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Politico @politico.com · 5h

The shutdown stalemate is showing signs of provoking one of the most powerful forces in the federal bureaucracy: an army of overworked, currently unpaid air traffic controllers.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Flight delays could force parties to the shutdown bargaining table

Disruptions caused by staffing shortfalls may up the pressure on lawmakers to strike a deal.

www.politico.com

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

I demand boots!

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

Who needs cameras in the courtroom when you’ve got this

Doodle of parties at the comet arraignment. Messy stick figure drawings

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Politico @politico.com · 9h

IRS has furloughed nearly half of its workforce, shuttering most operations.

After a five-day reprieve following the shutdown, employees are being notified of widespread service stoppages. But implementation of GOP tax cuts is slated to continue.

IRS furloughs nearly half its workforce, shuttering most operations

After a five-day reprieve following the initial government shutdown, employees are being notified of widespread service stoppages. But implementation of GOP tax cuts will continue.

www.politico.com

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Tim Edwards @timzero4.bsky.social · 9h

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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks. I think the point remains the same

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11h

One of the (many) legal gaps that needs to be filled after this nightmare is over is to prohibit federal law enforcement agencies from using federal funds to create propaganda videos with anyone in custody. This is all about spectacle and content creation, remove the incentive and the means

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 12h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12h

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · 10h

When the shenanigans smell bad to NewsMax....

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 2d

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

ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social

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Joe Public 🇨🇦 @joepublic.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller equates opposition to Trump’s agenda with terrorism—and pushes for the use of state power to suppress it.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke

The White House aide equates opposition to Trump’s agenda with terrorism—and pushes for the use of state power to suppress it.

www.theatlantic.com

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Swan @sqlista.bsky.social · 1d

Pay Bagley is a national treasure

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#AZ07

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · 1d

Those who don't learn from history.... or old cartoon cliches....

www.politico.com/cartoons/202...

October 2025

Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker

www.politico.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs

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The Economist @economist.com · 1d

Not long after a raid on South Shore in Chicago, the Department of Homeland Security published a video of young Hispanic men being led away in cuffs. The Hollywood-style visuals seem to have been part of the goal

What a Chicago immigration raid says about Trumpism

The worst excesses seem designed to produce content

econ.st

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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · 2d

They're out to break the satirists.
I drew this cartoon on Thursday. That night they posted this Ai slop

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

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Angry Buni @angrybuni.bsky.social · 3d

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3d

There was a time when a President of the United States who falsely said a perfectly peaceful city was "burning to the ground" would be immediately 25th'ed as a crazy person

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Trump on Portland ruling: I wasn’t served well by the people who pick judges. I appointed the judge and it goes like that. If he made that decision—Portland is burning to the ground… all you have to do is look at the TV and read your newspapers.

That judge ought to be ashamed of himself

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

MORE: Immergut issued a stark warning that the efforts by Trump to make a bad-faith justification to call up the guard risked plunging the country into a form of unconstitutional military rule.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · 5d

Some people get a little too into Halloween....

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