Aside from getting ready for Taiwan, there are a lot of other things our military could be doing that would actually be useful. This is a compound in Myanmar (looking across border from Thailand) where over 100,000 human trafficking victims are kept and used in phone scams. Likely Americans too.

#Words Hiraeth (Welsh)

Mike Johnson is trying to AVOID swearing in the final person for a release of an Epstein list‼️

just cost her the business‼️

Daylight Saving Time results in “light exposure at the wrong times”, which can harm immune systems and energy levels. #DitchDST

Every ranking military official in attendance today should stay in their positions. Force Trump, Miller and Kegseth to "purge" them. Make it public. Each episode will be a disaster and rile up veterans and the majority.

JEFFRIES TO TRUMP: “The next time you have something to say to me, don’t cop out through a racist and fake AI video — When I’m back in the Oval Office, say it to my face.”

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.” - Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

It’s Tuesday morning and Dems showed up for work. But where’s the GOP? They’re not here. @repluzrivas.bsky.social

Inside Congress www.politico.com/newsletters/... THE BUCK STOPS HERE:

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

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Every major Democrat has millions in their campaign account. The threat to democracy is big enough that we need to be funding mobilization and messaging right now - not just banking money for the next election. If we don't build right now, there might not be another election.

Newsom just signed a California law that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety protocols, setting a potential national standard for big tech.

The MISSING Alligator Alcatraz detainees‼️ @Brenna Pérez: I’ve just gotten word that some are also being held at Stewart Detention Center in Georgia‼️ Please help get this info out‼️ @socialworkerforthepeople confirmed her clients were located at CAMP EAST MONTANA in Texas‼️

Trump Is a Weak, Failing President. These Brutal New Polls Confirm It. A new national polls show Trump’s approval tanking, a leading the data shows that Trump is far more unpopular than is commonly acknowledgeand details why this matters for 2026. newrepublic.com/article/2010... via @newrepublic.com

I sure hope John Oliver and everybody working on his show is well protected after dropping this. Fantastic overview, and under-educated normies need to hear more like this.

We’re here! But guess what? … All the doors are locked as the GOP cancelled votes and is pushing us towards a government shutdown.

Zelenskyy: Intelligence agencies have reported that the russians are using tankers to control drones launched against European countries. This is further evidence that the Baltic Sea and other seas must be closed to russian tankers.

The Global Sumud Flotilla is set to arrive in Gaza in the next 24 hours. 50 boats from across the world, bringing aid and food to the people of Gaza. We are calling for their safe passage, an end to the blockade, and unrestricted humanitarian aid to all those suffering! The world is watching.

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

But the birds....AND CANCER...

Jeffries: "It appears, at least to me, that a decision has been made by House Republican leaders, perhaps blessed by the administration, to shut the govt down. Why did they they cancel votes? Why are they on vacation spread out across the country & world when we're on the brink of a govt shutdown?"

ACAB - even to each other now, apparently

Why Saudi Arabia's 'comedy-washing' scheme is so insidious American comedians are helping launder a brutal autocracy's reputation by playing by its rules. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Even when immigrants are being detained, we see the impact of know your rights information. The family detained at Millenium Park refused to answer questions about their status and also asked for a warrant. Once at Broadview processing center, they also refused to sign a voluntary departure form.

DAVID CROSS: “.. I’ve been asked for my opinion on the Riyadh Comedy Festival .. it should go without saying that there’s not enough money for me to help these depraved, awful people put a ‘fun face’ on their crimes against humanity.” officialdavidcross.com/blogs/press/...

NASA ordered to destroy fully functional carbon-monitoring satellite The decision to terminate its mission threatens to unravel years of hard-won scientific progress on tracking greenhouse gases. #MOG8 www.africaninspace.com/space/nasa-o...

Based on the body of evidence, what happens if pregnant women do not receive Covid booster vaccination? Thousands of hospitalizations of infants and expectant mothers @nathanlo.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

More than 99% of people who had first-time heart attacks, strokes, or heart failure also had at least one risk factor. www.statnews.com/2025/09/29/r...

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

WE DEMAND: (1) Immediate swearing-in of Grijalva. (2) Fed & state investigation into any official delaying certification or swearing-in. (3) Legal accountability for Speaker Johnson’s abuse of power. Constituents have the rt to representation. Speakers have no right to deny it. RESIST. 🆘🇺🇸

So exhausting..

I was leaving the grocery store this AM & saw a truck with a license plate holder that said “I can’t get close enough to give you measles so I’ll have to use my gun.” This person’s humanity has been gradually chipped away to 0 if he’s warning us he plans to kill our children. I can’t breathe.

I get asked all the time, “Does my voice even matter? Does calling my members of Congress even do anything?” YES! Your calls are the reason why the public lands sale was taken out of the big, ugly bill. So keep calling, speaking up, and using your voice!

#ocean #sea #MarineLife killing the planet #whales

I’m headed back to D.C. We’re just over 36 hours from a government shutdown, and the House GOP is nowhere to be seen. As in—literally not headed to work. From canceling votes, to refusing to negotiate, to threats of mass firings—here’s how the GOP is pushing towards a shutdown and what it means.

Speak Truth.....to non medical politicians....

Stripping Healthcare and access to food while simultaneously increasing prices of both is class warfare‼️

Big Ugly Bill — DAMAGE CONTROL New Mexico is showing the rest of the nation how it’s done: Special session starts Oct 1 to protect Medicaid, lower premiums, and keep hospitals open. While D.C. Republicans are playing games, New Mexico is fighting to save health care for every family. 1/3

They do not have enough popular support. So they are trying to outlaw / silence opposition. And that’s where we are. Pushing back has never mattered more.

“.. the lasting memory of this Ryder Cup threatened not to be a single swing of the club so much as the ugly backdrop: galleries that drifted from partisan into venomous ..” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

Ty Cobb: "The simple theme is rewriting history. Trump wants to rewrite history so the next generation may not know that he incited a violent insurrection... America needs to learn from the mistakes that we've had. And one of the biggest mistakes that America ever had was reelecting President Trump"

To my American friends… 🙏

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923). #SilentFilm

Mask use and mandates significantly reduced SARS-CoV-2 spread: 70% lower risk on the USS Roosevelt, 49–76% case reduction in Ontario, and 18% average drop in US counties post-mandate. Evidence supports strong public health impact. gemini.google.com/share/773a86...

Cool. "Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days" interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...