"Not a single Democrat has talked about wanting to fund care for people in the United States unlawfully. Instead, what Democrats have said is they want to undo Medicaid cuts projected to leave nearly 10 million Americans uninsured." A smidge different.

The Republican Shutdown Argument is a Giant Lie

No, Democrats aren’t trying to fund health care for “illegal aliens.”

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We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities. Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement. It’s illegal and un-American.

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim@ryangrim.bsky.social · 10mo ago

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

The specific provision is section 2 of the Calling Forth Act of 1792: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/... For more background on the judicial review provision, and on how President Washington expressly relied upon it in putting down the Whiskey Rebellion, see: www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/427_pa9s...

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

While Republicans play political games to prolong their Trump Shutdown, Democrats will be in DC to do their jobs and try to get the government back to work. Urge your Democratic senators to keep fighting to stop health insurance costs from doubling this winter: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

Mike Johnson cancels more House votes in escalation of shutdown strategy

Johnson signaled the House will remain out of session until Senate Democrats fold.

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We Have at least 70? years of science fiction exploring this proposition and all reaching the same conclusions as Josie. Which I only bring up because everyone involved in this AI thing is a science fiction fan, but not one who understands what they read.

Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 10mo ago

It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends

The White House is blatantly violating the Constitution, ignoring Congressionally-allocated spending. Approving any budget would put a stamp of approval on the end of checks and balances. It'll hurt, yes, but it's time for opposition. The political costs will mostly fall on the people in charge.

Opinion | Democrats shouldn’t bail out Trump as the shutdown drags on

The best time for the opposition to take a stand, rather than settle for untrustworthy promises, is right now.

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part of a 🧵 full of recent essays & videos to check out!

Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social · 10mo ago

...this essay chronicles Helen Lewis using & debating AI hallucinations of my work & Victoria Smith inventing vile lies about me. Why? Because that's what "gender critical" activists do: on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/why-do-helen... & Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/why-do-hel...

Society: loves traumatizing people. Also society: gets pissy when traumatized people have trauma responses. The way society spreads trauma is BECAUSE it is designed to create a justification for locking up the people they hate.

Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Forcible institutionalization is so popular but literally any of us at any time for about a billion reasons including OUR BRAINS JUST DOING THAT can become extremely severely mentally ill in like a heartbeat The US is so ableist & eugenicist & genocidal at its core that we DO THIS TO OURSELVES

Breaking News: The Trump administration is said to have plans to slash refugee admissions to a record low, with many slots reserved for white South Africans.

Trump Administration Is Said to Plan to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low

Many of the slots would go to white South Africans and others facing “unjust discrimination,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The New York Times.

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This federal judge appointed by President Trump found his claims of “chaos“ in Portland, Oregon “untethered to the facts.“

Laurence H. Tribe@tribelaw.bsky.social · 10mo ago

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The modernization of the Army's battlefield communications network is rife with "fundamental security" problems, according to an internal Army memo.

Anduril and Palantir battlefield communication system 'very high risk,' US Army memo says

The modernization of the Army's battlefield communications network is rife with "fundamental security" problems, according to an internal Army memo.

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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

ProPublica and @theassemblync.bsky.social found that in some North Carolina counties, homeowners with the highest incomes received two to three times as much FEMA housing assistance as those with lower incomes after Hurricane Helene. By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and Ren Larson

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene

An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.

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This is the brain drain. Tr*mp is actively making this country so much less than it was just months ago. He is weaning us on the global stage more and more every day.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“.. a fivefold increase in U.S.-based applicants seeking to relocate to European institutions ..” 🤡 @politico.com www.politico.eu/article/euro...

you know what probably isn't great for military readiness? turning a blind eye to violent hazing, sexual assault and bigotry, while purging leaders on the basis of race and gender.

Hegseth declares an end to 'politically correct' leadership in the US military

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting to announce directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physic...

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The nonpartisan Pennsylvania Bar Association endorses our PA Supreme Court justices for retention because they know our courts are fair and independent. #ProtectPACourts

The gaslighting is wild. THEY control the White House, the House, and the Senate—yet always find a way to blame Democrats for their mess. The so-called “$1.5 trillion wish list” is about protecting health care, food assistance, and housing. (1/2)

Monopolies are terrifying and result in inferior products and services. This will be extra horrible for media companies, as the competition was the only thing keeping them on their toes. Yikes.

Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · 10mo ago

The Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to consider whether to lift the long-standing prohibition on a merger between any of the largest four broadcast networks and to consider relaxing other media ownership rules.

i'm sort of fascinated that the cultural imaginary regarding Rowling among a certain subset of users stops at 2015-2020 with her being pro-LGB and neutral on trans rights and not like, what she's been cooking her brain on X since

New piece. The data presented by @thejcpa.bsky.social and @counterhate.com about antisemitism on X is stark: it is being spread to hundreds of millions of people. Not just antisemitism, but OVERT antisemitism. And that shift means far more than people realize. It won't be long before it leaves X.

Overt Anti-Jewish Hate is On the Verge of Going Mainstream

The combination of mainstreamed conspiracy theories and overt hate on X is close to transforming America's relationship with Jews.

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I’m officially changing residence to my hometown in PA! While I appreciated Columbus, we couldn’t afford to keep up with the rapidly increasing rent and limited units available at what prices were achievable for is in the larger metro. If I’m gonna live rural, I want to do it near family, ya know?

I was told asking people to wear masks was the most intolerable tyranny. But militarizing cities to use the U.S. military against American civilians "with full force," and saying our cities should be "training grounds" for the U.S. Military. All good, huh? www.axios.com/2025/09/30/t...

Trump offers "dangerous" U.S. cities as military "training grounds"

He told military leaders "we have to handle" the so-called "enemy from within."

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A small Texas charter network has paid its superintendent up to $870,000 annually over the last three years. Board members have voted to increase his pay or other financial benefits in 14 of their 24 meetings since 2021. (Published March)

This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.

On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the c...

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NEW: Responding to a @nytimes.com report that the Trump Justice Department is planning to investigate the Open Society Foundations, @alexsoros.bsky.social said the massive left-leaning philanthropy did nothing wrong & would only stop its work "over my dead body."

Trump’s Targeting of Soros Foundations Sparks Fear and Defiance on Left

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An email to Director Bhattacharya to start the day 1/6

Many people and institutions that fight back are winning. This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.

Molly Jong-Fast@mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.