Please donate to your local food pantry as able.

Note - donate items you have on hand but will not use, then cash. Do not donate groceries you will use and do not buy groceries for the pantry. Donate cash instead. They know what they need, get better prices, and it saves effort for them and you.

@repstansbury.bsky.social: "This is gangster activity. The president is trying to shield pedophiles by calling and threatening members of Congress. We need more members of Congress, whether it's the Epstein files, the shutdown, health care, democracy, the rule of law, to just fucking do their jobs."

Hey, Sydette needs help. She is one of the people who makes the world brighter and better simply by existing. If you have the capacity, please consider dropping her what you can.

How the pediatric workforce shortage places rural kids at risk in a changing healthcare landscape - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network A growing shortage of pediatric specialists is worsening access to critical care for children in rural communities.

"In Texas, 75% of children live over an hour from the closest facility that provides pediatric emergency services or specialty care."

Another foreseeable, fixable problem that has gotten worse over 30 years of Republican leadership in Texas. blogs.bcm.edu/2025/10/10/h...

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

When Trump team pushed to investigate Soros, it cited a watchdog group report. But the group's own leader says "we actually did not make either of those claims that a prosecutor would need to make.” @fahrenthold.bsky.social @aduehren.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

If you’ve never experienced the glorious Rice Truck Saga…

🤣🤣🤣

The entire Trump administration is full of shit.

They’re not being run for ratings & profit anymore. The billionaires who own them want to control the narrative, which leads to windfalls in other areas e.g. Bezos doesn’t care if WaPo is losing readers. Being pro-Trump gets him large contracts and preferred status for his other ventures.

“Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?”

-Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

“The protracted decline is part of a larger overall drop in international tourists, driving a projected economic loss of up to $29 billion compared to what U.S. tourism officials had expected at the beginning of the year.”

“These laws are not meant for camps. They’re for families who trust them and the children whose safety must come before profits, convenience, and arrogance. I say arrogance intentionally and not ignorance, because ignorance would imply they didn’t know the danger of that river,” - Michael McCown

"After a few moments of laughter..."

The No Kings organizers with a fun, tidy response to Mike Johnson's shenanigans.

Has he checked the tariff shelf?

“Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always be defended – with words, with courage and with determination.”

We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game

So he flipped his positive review to negative

Still totally worth it

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest. There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day. What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid. It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

ATTN #ACLU @aclu.org and #Indivisible @indivisiblehouston.bsky.social
Conroe, Texas is attempting to rush in a new “Mass Gathering” ordinance to obstruct our #NoKings protest Oct 18.
Restricts purpose & gatherings 25+ people on city streets, requires $500 fee & $1 million indemnity insurance, etc.

The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November School Board Election is HERE (October's most anticipated release, with the possible exception of The Life of a Showgirl)

The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November School Board Election is HERE
open.substack.com/pub/franklin...

Congrats! 🎉

So excited for a new TS book & more JCPI to come

Love the Kickstarter idea.

(for the audiobook too? 🥺 I could always use more Lawlor in my ears. 🎧)

Oversight Democrats have one message for Speaker Johnson: Stop the Shutdown, Release the Files!

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”

Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.

#WarRavagedPortland

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

bingo

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month—a time when we call attention to America’s uniquely lethal domestic gun violence crisis. Domestic violence and gun violence are deeply interconnected, impacting millions of women, families, and communities across the country.

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

DRAIN THE SWAMP