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Republicans control the White House, the Senate, and the House.

If Trump said “end the shutdown,” Republicans would do it.

Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄

Oct. 15, 2025 PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION STATEMENT Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution. The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all. PPA

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

They've been arguing in court repeatedly that there are no plans for a shutdown and that they will honor all statutory obligations.
Not sure what a legal system does with a government that simply isn't credible.

BOOM 🔥:

Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.

Me: 33% is fantastic.

Also me:

Kimmel: "Can you imagine? This country has become so authoritarian the Germans are like, 'Come here'"

I can think of over 218 reasons why this is great.

Democrats want a government funding bill that won't raise your health care costs by 75%.

Trump won't even meet with them.

He’s shutting the government down and making health care even more expensive for families.

What a bad deal for America.

I’m tired of being divided into teams.

Do you have an elderly grandparent who needs care? So do I.

Do you struggle to afford the high price of everything? So do I.

Do you know what it means to carry the weight of medical debt? So do I.

You’re on my team — and I’m on yours.

Arizona Special Election 2025 Live Results View results from the 2025 Arizona House Special Election. Follow live outcomes as votes are added up on Election Day.

BREAKING: Democrat Adelita Grijalva has won the special election in AZ-7 to fill her late father's US House seat. The discharge petition to release the Epstein files needs one more signature, and she's expected to sign it. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: The Epstein Files just got one step closer to being released. With Adelita Grijalva’s victory in AZ-07, Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna now have the magic number — 218 votes — needed for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the full Epstein Files.

He’s really going full fascism now, openly threatening American citizens while attacking both the press and basic democratic freedoms. Once again, Trump tried to glorify his deployment of the National Guard in

It seems appropriate to remind everyone that the leading cause of death in children is guns

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

The people they are kidnapping are disappearing.

I can't get over how weird this photo is. I love that someone in England captioned it: "Darling, be a dear and DO click on the floor lamp."

BREAKING: @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and I are demanding a meeting with Trump on his decision to shut down the federal government because of the Republican desire to continue to gut the health care of the American people.

Judges press Trump administration on deportation quotas An appeals court panel pressed a DOJ attorney to confirm whether immigration officials have been ordered to carry out 3,000 deportations or deportation arrests a day.

NEW: Federal appeals judges demand answer on whether Trump administration is demanding immigration officials conduct 3,000 deportation arrests a day. That could contribute to illegal stops and detentions, a 9th Circuit panel suggested. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Texas GOP Rep. Giovanni Capriglione...the same man who rammed through a six‑week abortion ban...has been exposed: a 17‑year affair and allegedly paid for multiple abortions. These aren't leaders...they're hypocrites in power. If that doesn’t make you furious, you’re not awake.

Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals

The deployment of ICE, National Guard and Marines in LA—along with the prosecution of protesters—was never about public safety.

It was manufactured propaganda, and now ICE is being exposed for it.

Records show they lied in their testimonies and prosecutors are now facing “embarrassing” dismissals.

White House: the EU *will* invest $600 billion in the US economy and spend $750 billion in US energy by 2028.

Commission: the pledges are an "intention" based on industry estimates not a legally binding guarantee. The EU can't dictate how the private sector spends its money.

The defunding of USAID was the American Wannsee, the moment the ruling party’s psychosis and disregard for human life led them to choose to kill millions of innocents for its own sake. There is no normal politics possible after that, and no one has understood that yet (not even me, at a gut level).

#booksky

JUST IN: Senate Judiciary Dems ask Grassley to hold hearing with DOJ whistleblower Erez Reuveni before committee vote on Emil Bove's nomination to 3rd Circuit. Durbin says Reuveni's allegations "if true, clearly disqualify" Bove
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As a former Federal employee, I can say that "not coming to work because I'm mad" isn't a thing

Republicans Vote Against Releasing Jeffrey Epstein Files

Despite widespread anger in the MAGA world, House Republicans blocked an effort seeking to release the Jeffrey Epstein files

GOP Wrecking Ball Slams Through Medical System Hospitals are shutting down, slashing programs, and laying off staff. And the worst parts of the spending law haven’t even hit yet.

The idea that Republicans cleverly delayed all the pain in their megabill until after the election is untrue. As @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social shows, 1/3 of the Medicaid cuts are in place today. Several hospitals have closed programs, cut staff, or shut down. The pain is here.
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