This shutdown happened because Johnson, Thune & Trump refused to come to the table. One party controls the House, Senate & White House. They have the power to keep government open.

If they refuse to negotiate on health care, that’s on them.

Plain and simple.

10/3/25👺bibi owns 502/535 of OUR Congress, honeypotting Kash, Epstein kompromat on 1,950 “elites”, whitewashing genocide w/ social media, Greta locked up🇵🇸🙏

Signs of psychosis. No biggie

“We do not need a warrant.”

So, yes and no. This is the statutory authority they’re relying upon.

BUT, it has caveats and it will be interesting to see how they satisfy those.

Two drawings and two small photos of the cat, Pyaari. The drawing on the left is wearing a blue dupatta. The drawing on the right is in a gold sari with a dupatta on the head.

Pyaari is so decent 🥺

Behind every confident woman there is a small dog wondering when he’s gonna get a treat

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Fascinating… to clear up any possible doubt: Israel is committing genocide, killing innocent women and children, and I'm absolutely not okay with that.

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Me, on Lindsey Halligan's debut as a not-legally-appointed prosecutor who told the court she had never seen a document she filed that had her signature on it:

"If what happened to her had happened to me, I'd want to crawl under a rock and never be heard from again."

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You don't have to be trans to stand up for trans rights. Two really easy things you can do as an ally.

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It’s all so depressing

Fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution.

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls — People

Taking small children, half clothed, away from their Moms & Dads & handcuffing American citizens. As a father, JD Vance have you no shame? Is this the Trump Vance America?⁦

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Respondents submit this notice to alert the Court to two recent developments in the courts below that bear on Defendants' application for a stay pending appeal. First, on October 1, 2025, Defendants sought to stay their underlying appeal in the Ninth Circuit due to the lapse in appropriations. 9th Cir. Dkt. 26. In support, Defendants stated "Appellees will not be prejudiced by a stay [of the appeal] because [the Ninth Circuit] denied the government's motion for a stay of the district court's judgment pending appeal, providing them TPS protection during the pendency of this appeal." 9th Cir. Dkt. 28.1. Defendants did not mention the instant stay application before this Court. Second, the Ninth Circuit denied Defendants' stay application yesterday, and set an expedited briefing schedule. Defendants' opening brief is due October 16, 2025, Plaintiffs' response is due November 5, 2025, and Defendants' optional reply is due November 19, 2025. 9th Cir. Dkt. 29.1. The court of appeals also ruled extension requests would be denied "absent extraordinary and compelling circumstances." Id.

I knew there was *something* weird about DOJ's reply in the Ninth Circuit shutdown stay request reply in the TPS case — which was why I covered it — but I have now updated to note why — as detailed in new filing at SCOTUS.

DOJ has a pending request for a stay pending appeal at SCOTUS!

The least surprising news of the day.

Heard you were calling generals fat when the booze had you feeling brave

But the crowd's somber tone shifts when someone holds up a cell phone in the air. It's a video call from a woman inside the detention facility. "[The woman inside] called to say hello and they're so excited," Lee shouts to the crowd. Rev. Lee puts the phone on speaker, and the detainee thanks the crowd for their display of solidarity before passing the phone around to other women inside, who take turns introducing themselves. Rev. Lee announces each of their names in turn. For the families who say they were turned away at the gate, it's a few minutes to speak with the loved ones they couldn't see in person. And advocates from the Bay Area say they feel it's proof they've already left a mark.

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9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St

Fox News reporter to Mike Johnson: "How can you say 'they take no pleasure in this,' and then the next minute say, 'Oh, they're just having fun and trolling?'"

Once again, they buried the lede, which is that He is once again breaking the law set by Congress.

Journalism, what is it, anyway?

Photo of an X post by FactPost (@factpostnews ) stating: "Republicans are postponing the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva, the newest Democrat elected to Congress. Her day one promise was to be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files." The post includes two images: on the left, a smiling Adelita Grijalva wearing a denim jacket and necklace, and on the right, a person with blonde hair being sworn in, with another individual adjusting their tie. The post features a profile picture and verification badge.

It’s the Epstein files shutdown.

Casey Desantis’s charity that got $10 million redirected from a Medicaid fraud settlement the state entered into directly into its bank account rather than the FL treasury.

Jay jay.bsky.team Label: "Charisma debuffed"

Lol :D

John Ringo is QTing infantrydork and offering up his thoughts on the quality of military leaders, if you're wondering how things are going over on the everything app

YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly The Trevor Project Saves Lives

I love it when a guest doesn't know the answer so looks it up in the interview! We all can learn! youtube.com/shorts/iG5Ti...

AI has designed thousands of potential antibiotics. Will any work? Machine learning can speed up the discovery of potential antibiotics but challenges remain.

🧪🧪 AI has designed thousands of potential antibiotics. Will any work? Machine learning can speed up the discovery of potential antibiotics but challenges remain.

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On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

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White House withdraws Trump’s controversial nominee to lead BLS after ousting predecessor over jobs data | CNN Politics The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three sources told CNN.

I guess not every deranged and unfit Trump nominee can get confirmed, even through this Republican Senate majority.

We shouldn't put all our hopes on Republicans, but it matters when we all speak out against nominees as unqualified as E.J. Antoni.