Greg Douma 🥥 🌴

"[W]hen he tries to feign genuine concern for voters, he speaks as if they’re an alien species of fearful creatures in a hellscape version of New York City that exists only in right wing fever dreams. There’s a non-zero probability that this is how Cuomo himself thinks about NYC."

The federal government is still shut down. Here's what that means across the country The federal government shutdown continues. Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Many federal workers are missing full paychecks and don't know when they will resume.

The federal government shutdown continues. Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Many federal workers are missing full paychecks and don't know when they will resume. n.pr/3X8FsIs

Fuck. Yes.
#HamiltononBroadway

House candidate Kat Abughazaleh calls her indictment for protesting a "political prosecution” “This case is a major push by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish anyone who speaks out against them.”

Trump’s DOJ unsealed an indictment against six protesters—including Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, for allegedly impeding an ICE officer outside of a detention facility.

The move is a stunning continuation of Trump’s weaponization of judicial and police power to crush dissent.

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

The Next Golden Age of the Death Penalty Is Beginning Trump and the Republican Party are bringing capital punishment back to the forefront of American criminal justice.

Donald Trump’s return to power is driving a death penalty renaissance. His interest in capital punishment displays his impulse to “achieve profound and concentrated personal power” and “channel the conservative id,” Elizabeth Bruenig argues.

Food Banks Brace for Overwhelming Demand as SNAP Cutoff Looms

Food Banks Brace for Overwhelming Demand as SNAP Cutoff Looms www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...

As we reported earlier this month, many food banks are already reeling from the Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of 94 million pounds of deliveries that were already scheduled: projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

The U.S. Is Preparing for War in Venezuela More U.S. military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric.

More U.S. military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Donald Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric. Nancy Youssef, Gisela Salim-Peyer, and Jonathan Lemire report on what could happen next in Venezuela:

Republicans Keep Gerrymandering and I Keep Suing Read more here.

As Republicans keep up attacks on congressional maps, they should get used to seeing my law firm in court. On Wednesday, North Carolina Republicans enacted a newly gerrymandered map that targets Black voters to create an additional seat for a white Republican. The next day my law firm sued.

"nearly half..." ???

it's an open book test.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Applause on the Senate floor for Sen. Jeff Merkley D-OR, as he wraps up after over 22 hours. That will be the fourth longest speech in Senate history.

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For my forever Space Sis: 🎂

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If you need a whistle, please drop by our office (7016 N Clark Street) to pick up one for free.

If you see ICE, blow three short bursts.

If they are detaining someone, blow three long bursts.

Joint Congressional Investigation Launched in Response to ProPublica’s Revelations on Detained Americans Senators, House members and even a mayor expressed outrage and demanded accountability after our investigation detailed how at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents this year.

NEW: Democrats in the House and Senate announced plans for a wide-ranging investigation into immigration agents’ detention of citizens after a ProPublica story found that more than 170 Americans have been held by immigration officials this year.

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

They probably wouldn't do any of this if a few more democrats had just been a little nicer about it...

Trump’s ICE has detained more than 170 U.S. citizens this year — something they have no authority to do.

This is absolutely unacceptable.

thehill.com/homenews/556...

Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.

Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings

Notes from "Faculty Meetings": 1. From Tech System Chancellor through the Vice Chancellor and General Council to our President, Provost and General Council: Executive order of the President Executive Order of the Governor HB229 2. These documents direct that there are only two sexes: male and female 3. With regard to curriculum and what is discussed in the classroom and as part of the course, you cannot discuss or teach anything regarding transgender - only male and female 4. If you decide not to do this, you are on your own, no backing from the university, and you are placing your position at peril (Texas A&M) 5. Questions have been raised and are being asked, but for now a complete moratorium is what is expected. 6. No daylight on this - tell FACULTY NOW 7. Trans names are recognition in class are also a problem, use given/legal names, not preferred names 8. Check course descriptions to scrub for transgender items - Rewrite syllabus if necessary 9. Take preferred pronouns out of email signatures (expect a "standard" email signature to come from Communication & Marketing soon) 10. Remove "Ally" stickers from email signatures, offices, etc. 11. Don't email; talk directly 12. Questions; Please help me to coordinate any questions that you might ahve so that I can forward them up and get them answered. 13. Email copies of the information listed above (executive orders and HB)

A Texas public university administrator's notes for a meeting with faculty.

"No daylight": faculty "cannot discuss or teach anything regarding transgender - only male and female." They must "scrub" syllabi for "transgender items."

And keep everything out of writing: "Don't email; talk directly."

A bar graph showing the top 10 most expensive ballot measures in California history. Propositions 26 and 27 $463.4M Proposition 22 $224.3M Proposition 33 $175.8M Propositions 94, 95, 96, and 97 $154.6M Proposition 87 $150.8M Proposition 15 $144M Proposition 50 $140M Proposition 8 $130.4M Proposition 61 $128.3M Proposition 21 $124.4M

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting measure has drawn almost unprecedented spending.

With weeks remaining until the November 4 special election, Prop 50 has already become one of the most expensive ballot measures in California’s history, drawing about $140 million in spending for and against it.

Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly.

Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested.

Stay safe out there.

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Alexandria Ocasio Cortez 80000 60000 40000 20000 0 Bernie Sanders 200000 Number of Donations 150000 100000 50000 Elizabeth Warren 60000 40000 20000 01 25 50 Donor Age 75

Hakeem Jeffries 40000 30000 20000 10000 Nancy Pelosi 100000 Number of Donations 75000 50000 25000 Suzan DelBene 2000 1500 1000 500 25 50 75 Donor Age

AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

I legitimately wish a horrible death for every NYPD cop.

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...