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This message hits hard.

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social. Democracy dies in ▪️.

If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism. That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Great piece about my dear friend Melissa Hortman. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.

BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”

Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."

Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map

Interesting perspective/analogy… I think there’s some truth in there. And yes, that last sentence is the key to the outrage…

AGREE

Yes. The country would be in much better shape if Harris were president. Not even debatable at this point.

No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.

This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words: “Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.” That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition

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The moment when 30 million American's received healthcare (2010) The moment when insurance companies had to start covering preexisting conditions, young adults could stay on their family's policy and I could trust that the small print couldn't screw me if I needed serious medical assistance. 🇺🇸

The truth will have its day. That day is now. Release all the Epstein files.

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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

The front page of today’s @nydailynews.com.

I am just hoping that Schumer was actually playing 4D chess & got those 9 votes to reopen the government to speed up the Epstein vote… like they have a path to actually take down Trump with all of this… otherwise the shutdown was for nothing, because we can’t trust their ‘promises’

Let’s be clear: the hold-up isn’t on our side. This was his campaign promise—so he needs to go ahead and fulfill it. Release the files. All of them.

Funny except it’s true

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"This is never going to be ok." Rep. Grijalva calls for formal legislation to make sure new members are sworn in promptly after Mike Johnson showed that good faith and norms cannot be counted on.

“This was a very very bad vote”

Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength. Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans. The American people need more from their leaders.

Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con. Please.

Gov. Josh Shapiro: "Make no mistake, Donald Trump is going to try to undermine our midterm election…He's made no bones about the fact that he wants to rig the process going forward. We have to stand tall. We can both deliver for the people we serve and protect our democracy."

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106. 12 days of work in 106 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

These Pelosi headlines written so the notifications have me thinking she died…

Was this a response to the current admin, or is this the way we were already voting, minus the interference and cheating during the prez election?

This will enrage them to go all in on the plans to cheat - more biggly, cheating the likes of which we’ve never seen - but they’ll be cocky bc they got away with it last time & it’ll be sloppy bc they’re so incompetent. I bet Elon comes slithering back to open arms since they need his tech to ‘win’

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions "Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

Aren’t they arguing that Biden’s pardons are invalid bc he had no idea who he was pardoning?? So…

Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.

The most obvious tell that I’m not seeing talked about regarding Trump and a third term is that they aren’t talking about who will be his successor, who will run in the primaries, or any other real chatter about future candidates.

Omg that’s why always seemed so familiar

Ding ding ding

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.

Don’t laugh at this. Don’t dismiss it. They’re serious. Prepare for it. And get ready to fight against it.

Good morning. It's been 31 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

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