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CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

6 former Surgeons General said, "We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Tim Miller on his recent interview with Barstool's KFC about how only "absolute batshit crazy" people want masked ICE agents kidnapping random gardeners:

www.rawstory.com Stetson grad Pam Bondi scoffs at legal knowledge of senator — who went to Harvard Law

Stetson grad Pam Bondi scoffs at legal knowledge of senator — who went to Harvard Law

Robin Williams’ Daughter Slams Fans for Making “Gross” AI Videos of Her Late Dad Robin Williams‘ daughter, Zelda Williams, is slamming fans who send her artificial intelligence-generated videos of her late father.

Robin Williams‘ daughter, Zelda Williams, is slamming fans who send her artificial intelligence-generated videos of her late father.

Schumer: There are no negotiations going on. Trump said there were, and we contradicted him. And actually, just a couple of hours ago, even his own press secretary had to refute what he said.

And you know why he’s saying this? He’s feeling the heat.

NYT: A Campaign to 'Bring Back Bullying' On social media, some are arguing that bullying deserves a second look. Trolling or not, the push seems to reflect a general turn away from sensitivity.

wtf is wrong with these people

Newsom says he’s on the verge of quitting the National Govs Association: “should not be difficult … regardless of partisan affiliation, to agree that politicizing our states’ Natl Guard and deploying… over the objections of the home-state Governor,harms the interests of states”

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Better late than never?

www.rawstory.com 'A flat-out lie': Analysts chide Mike Johnson's attempted 'sleight of hand' on shutdown

'A flat-out lie': Analysts chide Mike Johnson's attempted 'sleight of hand' on shutdown

Either a liar or a mad man.

Or both.

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

Make it stop.

I mean they literally have a song “In the Navy”

The media trots out the "deplorable" comment from a decade ago to castigate the left. Once a week now Trump implies that the military should destroy democrats, and it is just how things are.

President Batshit:

None of it was in pursuit of justice, but all of it was in pursuit of social media videos.

The judge who granted this restraining order was appointed to the bench by Trump.

@bigbendavis.bsky.social The new Witcher book has a character that looks like you

Handsome fella…

In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141 F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law PAGE 22 - OPINION AND ORDER Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56 Filed 10/04/25 Page 23 of 31 within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke § 12406(3) to federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination was simply untethered to the facts. c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

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If you wonder how bad the Epstein Files are for Donald, he had the federal government shut down so you wouldn't find out.

A screenshot of page 1 of the Supreme Court's October 3 grant of a stay in the Venezuela TPS case, the only analysis of which provides that "Although the posture of the case has changed, the parties’ legal arguments and relative harms generally have not. The same result that we reached in May is appropriate here."

A screenshot of the Supreme Court's May 19 order in the Venezuela TPS case, which includes no analysis whatsoever. The boilerplate language reads as follows: The application for stay presented to Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court is granted. The March 31, 2025 order entered by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, case No. 3:25-cv-1766, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. This order is without prejudice to any challenge to Secretary Noem's February 3, 2025 vacatur notice insofar as it purports to invalidate EADs, Forms I-797, Notices of Action, and Forms I-94 issued with October 2, 2026 expiration dates. See 8 U. S. C. §1254a(d)(3). Justice Jackson would deny the application.

From Friday's #SCOTUS ruling in the Venezuela TPS case: "Although the posture of the case has changed, the parties’ legal arguments and relative harms generally have not. The same result that we reached in May is appropriate here."

One problem: the May ruling didn't *analyze* those arguments/harms:

It is frankly astounding the number of people who don’t know or don’t care about elevator entry and exit protocol.

Screen shot from CNN article linked in the first comment “Across the country, US-born children have become collateral damage in the Trump administration's unprecedented crackdown on undocumented immigrants. CNN identified more than 100 US citizen children, from newborns to teenagers, who have been left stranded without parents because of immigration actions this year, according to a review of verified crowdfunding campaigns, public records and interviews with families, friends, immigration attorneys and other advocates.”

Look your nation right in the face

Questions After Quantico U.S. military commanders around the world will be working to provide steady leadership after Hegseth’s bravado and Trump’s bluster.

"While the nation’s news media has already largely moved on...the shockwaves of the Quantico gathering are only now beginning to reverberate....Because when those commanders and their enlisted advisors returned to their posts, bases, air wings, or carrier strike groups, the questions began."

"I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook."

@radiofreetom.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:

There remain many people of good will in the U.S. govt, men and women who believe that

–official statistics should be true and not just whatever Trump wants them to be;

–decisions about vaccination should be based on science;

–the former FBI director up on bogus charges should not be perp walked:

Here’s How Trump Loses the Shutdown God help us but Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat who understands power.

"In a normal political moment, Democrats would be right to focus on policies that make people’s lives better. But this isn’t an ordinary moment....The only compromises Democrats should accept...would either (a) rebalance the structure of government, or (b) put limits on executive power."