tell me more about republicans being the pro-business party. www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

this is a recipe for a four year government shutdown you simply cannot make deals with people who are telling you up front they are going to break those deals and claw back everything you won in them

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of." One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

ah fuck

To avoid swearing in a duly elected Democratic House member who will force a vote to release the Epstein files, the House is in recess indefinitely

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss. More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now. newrepublic.com/article/2016...

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party. Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists. Seems bad?

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ

"Try that* in a small town." * getting health care at a hospital.

Trump: "We'll be making cuts that will be permanent. And we're only going to cut Democrat programs. I hate to tell you."

The shutdown is already impacting delivery of nutrition aid to low-income moms and babies. Trump officials said tariff revenue would fund WIC until the government reopens, but the money hasn’t started flowing yet.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled via @npr.org

Celebrating 15 years of not having a plan.

“.. Foreclosure rates have surged across the country and are up almost 20% from this time last year.” www.realtor.com/news/trends/...

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

Got my first workout in two months after a pretty bad stretch of illness (flu turned bronchitis turned pneumonia that took multiple rounds of meds to clear.) Feels good to breathe normally again.

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.” The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

“My biggest fear is going to the hospital." Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth. Some experience dangerous complications as a result. 19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

I don't know how you can read this and not cry.

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur. from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

This doesn't surprise me at all. We're a relatively low screen time family, considering, and my kids watch YouTube almost every day. We'll do a Danny Go dance video or two (especially on rainy days), or Sesame Street for a little bit so we can cook dinner. (My kids are 3 and 4.5)

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent. Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

CNN: “Nashville’s air traffic approach control will go dark for five hours tonight due to short staffing—the second FAA facility in as many days to shut down over shortages.”

In earnest: if this is how the U.S. fisc now works — with one man collecting and dispensing cash as he wishes — aren't government shutdowns performative? Trump can open his tariff pocketbook, and voilà: agencies keep running. So why hasn't he?

Outside of the legal issues....I think we're up to four different ways that the WH is allegedly spending each magic tariff dollar. (Funding WIC; bailing out farmers; offsetting a chunk of the tax cuts; reducing (ha!) the deficit). Maybe another or two more that I forgot.

This is straight from the fascist playbook. It will ceate fear and mistrust among Democratic groups in Texas and it is ultimately designed to suppress votes.

Well that's not how appropriations work at all *WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

You can read the law for yourself here: www.congress.gov/bill/116th-c...

A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay. This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.

Whoaaaaa

News: The Pentagon has sent out its revised rules to reporters who wish to have building access. The new rules say that even soliciting tips on social media is grounds for losing badge access, per a copy I've obtained. More in tonight's edition of @status.news. Subscribe: www.status.news/subscribe

Wait, they’re coming for my goddamn pasta now?!

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Is it just me or does the Life of a Showgirl song sound a lot like it belongs in High School Musical?

I'm ready for Hallmark Christmas movies

In my personal newsletter this week: I posted online about vaccinating my baby. You can probably guess what happened next. amandalitman.substack.com/p/i-posted-o...

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

"Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked, residents and witnesses said." www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025. Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan. Legacy media failed the country.

NEW! Dept of Education workers say their OOO replies were forcibly changed to blame Democrats for shutdown. When employees changed their responses back to the more neutral language, it changed yet again to the partisan response. @wired.com @leahfeiger.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/govern...

I’ve been looking around for the most credulous mid-campaign piece about Trump’s obviously fatuous Project 2025 disavowal, and I think it might be this one from Politico. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Yes, Olivia Rodrigo was inspired by Taylor to get control of her masters, and that’s great! But Prince helped Hendrix’s estate get back control of his recordings. And pushed everyone from Madonna to Nas to DMX to Mariah Carey to Jay Z on owning their masters *decades* earlier. That opened the door.

Your occasional reminder that Russ Vought, who is claiming the right to fire civil servants for whatever reason he sees it, once refused to quit a political appointment position even after Trump had lost.