Denmark backs creation of $21 billion #Ukraine military support fund.

Denmark supports the creation of the Ukraine military support fund in the amount of 20 billion euros ($21 billion) for the next four years within the framework of the European Peace Facility, Ukrinform reported on Oct. 2, citing Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

Judd Legum:
Buried in #NorthCarolina 's 600+ page budget is a little-noticed provision that creates a secret police force, controlled by Republicans, with extraordinary powers.
Alarmingly, public employees under investigation will be required to keep all communication and requests “confidential.” They cannot alert their supervisor of the investigation nor consult with legal counsel.

Those who refuse to cooperate face jail time and fines of up to $1K.
https://popular.info/p/north-carolina-republicans-create

Thank you, #HakeemJeffries , #HouseDemocrats ,#ChuckSchumer , #SenateDemocrats and #PresidentBiden for keeping our government going . This in spite of Far Reich fascist Gang Of Putin Republicans.

Now get more funding to #Ukraine as they fight off the fascist invasion of Russia.

Taylor Swift is bringing in new voters. Let us show them what they are voting for.

If Jamaal Bowman had put on camo and a MAGA hat, smashed out the windows of the Capitol Building, and threatened to hang Mike Pence...

...Republicans would be this morning demanding a full presidential pardon.

Oh goodie! The shutdown has been averted - for a month and a half. Then it starts again.

The 9 Republicans who voted against the resolution to keep the government open:

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.)
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.).
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) 
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas).
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
Sen. Eric Schmitt (Mo.) 
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio)

#VoteThemAllOut

Education Department confirms student loans will restart even if government closes - https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/28/student-loans-will-restart-even-if-government-closes-00118743 (source: Politico) #studentloanrepayment

Whistleblower charged with unlawfully whistling // IRS contractor charged with leaking tax return information of Trump, wealthy people - https://apnews.com/article/leak-tax-return-irs-charges-213909430bcaf8b50600d67bfe45f89a #IRS #DOJ

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The Senate has passed a bill. The House could pass it right now — but they won't, because ~20 Republicans (including Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene, et. al.) are saying, if the House passes the bill, they will remove Kevin McCarthy from the Speaker of the House.

America is being held hostage by internal squabbling of Republicans.

Matt Gaetz's family wealth is $25 million. The shut-down won't hurt him an iota.

From Instagram:
#gopHypocrisy #VoteBlue #govtShutdown

#TrumpGeorgia
1st GUILTY PLEA in Trump Georgia Case!!
Scott Hall is the first person to take a plea deal in the 19 defendant case.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-co-defendant-pleads-guilty-georgia-election-case-rcna118140

Another Jan 6 defendant has failed to appear for sentencing

A warrant is issued for Frank Giustino of New York. Feds accuse him of "aggressively" confronting police on Jan 6 and were seeking 21-days prison at hearing today

Giustino is now a fugitive

Giustino filed this document with court on Tuesday ==>

Amazing research about stolen treasures from #Ukraine . In only two (!) Russian museums & journalists have found 110,000 artifacts. All of them stolen from the Ukrainian people as their armies have pillaged every mile of terrain they conquered. More War Crimes. Read and look at crazy infographics. Please, share.

https://texty.org.ua/d/2023/stolen_heritage/en/

"I'm super pro-Ukraine, but"

Government shutdowns have done serious damage to the US economy and credit rating in the past.
US Congress knows this and continues to play this "political game". Analysts say the law, which allows government shutdowns if budget negotiations fail with no continuing resolution, serves no actual purpose whatsoever. What the law does is provide partisan politics a blackmail ability to threaten a shutdown if one side does not get what they want.
It's a political game in which everyone loses.

Ivanka Trump likely cooperated with the government in her father's NY fraud case: legal expert

A prominent attorney says Ivanka Trump's inclusion on a list of potential prosecution witnesses in her father's New York fraud case would "usually indicate some form of cooperation," Newsweek reported.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fraud-case/

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I live in #Virginia. Please vote against Republicans in November. The GOP used racism and anti-trans hate to get Youngkin elected.