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This is an important point.

Everyone one of these people has been asked to leave their home, their family, and their job to work without pay bc of the shutdown. We're better off thinking of ways to make this backfire on Abbott than to treat them poorly.

You will not defeat fascism if you don't peel off soft supporters. You simply won't do it.

At least some of these guys look Latino anyway, and we know Latino voters in TX are moving.

But literally, these people will go w/o pay for weeks. That's pretty persuasive.

I actually don't think that Discount Goebbels censored himself.

One possible explanation is that somewhere deep inside Stephen Miller he still has fragments of a human personality and he recently underwent a trauma that would have floored humans with actual human emotion.

Trump's off-script comments cause shutdown headaches for GOP President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are straining to project a united front against Democrats.

One point I made about the shutdown is that a lot of what Schumer and Jeffries are doing is not for YOU, but for annoying beltway journalists who see this as a competition but whose reporting actually matters to their colleagues.

Voila: "Republicans in disarray"

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Mike Johnson says he'll swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social as soon as she wants. Okay, so how about today?

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

RE: Republicans making false claims about Portland violence? Are there no tourism-affected business in OR who'd like to make a very big stink about the GOP attack on Oregon businesses?

@wyden.senate.gov

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The nazis themselves were not some clever masterminds where everything they did went perfect. They were also comical idiots who did ridiculous things, like invading Russia in the winter.

They gained power because the opposition couldn’t understand that the fascists were not rational agents.

We’re getting very used to this but the statement is unusually unhinged.

Don't just vote yes, convince your friends and family to as well. If Republicans keep the House, there's a very realistic chance they refuse to accept the result of any election they don't like, and then we really are in a constitutional crisis. Gerrymandering is bad, but don't unilaterally disarm.

"To become mature is to become kind" is actually beautiful.

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

Remember that Trump has said that if SCOTUS rules the tariffs illegal next month, Trump has said they'll pay all the tariffs back.

Consumers, of course, are fucked--they get nothing back.

Ask why Trump installed Ellis as CIA General Counsel and if that has anything you do with getting a favorable legal opinion on boat strikes.

Always follow the money

Jeffries on Mike Johnson's threat to not pay furloughed federal workers: "Donald Trump and his administration have been torturing federal employees since the very beginning of his presidency -- engaging in mass firings, harassing them, brutalizing them, and violating the law."

Don't look now, but Pam Bondi is refusing to answer Lindsey Graham's question about how many "illegals" live in Chicago.

Instead, she filibustered about how many drug traffickers were caught there, most based on investigations started under Biden.

Dick Durbin: Did you consult with ethics officials before you okayed the flying bribery palace?
Bondi: How dare you say I cut law enforcement?!?!?!

LIVE: Allison Gill - REPUBLICANS DIRTY SHUTDOWN SECRET REVEALED YouTube video by MeidasTouch

I have receipts that republicans can end the shutdown right now without a single democratic vote, and that the trump administration wants this shutdown and that's why they're not ending it. See the proof! www.youtube.com/live/PkEOK7J...

We covered this on today's @dailybeanspod.com. Extremely dangerous and these ICE agents should be charged with felonies.

THUNE ADMITS IT: The democrats created affordable healthcare and the GOP wants to take it away. 💥

YouTube video by MSW Media ICEBlock App Developer Speaks Out After Being Removed From Apple and Android App Stores

NEW: I spoke to the developer of the ICEBlock app, Joshua Aaron, about it's removal from the Apple App Store amid pressure from the Trump administration. Joshua will also appear on Maddow tonight! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Oc...

Ms. Martinez’ lawyer says body cam footage shows the agent turned into HER car and yelled “do something bitch” before firing shots.

you know this guy had to have made a huge number of enemies for oklahoma republicans to want to take him down (serves him right, he sucks)

Hey there, @nytimes.com. The judge didn’t “decide not to immediately block.” She ordered a response from the government Wednesday and set a hearing Thursday. Let me know if you need help with this.

I posted this one week after the election in 2024. Holds up.

Governor Pritzker Argues Trump Is Invading Illinois Out of Animus - emptywheel Illinois' lawsuit against a Guard deployment argues that the deployment arises from long-standing animus, not recent events.

Governor Pritzker Argues Trump Is Invading Illinois Out of Animus

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/06/g...

Note: OR made that same argument.

THe page of economic harms Noem/Miller do is just getting longer.

Recession and Covid-19 pandemic. Newsom v. Trump, Case No. 25-4870, Dkt. 183, Ex. 14 at 7 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 2, 2025). The number of people reporting to work in California’s private sector decreased by 3.1% in June 2025 and by 4.9% in July 2025, even though those numbers increased elsewhere. Id. at 1, 4. The study explained: “As a result of [federal] enforcement actions, many noncitizens avoided work, school, and other public spaces, leading to declines in consumption, business, work and employment.” Id. at 2. A Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce official confirmed that the National Guard deployment harmed “small businesses throughout the region,” explaining that businesses saw “a sharp decrease in customers,” “increased staffing shortages,” and incurred “additional costs” for “security” and other expenses. Id., Dkt. 183-3 ¶¶ 5-9. Attendance at public events in Los Angeles also suffered. For example, the director of an LGBTQ+ organization that holds an annual event in a predominantly Latino neighborhood stated that 2,000 fewer people attended the post-deployment event this year compared to prior years. Id., Dkt. 183- 6 ¶¶ 4, 13-14. 207. Similarly, according to reporting in the Washington Post, the deployment of National Guard troops in the District of Columbia depressed key industries, including tourism, restaurants, and hospitality services. Within a week after the deployment of federal troops in D.C., foot traffic in the District dropped 7 percent on average, with restaurant reservations showing an even steeper drop. 208. Defendants’ military incursion into Illinois threatens similar immediate harms by depressing business activities, travel, and tourism in Illinois communities. Chicago taxes various sales and services. E.g., Mun. Code of Chi. §§ 3-24-030 (hotel tax), 3-30-030 (restaurant tax); 3- 40-010 (sales tax). Thus, when businesses in Chicago experience declining sales, Chicago receives less tax revenue.

A page of IL's lawsuit describes the economic harm Noem's goons do to a city.

legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

132. The Federalization Order from defendant Hegseth neither cited nor attached any order from the President invoking Section 12406, as required by law. 133. On October 5, General Boyd of the Illinois National Guard learned of and received another memorandum, purporting to invoke Section 12406 to federalize national guard troops from the State of Texas into Illinois and Oregon (“the Texas Mobilization Order”). The Texas Mobilization Order was an undated memorandum from defendant Hegseth that, similar to that issued the prior weekend in Oregon, referenced the June 7 Presidential memorandum that had been used as support for the federalization of California’s National Guard months prior.

Whiskey Pete is having difficulties with basic invasion paperwork.

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