Phil Edwards

This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight.

But consider this...

Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.

Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?

Good thread about Vance.

In JDV rant shown below, he treats Joy Reid as if she is in US on contingent basis. Should be "grateful" for its generosity.

Reid was *born* in New York. Grew up there and Denver. Undergrad at Harvard.

Hmmm, why might JDV view her as needing to show special 'gratitude'??

I’m probably not alone in my confusion about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent behavior. But my theory is that she knows — or assumes — that the Epstein files will bring down some GOP members, facilitating her own rise to power.

Kristi Noem can use our bathroom facilities anytime she likes. We have an open stall, just up the ridge line, take a left into the volcano.

YouTube video by Democracy Docket There Are No "Good" Republicans

This 45 minutes long, but I urge you to watch. Marc Elias has fought for democracy every day, and I believe he’s exactly right in this video.

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Aaron Rupar on Bluesky: “Harry Enten: "Who do Americans blame more for the shutdown? They blame Republicans. The New York Times -- by 7 points they blame Republicans. Marist -- blame Trump and Republicans by 12 points. How about Washington Post? By a 17 point margin."”

The American people aren’t buying Republicans’ bullsh*t about the Trump Shutdown.

Your Democratic senators need to hear from you — encourage them to keep fighting to protect healthcare for millions and stop health insurance costs from doubling this winter: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

ICE is too dangerous to be left unaccountable.
Violence & abuse against Americans is wrong.

If you see an incident occurring, get out your cellphone. Document it. Send it to your Congressperson and the press. Do it anonymously if you need to. #BeTheChange

they’re intenionally advertising to and recruiting far right loyalists. they post and reply to explicit groyper memes. they’re not super subtle about what this government is

The government shutdown is in its 4th day and Donald Trump just arrived at his golf course.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

We can fund health care and keep the government running, or we can shut everything down to raise prices on people.

To me, that’s a pretty easy choice.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason. Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

"I believe that Americans would agree that the government can’t just make people disappear without any process or explanation. Second, because I want to give the government a chance to admit that they were wrong.

So far the government has not done so."

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Even Marjorie Taylor Greene admitted the GOP could end the shutdown anytime they wanted, they control all the branches of government. Broken clock’s right twice a day.

A majority of Trump supporters back extending Obamacare subsidies, poll finds Without the tax credits, people will lose coverage, putting their health and finances at risk, experts say.

78% of Americans, and 57% of MAGA Republicans, want Congress to keep HealthCare.gov plans affordable by keeping tax credits at the same level.

Republicans are out of touch with their own voters and need to come to the table to end this shutdown.
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The ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits are at the center of the ongoing government shutdown. The tax credits have led to a more than doubling of Marketplace enrollment, but they'll expire at end of this year if Congress doesn’t act to extend them.

Here are some key facts about the credits from KFF

Evangelist MAGA “Christians” have “never read the Bible and they’re counting on that YOU have never read it either.”

- John Fugelsang

YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner New York Times Best Seller, "Separation of Church and Hate" by John Fugelsang

"Everything that passes for homophobia and misogyny in the New Testament comes from Paul, not Jesus. For better or worse, he is the person most responsible for organized Christianity as we know it."
by John Fugelsang
Glenn Kirschner
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The highest professional standards.
A true crime podcaster could run the FBI better than Patel.

Partisan gerrymanders may be legal, but only because SCOTUS said so. They are anti-democratic measures used by a party that fears losing power to hold onto control, a mechanism that lets parties choose their voters instead of letting voters choose who will represent them.

The FBI is now actively working to put together a team to arrest Comey between now and his court appearance on Thursday, but other FBI supervisors have also refused to cooperate, said a source knowledgeable about the conversations and a law enforcement source familiar with the situation. The expectation is that the FBI will eventually find somebody. CBS News has reached out to the FBI for comment. Comey's lawyer, Patrick Fitzgerald, declined to comment to CBS News. Reuters was first to report that an FBI agent was sidelined for refusing to help with a perp walk.

I don’t understand the supposed legal basis for this.

DOJ requested a summons—*not* an arrest warrant—under Rule 9 of the FRCrP.

Are they going to go back to the magistrate and ask for a warrant, even though Comey hasn’t failed to appear? If not, what’s the exigency for a warrantless arrest?

DHS says an operation last week in which agents raided a Chicago apartment building, rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors and detained numerous residents, resulted in the arrest of two suspected gang members.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cellphone while in Minnesota

Oh look, another White House Signal scandal.

This time it was an aide to Stephen Miller who was using Signal so openly in a public space that a bystander captured images of the chat.

Oh and the messages were about sending the *82nd Airborne* into Portland.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump told Netenyahu to “immediately stop the bombing of Gaza.” Netenyahu ignored him. Israeli govt airstrikes killed six more people across Gaza.

NBC News: www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

First, she wants to release the Epstein Files.
And now this.
Woo, broken clock..

Will there be Comey mugshot tee shirts though?

Pour one out for all the young parents who are going to be harassed by boomer grandparents about letting the kids watch Netflix.

Garcia Ramirez v. ICE case caption. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND TO ENFORCE FINAL JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION Upon consideration of Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and to Enforce the Permanent Injunction and accompanying Memorandum of Points and Authorities and Declarations (the "Motion"), and all other materials properly before this Court, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that Defendants and all persons acting under their direction or in concert with them, are hereby ENJOINED from implementing any new directive regarding age-outs; ORDERED that Defendants and all persons acting under their direction or in concert with them, are hereby ENJOINED from detaining any class member in an adult ICE facility in any manner that contravenes the Permanent Injunction; ORDERED that Defendants immediately rescind any determinations to detain based on this directive; ORDERED that Defendants immediately produce that directive, any related policies regarding that directive, and the Age-Out Review Worksheets of any class members who may have been impacted by that directive, including all AORs issued since October 1, 2025. SO ORDERED this 4th day of October 2025.

BREAKING: Federal judge BLOCKS a new ICE policy that went into effect last week to automatically detain unaccompanied migrant children on their 18th birthday when they “age out” of shelter care.

The TRO enforces a court order in a case brought by @immcouncil.org and @immigrantjustice.bsky.social.

Another string of days without a single public appearance— not flying to Jersey or FL.
“Golfing” in VA.
Not suspicious at all.

God, Greed and Groomers The party that preaches "family values" has become a sanctuary for pedophiles.

How do these men and women look their children in the eye. How do they hug their daughters knowing they are protecting men who raped girls their age?
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This isn't a matter of "wokeness". It's no different than if you're at an office job and they start making you do all this work outside your title and pay grade. You're going to demand that you get the promotion and the pay bump. That's all this was.