"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"

C-SPAN caller from Missouri to Missouri Rep. Mark Alford: "I hope you, sir, as an elected official, will think of the people who are in nursing homes, their parents are in nursing homes, their Medicaid is going to be cut. What is going to happen to Missourians whose hospitals are gonna close?"

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

Klobuchar: "I remember Bondi saying, 'the president is the most transparent president in history.' I wish I said, Well then why doesn't he just release the Epstein files?"

ICE Quietly Scales Back Rules for Courthouse Raids A requirement that ICE agents ensure courthouse arrests don't clash with state and local laws has been rescinded by the agency. ICE declined to explain what that means for future enforcement.

NEW: ICE has quietly rescinded a policy requiring agents to ensure courthouse raids don't clash with state and local laws.

WIRED detected the missing language in a superseding memo posted to ICE's website this week.

by me and @dmehro.bsky.social:

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

Breaking: Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters has resigned after porn allegations.

Walters is the guy who directed public schools to incorporate the Christian Bible and Ten Commandments into instruction, which triggered lawsuits over church–state separation.

Observations from Montreal An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.

“A report by the CBC revealed that Pierre Poilievre hired the team behind Canada Proud to ‘boost his messages online.’ The organization has since been caught running disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney. Canadians deserve to know every last detail about Poilievre‘s ties to Canada Proud.”

jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts

Stephen Miller, a man no one elected, is behind the Venezuelan boat strikes which have killed 17 people.

He should not be making military decisions.

He should not be executing strikes that take lives.

Only silver lining? He has no immunity. He can (and should) be prosecuted for his crimes.

Uh-oh Mike.

PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦 -
The new Canadian government is establishing a new network of trade relationships around the world in order to create opportunities for transformation for Canadian businesses and workers and to build a stronger and more resilient economy in the country. #cdnpoli

U.S. Border Patrol agents tried and failed to detain a man in downtown Chicago (via Christopher Sweat)

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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

BREAKING:

The Supreme Court just rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein.

The decision means that her conviction and 20-year criminal sentence remain in place.

Deplorable

Yes, very weird. 🤷🏼‍♂️

18 months ago.

wrote this line yesterday:

"If President Trump were, in other words, trying to instigate some kind of national divorce, it is hard to imagine what he would be doing differently than this."

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them. Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

Happy Mean Girls Day!

i fear we must discuss robert irwin on dancing w the stars

now that it's october im legally allowed to post this

Huge refrigerator case of monster and soda and Red Bull and and and and

“French people just don’t drink any sugary drinks or things with artificial colors or soda” lol lmao

Another tragic accident.