As always, beverage alert!

Let’s talk about how Trump won’t use emergency funds to keep SNAP up….

Oh, Ste-eve!

(Click “Read on Substack”, enjoy! It’s less than 1 minute.)

Has anyone seen Steve???

– In Otter News Read on Substack

Trump Free Speech Crack Down Goes Next Level

Acting on Donald Trump’s orders, the FBI has reportedly begun showing up at the homes of peaceful protesters — a chilling escalation against Americans exercising their rights.

Israeli Settler-IDF Attacks on Palestinians in West Bank Intensify | Jasper Nathaniel | TMR

Jasper Nathaniel joins the program from the occupied West Bank and walks us through the horrific settler violence he survived over the weekend. October 20, 2025.

More ICE clips from The Majority Report

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What the GOP is Lying About

If you listen to the GOP, they will tell you this shutdown is the fault of the Dems. In a sense, they are correct. The Dems aren’t allowing the budget to go forward without ACA Healthcare Subsidies. They tell us that they will be more than happy to discuss the topic once the budget is signed. This is analogous to “…the beatings will continue until morale improves…”, and asks the Dems to give up the only tool they have to stop the gop’s continuing efforts to destroy the ACA and have the suffering of millions of people who don’t get their healthcare insurance from their employers or their personal wealth. The goopy is lying to us all, again, still, and the damn fools who routinely vote against their own personal interests believe them. Again. Still.

Simply said: The goopy ones have believed the lies because it is more important to them to believe the lies than to put out the effort to look further into the issues. They value the shared identity and emotional tickle of “getting the libs” over their own needs, their own health, and even the care of the community’s children.