I need the current administration to dial it back because the brave hipsters of “war-ravaged” Portland are making the rest of us look way less cool by comparison.

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

#thoughtsand prayers to the brave residents of “war-ravaged” Portland.

So much destruction.

Of some fragile af egos.

US House GOP delays seating Rep.-elect Grijalva, potential deciding vote on Epstein petition • Nebraska Examiner WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.  Johnson has said he’s holding off on swearing in Grijalva — an Arizona…

SEATING CONGRESS: House Dems failed to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. Johnson has said he’s holding off after her September election until the government reopens. Dems say it's because she wants a vote on Jeffrey Epstein.

From States Newsroom:

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

New decisions regarding pediatric COVID vaccines are creating obstacles for parents across the county seeking vaccinations for their children. The @nytimes.com shares stories from parents struggling to access these vaccines. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/w...

Every time he does this a calculator somewhere in the country spontaneously bursts into flames

"We took freedom of speech away" is probably the most honest thing Trump has said or done in a long time

🧵

Yesterday, Stephen Miller had one of the most terrifying Freudian slips I've ever heard.

He claimed Trump has plenary authority (absolute power)—before cutting himself off.

Today, Trump said Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson should be *jailed*.

This is how authoritarian regimes talk. (1/3)

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

ICE has bought access to an “all-in-one” surveillance tool that gives it updated location data from hundreds of millions of phones, putting us all at risk of being tracked.

The government can’t be allowed to surveil us simply for having a cell phone.

Oops…I accidentally forgot about the far sillier and more embarassing highlight reel from “war ravaged“ Portland, where troops are very much needed to protect heavily armed ICE agents from inflatable frog costumes, donuts on a stick, and chicken-based insults.

YouTube video by Alive with Steve Burns Checking In

But I have found the antidote.

youtu.be/IDfoRMq8G9w

H/T
@steveburnsalive.bsky.social

JK. Very much mean to go full Blues Clue’s.
We can do anything.
That we wanna do.

Don’t mean to go full Blue’s Clues on our nation, but maybe we should all take a minute to sit down in our Thinking Chairs.
And think.
Think.
Think. (but this last one is with a drawn out “I” to help us remember our individual responsibility.)

I have yet to encounter a clip that better summarizes the idea of fragile/toxic masculinity in less that 20 seconds.

Wow 👇

What. The. Fuck.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he's "surprised" more people aren't standing up and speaking out right now.

Watch the recap from the North Star Summit: Walz, Pritzker discuss National Guard moves into Democratic-led cities www.startribune.com/walz-pritzke...

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns." […]

Graphic with Senator Warren asking: Is it consistent with the First Amendment for DOD to revoke a reporter’s press credentials for publishing a story that’s critical of President Trump? DoD official responds: Yes... If the basis was that the person published information that was not otherwise approved for release by the Department. Senator Warren Responds: Whoa.

Trump’s nominee to be the Army’s lawyer is confused about the First Amendment.

Independent journalists must be free to report the facts without fear of retaliation.

If we're sending troops to war under false pretenses, Americans have a right to know.

Thanks, New Yorker

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

THIS.

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social

Portland on fire (with bursts of fall colors).