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The first thing Republicans did after getting sworn in as the majority in the House under Biden was form a committee on the weaponization of government.

But the anti-vax trumpers have no idea.

Mike Johnson is scared of people in dinosaur costumes.

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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If I were a DC reporter, I’d consider maybe pressing Johnson on how he reconciles these two statements.

Trump’s Vendetta Prosecution of Letitia James Is a New Low The New York attorney general has led the legal fight against Trump, and now he has mobilized the Justice Department to go after her.

You should read @joanwalsh.bsky.social on the utter vindictiveness of the Tish James indictment

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Caitlin Flanagan @CaitlinPacific I’ve missed hearing Woody Allen’s voice - I’d been so rattled this week and there he was, his full self. ⁦ @bariweiss ⁩ is the perfect interviewer. She seemed almost like a daughter to him - in a way she is. We all are. Order Life with Baum!

like a daughter to him

Disgusted barbie

Doubt.

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

UPS Is Trashing Packages Due To "Maze" Of Tariffs - Joe.My.God. NBC News reports: Thousands of U.S.-bound packages shipped by UPS are trapped at hubs across the country, unable to clear the maze of new customs requirements imposed by the Trump administration. As p...

Wow. UPS is just disposing of our packages. So are they costing the people money or those businesses money? BOTH!

Remember, republicans want to privatize our postal service and use people like this who just dispose of our stuff if it's too much of a hassle for them. www.joemygod.com/2025/10/ups-...

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

So this IL Hospital Association memo describes an incident where ICE detained a US citizen, gave them HEART PROBLEMS, took them to a hospital where the fought with medical personnel, then left when they realized they detained a CITIZEN.

Trump and Hegseth give Qatar an airbase in Idaho and Qatari pilots will be flying jets over American airspace. Their lavish gifts and personal business deals with Trump worth billions really paid off for them.

I'll say it again. The media continues to insist that Vought is laying people off because of the shutdown. Did the DOGE firings happen during a shutdown? No, they just did it.

He was always going to do mass firings. See Project 2025. They're just being cute thinking they can blame the Dems.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department. Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

we told you, vivek.

Four tweets from X, text: [user] Sep 20 The CATO Institute should be labeled as a domestic terrorist organization. [user] Sep 20 Replying to @AlexNowrasteh Trump's next EO needs to be declaring the CATO Institute a terrorist organization. [user] · Sep 19 The next group that @realDonaldTrump needs to designate as a terrorist organization is the Cato Institute [user] · Sep 19 Replying to @David_J_Bier we are going to designate the CATO Institute as a terrorist organization next.

Tweets from X, text: " [user] · 11h Replying to @David_J_Bier The Cato Institute should be declared a terrorist organization. [user] · 11h President Trump needs to declare Cato institute domestic terror organization Quote The Alex Nowrasteh @AlexNowrasteh · Oct 8 Americans would be slightly more pro-immigration if they knew how hard it is to come here legally."

From the bad old site, in response to pro-immigration commentary from Cato scholars. I wonder whether there's something dangerous in letting presidents just arbitrarily declare one or another group to be a terrorist organization -- nah, I suppose that's alarmist.

Without provocation, masked federal agents indiscriminately shoot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets from the rooftop of the Portland ICE facility.

The Louvre is of course a must see, but the d'Orsay is my favorite.

Wait until Trump finds out that Jeff Bezos is in charge of uniforms for Antifa.

the administration is laser-focused on making sure Americans don't get clean energy, so Saudi Arabia (Trump's paymaster) has someone to sell their oil to in 10 years when the rest of the world has moved on to solar+batteries

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Every senator who voted to confirm RFK, Jr. should get kicked in the stomach every single time he makes the news.

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

Dire as the stakes are, leaning into absurdist and lighthearted forms of protest seems like a great way to puncture the fantasy Trump & co are spinning to attempt to rationalize a violent crackdown.