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We asked Donald Trump to cut health care costs. Instead, he cut off a wing of the White House.

Trump is now planning to occupy San Francisco. He must be upset about the messages they’ve been making on Ocean Beach.

Our confirmed count stands at 8.1 million participants worldwide for yesterday’s No Kings protest. Thank you to everyone who helped verify the numbers through our submission website. While some MAGAs attempted to submit false or misleading data (such as reporting “one person” for major cities)

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton, but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress nearly a month ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

I joined the @equality.house.gov and 187 members of Congress in filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court urging them to uphold Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy.

Young LGBTQIA+ people deserve dignity and respect for who they are. Conversion therapy has zero place in America.

With health agencies collapsing, it's never been more important for all of us to play active roles in protecting each other's health.

A couple of easy things you can do:
1️⃣ Wear a well-fitting mask and distribute them to others
2️⃣ Spread word about updated vaccines and help others make appointments

Federal agents detained two firefighters in Washington state...

...while the firefighters were in the middle of fighting one of the largest wildfires in the country.

Under Trump’s regime, cruelty takes precedence over everything else.

Donald Trump ran his campaign on sending out the worst of the worst.

I’m not sure who’s more the best of the best than our firefighters, actively fighting the largest fire in Washington.

When a president decides to disregard the will of the American people, you’re right, that’s the mark of authoritarian rule. The White House has notified Congress that it plans to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding that lawmakers had already approved, doing so without their consent.

Trump’s Decapitation of CDC Takes Darker Turn—and Hands Dems a Weapon Illinois’s J.B. Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.

This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me.

Dem govs must step up and fill the void.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1998...

Daskalakis: I very specifically use the term pregnant people, and very specifically added my pronouns at the end of my resignation letter to make the point that I am defying this terrible strategy of trying to erase people

Republicans are rigging the rules for the midterm elections—and California led by Gavin Newsom is doing what needs to be done to meet this moment and protect our democracy.

I hope California voters approve this sensible and necessary plan on the November ballot.

See how this works?

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets

An 18-year-old U.S. citizen was violently detained by Border Patrol and told he had no rights here.

He happened to record the encounter, which captured immigration agents joking about using stun guns and getting bonuses.

It was always about cruelty. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We've known that Covid increases the risk in survivors of cancer, but today @nature.com a mechanism of reactivation of cancer cells elucidated in the experimental model
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

When mask bans become law, it always results in unfair selective enforcement, which harms the people in society who are most vulnerable or marginalized.

Mask bans accelerate authoritarianism.

Everyone has a right to protect their health, and masks are one of the most effective tools against disease spread and air pollution.

Banning people from using tools that protect their health is a violation of human rights.

And I’ll say it now: if your organization isn’t taking a stand against bans you are harming your members & your ability to organize

LEFT: The fake picture of the Department of Defense just posted.

RIGHT: The reality.

So now the military is not just arresting us on street corners illegally but spreading disinformation.

And it's only Monday.

Trump orders ICE officers to expand deportation efforts in Democratic cities | CNN Politics President Donald Trump called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to expand deportation efforts in Democratic cities

All of this is being manufactured by Trump. The show of force is the point.

It distracts from his recent failures and inability to govern.

Like any bully, Trump wants to display his power — especially over those whom he doesn't consider "his" people.

While Trump blusters about "law & order," his regime has dropped or halted nearly 150 investigations into corporate wrongdoing. And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters, including Jan 6 rioters and other convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" doesn't give working families "crumbs."

Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" doesn't give working families "crumbs."

It’s even worse.

It rips away health care from them pay for tax giveaways for billionaires and billionaire corporations.

Last year, Kroger's CEO raked in $15.4 million — 457x more than its typical employee. Kroger also announced $7.5 billion in stock buybacks.

I don't want to hear that Kroger can't afford to treat its employees fairly.

Solidarity to these workers.

Federal lands in Oregon, other Western states could be up for sale under budget proposal The sales would not include national parks, national monuments or wilderness, under the proposal that U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, included in the GOP's tax cut package.

Public lands are just that: public, and owned by the taxpayer. Republicans want to auction them off to the highest bidder to pay for their billionaire tax cuts. Hell no.

The chaotic and disastrous dismantling of USAID is fueling hunger, poverty, disease—and death—around the world.

We care deeply. We should *all* care.

Maybe it’s not happening to Americans right now.
But destroying USAID threatens global stability—and our security too.

This has not gotten enough traction. Those with physical or mental disability are under attack by the DoE with a new proposed rule that will deregulate handicapped access to future buildings regulations. Please submit a public comment in opposition. We only have 3 days left!

The violent detention of Sen. Alex Padilla was terrible. But what DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said right before it might be even more frightening—and it's just one of several authoritarian messages coming from Trump and his comrades.