It’s not just who’s on the ballot, but what’s on the ballot. The broken politics of the past or a future we can afford. It’s debate time. Let’s go.

Why should you care about IAQ (indoor air quality)? Lots of reasons! Most people spend about 90% of their time indoors, and many indoor spaces lack adequate ventilation, which can lead to a buildup of pollutants and CO₂, and increase exposure to airborne pathogens like COVID, flu, colds, & measles.

It's a new Threat Model: #Covid from @violetblue.bsky.social. The current surge seems to be leveling off, but that just means that while it's decreasing in some places it's still rising in others. Be vigilant and stay informed-- Read/share/support: www.patreon.com/posts/141348... #LongCovid #MedSky

I’ll be attending this virtual rally on Saturday, 5pm Eastern. If you can’t protest in person, come join us online! 🪧

Wow this really puts the last election into perspective

California to make and sell its own low cost insulin…a 5 pack will cost around $55 No one should have to ration meds No one should fear financial ruin because they need meds When Frederick Banting sold the patent for insulin, he made it $1 A Canadian, he said life saving meds were for everyone

GROSS. CANCEL THEM ALL.

ok look if this was actually the Middle Ages

The North Carolina GOP's maneuver to flip NC-1 through gerrymandering would put Democrat Don Davis in a very tough spot, in a district Trump carried by double-digits:

First locally acquired US case of more severe clade 1 #mpox identified in California The clade 1 case is the nation's first in a person with no recent travel history and the seventh clade 1 case in the country. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

ACAB includes Ring cameras. techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/a...

BREAKING: Ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton charged in probe into mishandling classified information, AP source says.

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"The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs is stepping down, two U.S. officials said on Thursday."

California folks, for the love of all the gods and goddesses you revere, MAIL IN YOUR PROP 50 BALLOT TODAY. It's really easy: there's only one question! I recommend you vote YES on 50, then mail the ballot in, no postage required. #yeson50

Business community jumps in to challenge the H-1B fee.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go." The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

Full opinion here. Effectively a total loss for the admin, although the 7th Circuit does continue to permit the Trump admin to federalize the National Guard. They just can't be deployed to do anything in Illinois. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The 7th Circuit panel agrees with the lower court that there has been no "rebellion," finding that limited and sporadic violent acts that occur as part of a broader protest movement do not constitute a "rebellion" as the phrase is used in federal law.

🚨WOW. A unanimous per curiam (meaning no named author) panel of the 7th Circuit, made up of a Bush appointee, an Obama appointee, and a Trump appointee, decline to step in and block a lower court order barring the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago!

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry began on October 16, 1859.

this is a prime opportunity for democrats to explicitly tell their voters "they say you're a terrorist, but youre just a patriotic american who is trying to get by in this world."

imagine laying off a politics reporter based in portland oregon in the year 2025

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands. My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

1. Friends, I have a major career update. And it is bittersweet. My time at Rolling Stone is coming to a close this week.

Remember when Hillary Clinton got excoriated for calling Trump supporters “deplorables”

people keep making comments about private equity buying up these farms, and, sure, maybe some of that happens, but there’s no market. the tariffs have vaporized the demand for these farms. it’s not a matter of buying up land and holding out until next year, that whole market is fucking toast.

correct. farmpacolypse is coming, and they are not only incapable of stopping it, they don’t even realize it’s coming.

Walking into a Republican's office in 2025.

Good morning to everyone, but especially women who don’t like the vehicle

If you're the Dems and you were scared of immigration as a topic before, I might try making it an issue now that masked goons are beating the shit out of innocent people in the streets on a daily basis. A lot of people are probably not down with this whatever their views on immigration are

Donald Trump is constitutionally ineligible to be president. He is holding office illegally. His presidency is illegitimate. We should definitely talk about this more often.

Big day for people who eat paint

BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.

Since we can’t rely on the HHS, CDC, or FDA to say it, I will: MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR. Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We are at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.

Science rally tomorrow in DC!

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Sixty Cities across Oregon holding events for #NoKings Oct 18, 2025 Invite your family. Invite your friends. Invite your neighbors. #NoKingsOregon

Seen in Chicago

The Congressional Black Caucus’s silent partnership with AIPAC www.thenation.com/article/soci...

look i was recently talking to a septuagenarian life long dem (who shall remain nameless) and generic lib, and she was like “i just think there should be firing squads and they should sell tickets.”

Daily bunny no.3109's seafaring days are behind him

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

Un-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

He’s just a young lad of 65 how could he possibly be expected to know anything about the Republican Party’s views on healthcare

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A grocery store clerk in Chicago says shoppers see prices “and say, ‘What the f—? .. It happens all the time.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...