RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

What is that weapon?

a sign that says enter the asylum in white on a black background ALT: a sign that says enter the asylum in white on a black background

Between HEGSETH, DT, MILLER etc............ it sounds like in INSANE ASYLUM.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @AdelitaForAZ , Adelita Grijalva, stating, "The people of Southern Arizona deserve representation and I'm ready to get to work. Swear me in NOW! @SpeakerJohnson !" followed by a reply from @GavinNewsom , Gavin Newsom, saying, "It's not even November and the GOP are already rigging elections." Below, a news headline from McClatchy by Nikki McCann Ramirez dated September 30, 2025, reads, "DEM SAYS MIKE JOHNSON IS DELAYING HER SWEARING-IN TO PREVENT EPSTEIN VOTE," with a photo of Adelita Grijalva smiling at an event in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.

This is the Epstein files shutdown.

It’s as if they’re hoping the Epstein story will somehow just kill itself.

Review of "Two Sisters: Betrayal, Love, and Resistance in Wartime France" by Rosie Whitehouse Book Reviews by Barb Saffer

The French Vichy Govt were Nazi collaborators during the early 1940s. The author asks - why some French people helped the Jews; why others looked the other way; and others collaborated with the NAZIs.

Americans facing the same questions re DT govt.
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Took a moment in class to remind my undergrads to get their flu and covid jabs. Not my usual role as an econ prof, but right now they have too few trusted voices. And if others are trying to avoid political strife (this ISN'T political!!!), my students may not be hearing it elsewhere.

If you tax trucks 🚛, trucking in your inputs gets pricier.

That means flying ✈️ or shipping 🚢 looks better.

Where do planes and boats come from?

Yes, this just made transporting inputs from abroad *more* competitive.

It's like taxing bikes to reduce road congestion.

Do we know how many - if any - have REFUSED or RESIGNED as a result of what DT is doing?

Starting to wonder how the National Guard troops Trump is treating like pawns in a game of chess feel about this commander in chief?

The Justice Department is now investigating grand jurors’ political views?

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote The U.S.

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote
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Was Tuberville counted at his residence in Florida or in Alabama where he serves in the Senate?

This is exactly what the right wants— our silence.

They want us afraid and to stop speaking up, to check out, to shut up about politics. We can’t give them that. Not now. Not ever.

Trump has been saying-for years-that left wing protesters were burning down Portland

This week, he had the chance to prove it to a federal judge-one he himself appointed

Not only did he fail
Miserably

But the judge ruled that he was essentially delusional

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

Source:

The Supreme Court appears ready to side with Trump in bringing back “gay conversion therapy.”

This practice involves physically abusing teenagers to try to turn them heterosexual, including with electric shocks and chemically-induced nausea.

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.

Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.

The Americans the World Will Remember Fifty years from now, we will be judged for who we choose to be in these moments

As I look around at America outside my window, here’s what I know:

Just as with Germany, a few decades from now, people will gather in classrooms all around the world to view these days and this nation.

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The Dangerous Precedent Behind Johnson’s Refusal to Seat Adelita Grijalva On September 10, Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva won her Arizona special election, and nearly a month later, Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in.

Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to seat Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is more than the Epstein files, and a dangerous test of whether election results still guarantee representation. My latest

Oh come onnnn

I’m sorry but the fact that this is not everywhere is kind of malpractice

This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

Should've used this photo

Ohh

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LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE DESPERATELY RUNNING 26 MILES, 385 YARDS TO ESCAPE A WAR ZONE