East Going West

Very normal, Christian behavior for a grieving widow and a man married to an Indian Hindu American who publicly said he wants her to change her religion.

Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."

Parked cars in bed sty with floodwater up to their windows.

Brooklyn tonight (from a video posted to reddit)

I feel like this absolute monsoon of a rain storm arrived without warning. It was so much worse than nor’easters we have been warned about for 48 hours with increasing urgency. Is this a forecast fail, a me fail, or maybe shutdown/doge cuts related?

He claims lots of things.

A government office worker who helps seniors and the disabled with social security benefits shared her emotional response to the government shutdown. Essential government workers like her haven't been paid in four weeks. The pressure of it all has led to panic attacks: "We don't deserve this."

Full vetting? After seeing the ICE Gestapo goons in action, I’d be surprised to find there is ANY vetting.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @mluckovichajc)

I voted YES on Prop 50 because we cannot let anyone silence the will of the people.

California is fighting fire with fire and standing up for democracy everywhere. Vote yes on Prop 50 by mail or in person on Election Day, this Tuesday, November 4.

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

An orange kitten lies on a disheveled man’s stomach, locking him in place.

Dandy has been holding me in place for about an hour now.

My bladder is full.

Send help.

California, we have the power to stop election rigging, right now!

Did you get your ballot in? I did and so did my entire family. Remind everyone you know. 👊🏽
#Prop50VoteYes

I know of another guy who needs to be stripped of his title and kicked out of his palace…

More than 65,000 infants, toddlers and preschoolers could lose access to their local Head Start centers across the U.S. beginning Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown.

BREAKING: Furloughed employees at CDC just received an email about the shutdown, but has REMOVED language about backpay that appeared in a similar email sent out a month ago. On the left is the Oct 1st email with the backpay language, on the right is the email they received today.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

#Thugs

I have a flight this weekend and I’m more than a little concerned…

The shutdown affects us all:

• Air travel: TSA and FAA slowdowns = delays, canceled flights, less safe

• SNAP + WIC: Millions lose food assistance

• Farmers: No crop payments, disaster aid, market reports

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Is Justice Done? You’ve probably seen or read at least something about the story that is the subject of tonight’s post.

Prosecutors are facing discipline for telling a judge the truth in a sentencing memo. This post traces the case, its facts, the sentencing process, and helps us understand why this completes the cycle of corrupting the Justice Department Trump has set us on.

open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Did you ever think you’d see the day where no one knows the true state of the US economy because the gov. is shut down & refuses to collect data while weaponizing American hunger to skyrocket health care and keep the files on a sex trafficker just to appease billionaires?

On October 30, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois, ICE GOONS Backs into a U.S. citizen’s car and subsequently arrests her for documenting their actions.

The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.

That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.

It looks a lot more like preparation for war.

Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.

Survivors — and family of survivors — of Epstein and Maxwell's abuse are urging Mike Johnson to swear-in Adelita Grijalva:

"Every day you stall is another day survivors are denied justice, and the American people are denied the truth. Swear in Representative Grijalva and let democracy speak."

BREAKING: Elissa Slotkin Exposes Donald Trump and His Authoritarian Playbook Senator Elissa Slotkin’s warning should stop every American in their tracks.

BREAKING: Elissa Slotkin Exposes Donald Trump and His Authoritarian Playbook
open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...

President Orange Julius Caesar and his ilk claim that guns are a God given right but don’t feel that food is a God given right. They claim to care about babies but don’t care if they go hungry when they become children.

“They think that they’re tough. They have no idea how tough we are. They think that they’re hardcore. We are so much more hardcore than they are.”

--Stephen Miller speaking to Memphis police earlier this month.

You will not find a sadder post on the internet today.

This is fucking amazing

The Toronto Blue Jays are one game away from winning the World Series and giving Trump another stroke.

Squeaky doing his job