CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

Stephanopoulos drops a truth bomb on Johnson….

More reporting like this please.

This is great: a National Guardsman standing up to say every member of the National Guard and military "is legally obliged to disobey an illegal order."

YouTube video by emptywheel Stop Looking for a Fucking Pee Tape!

Also on the weekend I did this video:

Stop looking for a fucking pee tape!

On what the Russians REALLY have over Trump.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3hT...

Lincoln Square (@lincolnsquare) BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Senate Democrats walked out of the hearing to confirm controversial Trump official Emil Bove as a federal judge. This protest came as Republican leadership broke commit...

It’s worth watching. One always wonders when Booker makes these appeals to Republicans, “what’s the point?” But as he goes on and they sit like moths pinned in place by a voice of decency who reminds them who they could be & maybe who they used to be, it becomes clear.

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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Is Not O.K. V.A. insiders describe themselves as miserable—and they worry that the Trump Administration will do long-term damage to the agency.

The suicide rate for veterans is 50 per cent higher than that of the general population, and a quarter of V.A. workers are veterans. Nonetheless, Veterans Crisis Line employees were among the workers targeted for termination by the Trump Administration.

When you are faced with the mendacity of Trump, Hegseth, & Johnson, it’s pointless to try & get clarity from them.

Go to the trusted sources. If you want to understand how we got here and what Trump & Netanyahu are up to, I present to you she who knows: Christine Amanpour. Breaking. It. Down.

Without comment. Keep hammering this.

America?

You in danger, girl.

More information on this despicable case here: thehill.com/homenews/sta...

Bird news! In a good way…

This is government waste.

So clear, so easily explained!

No one has ever LinkedIn this hard.

I am CRINE.

“I don’t even recognize you, Secretary Rubio.” This is so well done. Respectfully calling out a colleague who so pathetically sold his soul. Take a moment, listen, and share.👇

I absolutely adore watching Tim Kaine rake these guys over the coals, BUT even with this kind of watertight questioning, bad faith actors can skirt right along with favorable talking points for their base.

Page One must have been crowded.

So NYT puts it on Page 13. 🤡

@schooley.bsky.social

Every single religious organization and denomination needs to raise holy hell about this - and never let these men have a moment's rest until this funding is restored.

And if you tell me you are a Christian and think this is OK, I'll tell you that you have no idea what it means to follow Jesus.

Anytime I can quote @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is a good time. Shoulders of giants, come on. Thank you Rebecca!

Ambassador Spock modeling the proper “fuck you, make me” response to intimidation tactics. Our current-day institutions could learn a lot from him.

A portion of John Quincy Adams' Amistad argument before SCOTUS: "I will not recur to the Declaration of Independence--your Honors have it implanted in your hearts--but one of the grievous charges brought against George III. was, that he had made laws for sending men beyond seas for trial. That was one of the most odious of those acts of tyranny which occasioned the American revolution. The whole of the reasoning is not applicable to this case, but I submit to your Honors that, if the President has the power to do it in the case of Africans, and send them beyond seas for trial, he could do it by the same authority in the case of American citizens. By a simple order to the marshal of the district, he could just as well seize forty citizens of the United States, on the demand of a foreign minister, and send them beyond seas for trial before a foreign court."

Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant

war is peace. ignorance is strength

Always say the full phrase. Using the initials “DEI” masks what these folks are rallying against.

Diversity
Equity
Inclusion

This is exactly how it plays out in my house.

Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.

actual civic service