It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

I just watched a video of an ICE agent trying to find a costumed frog's rear air hole to stick pepper spray in it, and, like, why are we paying people to do this

Today is the 17th day in a row that House Republicans have refused to come to work.

Instead of preventing health care costs from skyrocketing, they’re preventing the Epstein files from being released.

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1/ This is so f'ing outrageous. You cannot safely restrain people on their stomachs. They're going to kill people.

This is very well known now.

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

Trump in 2011: "If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the only who has to get people together!"

Under Trump, working Americans have become the piñata at a billionaire’s birthday party.

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The person who did all of these things was called a “tyrant…unfit to be the ruler of a free people” in 1776.

Yup.
Give it a read…

Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. Convincing colleagues to vote with them is the literal job of politicians - if they can’t do that, they can’t do their jobs. They own this shutdown and all of the consequences.

Pritzker compares Trump to Putin, calls for invoking 25th Amendment for suggesting military use Chicago as "training grounds" After President Trump suggested Chicago should be used as "training grounds for our military," Gov Pritzker said the 25th Amendment should be invoked to remove the president from office, saying "there...

"It appears that Donald Trump not only has dementia set in, but he's copying tactics of Vladimir Putin. Sending troops into cities, thinking that that's some sort of proving ground for war.. is just, frankly, inane and I'm concerned for his health"

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

I'm not sure this is the own that you think it is, my friend. Just because something isn't perfect doesn't mean it's not worth fighting for.

Sen. Merkley: Republicans are in charge of everything. They have the keys to the kingdom. And they decided their priority was a families lose, billionaires win agenda. And at the heart of it was destroying health care for Americans

A simple message worth repeating

People are getting in trouble because they're buying from the grocery stores where they work?! I have many close friends & family members who have taken jobs at grocery stores, health food stores, and even farms partly because the employee discount means they can afford to feed themselves

I was a single mother on SNAP not long ago. None of these allegations even make sense to me. She entered the wrong PIN multiple times? Been there. Also been in a situation where people were judging me for the foods I bought, either because they were too bourgeois (organic, local, etc.) or too trashy

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass U.S. Cities Should Be Military ‘Training Grounds’

Hey Republicans. This is on you. As a reminder, you have the power to impeach and remove

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

The revolution won’t be televised but the treason sure is

It’s decision time.

If we are going to fund the government, it should only be a government that respects our democracy, that isn’t corrupt, that doesn’t treat people and places that oppose President Trump as enemies, deserving of indictment or military deployment.

"They're trying to remove her as far away as they can from her counsel, from her family, so that kind of cuts on her ability to defend herself....Knowing that she's married to a U.S. citizen, she has a legal way to become a permanent resident in a matter of months. If they just gave her a chance..."

Republicans want to take away people's healthcare so badly,
They're willing to shut the government down to do it. SAD!

Ulysses S. Grant with thick beard during the Civil War

Pete Hegseth: only clean-shaven men can win wars
U.S. Grant:

I listened to this thrice just to feast my ears on some refreshingly rare plain speak.

Court-watchers confirm this cruel ICE agent has been reinstated.

Last week, in the briefest moment of decency, violently throwing a woman to the floor was “beneath the men and women of ICE.”

This week, it’s back to business as usual. The cruelty, after all, is the point.