Save our Democracy

The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.

@sanders.senate.gov: "We have already had 15 Republicans in the Senate defy Trump and say, 'Release the SNAP funds.' So I think that if we had held firm, it would be the Republicans who would yield. That was not the position of these 8 Democrats."

Facts would like a word.

Who imposed tariffs?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?

The guy who threw a sandwich at the Border Patrol agent.

Prosecutors Can Indict a Ham Sandwich, But Can They Convict? What happens when you indict a ham sandwich?

The grand jury refused to indict felony charges so DOJ brought a misdemeanor. The trial jury acquitted—note: that means that every single person on the jury voted for acquittal. There wasn’t even a single vote to convict. joycevance.substack.com/p/prosecutor...

Saying obesity and dementia are linked in front of our fat, demented President.

Civics education is vital.

A tweet from Micah (@micah_erfan) reads: “62% of US GDP comes from blue counties.” Below is a chart from Brookings Metro showing a red and blue treemap. The left (blue) section represents Democratic counties such as Los Angeles, New York City, Cook County, and Santa Clara, while the right (red) section represents Republican counties with smaller blocks. Underneath, Kevin Smith (@kevin_smith45) comments: “Remember everyone. Republicans vote late because they are the only ones working.”

The red states are the “taker” states.

Kinda similar energy

Is this supposed to be an argument against it? bsky.app/profile/atru...

Most shutdowns end because two sides who initially were unable to come to an agreement during negotiations finally compromised when the pain points hit and things got worked out.

But in this one, Trump ordered Republicans not to negotiate at all. That makes it hard to resolve.

'We're not a violent city': Chicago locals take on ICE block-by-block The immigration agents' tear gas grenades clinked and then exploded against the concrete, shrouding the block in plumes of white gas. The dozen or so residents at the scene only screamed louder.

"Hours after the confrontation in Lakeview, dozens of parents stood guard outside a school in Bucktown after hearing ICE and border patrol were in the area.

Some parents set up an informal checkpoint next to the school to check cars for immigration agents..."

www.reuters.com/world/us/wer...

Air travel during the Trump administration:

"Photos from Houston's Bush Intercontinental airport show TSA lines at Terminal E extending outside the building and down the sidewalk Sunday night.

At 6:15PM, new photos showed the same long lines hours later..."

www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: "If I was Mike Johnson and I was trying to distract from the fact that I was looking to throw 4 million Americans off their healthcare and more than a million New Yorkers off their SNAP benefits, then I too would be looking for anything else that I could speak about."

Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”

While Trump throws Gatsby themed parties for his billionaire friends, Americans are having to turn to crowdfunding platforms to pay for essentials.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "A roaring 20s Great Gatsby Halloween Party where he's posting this hours before 42 million people will not have new money for food during the holidays... There's a reason people are putting Marie Antoinette memes up of Trump. Because that's how this feels."

Sometimes it’s best not to respond and just leave things alone.

Things like this keep happening.

The President of the Nebraska Farm Bureau said two days ago that cattle ranchers had never had it so good until just recently. They are furious now about Trump importing beef from his pal in Argentina. This has nothing to do with Biden. They take responsibility for NOTHING. bsky.app/profile/atru...

We don’t want the pieces of the Epstein files that James Comer and Pam Bondi decide to dribble out. We want ALL of it except for sensitive victim info. Would your Bible be the Bible without Matthew? Then again, your Bible may be missing Matthew based on how you behave. bsky.app/profile/atru...

I pray that a future president if we still have a democracy will erase every trace of Trump's existence. Raze every edifice he's built; strip his name from everything, restore the White House as if he never lived there & turn Mar-a-Lago into a Black, LGBTQ, women's, AAPI & immigrant history museum.

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

He did everything he possibly could to overturn the election & stay in power - threatening his VP, Govs & Secs of States, organizing a mob to storm the Capitol. He knew if he ordered a military coup they would’ve refused & he would’ve been tried for treason. That’s why he left.

Is there even a 1% chance that Trump will accept the results of a 2028 election if a Dem wins, & will not attempt to turn this country completely upside down in Nov-Dec 28, employing every means available to prevent that person from taking office?
That’s the reason for No Kings.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 79th day out of the last 91.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

I’ve posted about the Epstein files every day for many months, I write about the Epstein files every day, and we talk about the Epstein files every week on the pod.

And I won’t stop until the full, unredacted (except for victim/witness info) files have been released.

$20 Billion for an Argentina bank bail out to help Trump's rich friends
$173 Million for Kristi Noem's jet
$250 Million for a ballroom only billionaires have access to, not you

Millions are about to see healthcare costs rise & farmers are going bankrupt, and suddenly there's $0 for them

Trump is generously willing to settle his lawsuit against the government to allow taxpayers to pay him $230 million. The negotiators on behalf of the taxpayers representing DOJ are his former lawyers. bsky.app/profile/atru...