So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

Go, Portland! They have raised nonviolent protest to an art form. Well done!

I stand with Greta.

We cannot let the myth of American exceptionalism numb us into imagining we are above devolving into inhumanity.

We have every ingredient in place to become something historically monstrous.

It will happen here unless we refuse to allow it.

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This reckless craziness needs to be stopped now. Republicans need to grow a pair and assert themselves—but they won’t.

A government run by billionaires is not “for the people”.

It’s for billionaires.

It’s why they’re getting billions in subsidies, tax breaks and government contracts.

Meanwhile, working class Americans are losing their jobs and healthcare.

Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, died Wednesday, Oct. 1. She was 91.

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

My heart is filled with bittersweet sadness and admiration for the end of a life truly well-lived.

Rest in Power, Jane Goodall.

Thank you for embodying the best of humanity. Your imprint on the planet and its creatures is indelible.

WTF?

I was also so lucky to meet Jane Goodall about 30 years ago and was so impressed with her grace and compassion as she talked to us about her love of all the great apes. And, oh, how her studies affected our lives and science!! A huge loss for science and humanity!

We need to follow her example.

One of the greatest women who ever lived, Jane Goodall has died at age 91. May we all think of her as our role model. 💔

Truly proud of our top military leaders for holding steady and keeping an apolitical face, even when the pressure couldn’t be greater.

Judging by their speeches, neither Trump nor Hegseth has paid the slightest attention to how actual wars are being fought in the actual world. The “war fighting” and “lethality” they plan is inside their own country and comes from conflicts inside their own minds.

Indeed it is.

This is both nuts and very dangerous for everyone. ICE and Noem need to be stopped.

Well, what do Germans know about creeping fascism anyway?

Check your registration‼️

Reich’s is right. The Center is uninspiring and offers nothing new. Democratic leaders need to offer a real alternative to Trumpism and the status quo or step aside for younger more passionate and creative leaders willing to fight for it and our flagging democracy before it is too late.

I recommend everyone watches this

The hypocrisy is so blatant here that is actually hurts.

That is the million-dollar question, isn’t it? I hope not much longer!

Gov. Pritzker has it exactly right and thankfully Chicagoans showed up and spoke very loudly for America this weekend.