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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

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Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Joy is an act of resistance.

We know National Guard troops don’t belong in our city—and our dogs agree... #PawsOffPortland.

Yes! Joy is the key 💜

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We agree!

SCOTUS Appears to Favor Removing Colorado's Ban on LGBTQ+ “Conversion Therapy” for Minors The U.S. Supreme Court seemed poised in favor of removing Colorado's ban on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for minors during oral arguments on Tuesday. The challenge to Colorado's ban was brought forward by a Christian licensed counselor, Kaley Chiles, who argued the ban is a violation…

Supreme Court Appears to Favor Removing Colorado’s Ban on “Conversion Therapy” for Minors

just left SCOTUS after defending Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy. It’s simple — no one should be harmed by substandard care. We’ll keep fighting so every Coloradan can live authentically and with pride. #copolitics #lgbtqrights #humanrights #philforgovernor

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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Blumenthal to Bondi: "He has been transparent. In fact, 5 days before the indictment of Comey, he put this post up as instructions to you. He didn't mince words. He was very open & public that you should indict Comey and&others because they are 'guilty as hell, no more delay, now.' 5 days before"

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Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

This.

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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"all universities have to do now is do nothing—no accepting the compact, no counter-offers, nothing—and the government will be left with no more power to coerce and control the First Amendment-protected activities of major American universities than it has today." balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Even during a shutdown, TSA officers & air traffic controllers are showing up without pay to keep our airports running. While I delivered them donuts, I checked in with travelers to make sure they knew they were visiting a "war zone.”
 
It's clear Portland is not a military target. It's home.

"It is interesting to consider the phenomenon of traditionalism, this 'backwardism' that regularly returns each century, this reference to a supposed perfect age that each time is another age." #PopeFrancis #Hope

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread

gift link - no paywall.

very much worth reading:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Thanks Rachel. ♥️

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Federal officers took 11 Democratic officials into custody inside a federal building in Lower Manhattan after the group demanded entry to Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding cells where migrants were being detained.

Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"

Long-term unemployment at post-pandemic high, straining workers and economy The US economy is seeing a rise in long-term unemployment, with over 1.9 million Americans out of work for 27 weeks or more, sparking concerns about the labor market.

With the right folks in charge, it doesn't take long to get from a US economy that is "the envy of the world" to this:

"The long-term unemployment number is a post-pandemic high and a level typically only seen during periods of economic turmoil..."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."