Cynthia Erb

Three panel graphic of a back-and-forth between Rep. Yassamin Ansari and Rep. Virginia Foxx. First panel (Rep. Ansari): "Welcome back from your eight weeks of taxpayer-funded vacation." Second panel (Rep. Foxx): "I am sick and tired of hearing you say we had an eight-week vacation." Third panel (Rep. Ansari): "That's exactly what happened."

Facts don’t care about your feelings

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

The corruption never ends

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Trump is now telling states to “UNDO” food assistance

He’s literally taking food from hungry Americans as he throws Gatsby parties with giant seafood towers

BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
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Insane

Just luv humour in the face of diversity dont you Kermits?

Chris Coons: "He's not listening to concerns about lowering costs. Instead he's worried about decorating his new Marie Antoinette ballroom or engaging in trying to figure out how to get his name on more statues and stadiums, or he's sitting across the table in the Oval Office with authoritarians."

Brown & white owl, with its eyes closed, perched in a maple tree with golden leaves in the background

A Barred Owl is visiting us today! 🪶

Hard to overstate what a blow this will be to Trump. He will look a global idiot and madman who not only did extraordinary harm to our economy, to the American people, to our alliances but it was all f-cking illegal and unconstitutional to boot.

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Wow. Extremely illegal, direct violation of the court orders.

Trump has no idea what’s going on. He’s turned the WH into a gilded Assisted Living Facility with court jesters and a ballroom.

Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..

Four New Jersey polls today:
Sherrill 54%-44% (+10) YouGov
Sherrill 51%-43% (+8) Quinnipiac
Sherrill 52%-45% (+7) Fox
Sherrill 50%-48% (+2) Emerson/Nexstar (right-aligned)

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Live updates: Senate votes to terminate Trump’s Canada tariffs The Senate on Wednesday evening voted to repeal President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canada, after the upper chamber passed a similar resolution on Brazil the day prior.  A handful of Senate …

Yesterday the US Senate aggressively challenged Trump’s failed economic policy, voting 52-48 to roll back his tariffs on Brazil.

Late this afternoon Trump suffered another humiliating rebuke, as the Senate voted to roll back his tariffs on Canada, 50-46.

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We checked DHS’s videos of chaos and protests. Here’s what they leave out. Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was months old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.

Nice detective work by WaPo, finding that DHS viral videos are full of false imagery. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Mike Johnson’s says he sent the House home because there’s no work to do:
- Senate debating Trump’s declaration of economic emergency today
- Govt has run out of money, FY26 budget a month late
- Trump is letting 42m people go hungry
- Regime illegally killing people on high seas
- Turmoil at DHS

Incredible thread......

U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino is on the witness stand in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis. He is wearing his typical Border Patrol uniform.

"Good morning, your honor," he says.

Friends, one way to stand up for you democracy today is to call your two Senators and demand they roll back Trump's illegal and destructive tariffs. The Senate may be voting on the tariffs as early as this afternoon. Make your calls everyone!!!!!!!

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Great example of Tangential Speech, something commonly seen in psychosis, dementia, or right hemisphere brain damage (such as a stroke).

I’m so sick of the economic issues are more important than social issues people. 44% of the US is non-white, 30% are white women. We’re all included in “DEI,” a group they’re trying to kick out of the job market. It’s hilarious that anyone thinks they can have an economy without us.

200+ members of Congress have backed Oregon’s Supreme Court fight over Trump’s unlawful tariffs

A bipartisan group of more than 200 members of Congress have filed a powerful amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Oregon and our coalition challenging the Trump Administration’s abuse of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs. The brief, led by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), underscores that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not grant the President authority to unilaterally impose tariffs — a power reserved for Congress.

“This case is about the limits of presidential power. The Trump Administration’s attempt to use emergency powers as a back door to raise taxes on American families was never lawful. Senator Wyden’s leadership in rallying more than 200 members of Congress to support this brief signals a turning point. The constitutional balance of power is not negotiable, and Congress is making it clear that unilateral tariffs are not law.”

Over 200 members of Congress have backed our Supreme Court fight over Trump’s unlawful tariffs.

The president has abused an emergency power to set illegal tariffs that are impacting families across this country. A bipartisan group in Congress - led by Senator Ron Wyden - agrees.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

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

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

Unhinged, untethered, impulsive - the worst show on Earth just keeps careening along.

Walz: "They are paying contractors to pay down the East Wing but they're not putting money into the food bank. So if there's a sense of frustration in America, it's very real ... when the White House press secretary said their top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more."

John Dickerson To Depart CBS News In First Major Talent Exit Under New Paramount Owners John Dickerson, co-anchor of CBS Evening News who has been with the network since 2009, said that he is exiting at the end of this year.

dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.

Well, Fam, just found out our health insurance is jumping from $1700 to over $3000 a month. And we still have to wait till Nov 1 to see more options—when the site will probably crash because everyone will be freaking out at the same time.

Hurricane Melissa could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history “There is nowhere that will escape the wrath of this storm,” said Evan Thompson of Jamaica’s Meteorological Service. Melissa is already blamed for four deaths.

Praying for the Jamaican people tonight.

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