Betty D Stokes

U.S. Debt Hits New Record High, tops $38.019 Trillion; Added $1 Trillion in Only 71 Days, Almost $383 Billion During the Government Shutdown Alone Joint Economic Committee Chairman David Schweikert released the following statement after the total public debt of the United States reached a new record high of $38.019 trillion.

For context: the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) said the debt reached $38.019 trillion, and that it added $1 trillion in about two months.

Link: www.jec.senate.gov/public/index...

Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump violated the Constitution and federal law by ordering hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

An elderly man has had a syncope event and everyone else in the room rushed over to help. The president stands facing the camera without apparent curiosity or empathy about the event.

I’m an ER doc who has responded to hundreds of events like this in the hospital & on planes and other public spaces. The right side of this photo is like exhibit A of normal human behavior in these circumstances. People rush to help so instinctively that part of the skill of a code is crowd control.

It turns out when you fire all the staff who handle travel bookings, visas, and security, the inspectors can't do their job either. These absolute dipshits.

actual communism

SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.

Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.

Don’t forget this.

Senators abdicate their responsibility once again.

this is insane.

www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

I do not see identification of this federal agent in a "conspicuous" place on his uniform, as ordered Tuesday by U.S. District Cout Judge Sara Ellis, in this photo of him making physical contact with Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez

See this post for video from after the crash

From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago:

"He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”

ICE is out of control and beyond repair This agency needs to be stripped down to the studs. Dems should start preparing now.

New in PN: ICE is beyond repair

"The paramilitary cosplayers dreaming of civil war as their beer guts spill out below their tactical vests have been remarkably quiet this year. That’s because Trump no longer needs them. He has his own army of thugs, one even more lawless & violent. It’s called ICE"

Why is Trump celebrating in a foreign country while Americans are going without a paycheck and millions are on the verge of losing SNAP?

Get into the weeds of their misdeeds.

Oct. 25th 2025 rally

Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

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I've asked the same question: What will it take to turn these Republicans against him? What will it take? I've even asked this question to my Republican reps (for months now). I call them several times a week consistently.

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Air Force Academy alumni board withdraws motions to honor Charlie Kirk The decision came after several hundred academy graduates and family members contacted the alumni group to share their opinions on the motions.

Air Force Academy alumni board withdraws motions to honor Charlie Kirk www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

While people continue to struggle to get FEMA aid approved after their lives were destroyed by natural disasters.

The latest AP-NORC poll had Trump at 37% approval, but, sure, lean into Trump-is-King. Good idea.

MAGA really doesn't know how to think about anything except to take the opposite position of their enemies, real or perceived.

The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.

Americans have spoken....

#NoKingsDay

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

Trump’s tax cut for billionaires is adding $425 Billion - monthly - to the national debt, and we’re fighting amongst ourselves for scraps.

DC. No Kings!

Sara Whitmer • • • 1h • 8 I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town. Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming. Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance. 75 12 comments

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

This. Increasingly clear only the law of gravity prevails.

This really is a GREAT sign!