The GOP plot to gain 40 seats without winning any more votes yahoo.com/news/articles/… Terrifying must read: Steve Bannon's war room

The No Kings protests offer hope — and peril salon.com/2025/10/16/the…

When the President weaponizes federal agencies, eliminates oversight, defies court orders, and deploys military force against Americans exercising their rights, silence is complicity. Speak up. Stand up. Demand accountability. #NoKingsDay #NotAboveTheLaw

An essential feature of authoritarianism is that the leader - not courts - decides who is guilty and who is not. Santos - who Trump said is getting a commutation bc he “votes Republican” - is the 10th high profile loyalist to get a pardon or clemency. We cannot accept this.

We do not win this fight by caving. Senate Democrats should immediately make clear to Republicans they will demand a deal that actually saves health care.

TUNE IN: I’m holding the Senate floor to protest Trump’s grave threats to democracy. We cannot pretend this is normal. youtube.com/live/bE37g0mkp…

ICYMI: Senator Merkley has been on the Senate floor defending democracy and the rule of law against Trump’s authoritarianism since 6:30 PM LAST NIGHT. He is doing what every elected official should do: demand accountability for Trump’s authoritarian tactics.

Check out my new oped on institutions finding courage post No Kings! open.substack.com/pub/contrarian… Public Citizen

"The Trump power grab is not absolute...institutions & prominent individuals are beginning to join the loud voices of millions heard this weekend at rallies saying enough is enough," says Public Citizen Co-President Lisa Gilbert. We're fighting back. contrarian.substack.com/p/a-chorus-of-…

This isn’t about me. It’s about all of us. It’s about a justice system which has been weaponized. A justice system which has been used as a tool of revenge. My faith is strong. I have belief in the justice system and the rule of law.

HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.

Check out our new report! Donors to Trump’s White House ballroom have $279B in federal contracts washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Trump’s corruption is sinking in — his chaos was initially convincing people that he was “shaking up Washington.” Now he’s 16 points underwater on “changing business as usual in Washington” in the NBC poll. The economic numbers are, of course, abysmal across the board.

McCONNELL said Trump's Truth Social post was essentially an admission of his "intent to defy the court order when he said 'SNAP payments will be given only when the government opens.' As a result "people will go hungry, food pantries will be burdened and … suffering will occur."

When they shut down the government, they showed us who they are. When workers stood up and fought back, we showed them who we are. We don’t fold — WE FIGHT FORWARD. 🚀

Great news! A panel of federal judges has blocked Texas' newly-redrawn congressional map — which made five districts in the state more favorable to Republicans — saying the plan appeared to be an illegal race-based gerrymander.

Sharing my new piece on Trump corruption and his out of touch realities with Neera Tanden🌻 of the Center for American Progress: talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/trump-wan… Public Citizen

President Trump is designing glitzy ballrooms while Republicans in Congress make historic cuts to SNAP and raise the price of healthcare. Americans have had enough. More from Neera Tanden🌻 and Lisa Gilbert in Talking Points Memo: tinyurl.com/2nmvje67

Breaking: The House voted unanimously, 426-0, to strip a provision in the funding bill that allowed senators to sue the government for $500K if their phone data was searched without their knowledge. The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith

The persecution of perceived political opponents by a wanna-be dictator took a hit yesterday. Halligan was illegally installed & the courts concluded the prosecutions of Jim Comey & Letitia James have no legal basis. This is a victory for the rule of law. citizen.org/news/dismissal…