House of Slade

If free health care for life is good enough for all of our politicians, then it should be good enough for all of its citizens also!

NATIONAL HEALTHCARE FOR THE PEOPLE.

No one should be denied medical services recommended by a doctor.
***EVER***

Folks on the right scream about how their tax dollars being used for social programs is “theft”

That they do not “consent” to helping the disabled, the homeless or the poor

Yet when thousands of people in Arizona are being taxed without representation because Grijalva can’t get sworn in?

Crickets

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.

Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.

Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

Jeanine Pirro Strikes Out Yet Again In Federal Court Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro failed to secure a felony indictment against the woman three times, then lost a jury trial on a misdemeanor charge. Ouch.

Jeanine Pirro’s office tried three times to indict a woman on bogus felony charges of assaulting an ICE agent. A DC grand jury turned her down each time. So Pirro brought a misdemeanor charge instead. And now a trial jury has acquitted her of that. www.huffpost.com/entry/sidney...

Andrew Cuomo: taxpayers should pay for $60 million in legal bills for my sexual harassment allegations

Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries

Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.

Remember when this was just “one narco-terrorist boat”? Now it’s multiple strikes, foreign nationals dead, and no oversight. At what point will Congress demand answers from this Administration?

was literally just telling some folks that i thought mamdani was going to break 50%

YouTube video by Olivia Newton-John - Topic Not Gonna Be The One

#ThisWasThe90s
#MusicChallenge

Olivia Newton-John
"Not Gonna Be the One"
1992

One of the 4 new tracks on her "Back to Basics" hits compilation. Sadly, not one of the singles released.

The LP reached #12 in the UK.

YouTube video by Olivia Newton-John Olivia Newton-John - Electric ( Bonus Track )

#Random80sSongOfTheNight
#MusicChallenge

Olivia Newton-John
"Electric"
1985

The B-Side to the single for "Soul Kiss" (which reached #20 in the US

One of the best of rhe decade.

For me, Berlin's crowning achievement.

Superb song.

An iconic Carly Simon track.

YouTube video by AbbaVEVO ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

#20SongsByYear
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky

1979

#4 / Day 17

"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
ABBA

UK, #3

Hochul: "They promised to extract revenge on their political enemies & apparently any state that has a D gov. Tell me how Florida & Texas could receive these same funds w/o having to go to court? They're playing politics, but more than that, they're playing with people's lives. And that's abhorrent"

"...c'mon, pretty baby...!"

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.

Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

A true American

Yesterday was the Q3 FEC deadline. That means we found out how much money my opponents raised and who donated to them.

So how did we do? Well…

#RandomMusicianGIF

YouTube video by RHINO The Cars - Drive (Official Music Video)

#80sTop30
#MusicChallenge

Day 16 / #15

The Cars

"Drive"
(1984)

US #3

Portland has fallen!

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance * Guam is also a member of the alliance Updated October 15, 2025 Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

You'd think Maine would wanna get in on the action.

I certainly suspect I might.

Finally, some common sense from Oklahoma education.

Ryan Walters turned classrooms into culture war battlegrounds. Reversing his Bible mandate isn’t “anti-religion,” it’s accepting the fact that the Bible is not a history book!

Schools should teach, not preach.