Susan Brooks-Young

Why aren't Dems raising the roof about Mike Johnson's refusal to swear in newly elected Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.)??? Contact your Representative (www.usa.gov/elected-offi...) and tell them you want them to make some good trouble related to this.

The devolution of CBS News A network once revered for fact-based reporting is embracing right-wing pseudo-journalism

The fall of CBS.
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October 5, 2025 On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...

Did I miss the election where Hegseth and Miller were on the ballot running for co-POTUS???

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Keep in mind why the Hill is so quiet these days.

GOP Rep. Massie is turning up the heat on Mike Johnson. “Why are we in recess?” Massie asked. “Because the day we go back into session, I have 218 votes for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files.” Release the files!

I love this response to FOTUS' efforts to circumvent the ruling made last week by a federal judge.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said: “The judge’s order was not some minor procedural point for the president to work around like my 14-year-old does when he doesn’t like my answers.”

YouTube video by Daily Kos Republican says he doesn't believe polls that don't tell him what he wants to hear

What every reporter working in the mass media should be doing right now.
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Fighting the good fight. Thank you!

Just when I think the Roberts SCOTUS can't get anything right:

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal of the criminal conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein.

Just a glimmer of hope, but better than nothing.

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed Trump for golfing during the shutdown. Newsom said: “I hope we can find a compromise. But it’s difficult to do that with a guy who seems more interested in playing golf over the weekend.”

“The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session … Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files.” AOC

Dem Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva is calling out Mike Johnson for keeping the House in recess, once again delaying her swearing in.“Still playing games with my swearing-in date? The people of Southern Arizona deserve a voice in Congress NOW. What are Republicans so afraid of?”

Reminder! Donald Trump and Republicans are more interested in inflicting pain on the American people than lowering health care costs.

#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown social.demcast.com/s/BPsZk05Z

Johnson’s has announced that the House will take another week away from the Capitol rather than coming back to negotiate a way to end the government shutdown and preserve Americans’ access to healthcare. One Congressional Rep asked, “Is this about the shutdown, or is this about the Epstein files?”

Wall Street Gets to Keep Its Government Open The Antitrust Division and FTC have suspended merger challenges, but not merger approvals. It's weird how 'government shutdowns' don't close the parts of government Wall Street wants.

Interesting article about what really gets closed during a government shutdown and who typically really gets hurt during a shutdown.
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REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE CRISIS

● Myth: Action can wait because the health care tax credits don’t expire until Dec. 31.
○ Fact: Notices will go out in the next few days that premiums have more than doubled. Millions will lose coverage or face skyrocketing costs starting in October.

Before 12:01 a.m. today, we hadn't had a government shut-down since 2019. Remind me. Who was president in 2019? Oh, right. FOTUS' last regime was in full swing then. Seems to be a GOP problem.

And where are the Epstein files?

Diagramming a Historically Horrific Speech Both Dangerous and Deranged

From David Pepper: Diagramming a Historically Horrific Speech
Both Dangerous and Deranged

How is FOTUS' rhetoric acceptable in our nation today? davidpepper.substack.com/p/diagrammin...

September 30, 2025 Last Thursday, September 25, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suddenly announced he was calling about 800 of the nation’s top military generals and admirals, along with their top enlisted advisors, to m...

Read HCR's Letter from an American from last night. Powerful. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...

Trump declares war on America "It’s the enemy from within and we have to handle it before it gets out of control."

Not only is Trump’s rhetoric disturbing, but his claims about crime trends in American cities are objectively false. He is using this misinformation to justify deploying the military in a manner that is antithetical to American democracy. Read more below: popular.info/p/trump-decl...

Yesterday, Democrat Representatives chanted “swear her in,” referring to Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva—who Mike Johnson has refused to swear into office. Grijalva will be the last signature needed to trigger a vote on releasing the Epstein files. You could also hear Democrats chant “shame on you!”

Dem Sen. Mark Kelly spoke plainly about the key issue in the shutdown: “This is a question about how much people have to pay for their healthcare. Trump & Republicans ... prioritized billionaires over hardworking people and stuck them with a really bad deal …healthcare costs are gonna skyrocket.”

Hegseth & Trump spoke at their gathering of generals as if it were a maga rally, but it ended up being a complete dud.
Ret. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling said the event was “shocking” and “offensive...I just couldn’t believe some of the things that were being said. The regime's event was a major failure.

YouTube video by Ways and Means Committee TELL REPUBLICANS: SAVE HEALTH CARE

Ways and Means Democrats have released a good ad about the shutdown. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Gm...

Republicans refused to call the House back into session and work to avoid a shutdown, but Democrats showed up on the Hill anyways. Leader Hakeem Jeffries said they are “defending the healthcare of the American people. House Republicans are on vacation and running scared."
#ThisIsTrumpsShutdown

In a letter to Dem leadership, federal workers said: “Federal workers will willingly forgo paychecks in the hopes of preserving the programs we have devoted our lives to administering. In order to save our services today, we need to send a message to this Administration that enough is enough.”

Personally, I choose the Constitution over the ramblings of an elderly person plummeting into la-la land.

September 28, 2025 Late last night, President Donald J.

Why did Trump post an obviously fake video late Saturday night? It appeared to be a clip from his daughter-in-law Lara Trump’s Fox News talk show My View but was not. It touted an obviously fake product called MedBeds.

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Message to Sen. Schumer and Rep. Jeffries: Stand firm. Do not blink. Do not cave.

What We Learned from Jimmy Kimmel - There is Nothing We Cannot Do A Victory for the Resistance in its Defense of the Constitution.

What We Learned from Jimmy Kimmel - There is Nothing We Cannot Do: "Let’s be clear: Kimmel’s return is a victory for the resistance in its defense of the Constitution."

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