This is not the behavior of somebody there to serve and protect. This is the behavior of somebody there to harm and punish. 😳👇

If you are a man who is a veteran or currently serving in America's Armed Forces, you ought to be ashamed. Not a day that goes by that Trump and Pete Hegseth are not a national embarrassment.

The statue of pedo bros and best friends Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is back at the National Mall in Washington, DC. 😂🤣👇

People need to know what Trump's Nazi ICE Gestapo is doing in the city of Chicago. In what America is terrorizing and dragging US citizens out of their apartments, separating families, and zip-tying naked children legal? These children are going to be traumatized for life. 🥹👇

The fascist authoritarian Trump regimes continues it's civil war against blue states by canceling nearly $8 billion in funding for climate-related projects.

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Hegseth’s speech to the generals was a grotesque mix of sycophancy and authoritarian fantasy and so embarrassing for America. Then Trump waddling through the room in obvious mental and physical decline was anything but strength!

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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BREAKING: Trump says he’s using the shutdown to defund “Democrat agencies” and gut priorities he doesn’t like.

This isn’t budget policy, it’s political revenge.
He even called it an “unprecedented opportunity.”

This is authoritarian abuse & unacceptable.

With a shutdown just hours away, Trump is threatening to use his power to further dismantle the federal government. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social and @goangelo.bsky.social join The Weeknight to explain how his actions fit the authoritarian playbook.
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This government shutdown is the next phase of the authoritarian power grab by Trump and the GOP, this time by taking away people’s healthcare and livelihoods.

Trump would rather shut down the government than work with us to protect Americans’ health care.

But of course he’s eager to use $20 billion of taxpayer money to bail out his authoritarian buddy in Argentina.

It's Trump and his cronies first, everyone else, last.

New in PN: Lessons from a Red Scare

"As Emma Goldman hoped, and Louis Post later demonstrated, the American people are capable of turning the tide against repression — even if that effort feels hopeless in the moment."

Here's some info on the latest Covid variant
And the current spike in New England
Please take this seriously!
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ICYMI:
Yesterday Mike Johnson announced that he will not reconvene the House next week
He's called an additional district work period through Oct 13
His stated reason is so that the WH/Senate can "deal with" the shutdown
His real reason?
The Epstein Files DP
He hasn't been able to stop MAGA votes

In a goodbye letter to this colleagues on Thursday
Fired national security prosecutor Michael Ben’Ary warns of danger ahead:
"[firings of] experienced career officials .. undermines our ability to counter terrorist orgs .. and countless others that seek to harm our nation and its citizens .."

"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."
Because of course they were..
And thank God they were or we'd never have known about this genius idea 👇

“It was heartbreaking to watch. Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”

Good fucking morning to everyone except Donald Trump, who hasn’t been seen in public since the government shutdown on Tuesday. Where the hell is he? I think the American people would like to know.

"[Trump] and his sycophantic accomplices are quickly dismantling every system and safeguard that, up until a few months ago, were established givens.

And the only question left is: do we have the strength to stop them?

History is a really good teacher."

This is an important read:

"Decent Americans, we need to listen to History right now.
She is warning us that we are on the precipice of a free fall.
We can’t afford to go to sleep now.
We need to wake ourselves up."

Every single DC journalist should be spending this afternoon/evening finding Speaker Johnson & John Thune & asking them why the impeachment/removal has not happened yet, & continuing to hammer them with the same question over & over & over & over again & not accepting the boilerplate non-answers.

That the Administration and their MAGA cronies in Congress have shut down the government but insist on keeping national parks open with very few staff or amenities is just one more step in destroying our public lands.

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Republicans Made School and Church Shootings Normal. We Don’t Have to Accept It.
www.thewomenpost.com/p/republican...

Power Without Women Is Dangerous: Why More Women Must Run for Office
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Trump Budget Chief Says Massive Firings are Coming in ‘One to Two’ Days if the Shutdown Drags On
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