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Bonta: Just minutes before the hearing, we got word that the Texas National Guard has been federalized.

We asked the judge to issue a broad order — one that applies to every National Guard unit in every state — stating that none of them can be deployed to Oregon.

She issued that order

It’s of note that during tonight’s hearing the DoJ didn’t even try to make the case that changing conditions on the ground in Portland warranted the CA National Guard. Instead they relied on legal technicalities. Proving again that what they say in court is different than lies they tell the public.

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Christian nationalist fascism: when they lower masked Gestapo goons from helicopters in the night to smash apartment windows, terrorize residents, and zip-tie and kidnap children for not being white looking enough— and then violate the 1st Amendment by reciting scripture from a government account.

Sen. Schiff to NBC: "He's described me as the enemy within. He's described other Democratic elected officials as the enemy within. He is using the Justice Dept. to go after his political enemies, and he's using the Justice Dept. to protect his political friends … This should concern every American."

Trump admits what we knew all along - the shutdown is happening because they want to repeal Obamacare by choking off funding for it. Project 2025.

A screenshot of an X post by Keith Edwards (@keithed ) from 15 hours ago, commenting "Kind of wild how the cross doesn't burn her," in response to a post by Aaron Rupar (@atrupar ) from 16 hours ago. Rupar's post quotes Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary, saying, "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer." The image shows a news broadcast from "The White House" at 1:35 PM ET, featuring Karoline Leavitt speaking at a podium with a cross necklace, an American flag, and text indicating breaking news about a Senate shutdown vote.

It should start smoking any second. Also, all patients regardless of immigration status are asked to pay for emergency medical services if they are able, Karoline.

make no mistake, this is the Project 2025 shutdown once again, Donny is about to punch himself in the face

here's today's post: "make no mistake, this is the Project 2025 shutdown" — once again, Donny is about to punch himself in the face.
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SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN Don't look now, but revitalized Democrats have the wind in their sails, and are finally taking the fight to the anti-American Republicans ...

📌Every hour the Trump shutdown continues, more people will learn just how badly Republicans are screwing them, while they stand up for billionaires, and against the working folk in this country.
Trump and his pathetic GOP have overplayed a really bad (bruised) hand, and Democrats must make them pay.

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NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

I thought Trump said the democrats wanted to take away cows.

Will they be calling out Trump once they get the bailout? Or will they just keep to themselves & keep supporting Donald once he bribes them? youtu.be/sOmOWf-HklU

SOYBEAN FARMER SOUNDS OFF: Trump’s trade war is crushing farmers. Now Trump is giving $20B to Argentina—the same country taking much of America’s soybean market.

Soybeans are the no. 1 cash crop in Tennessee.

Via @pulsereportnow on IG

So here is my question. Let’s assume Miller & Co. are successful, i.e., they deport, jail, kill, all of the “undesirables.” What do they think society is like then? Like, what happens when they realize there’s still crime, drugs, and no one around to do half the jobs, from manual to skilled labor?1/

This is what Republicans want & this is not who we are as Americans. youtu.be/sOmOWf-HklU

Social Security could change eligibility rules for disability — blocking benefits for 750,000 disabled Americans “Further tightening of an already strict program would likely worsen outcomes,” new report says.

Here is same information not behind paywall

www.marketwatch.com/story/social...

“.. an overhaul of the federal safety net for poor, older and disabled people that could result in hundreds of thousands of people losing benefits ..”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

i almost admire how wurman makes with total confidence claims that are such total bullshit that they don’t even require much in the way of work to debunk.

i think anyone taught by ilan wurman ought to ask the university of minnesota law school for their money back

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

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I'm generally so good at staying on top of horrible news, but I literally can no longer keep up with all the fascism. There's just so much.

Got a Minute or Two?: The Attack in Chicago The night-time raid on a Chicago apartment building and its residents is an ugly escalation by an immoral regime—and an attack on all decent people

"What kind of monsters grab children & take them outside without clothes? Who does that? What kind of govt permits its agents to abuse American citizens & non-citizens w/o the slightest concern for their rights, their well-being, indeed their basic humanity?"
www.americaamerica.news/p/got-a-minu...

The mask just slipped. Trump’s team got caught plotting to send the 82nd Airborne into Portland….an American city. Not rumor. Not “fake news.” Fact. This is what authoritarians do…when fear replaces law. (Guardian)

I hope everyone sees and understands why my tribe banned Kristi Noem from our reservation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.