Shyamali Hauth 🫘

FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."

"To any governors or state legislators out there... if you are in a position where you have the power to redraw your maps... if you have the ability to meet this moment with the urgency that it deserves, I'm calling on you to do exactly what we're doing in California and to fight fire with fire."

oh just straight up gutter racism!

Retired couple (teacher & union carpenter) on ACA premiums skyrocketing — from $443/month to $2,224/month: “It's like buying another house and trying to pay for two houses at the same time… without the subsidy we honestly don’t know what we’re gonna do.” #TrumpShutdown

Virginia Tech is ready to VOTE!

It was amazing to be surrounded by so many energized students in Blacksburg this evening.

Now let’s go win.

Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.

BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

There are good people amongst us.
If you are a furloughed government worker
In the Baltimore area
This popular restaurant
EKIBEN is offering free meals just bring your government I.D.
Thank you
We're all in this together

Pepper ball rounds Trump immigration agents are firing at protesters:

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/v...

The US & UK constitutional traditions both assume that the best way to constrain a tyrant is to ensure parliamentary control over "the power of the purse".

If a president can pay troops via a private donor, & impose taxes at his personal whim, a key pillar of Anglo-American constitutionalism falls.

Fight Back Fall - Phone Bank with SURJ! (Elect Zohran Mamdani in NYC, Block MAGA in VA! ) · Showing Up for Racial Justice ## Come phone bank for SURJ! We'll be calling to **elect progressive champion Zohran Mamdani** who is running to be Mayor of NYC and to **take back the Virginia Governorship from MAGA** by backing A...

🚨CALLING EVERYONE TO PHONE BANK TO WIN THE VA GOVERNOR'S SEAT.
Join the call & SURJ will give you a script, training & support to make calls to VA voters.
#MomSky

www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...

A 13 year old and ICE Weeks ago I wrote about 13 and 17 year old sisters who went missing in the world after ICE abducted their mother from a Worcester, Massachusetts street, leaving them parentless and in state care.

Weeks ago I wrote about 13 and 17yo sisters missing after ICE abducted their mother from a Worcester, MA street. Today I come with a story of another 13yo victim of ICE terror. But in this case, we know where the mom is. The 13yo was disappeared by ICE.

My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...

Bus to Dulles, new Manassas Park garage add to transport options A new daily bus from Dale City and Manassas Park to Dulles International Airport – and a new indoor parking garage next to the Manassas Park commuter rail station –

SOUTHBOUND:
1) Leesburg: 3:10, 5:15, 7:36PM 2) Dulles: 3:39, 5:44, 8PM
3) Manassas Park: 4:35, 6:40, 8:37PM
4) Dale City: 5:10, 7:15, 9:07PM

Details:
www.princewilliamtimes.com/localnews/bu...

Graphic showing running times for the Loudoun Transit Route 182 bus. It runs Monday-Friday, excluding federal holidays and costs $8.25 each way. SmarTrip or cash.

We finally have a bus linking Manassas Park to Dulles! ✈️

NORTHBOUND:
1) Dale City commuter lot: 4:30, 6:25, 11AM
2) Manassas Park VRE station: 5:05, 7, 11:35AM
3) Dulles Kiss & Fly lot by the Metro: 5:49AM, 7:46AM, 12:27PM
4) Loudoun County Government Center in Leesburg: 6:21AM, 8:12AM, 12:55PM

The shutdown is hitting where it hurts—our kitchens. SNAP funds might stop but hunger won’t. It’s time to share food access resources that keep families fed without red tape. Free, low-cost, and local options exist. Let’s start with Feeding America: www.feedingamerica.org
#Pink #MomSky

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

This isn't the bumbling, directionless Trump first term. This time, they are implementing a plan to let Trump and his people rule forever.

But it's not too late to stop them.

cnn news anchors are talking about new developments including the government shutdown ALT: cnn news anchors are talking about new developments including the government shutdown

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

Supreme Court ruling could let GOP add 19 House seats and "clear the path for a one-party system" Supreme Court case could wipe out all Democratic-held seats in some deep-red Southern states.

If this ruling goes through in favor of the GOP you can count on our party from ever winning again. It’s a big deal and it’s happening Wednesday. 🔄

www.salon.com/2025/10/08/s...

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

ICE in Chicago detained two people (that we know of) for filming them today, a cyclist and a neighborhood rapid responder. This in addition to tear gassing another neighborhood and brandishing weapons at rapid response—both things that have also already been going on for weeks.

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

In town near me, a 13 yo was abducted by ICE and sent to a facility in Virginia. He is sleeping on a concrete floor with an aluminum sheet for a blanket, and is being held with adults. He calls his mother crying. I can’t imagine how traumatized this child is. 1/
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

My statement together with Muslim leaders from across the Commonwealth in response to John Reid's pattern of Islamophobic statements.

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

Final numbers for #JoeBiden.

#MomSky What are Biden’s final numbers for his 4 years in office? www.factcheck.org/2025/10/bide...