Josh Piper

The United States is currently suing the United States to prevent the United States from feeding American citizens.

Ouch

Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.

This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.

100% serious here.

Some more of my 87 year old dad’s spectacular Huntington Beach photography. Enjoy!

America Is Great When America Is Good Those who believe in liberty and dignity must never give in to the forces arrayed against the things we hold dearest.

Those of us who believe in liberty and dignity, goodness and generosity must never give in to the forces arrayed against the things we hold dearest.

As I soon begin my final year in Congress, I believe as fervently as ever that this must be our path forward.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Feds told Oregon grocers they couldn’t offer 10% off to SNAP recipients, so they got creative The honor system is in place at three Oregon stores, now offering discounts to all who need it.

Feds told Oregon grocers they couldn’t offer 10% off to SNAP recipients, so they got creative
www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

Cutting flights because of the govt shutdown is a stunt, plain and simple

When you desperately want to starve Americans:

Yet another instance of Fox News creating a false reality by using old video footage to tell a false story.

Unpaid government workers are being fed by World Central Kitchen…let that sink in just how dire things are.

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

In hindsight, it was probably a bad idea for voters to put the full force of the US state apparatus and military in the hands of a guy who bragged that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any support, and who was also granted immunity by the Supreme Court before taking office.

At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable.

Obama: It is not as if we didn't see some of this coming. I will admit it is worse than even I expected, but I did warn you all. I did. You can run the tape.

Disappointed in the Disney/YouTubeTV dispute. @espn.com waited too long to join the streaming wars, then enters at a steep price point for the value. Then there's the self-dealing with Hulu as a YTTV competitor and the lingering taste of the Kimmel debacle. Might have to wait this one out.

It’s a sad day when a judge has to order the President of the United States to feed vulnerable families and hungry children with funds already designated for that very purpose.

"several"...

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article) Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

"Are We Losing Our Democracy?" - Gift Link

Here's an example of how Trump's corruption factory works.

1. Coinbase put $46M into elections to help Trump allies.
2. Sends him a huge check for his inauguration.
3. Trump drops SEC lawsuit against Coinbase.
4. Trump demands big donation from Coinbase for ballroom.

Done.

Moses was reluctant to allow the 76ers to retire his jersey. He believed winning was a team effort. Why should he be signaled out? He finally agreed to it under the condition that the 76ers stitch the name of every teammate he had in Philly around the trim of his banner.

Andrew Desiderio V @AndrewDesiderio X.com Funny moment just now in the Senate: Lindsey Graham whispered something into his phone and then Siri responded with full volume: "Calling Sean Hannity mobile" 8:57 AM • 10/28/25 • 276K Views

We live in an episode of Veep

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

Game 3 of the World Series will continue until morale improves.

#RipCity #BeatLA #TrailBlazers

If you live in wa. you know this sign...for decades its messages were slanted to the right....but the new owners the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation bought the land in July.

Much love and respect to our indigenous brothers and sisters.

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina.

This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.

New York Times article reads: "Mr. Zhao had pleaded guilty to money-laundering violations in 2023 and served four months in federal prison, after a yearslong investigation by financial regulators and U.S. prosecutors. “President Trump exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden administration in their war on cryptocurrency,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said in a statement on Thursday. “The Biden administration’s war on crypto is over.” The pardon was the latest example of how high-profile business partners of Mr. Trump and his family have benefited from his rollback of the wide-ranging crypto crackdown orchestrated by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. To seek the pardon, Mr. Zhao hired lawyers and lobbyists with ties to the Trump administration, while Binance struck a business deal with World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s crypto start-up."

the most corrupt administration in my lifetime