AZ Sen. Priya Sundareshan

The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.

He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…

…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.

As the Trump administration tries to withhold SNAP benefits from families all across the country, it also plans to make it much more difficult for blue collar workers to qualify for disability 👇

Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)

The women married to fascists are usually also fascists. They weren't "tricked" into being with these people. They chose them.

McCain's response was far from perfect, but I cannot help but think about this now distant moment when seeing Cuomo's racist opportunism on a daily basis

Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.

NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.

Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

🙏🏽🙏🏽

Dipped my feet in the Verde River on Friday in northern AZ; locals have conserved water thanks to state and federal funds; but AZ's Republican Congressmen voted to defund these projects in their own districts and voted for the #biguglybill

Pentagon to use $130 million anonymous donation to help pay troops The amount is less than a day’s worth of salaries. Fiscal policy experts say the move also raises legal questions.

The Pentagon accepted an anonymous $130 million donation to help pay troops' salaries.

Fiscal policy experts are questioning the legality of the move.
 
"In general, you may not spend money that has been donated because the Constitution and the Anti-Deficiency Act say that you can't."

At what point when you’re paying troops with your own private money do they not just become mercenaries

Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself

Congress has been canceled as the dictatorship shuts down the parts of government they don't like, while metastasizing its levers for vengeance, looting, and repression.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren What kind of person abandons kids with special needs?

Donald Trump just did something truly awful and is hoping you won't notice.

He fired all of the special education staff at the Department of Education.

What kind of person abandons kids with special needs?

Ohio National Guard member Sgt. Devon Beck was not amused by this satire. On September 11, 2025, Mr. O’Hara saw Sgt. Beck, along with several other Guard members, walking in uniform in the Logan Circle neighborhood, near the intersection of 14th and R Streets NW. Mr. O’Hara calmly walked behind the Guard members, began playing The Imperial March aloud on his phone, and started recording. In less than two minutes, Sgt. Beck turned around and threatened to call D.C. police officers to “handle” Mr. O’Hara if he persisted. Mr. O’Hara continued recording and playing the music. Sgt. Beck contacted the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Defendant MPD Officers Brown, Campbell, Reyes-Benigno, and Lopez Martinez came to the scene and, in essence, did what Sgt. Beck had threatened, putting Mr. O’Hara in handcuffs and preventing him from continuing his peaceful protest.

The DC ACLU is suing on behalf of a man who was arrested by a National Guardsman and MPD officers for playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) as an act of protest. www.acludc.org/app/uploads/...

Proclamation of National Energy Dominance Month, 2025

This might be the most unhinged Fed Reg notice I've ever seen.

US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.

"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"

* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window

American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.

Is Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman still their law firm? They might be worth a call

Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?

Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.

People in some states are already getting notices about their health insurance prices doubling or tripling. Arizonans will see their increases when they sign up next month. This is simply unaffordable, and the American people are counting on us to do something about it.

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

It’s now been a month since we learned Trump’s team shut down an investigation into Tom Homan taking a $50K bribe — and we haven't seen an ounce of transparency or accountability.

Where did Tom stash the cash? What is he hiding? Americans deserve to know.

"No"

‘The city that draws the line’: one Arizona community’s fight against a huge datacenter Questions grow over water and energy costs of warehouse of computers in Sonoran desert – but will Project Blue be stopped?

Wrote about the contentious Project Blue — a massive proposed data center in Tucson AZ — for my first feature with @theguardian.com!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

this is a tacit admission that the administration is not confident in the legal arguments it would have to make in order to detain them, which should also cast into question the legality of the operation in the first place

And he clerked for Rehnquist who personally conducted voter intimidation of Latinos at AZ polling locations.

#nokings Tucson showed up to patriotically support our constitutional rights and protest against the authoritarian actions of Trump and his Republican cronies, also for our new congresswoman @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social #swearherin

Considering that it is now the second member of the Legislature to do this, this is not an accident — it’s a pattern of behavior from Arizona Republicans

Feds: Massive Nevada solar project could still move forward with different approach - The Nevada Independent Feds: Massive Nevada solar project could still move forward with different approach. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

Absolutely wild to me that the solar industry is still doing its "we need the administration to get serious about truly achieving American energy dominance" bit. You guys, they do not care about energy dominance, that is a lie they are using to destroy you. thenevadaindependent.com/article/feds...

Grijalva, Now Certified in Arizona, Demands Again That Johnson Seat Her

This delay is not procedural, it is intentional. Speaker Johnson is doing everything in his power to shield this administration from accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Note 2 bandaids - it's #fluseason y'all so get your #flushot while getting your seasonal COVID. Let's do our part for public health!

& Avoid another triple-demic (like earlier with RSV, now with measles on the rise due to anti-science anti-vax msgs from Rs)