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Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that…

Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”

By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com

Every accusation is a confession. it’s the republican way.

- Increasing your healthcare costs
- Cutting SNAP
- Not paying workers

This is all thanks to the Republican shutdown.

Republicans are working for billionaires, not you.

Hear me out….class action lawsuit against CBS News for editing Trump’s 60 Minutes interview.

In most states open enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance starts Nov. 1.

This year 22 million people are about to see their premiums more than double, on average.

At the heart of the government shutdown is the battle to keep these huge costs down.

He can’t act, isn’t funny, definitely not smart, and never relevant. Utter shitebag.

Transgender Student-Athlete Lia Smith Remembered as a Friend and Fierce Advocate — Assigned Lia Smith, a 21-year-old trans student-athlete in Vermont, took her own life last week. Her friends, family and community mourn, and remember her as a bright young woman who spoke on behalf of her com...

Please read more about Lia Smith here. She sounds like she was a wonderful person, and it's an unbearable tragedy that we lost her, and everybody else who's driven to the brink by people like Brianna Wu.

I hope that romance novels will be written about people who meet each other on neighborhood ICE monitoring patrols. They will see each other regularly on the streets, be drawn to each other by the visible whistles around their necks, get to know one another, fall in love, and end fascism.

Mike Johnson lies shamelessly: "Why do we say the Republican Party is the only one advancing common sense reform solutions? Because we've proven it. We did it in the big beautiful bill. We took a look at Medicaid & we took on that challenge. We took action to reduce fraud, waste & abuse in Medicaid"

It's worth looking back at Cuomo's gubernatorial primaries—he *never* did that well in NYC given that he was generally running against some pretty weak opposition

Please don’t use that rag the Daily Mail as anything legit.

In Blow to Trump’s Power Grab, Federal Judge Blocks Troop Deployment In Oregon Read more here.

NEW: A federal court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard in Oregon, ruling that the president's actions violated federal law and the Constitution. A permanent block is expected to be issued this week.

The use of “risk” here is so fucking terrible. Like having an autistic kid is a bad thing. A risk you want to avoid. Like autistic people are something to get rid of.

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Elder non-binary emo wearing a black shirt and red tie with an asymmetrical Chelsea haircut and a skeleton half glove in a stickered punk club bathroom

Les Paul Special guitar in a stand onstage at a punk club with the word “pansy” on it.

Last night’s Halloween Hangover music and drag show at 33 Golden St. in New London hosted by Lucy Cigarettes was one to remember. The energy of the crowd was amazing. I went for a Frank Iero circa 2004 look, and I played a Les Paul Special instead of the Mustang. I liiiiiked it a lot.

Gorgeous all around!!🔥🔥

Meet the Man Who Created the Iconic Emblem of the Day of the Dead: José Guadalupe Posada Odds are you’re acquainted with the lady pictured above. She’s called La Catrina, and her likeness adorns countless t-shirts and tote bags. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfw9Jb3oVjU She is a popul...

Meet the Man Who Created the Iconic Emblem of the Day of the Dead: José Guadalupe Posada

Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a...

We found the FDA quietly allowed banned overseas factories to send certain drugs to the U.S.

In a recent report, two senators criticized the agency for failing to notify Congress about the practice, calling it a “failure” to “protect public health.”

Linda McMahon & #Project2025 architect Russell Vought decimated the federal special education department – firing the staffers who support 7.5 million students nationwide.

I’m proud to join @mcbath.house.gov and over 115 @housedemocrats.bsky.social in fighting for students with disabilities.

Trump was gifted a crown belonging to a king who claimed power from heaven. Silla’s kings rose by centralizing absolute power… and eventually collapsed under the corruption and rebellion. This was expert-level trolling by S. Korea, but Trump is too absorbed in himself to notice he’s the punchline.

@jaketapper.bsky.social is useless. Tune out, turn off.

We need both. I don't want hope in place of rage - I want hope alongside rage. I want the spark and flash to become a steady flame that can light our way out of this catastrophe of horrors. Rage. Organize. Hope. Repeat. (Just restocked this print: radicalemprints.com & wholesaleradical.com)

USA capitalism wants Venezuelan oil. USA would rather kill people than negotiate a fair deal. If the USA capitalism was smart, it would invest in solar & wind energy sources. But it prefers war because building military supplies is much more profitable and it uses oil. Simple greed needs grease.

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Transparent Action logo: Transparent Action with a drawn heart - Proud Parents Taking A Stand - against a pink watercolour splodge

Today is Trans Parent Day - a day to celebrate both parents who are trans and parents of trans people. It’s also an opportunity for us to speak about the pride we feel for our loved ones.

We’re a group of parents of trans children and adults who care about their future.

MASKED, unprovoked. The LAPD have always proven themselves to be inhuman thugs.

Jeffries: "Why have House Republicans remained on a taxpayer funded vacation for the last 6 weeks? Of course they are unserious as it relates to reopening the government. Why has Trump spent more time on the golf course, including this weekend, than he has talking to Democrats on Capitol Hill?"

For The People Newsletter Vol. XXXIII For everyone working to strengthen and expand public libraries

Folks in the US, send us your stories of your experiences with your public library systems! Are you part of your library board/ raised funds/organised to keep your library open/part of your friends group? We want to hear it all!: librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/for-the-pe...

• Professors should never put a student's words or work into an AI software without their consent. • Professors should also be transparent about their Al usage with grading, curriculum building, and any other way they might use it in their teaching. • If a professor does use Al chatbots in the classroom, they should explain their reasoning behind this decision and how its usage will help students meet learning outcomes. • Professors should additionally respect a student's choice to refuse Al. To do this, it would be ideal that they have assignments that students can choose from that do

Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...

Pretty sick of a status quo that allows corporations to destroy the environment, oligarchs to commit fraud, theft, graft, sexual assault and smash the constitution to pieces but people on SNAP are the problem