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Democrats are winning the shutdown Republicans, meanwhile, are bumbling and stumbling.

New in PN: Dems are winning the shutdown

"If Republicans are on board with Trump’s effort to become a dictator, there’s not much point in negotiating. You might as well force them to own their priorities, including hugely increasing healthcare costs, then use it against them on the campaign trail."

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The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

84 year old victim with blood on her head from ICE attack

Blood covering the middle of her shirt.

ICE thugs did this to an 84 year old peaceful protester and her husband. Honor First right boys! This is why I do what I do.

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Trump is claiming no inflation.

He knows that, unlike him, we actually do our own shopping and know that’s bullshit, right?

Bondi was supposed to appear before the Judiciary Committee tomorrow (Tuesday) to answer about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

But Mike Johnson has conveniently kept the House in recess another week to ensure her appearance would be postponed.

The govt isn't the only thing they are shutting down.

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

"Imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein"

This is how the media is labeling Epstein's child trafficking partner.

Ghislaine Maxwell also raped those children.

She is a child rapist and a sex trafficker.

@apnews.com

Harrigan defends Trump's deployment of troops to cities: "I don't think it's wrong for members of the administration to characterize places like Chicago & Portland as war zones when they're putting up stats up about 50 murders a weekend." (There have been 58 murders in Portland all year as of Oct 1)

Who is leading the opposition to Prop 50?

An anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ MAGA millionaire. Munger, Musk, Theil, Yass & the usual cabal of wealthy MAGA know they need to spread as much misinfo as possible to win.

Vote YES on Prop 50!
California can do the entire nation a service on Nov 4th.

OUR TAX $$s are buying Latinos to turn on Latinos; Blacks to turn on Blacks.

This is what happens when a nation deliberately forces 80% of its population into a “one paycheck away from disaster” existence.

EU countries have mechanisms to prevent this. Instead, 🇺🇸 made the $ a religion.

A screenshot of an X post by Gavin Newsom (@GavinNe ..., 1 day ago) listing the last three government shutdowns: October 1, 2025 under President Trump, December 22, 2018 under President Trump, and January 20, 2018 under President Trump, with the comment "Almost like there is a pattern here." The post includes a profile picture of Gavin Newsom speaking.

Gavin Newsom with the receipts!

Two years ago, Russia killed 59 people in a missile strike on a funeral in the Ukrainian village of Hroza.

I don’t — for a second — believe that anything seen in that video was caused by Portland’s peaceful protesters.

Noem wants blood spilled and she wants it to be done in the name of a false war, under a false pretext.

CALIFORNIANS!!!!

You’re gonna start getting your ballots. Vote YES for prop/ state measure 50, (it will be titled differently in different counties.)

Vote as soon as you get your ballot so that phone calls and texts can be directed to people who need more convincing.
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What’s happening in Chicago should alarm and shock us all. Do not look away. This is authoritarianism. And it’s at our door.

My full statement on the ICE raids ⬇️

It’s day four of MAGA’s outrageous government shutdown. Now, Speaker Johnson gave House Republicans another paid week away from work.

I’m going live on Instagram at 7 PM ET with my friend and Ranking Democrat on the Rules Committee @repmcgovern.bsky.social to talk about this lawlessness.

It'll never be lost on me that a particular subset of the liberal commentariat in both North America and Western Europe were deeply infatuated with this woman up until the very moment she decided to talk about that one issue you're still basically not allowed to talk about lol.

We can fund health care and keep the government running, or we can shut everything down to raise prices on people.

To me, that’s a pretty easy choice.

Did you know that your healthcare premiums are about to double because the GOP is intentionally sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pretending that Democrats are trying to give undocumented immigrants free insurance?

Her butt looks weird.

They took these US citizens naked and put them in zip ties and threw them in a van.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference." The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

People are asking: Why is Trump screwing American farmers so badly when they’re his most loyal voting bloc?

Maybe because it’s a cheap land grab. Run farmers out of business, then he and his billionaire buddies buy up millions of acres for pennies on the dollar.

Are the farmers catching on yet?

Can a physicist weigh in here please?

The Billionaires Have Been Sucking the Rest of Us Dry Since 1989—And It's Worse Than You Think | Common Dreams The 905 billionaires in the United States hold a combined $7.8 trillion in wealth, giving those at the very top political influence and power that undermines our democracy while working people scrape ...

The Billionaires Have Been Sucking the Rest of Us Dry Since 1989—And It’s Worse Than You Think

The 905 billionaires in the U.S. hold a combined $7.8 trillion in wealth, giving those at the very top political influence and power that undermines our democracy while working people scrape to get by.

Project Management: Science, Art, and the Myth of One Over the Other A coworker recently told me, “Project management is both a science and an art. Use the science side more, and the art becomes much less…

Some thoughts on why the science and art of project management are not mutually exclusive.

Trump’s slashed taxes for corporations and the wealthy while slapping steep new sales taxes on most of the things that all Americans buy and is now sending some of those new tax revenues to his most consistent voters.

sorely tempted to have a full blown Reaganite tantrum about welfare queens about this

My response shall stay the same until this BS stops.

“I have no idea what Project 2025 is.”
- Trump, October 31, 2024