Three cheers for MIT. When the White House tried to buy obedience with funding strings...MIT said, “Hell No!” Merit over mandates. Freedom over control. Finally...an institution with the guts to tell power where to shove its politics.

AG JAMES: “.. This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.”

@newyorkstateag.bsky.social

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown Federal health employees are being fired as the White House makes good on a promise to terminate federal employees en masse because of the shutdown.

Unknown layoffs are happening at HHS. Unknown in terms of who and which agencies.

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Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):

📌 Canks isn't gonna be happy

This may stop his heart 🤭🤣🐥

Bram, championne d’Occitanie au Baromètre vélo 2025 La commune de l’Ouest audois a décroché la 1re place régionale et la 7e nationale. Une prouesse pour une petite ville d’à peine plus de 3000 habitants, loin devant Narbonne et Carcassonne.

«Bram: La vitesse a été limitée à 30km/h dans toute la ville.
Pour ancrer la pratique du vélo dès l'enfance, une piste d'éducation routière a été créée. Un vélo est offert à chaque enfant bramais de 10 ans, et une formation au vélo de 12 heures»
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Stephen Miller Has ‘Central Role’ Probing Liberal Groups A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is “playing a central role” in the Trump administration’s lawless investigation of liberal groups and their finances, White House officials told Reuters.
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That the Nobel Peach Prize was *not* awarded to thirsty Donald Trump makes it wonderful. That it was awarded to a woman makes it even better. That she is from a country Trump slanders makes it even better. That it was awarded for promoting democracy, something Trump undermines, makes it perfection.

Everyone is lying except the people we know lie to us multiple times per day

The bird perched on a rustic wooden fence has a bright, fiery red-orange head and back, with deep black underparts. Its feathers appear smooth and glossy, especially the wings, which show a warm orange sheen. The bill and legs are black, and the bird’s posture is alert, angled slightly forward as if ready to hop or take off. The Red Satinbird is a small bird-of-paradise relative found in the mountain forests of New Guinea, usually at elevations between 1,800 and 3,500 meters. Males are strikingly colored — brilliant red-orange above and black below — while females are more camouflaged, in browns and olives. Males perform simple perching displays to attract females. Their diet consists mostly of fruits and berries, which they forage for in the forest canopy. This species is part of the family Cnemophilidae (satinbirds), which were once classified with birds-of-paradise but are now recognized as a separate group. ICUN lists as Least Concern, but they depend on intact montane forests, making them sensitive to habitat loss.

This bird was not having its photo taken. Running and searching and running. One image, underexposed and it was gone. #RedSatinBird.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography
#EastCoastKin #Photohour #PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited
#Birding #BirdsOnBlueSky

YouTube video by Texas Paul We just crossed a bright red line. The President is delusional and his cabinet is dangerous.

Kristi 'the blockage' Noem claims she has arrested the non-existent girlfriend of the founder of non-existent organisation Antifa. Texas-Paul demands the press do their bloody job.

#USDemocracy

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Tish James indicted. Trump's deployments blocked. Pam Bondi goes on the attack. Letitia James Indicted

Trump’s Justice Department indicts Letitia James. Troops deployed to Illinois and Oregon face legal roadblocks. And Pam Bondi’s testimony over Tom Homan’s $50,000 bribe raises new questions about Trump’s DOJ. It's been a big week.

Vermont Autumn Beauty at the Fluery Maple Farm in Richford Vermont

ICIRR Eyes on ICE Update: Throughout the day on Friday 10/10, the Rapid Response Network verified the presence of federal agents at multiple locations in Uptown, Edgewater, and Ravenswood including 5400 N. Sheridan, 4700 N. Magnolia, and 4300 N. Paulina (outside Ravenswood School). Teams are following up on additional tips from the surrounding areas. The enforcement operation is ongoing. Multiple people have been detained today on the north side. If you witness any possible ICE activity, or know someone who has been detained, call the Family Support Hotline at 1-855-435-7693 Remember: you have the right to film police activity, the right to remain silent, the right to speak to an attorney, and the right to refuse to sign anything. For a digital download of our KYR card visit: bit.ly/ICIRRCards

ICIRR reporting ICE activity throughout the north side of Chicago today, including outside of Ravenswood Elementary School.

Argentina --> $20 billion
Qatar --> US based Air Force
Americans --> No healthcare, Groceries @ 3x the price, and an ongoing coup

House Oversight's Robert Garcia is calling on Chairman Comer to "immediately schedule a date for Ghislaine Maxwell to testify" before the Committee. 

The panel had postponed its deposition with Maxwell until the Supreme Court decided whether to take up her appeal (it did not). tinyurl.com/bpasrhvz

#kristinoem back at it again. These videos really just write themselves at this point.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

DOJ prosecutors in Virginia under Erik Seibert didn't believe they gathered enough evidence to charge Letitia James.

So Trump pressured Seibert to resign and replaced him with a loyalist (and former personal attorney) who would.

Even Nixon made efforts to hide his corruption.

I’m finding this new, more sensible version of Marjorie Taylor Greene very jarring and unsettling.

Greene on the Epstein files: "I can't conclusively say that's why the House isn't in session, but the House should be in session...there is a new Democrat that's been elected that deserves to be sworn in...if it's to avoid the discharge petition, why drag this out? It's going to have 218 signatures"

Kristi Noem should never have been confirmed after this. It ended up being a perfect representation of what she would do.

A Christianity that is known for its cruelty is a Christianity that no longer knows Christ.

"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Republicans in Congress strangely silent on the Argentina bailout to benefit Bessent’s friends.

It also helps you to avoid talking about it when you are never asked about it.

KILMEADE: Would you do a standalone military vote to get them paid during the shutdown?

MIKE JOHNSON: Well, the thing is, Brian, remember this -- three weeks ago today, we voted to pay the troops

(That's a no)

Roberts Is Just As Responsible For Chump As Chump Is ! Both Have
Failed This Country.......

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet.

MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.

The Republican shutdown continues.