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Mike Johnson describes Trump’s mental decline and unhinged behavior.

It wasn't fake. It was edited. But Reagan really did spend a five-minute speech – an April 25, 1987, national radio address that the Reagan Library has published on YouTube – to rail against tariffs. It was a full-throated expression of support for free and fair trade.
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv

Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

These are the lowest cost insurance options for a 62 year old Georgian making $65k.

2025: $228
2026: $1142

She will lose $704/month in credits because of GOP cuts to health care.

This is a crisis. We cannot wait to fix this.

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

SAME!

Where are the "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" crowd?

Dear @msnbc.com. For the love of all that is true and real, please STOP airing the Stephanie Ruhle commercial where she pleads with us to "put your pads on..." It is completely TONE DEAF to the current reality we face.

Despotism at the Door The thread that ties John Bolton and Kilmar Abrego Garcia is clear: We have a president who wants to operate outside the law.

“What we are seeing is not merely a “slide toward authoritarianism.” It’s a march toward despotism. And it’s a march whose pace is accelerating.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/despotism-...

Call It What It Is: A Death Camp Words have incredible power.

We need to call this chain link Florida abomination what it is: a death camp.

We cannot call it what the monsters who made it want us to call it.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/call-it-wh...

“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges (1783)." #GeorgeWashington #PrayForAmerica

We are paying dearly for the absence of civics education.

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."

Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.

These two psychos have access to all your personal data, by the way.

DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one

Scott Pelley—American author and reporter for CBS News for more than 31 years, did not hold back

Congratulations! Our son graduated from Navy OCS in April!

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Land of Hope and Dreams

Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.

Mike Waltz has left the chat.

Just incredible

Andry José Hernández Romero

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 43 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

Is this who we are, America?

Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.