived our closest living biological relatives. nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/10/01/j...

Imagine controlling the White House, the Senate, and the House and crying “blame Democrats” when the government shuts down. Republicans need to get serious about working for the people.

"We don't control what he's going to do" says Leader Thune as he literally tries to give Vought a blank check to do whatever the hell he wants. Don't let them gaslight you — Senate Republicans are complicit in everything coming out of this White House.

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Hegseth said yesterday he wants to ban any symbols of “superficial individual expression” by people serving in the military. Of course, he was probably talking about dangerous things like rainbows.

Putin: "We live in a time when everything changes very quickly. We must be ready for anything.”

They pretend not to see it. They change the subject when they are confronted with it. And that's why they are responsible for the fact that we have a deeply mentally ill president, surrounded by other deeply unwell people.

He knows it. They know it. They've always known it. Amongst themselves, they joke about it. They tell stories about it. They swap advice on how to deal with it. But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals? J: I didn't see it D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

In case you've missed them, Seth Meyers has several video clips of Trump blaming government shutdowns on whoever is President www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kYF...

BREAKING: Striking workers are currently storming Tesla showrooms in Paris, demanding higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy. (🎥 Luc Auffret)

The crowd responds to Leavitt’s comical comments about Trump not benefiting from the office. 🙃

Leavitt: "I think it's frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit.” Her legacy will be that she kept blonde jokes alive.

"I think it's frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit.” Karoline Leavitt

A real pleasure to sit down for an extended conversation on The View today. My thanks to the studio audience for the very warm welcome.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'? JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said. S: Those are quotes

Swear her in.

The U.S. agrees to allow South Koreans to work on equipment at U.S. investment sites under existing temporary visas, Seoul’s foreign ministry says.

This is the first government shutdown since 2018, the last being in President Trump’s first term — which was the longest ever at 34 day. There is no clear path to a resolution.

President Trump signs an executive order for the US to guarantee the security of Qatar, in the wake of Israel's strike on Doha last month https://cnn.it/46LVmgj

Qatar gave Trump a free airplane and Trump returns a favor.

Just a reminder: Executive Orders are NOT law and do not constitute a Treaty. Treaties can only be ratified by Congress. Until then, the EO is little more than POTUS opinion and worthwhile only as long as he is in office.

Feels like you can’t really use an EO to commit US Armed Forces like that.

In a book-length opinion, Senior Judge William Young ruled that the Trump administration can’t deny First Amendment protections to non-citizens, such as pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses, or retaliate against them because of their positions.

New York AG Letitia James and the top prosecutors from 19 other states announce that they are suing the Trump administration to block new restrictions on federal funding to help some victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.