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YouTube video by The Bulwark Shapiro goes scorched earth on JD Vance

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Trump building himself a new gold-plated ballroom at the White House shows what he really cares about - which is definitely not you.

Millions of Americans are already learning that their health insurance costs for 2026 are going way up.

I want to hear from you so we can make this impossible for the GOP to ignore the consequences of their policies.

If your premiums are going up, reply below and please share your story.

YouTube video by NPR Buttigieg: "We have a president who really is attempting to become an autocrat"

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L.A. TACO caught up with Leo Martinez of VC Defensa to get his full breakdown on what happened the day ICE agents rammed and T-boned his truck out in Oxnard on the morning of Thursday, October 16th.

Reporting by Izzy Ramirez & Aisha Wallace-Palomares

Editing by Errin Vasquez

🚨USPS mail carrier terrorized by ICE. A federal worker carrying mail over his shoulder suspected of being an “illegal immigrant? The worst of the worst?” No. He was existing while black. 1/2

Capital Area Food Bank distributed canned and dry goods to over 370 households of federal employees and contractors on Tuesday. They had been expecting around 150
employees. Employees were required to present a government work ID to receive food.

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Tish James launched an online portal for New Yorkers to submit photos and videos of ICE activity.

Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires As children die for want of cheap medicines, the U.S. spends billions on Argentina — thus rescuing rich investors who made bad bets.

In Opinion

“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani unveils plan to root out ‘duplicative’ education spending at city’s public schools | amNewYork Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday rolled out a plan to overhaul how the city's Education Department inks contracts with

NYC’s Dept. of Education spends around $10 billion/year on contracts.

Many provide essential services to our schools, yet with over 3,000 active contracts, DOE faces major efficiency challenges.

DOE needs procurement reform.

Yesterday I announced my platform to deliver it.

FIRED DOJ LAWYER: “I responded up the chain of command - that’s a lie. I cannot sign my name to that.”

Erez Reuveni says he was fired by Trump’s DOJ for refusing to lie that KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA was a terrorist & gang member.

Hey New Yorkers, you know what to do! #NoKings #NYC

#TimeSquare is getting busy! #NoKings

The Supreme Court is on the verge of gutting the Voting Rights Act's equal opportunity protections for minority voters — 12 years after they first rolled back its safeguards against voter suppression.

Why Protests Should Be Promises Modern movements that aim to advance racial equity should withhold and promise, rather than perform, writes Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

we should all go out on October 18 and it's good that so many of us are planning to. but we should all start talking to each other about what we're going to do next, too - what we will withhold together if the abuses continue. we can go on offense, too!

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We’re kicking the politics of the past aside and scoring a new generation of leadership — and we want you on our team.

Join us for The Cost of Living Classic, a free citywide soccer tournament in Coney Island this Sunday, co-hosted by NYC Footy.

Details + register at zohranfornyc.com/colclassic ⚽

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

Opinion | Pete Buttigieg on Rebuilding America After Trump

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social always makes me feel more hopeful www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

#NoKings ❌👑

The other day, I remember Pete quoted Roberto Unger.

Pete said:

"'Hope is more the consequence of action than its cause.' It's my responsibility to find the actions that will lead to hope."

It's a good question to ask ourselves:
What actions can I take that will lead to hope?

#Buttigieg

The lack of discipline and professionalism is widespread, well-documented and out of control.

Anyone who’s ever carried a weapon professionally in America knows it.

This is the culture of toxic leadership, low standards and lack of training. And it’s getting bigger and worse fast.🚨🇺🇸

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.

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

The policy failures we’re living with didn’t begin with Donald Trump - and they very clearly won't end with him either.

My party has to offer a vision for how everyday life actually gets better under new and different leadership.

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders I Bumped into AOC in Washington

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"There is no superior race." "There is no 'chosen people of God'." "It is neither the United States nor Israel."
"The 'chosen people of God' is all of humanity." - President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro

So exhausting..