“.. Some Republicans estimate they will eventually need to provide $35 billion to $50 billion in aid to farmers hit by Trump’s tariffs.” [.. That’s roughly half of all the revenue raised from new 2025 tariffs so far this year, notes @ernietedeschi.bsky.social] www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump’s Attack on Free Speech and One Federal Judge’s Fiery Rebuke https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/2/trumps_attack_on_free_speech_and

Full Bulwark Podcast: Substack: www.thebulwark.com/s/bulwarkpod... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lafe... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0BDNfTF...

"They want it to be put into the law that universities don't get life-saving research grants if anything happens on campus that belittles the feelings of the conservative snowflakes." "They should sue....it is brazenly illegal." @timmiller.bsky.social joined by @symonedsanders.bsky.social:

CBS is cooked. Bari Weiss is about the worst choice you could choose if you wanted to report news. Folks the Broligarchs have openly shot their shot and are making moves in broad daylight. This will require complete unity on our part. nypost.com/2025/10/02/m...

There are lots of good dramas on streaming TV. We really do live in a golden age. But TASK (HBO) has one thing many of the others lack: Soul.

Breaking news: The Trump administration has approved a new generic version of the mifepristone abortion pill, a decision made quietly by the Food and Drug Administration this week that is now prompting uproar among antiabortion leaders.

Bombing Iran, at war with cartels, Portland, LA, sending troops to American cities. I wonder why he hasn’t gotten the Peace Prize he wants?

"But I said your Nazi salute wasn't a Nazi salute!" "And this gives you power over me?"

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!

Jane Fonda Relaunches Henry Fonda’s McCarthy-Era “Committee for the First Amendment”

In speeches, Vought spoke of “demoralizing federal workers to the point that they don’t want to do their jobs.” “.. we want them to not want to go .. because they are.. viewed as the villains,” he said. “We want to put them in trauma.” from 2024: @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/vide...

Where are the House Republicans? NOT in D.C., that’s for sure. Speaker Johnson won’t even seat Rep. Grijalva because of the Epstein files.

Chicago, Illinois, 2025: "They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van." "They was bringing the kids down, had them zip-tied to each other." "I kept asking, 'What is the morality?' One of them laughed. He said, 'Fuck them kids.'" abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

Happening now: Hundreds of rabbis and Jewish community members gather in Brooklyn for a mass public memorial service on Yom Kippur, demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for the U.S. to stop arming Israel.

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

This was always the plan. Project 2025 was Donald Trump's blueprint to seize unchecked power within the federal government and restrict Americans' freedoms. And he is implementing it right in front of our eyes.

.@morganevelyncook on TikTok is trying to figure out why Trump is sending troops to Portland, Oregon, and her video is the greatest thing ever 🤣

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.

“.. Patel .. said the agent trainee was being summarily dismissed for past ‘poor judgment’ and ‘an inappropriate display of political signage,’ sources said.” @jamiegangel.bsky.social @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/p...

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

Laura Loomer must not have been available. CBS Evening MAGA News has a lousy ring to it. So REGISTER to VOTE.GOV www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Our farmers are permanently boxed out of China's soybean market.

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the NAACP and the NAACP New York State Conference, my law firm has filed to intervene as defendants in a DOJ lawsuit seeking access to New York state's voter registration data. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

It's like a Choose Your Own Hatch Act Violation.

Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social

Jane Goodall, a scientist whose studies of wild chimpanzees made her a household name, has died at the age of 91, according to an announcement posted by the Jane Goodall Institute. www.klcc.org/npr-science-...

NEW: Our client has been released after CBP unlawfully jailed him for several days. The federal government is systematically violating federal law to jail people without bond hearings. CBP is not allowed to rewrite the law, and the courts agree.

I’m confused how it is despicable to ask that question. These are exactly the kinds of questions we have been begging reporters & TV hosts to ask. You see when they do get asked how sensitive they are about it. Much, much more of this. More crypto questions, Qatar, UAE, etc bsky.app/profile/atru...

Washington, D.C. has broken their pact with all 50 states and we’re paying the price to the tune of $370 million every week.

Comey indictment crosses a bright line prohibiting communication about cases between the White House and DOJ. I discussed the implications with @tonyamoore.bsky.social today on Fresh Air on @npr.org.

Today is our first day without federal funding. It may sound like a loss, but to us it feels like a declaration. Our strength has always come from you. Public media belongs to you, to the people who power it. And we’re not going anywhere.

Sure, the federal government is shut down, but…at least we are planning to bail out Argentina. “America First,” my ass.

He couldn’t run a casino!

fuck ice airing commercials during dynamite, let em know: help.hbomax.com/us/Feedback/ tbsnetwork.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/req...

Are we great yet?

New York Attorney General Letitia James and about 20 of her counterparts from other states and Washington, D.C., sued to try to block new Justice Department rules that would limit services for crime victims and others based on their immigration status.

"I would not go so far as to say that the forces of liberalism ought to stop operating in good faith. But for the love of God they should stop treating MAGA like a legitimate movement that is playing by the same rules as everyone else." ICYMI:

“The surprise job loss in September is the latest sign that the labor market is weakening. Job growth has slowed to a trickle this year…” www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

Americans are standing on a health care cliff. More than 20 million Americans could see their premiums double. Doctors, nurses, rural Americans, patients, and families are speaking out. This isn’t political theater—and we will keep fighting this crisis.

DOJ has sued 8 states for refusing to turn over their full, unreacted voter files. My team has now filed motions to defend voters in 7 of those cases in ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, OR and PA. I suggest that DOJ monitor the docket in the remaining one in CA.

In the MAGA cultural universe, getting power from wind or the sun is somehow less authentically blue-collar than pulling petroleum out of the ground. As renewables get better, Trump is going to damage our economy over that fiction. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-econ...

How it started.... How it's going .... 💪⚖️🗳️👻

A 10 day hearing began today in Texas to determine if the GOP's new rigged map will remain in place or be struck down for 2026. The best way to stay informed on what is happening is to subscribe to Democracy Docket, the media outlet I started in 2020, for times like these. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

Having the U.S. military in our cities is not normal in America. The president cannot just make up facts and mobilize troops when they’re not needed. That’s why we filed our lawsuit immediately—and why we’ll continue to stand for Oregon’s laws. #nationalguard #portland #oregon #orpol

Hillary's Right Again ! Chump has lined His Pockets with $4-5 Billion In Income For Himself, While We All Get Zilch in Absolutely Everything 💯.........

Republicans have the keys to the kingdom. The White House. The Senate. The House. Tonight, they have used their power to shut down the government. The American people, including our patriotic federal workers, will pay the price for Republicans' callousness and incompetence.