CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

If you’re downloading, absolutely. For streaming the very high is 0.14 Gb/hr and lossless is 1 Gb/hr.

3 Key Takeaways From the Bondi Hearing

ALSO NOTABLE: After Howard Lutnick recently said in the NY Post that Jeffrey Epstein was “the greatest blackmailer ever," Bondi now says that no one at FBI or DOJ has interviewed Lutnick about that—but "absolutely" would, if Kash Patel wants it. So, what's the holdup? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Donate to Emergency vet bills for service dog Milo VII, organized by Karen Lohr I have been matched with my service dog Milo VII for almost 3 years; he turns … Karen Lohr needs your support for Emergency vet bills for service dog Milo VII

If you have a few bucks to spare or can at least RT, a friend of a friend is in need of some financial support. Their service dog is sick with hemorrhagic gastroenterits, and they need help paying for the vet bills.
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Photojournalist shot with pepper balls, threatened at Illinois ICE protest An unidentified photojournalist with the Chicago Sun-Times was struck in the legs with pepper balls after being threatened earlier by …

A @chicago.suntimes.com photojournalist was hit with pepper balls and threatened with a Taser while covering an ICE protest in Broadview, Illinois, on Sept. 26.

chasing "balance" in news can sound like it's noble but it's not. treating all possible sources as comparably expert, rational, experienced, insightful, relevant, disadvantaged or empowered does not result in objective, accurate reporting. it results in false equivalency.

They’re primed to believe every incident of violence is “Black crime” as Dakich explicitly stated, and we really can’t explain our politics without recognizing this is at least assumed to be a common shared belief among people throughout the United States.

Millions of moms and young kids could lose WIC food assistance within two weeks amid shutdown | CNN Politics Barbie Anderson is trying to conserve the milk her three young children drink in case she doesn’t get her WIC benefits on October 15 as scheduled.

Use those vouchers NOW.

If you can get powdered milk & canned goat milk to cook with. They will store well.

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One of the FP’s signature deceptions is presenting politically motivated op-eds as fearless reporting. A legitimate news outlet would have assigned an actual reporter to look into the claims of the “whistleblower,” which would’ve turned up conflicting info pre-publication.

We are in an era of such deep quackery that it is killing people. This is just one example. But you don’t need to look any further than who is in power and why, either.

Great places: reorienting progressive politics for the 21st century This is part one in a series on “great places.” Read parts two, three, four, and five. I asked a while back what new vision or principles could unite the left’s fractious coalition. As you probably gu...

This was my effort to articulate that sentiment back in 2011 -- holds up more than ever, IMO.

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

Democracy depends on its citizens, especially those with a broader public platform, drawing a line – especially when its enemies have broad support. It is an obligation we must accept. Who are we to draw the line? We are citizens who demand to live in a democratic Republic.

George Mason (rolling in his grave): WTF guys!? This is why I gave you the 2nd amendment.

ICE impersonator incidents rise during Trump’s second term | CNN A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.

Every network should be diving into this story: www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/u...

That TRO applies to the OR guard. CA guard was already federalized.

In the American system of government, a legislature of the people’s elected representatives decide how to allocate the people’s money, then an unelected appointee in the executive branch called “OMB Director” decides if he feels like distributing the people’s money that way or if he’d rather not.

TGI(stfu)F. Learn the script.

Astronaut gun meme. Astronaut one asks “BlueSky is a libertarian tech bro experiment??” Guy with the gun says “always has been”

Watching people “discover” this is absolutely wild, y’all

Ka$h is the 9th FBI Director.

Kash Patel’s Challenge Coin Is Perfect for Him The FBI director has created a memento that symbolizes his unfitness.

I wrote about Kash Patel's cringe, weird challenge coin. Perfect for him:

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Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland. U.S.

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland.

They will pull hardworking Americans out of their regular jobs and away from their families all to participate in a manufactured performance -- not a serious effort the protect public safety. For Donald Trump, this has never been about safety. This is about control.

Vincent P. Battiloro harassed teen girl, ranted about ‘vengeance’ in livestreams before deadly crash Vincent Battiloro, 17, intentionally hit Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas with a vehicle in Cranford while doing 70 mph, authorities said.

NJ Teen Stalked & Ran Over 2 Teen Girls Critical Of Charlie Kirk

EPSTEIN FILES: @aoc.bsky.social explains why Republicans won’t bring the U.S. House back into session 👇

Voight's tweet

OMB Director Russell Voight says that US DOT will announce that the federal government is "pausing" funding for both Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway because of "unconstitutional DEI principles" -- x.com/russvought/s...

Abughazaleh: I think Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague. And if the response from ICE to people exercising their first amendment right is to drive vehicles through them, they should not be an agency in the US.

Same guy who declared bankruptcy 6 times shut down the U.S. government 4 times in 5 years of being President. They wanted him to run the government like his businesses and that’s exactly what he’s doing.

In undercover interview, Project 2025 architect gets candid on the initiative’s radical goals and connections to Trump In an undercover interview with reporters from the British non-profit organization Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 architect and MAGA ally Russ Vought admitted to the project's strong ties ...

When you recall that political reporters ran interference for Trump over his "opposition" to Project 2025, remember that even AT THAT TIME there was a hidden camera interview with Vought where he said that was bullshit and he didn't mean it. www.mediamatters.org/russ-vought/...