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Can’t afford healthcare? Tough luck. But don’t worry, Kristi Noem’s getting two brand-new Gulfstream jets for $172 million on your dime. Because apparently “fiscal responsibility” only applies to the rest of us.

The DHS bought two luxury Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem and other top officials at a cost of $172 million, per the New York Times.

Swear her in! #nokings

Still NOT Distracted!
#EpsteinTrumpFiles

All those former Pentagon reporters should cover No Kings today 🚫👑

Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

It’s just the start

October 17, 2025 (Friday) On the morning of October 18, 1775, a small fleet of Royal Navy vessels opened fire on the seaport town that is now known as Portland, Maine.

250 years ago today: Burning of Falmouth by British forces.

The result, William Whipple of NH wrote, was that everyone was now ready “to risque his all in Support of his Liberties & privileges…the cruelties of the enemy have effectually unified us.”

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It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.

Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.

Love their music and still listen to them a lot in the car.

The trump regime is setting up official agency accounts here on BlueSky, and they’re dragging their MAGA trolls with them. Block liberally.

The Real Origins of the Religious Right They’ll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record’s clear: It was segregation.

The formation of the Southern Baptists was over the issue of slavery. The Southern Baptists wanted slavery and broke away from the Baptist church.

Jerry Falwell was a Southern Baptist, and anti-abortion was how he kept people in the pews when they were no longer willing to fight for segregation.

Trump has granted clemency to 16 corrupt politicians—so far - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Trump has granted clemency to seven federal elected politicians and nine state and local politicians convicted of corruption charges.

Trump’s corrupt pardon spree is never-ending.

In the first 5 months alone, he granted clemency to 16 corrupt Republican politicians.

Santos is only the latest one.

These pardons and sentence commutations covered guilty pleas or convictions for 125 counts of corruption-related crimes

Funny, how the "No Kings" protesters were "elderly white hippies" in August (per Stephen Miller), but are "pro-Hamas terrorists and violent criminals" in October (per Karoline Leavitt).

It's *almost* as if this regime makes its shameless lies up as it goes along . . .

Geezus. 😡

OXNARD, CA: Trump’s ICE goons ram into a citizen’s car, arrest him… and claim he rammed into them.

Whaddya know — Video shows they lied.

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Jeanine Pirro becoming the Washington Generals of prosecutors.

I TOLD YOU NO FACTS!

Q: In 2018, Trump imposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum. Two years later, there were 1,000 more steel workers and 75,000 fewer manufacturing workers in the sectors dependent on steel

PETER NAVARRO: I dispute those facts

Q: That's a Ball State study

NAVARRO: I'm not sure what you're doing here

If Adelita Grijalva was a Republican, Mike Johnson would have sworn her in long ago to the office she was elected to.

If she wasn’t the deciding signature to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files, Mike Johnson would have sworn her in long ago.

All his bs excuses are lies.

A journalist should ask why he seems so uninformed about what's going on in the country as he is supposed to be the leader of the House.

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 74 out of the last 86 days.

They have worked 12 days in 3 months.

Epstein Shutdown.

Tariffs.
Deportations.
A government shutdown.

A rough year in America’s farm belt.

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What’s one lie here or a hundred lies there with this administration?

Exactly. But if you picked a more premium plan that covered what you have now, the increase would sure to be more.

Good for you, Idaho!

You can't afford to see a doctor, but at least that innocuous farm hand who has only ever been polite, underpaid, and the backbone of your economy is now in a prison in Uganda or El Salvador or Mordor or something.

Excellent summary. Thank you for this work.