President Trump posts his first TikTok on his personal account since the election and says “To all those young people of TikTok, I saved TikTok, so you owe me big….”

The Supreme Court will hear a case seeking to legalize torture... er... conversion therapy under free speech protections. That and not just one but TWO feel good stories to start the week in trans news in our Leading Off column.

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

Kushner’s mirage: The “Gaza Riviera” and the theft of a homeland flip.it/Uez.SK

The judge is a woman.

"When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty." Thomas Jefferson The Silence of the Generals open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. Troy and I were on the ground:

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

Attn Black people, stop scrolling. This is not a drill: Chicago

Hell yeah! She nails it. 🔥 I’ve heard my daughter vent to me about this very same thing: At some point, it’s the professor, not the students, and there’s very little recourse. College costs big bucks, and it’s wrong when they don’t teach in a way that reaches their students. And don’t seem to care.

Why was there no other video of this? This was produced with music and editing and drone shots the same way the El Salvador prison.

Moments ago, Gov Pritzker said the Trump administration is to federalize the Illinois National Guard - 300 members of the troops. "For Donald Trump, this has never been about safety, but about control." @govpritzker.illinois.gov #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

I am just so fucking proud of her.

Abughazaleh: I think Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague. And if the response from ICE to people exercising their first amendment right is to drive vehicles through them, they should not be an agency in the US.

Posted by the President of the United States.

"Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict,” according to a Trump administration memo," A 'non-international armed conflict' is a lot of fancy doublespeak. And that is a shady way to bypass Congress. #Pinks

Trump is a laughing stock, a liar and total embarrassment! PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other. #USDemocracy #Pinks

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue An honor richly deserved.

I wrote abt 4 ways to reverse fascism in this: 1) 3.5% in the streets 2) Win 2026 and 2028 (least likely to succeed). 3) Peel off 4 Senators or 8 Congresspeople 4) Clean up after inevitable catastrophe (a la 2008 or 2020) youtu.be/GH7kzWO2c1s

I have no more words. Seems to me like we are at war with our own government.

The Trump Admin fired the Director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library over his refusal to provide an artifact from the Library’s collection as a gift for King Charles. What the everloving fuck. open.substack.com/pub/lastcamp...

Cervical cancer is one of few cancers that has a known path of prevention. But that also means it falls at the intersection of three cultural issues that are facing strong political opposition — including broad access to low-cost or free reproductive health care. From @stateline.org

WTAF: “Federal agents, using drones, helicopters, trucks and dozens of vehicles, conducted a middle-of-the-night raid on a rundown apartment building on the South Side of Chicago…Snipers rappelled down from helicopters on top of the apartment complex…” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...

PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.

Let me be clear: this will impact ALL of us. It’s bigger than just Medicaid & Medicare. We will all pay the price.

Rieckhoff: A vet on CNN said we haven’t fought to win in 20 years. I said, I was fighting to win. You were fighting to win. Kander: That shit pisses me off. Rieckhoff: He said he meant the generals. Which one? It’s boogeymen—and now cosplay warriors who never served join ICE to bully immigrants.

not a single news org signed. that's what it takes. stand together. everywhere, every time.

If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news

🚨🚨🚨 “Form a circle, form a circle.” They do not want us to see what they are doing in Portland. Low hanging fruit for us. This was posted 3 hours ago. 1/2

Dean: The president is unhinged Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals. Johnson: I didn’t see it. Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.

The Government is now shut down, but apparently nobody called the school in the Bronx that had come to the Capitol for their tour today, so they're getting the treat of a lifetime since AOC agreed to give them the tour herself! I’m loving this for all of them!

Goodnight dear 🦋 friends!😴 Sweet dreams!💤 See you in the morning at a new destination!🌖 Going to sit on the dock for awhile and watch the sunset 🌅 with my wine! Cheers!🍷 #BlueCrew #BreakfastCrew

They’re kicking Black men out of the military over beards. Three out of five Black servicemen have pseudofolliculitis barbae which is a painful skin condition caused by shaving. This is blatant discrimination.

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...

And there it is...NDA's and lie detector tests given to the military.

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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

WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown

COLLINS: So you're telling me you're willing to vote no every time? BERNIE SANDERS: Damn right

See that guy on the floor? He's a Turkish journalist. This is the Federal Building in NYC. Any guesses as to how this journalist found himself on the floor? If you guessed ICE you would be right. This journalist had to be taken out on a stretcher. #SheShed

Goodnight dear 🦋 friends! Sweet dreams!💤 See you in the morning!🌖

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

We don’t want you here, Donald Trump.

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance However, they are weaker than they look…

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "They're trying to condition some of these generals to the idea that they should be using the U.S. military to enforce the political agenda of this president. It's not going to work."

FUN FACT: Social Security and Medicare are mandatory spending programs that are unaffected by government shutdowns. So, what they're telling you here is that they *voluntarily* want to stop giving you your money and health care.

A Reagan appointed judge.