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💊 Knock knock. Who’s there? A NEW GENERIC VERSION OF THE ABORTION PILL THAT WAS JUST APPROVED BY THE FDA! We’re jumping for joy watching the forced-birthers SEETHE at the news & we’re THRILLED at this unexpected, HUGE win for access. A round of medication abortion for the bar, on us! bit.ly/4gQBVHW

🌴 California is officially the A-lister of abortion, cuz they just passed a law to keep patient AND provider names off of abortion medication prescription bottles. Cuz nobody needs police snooping around like TMZ to catch us in the act of (checks notes) healthcare. buff.ly/hWAHif2

It's #SerotoninSunday!

👋 Michigan Right to Life has to right to PACK IT UP AND GO HOME. They challenged the state’s new voter-approved FUNDAMENTAL right to abortion, and a judge smacked that shit down. bit.ly/4h086VG

A more than 1,000-year-old Viking ship goes on a very short, final voyage It took 10 years of work to prepare a Viking longship for a trip no longer than a football field. How it got to that spot goes back even further — over a millennium.

It took 10 years of work to prepare a Viking longship for a trip no longer than a football field. How it got to that spot goes back even further — over a millennium.

Mike Johnson cancels more House votes in escalation of shutdown strategy Johnson signaled the House will remain out of session until Senate Democrats fold.

While Republicans play political games to prolong their Trump Shutdown, Democrats will be in DC to do their jobs and try to get the government back to work.

Urge your Democratic senators to keep fighting to stop health insurance costs from doubling this winter: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

NOTICENS michaelbranda Why not replace the President's Secret Service protection with thoughts and prayers? After all, if it's good enough for our children, it should be good enough for him. @notice.news, thekattalk, dear_white_staffers, 50501 movement, resist45ideology and the _liberal_aggregator

Trump is defunding the police where he can so he can fill the void with his masked Gestapo. He did it in DC, and he tried it in New York but balked. Additionally, Pam Bondi is investigating the Portland police bureau because they arrested a right wing agitator. Pay attention.

He’s plotting a power grab while families are figuring out how to pay rent and buy groceries during the shutdown.

Trump first, America last.

Here’s How Trump Loses the Shutdown God help us but Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat who understands power.

"The only compromises Democrats should accept in exchange for bailing out the Republican-controlled Congress are ones that would either (a) rebalance the structure of government, or (b) put limits on executive power." www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

Walking Away From Omelas Christopher Slatsky follows Ursula K. Le Guin in asking difficult questions.

"The title novella of the aforementioned collection, 'The Immeasurable Corpse of Nature,' strongly suggests that inducing discomfort in the reader—mental, emotional, and at times even edging toward the physical—is where Slatsky flourishes." www.thebulwark.com/p/walking-aw...

God help us but Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat who understands power.

How Dems can beat Trump on the shutdown, in today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

RFK Jr. Could Blow Up the Vaccine Industry With One Simple Move A seemingly obscure change to liability laws could wreck the market for some vaccines.

ICYMI: You actually can compensate people injured by rare but real vaccine side effects, *and* promote widespread vaccination. We've been doing it since a 1980s law that modernized liability for vaccine manufacturers. Don't let RFK Jr. "fix" it. www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-kenned...

"I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook."

@radiofreetom.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:

It’s Time for the States to Start Investigating Trump Democratic-led state governments can hold the aspiring autocrat’s feet to the fire.

"Republicans currently run a House committee investigating former President Joe Biden’s 'Mental Decline Cover-Up.' Notice how their framing assumes guilt from the start. Democrats should adopt identical framing approaches for Trump investigations."

We’re headed for the first shutdown since the last time Trump was in office.

The framing of trying to give Medicaid to illegals is absolute nonsense.

The average family of four is paying up to *$1500* a month on the insurance marketplace.

Dems wanted to help. GOP refused.

ADP numbers for September were -32,000 on a projection of +51,000.

August was revised to -3,000, marking the first consecutive negative months since the heights of Covid.

This is bad.

In all the chaos, I would urge folks to remember that a lot of folks now don’t know when their next check will come.

The vast majority are good people who love this nation deeply, and many of them are still working despite not knowing when they’ll be paid

Have compassion.

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law & former senior WH adviser, has been at the center of one of the most brazen conflicts of interest in recent political history.

Senate confirms 48 of Trump's nominees at once after changing the chamber's rules The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Republicans acted for the first time under new rules to clear a backlog of executive branch positions that had been delayed by Democra...

The Senate Republicans eliminated the filibuster to confirm 48 of Trump’s executive branch nominees at once. Republicans will move to confirm a second tranche of nominees in the coming weeks, gradually clearing the list of more than 100 nominations. apnews.com/article/sena...

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

Trump sent 20 billion to Argentina for a bailout.

China brokered a deal to quit buying American soybeans and buy beans from Argentina.

Trump bailed out the country that swept the knees of American farmers.

The Art of the Deal…

No money for Medicaid or SNAP or museums or schools or sidewalks or gun violence prevention or art or libraries.

Always money for war.

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May we never become accustomed to state-sponsored propaganda. 

I’m confused how it is despicable to ask that question. These are exactly the kinds of questions we have been begging reporters & TV hosts to ask. You see when they do get asked how sensitive they are about it. Much, much more of this. More crypto questions, Qatar, UAE, etc bsky.app/profile/atru...

WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.