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Quote card from journalist Leigh Kunkel that reads: “It’s hard to describe how strange it was and how clearly eager they were to enact violence on everybody there.”

Journalist @leighkunkel.bsky.social was left with a bloody nose after federal officers shot her in the face and the back of the head while she was reporting on protests at an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview on Sept. 26.

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The Trump-Epstein statue is back up: 'Like a toppled Confederate general' A statue of President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has been reinstalled in the National Mall after being taken down by the National Park Service a little over a week ago.

The Trump-Epstein statue is back up: 'Like a toppled Confederate general'

Take note, America

Smells like retribution

Quote card from FPF Advocacy Director Seth Stern

Journalist Mario Guevara is being deported because the American government punishes reporters to protect its own power.

We should all be outraged.

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Unconstitutional

Blame the “pro-life” party.

The federal shutdown puts nutrition aid for millions of new parents at risk Nearly seven million pregnant women and young children depend on WIC for healthy foods. Advocates say funding could run out in about two weeks, leaving states to close the gap if their budgets allow.

Nearly seven million pregnant women and young children depend on WIC for healthy foods. Advocates say funding could run out in about two weeks, leaving states to close the gap if their budgets allow.

Interesting

““The president’s palpable misunderstanding that the government simply cannot seek retribution for speech he disdains poses a great threat to Americans’ freedom of speech.”

Reagan-Appointed Judge Calls Out Trump’s ‘Full-Throated Assault on the First Amendment’ Read more here.

A federal judge ruled Trump’s targeting of pro-Palestinian student activists violates the First Amendment, and affirmed the government “simply cannot seek retribution for speech he disdains” as it “poses a great threat to Americans’ freedom of speech.”

Actor and activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment first backed by her father Henry Fonda in 1947, to fight against what the group calls a “coordinated campaign” from the Trump administration to curb freedom of expression. https://wapo.st/4nxKYQw

Jane Goodall’s final, urgent, message "Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”

Before her death, Jane Goodall left us all with a compelling message from her last interviews: While we’re the most 'intellectual animals' to ever walk the planet, "we’re not intelligent."

“Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”

From our friends at @vox.com:

Its premiums doubling

What's behind the health care fight that led to the government shutdown It's Obamacare health insurance prices — and how much help 24 million Americans will get with their premiums — that are in dispute.

It's Obamacare health insurance prices — and how much help 24 million Americans will get with their premiums — that are in dispute.

“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.

Before engineering the Trump administration's government shutdown response, Russ Vought spent years building Project 2025 strategy.

“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” he said in 2023. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work.”

(Pub. Oct. 2024)

Texas megachurch founder pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges Authorities say the founder of a Texas megachurch has pleaded guilty to lewd and indecent acts with a child after he was accused of sexually abusing a young girl in the 1980s in Oklahoma while he was a traveling minister.

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, authorities said.

Say what?!

Trump and Linda McMahon are patrolling speech on college campuses and threatening to withhold federal funding if professors or students speak their mind. They must stand down.

“you can’t sell your soul to Trump and keep your spine; they’re a package deal”

Count me deeply shocked at the capitulators

Me too, Ken.

Netanyahu is a monster

These ppl think women regularly give birth & then kill their baby?

@johnfugelsang.bsky.social sure would like to see you & @jamestalarico.bsky.social team up.

You're on the same page!

“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” - Matthew 25:31–46

As Texas flooded, key staff say FEMA’s leader could not be reached

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We had a great time meeting with folks in Killeen! Bell County has so much potential, and we’re looking forward to growing Bell County into a powerhouse

Meet JJ for House District 31 · Live Oak County Democrats Join Live Oak County Democrats in welcoming JJ Dominguez for Texas House District 31, on Oct 4th, from 12 - 2 pm. She will discuss her priorities on: education, healthcare and affordable housing.

Join us to welcome JJ Dominguez for TxHD 31 on Oct 4th, from 12 - 2 pm in George West.

She is running against incumbent Rep Ryan Guillen.

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Protecting your people isn’t radical. It’s decency. #mtpol