Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Monday dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) cases against FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding that the prosecutor President Donald Trump handpicked to bring charges against them had been unlawfully serving since September.

A pair of federal judges on Friday separately blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from unilaterally imposing new conditions on hundreds of millions in US Department of Homeland Security grants to cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. https://cnn.it/3JNoAnW

SARGENT: You said when you went to Capitol Police, you actually filed a threat complaint against the president? HOULAHAN: Yes, our office did @gregsargent.bsky.social: Your office wrote in "Donald J Trump" as person delivering the threat? H: The president Full ep: newrepublic.com/article/2034...

Sunset with the Sandhill cranes at Bosque del Apache. #birds #birdwatching #NewMexico #daytrip #roadtrip #travel #nature #wildlife

Please join me in wishing President Joseph Biden a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂 Today Joe turns 83 years fierce Thank you Joe for everything you have done and you are continuing to do for your love of the American People Wishing you strength and love My favorite photo of Joe

BREAKING: House passes bill to release Epstein files

BREAKING: A federal court has blocked Texas’s 2025 mid-decade gerrymander from being enacted ahead of the 2026 elections! This is a major victory for fair representation and Texans at a time when Trump-ordered gerrymanders are threatening our democratic process.

US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops

Dad Calling    Just To Say He Loves King Crimson https://theonion.com/dad-calling-just-to-say-he-loves-king-crimson/

UPDATE: The U.S. House approved a spending package that will reopen the government and end the longest shutdown in the nation’s history, once President Donald Trump signs the legislation into law.

Trump’s problem is that so many Americans — including his MAGA base — believed that he’d expose a powerful global elite. But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump may actually be part of that global elite. Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.

These raccoons are on a top secret mission 😎💙😎

AND she has signed the Epstein discharge petition.

THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE IS IN TOTAL PANIC MODE RIGHT NOW.

JUST IN: Federal judge orders release of hundreds of people arrested in Trump's immigration crackdown in Illinois, according to CNN affiliate WLS. https://cnn.it/3LzqUPL

US House Speaker Johnson to swear in Democratic Representative-elect Grijalva on Wednesday reut.rs/445qln3

There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely. *If all goes by the regular schedule

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

Democrat Corey O’Connor has been elected mayor of Pittsburgh - AP.

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Another Dem flip!

Andre Dickens won reelection as mayor of Atlanta on Tuesday, earning a second term. https://to.pbs.org/4i2udvb

BREAKING: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance. Follow AP for live updates.

Decision Desk has called the New Jersey governors race for Mikie Sherill. Yet another state where millions of dollars in anti trans ads didn't work.

Kansas doesn't have the votes to redistrict, Sharice Davids' seat won't be touched. apnews.com/article/redi...

Kinda seems like a blue tsunami is about to hit

Breaking: Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia Governor race, flipping the seat from red to blue. (Source: @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social)

Lots of developments in SNAP payments fight today, most notably a defiant Trump vowing no payments until Democrats cave on shutdown. Story for @statesnewsroom.com:

This is a huge victory for the American people after the Administration and the GOP tried to withhold food from 42 million people. The courts have spoken—they will release the funds.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a statement Friday she had “zero confidence” the Trump administration would release funds promptly despite two court orders to do so. “New Mexico will keep its promise to deliver $30 million in state-funded benefits to those who qualify on Saturday,” she said.

Could the rich survive without the poor?

@proud_native_am Paulette Jordan just won the Democratic primary for governor in Idaho. Meaning, she's now positioned to become the first female governor of Idaho--and the first Native American governor in the US.

Happy Halloween 🎃

#Photo toute mignonne de Nicolas de Vaulx

JUST IN: Trump says he has instructed the Department of Defense to start testing our nuclear weapons

U.S. House staffers were warned by congressional administrators Wednesday that their October paychecks will not be sent out if the government remains shut down into November, Axios has learned. www.axios.com/2025/10/29/c...

The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings. n.pr/4ntG3PR

Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'" I've saved her some time.

JUST IN: Trump indefinitely barred from firing federal workers during shutdown

He did a screening. Real cognitive tests take about 5 to 6 hours. I've done them as a benchmark before neurosurgery and after.