https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-ag-letitia-james-indicted-in-virginia-after-investigation-by-trumps-doj/

A grand jury indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, according to the clerk of court in the Eastern District of Virginia, marking the second Trump foe to face federal prosecution in recent weeks.

The indictment came exactly two weeks after a grand jury in the same Virginia courthouse voted to indict former FBI Director James Comey on charges of lying to Congress.

Last month, Mr. Trump publicly urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to look into Comey, James and a third longtime Trump antagonist, Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California.

James has drawn Mr. Trump's ire for years. Her office sued the president and the Trump Organization for fraud in 2022, leading a judge to issue a nine-figure judgment against the company. Mr. Trump has referred to James as "scum," "corrupt" and "racist."

CBS News has reached out to the Justice Department and James' office for comment.

The charges against James are unclear. In May, CBS News reported that the Justice Department had launched a criminal probe into James around alleged mortgage fraud. Three months later, the Justice Department expanded its investigation into James for her office's handling of its Trump Organization probe.

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/israel-hamas-peace-deal-trump-gaza-hostages

peace i guess....

Day 9 of making a thread every day until Trump TACO's and we get back on track.

Day 9 Updates:
-Marjorie Taylor Greene Turns on Trump and Tells GOP to End the Shutdown https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-turns-on-trump-and-tells-gop-to-end-the-shutdown/
-Republicans Caution White House on Inflicting Shutdown Pain https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-caution-white-house-on-inflicting-shutdown-pain/ar-AA1O6JGp
-Trump Goons Turn Furloughed Staff’s Auto Replies Into MAGA Rants https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goons-turn-furloughed-staffs-auto-replies-into-maga-rants/
-White House Says Federal Workers’ Back Pay During Shutdown Isn’t Guaranteed https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/customurl-trump-government-shutdown-federal-employee-pay-4fea73aa


"If there is a shutdown I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one who has to get people together."

- Donald J. Trump

Day 8 of making a thread every day until Democrats allow the US government to re-open

Day 8 Updates:
- Key dates regarding the shutdown. Oct 10: Federal employees won't get direct deposits. Oct 11: Museums close. Oct 12: Rural people wont be allowed to fly on airplanes. Oct 31: Women and children will starve. Nov 4: record breaking shutdown. Jan 1: Medicare and Medicaid dissolve. https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/government-shutdown-key-dates-social-security-wic-smithsonian-museums-rcna235198
- IRS furloughing half of its staff https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/government-shutdown-live-updates/?id=126242587
- Troops will continued to be paid https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/08/congress/trump-could-shift-funds-to-pay-troops-white-house-officials-say-00599072
- Israelis call the shutdown the second American revolution https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-869789
- Stopgap bill fails senate again https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/government-shutdown-news-today-100825

At the heart of the standoff is Democratic Party demands that Republicans agree to an additional $700bn in spending by restoring cuts to healthcare that were enacted over the summer and make permanent the expiring temporary COVID emergency health care credits enacted in 2023 that are due to expire Jan 1, 2026.

Hamas has finally agreed to let Israel stop it's genocide against Palestinians.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5546213-trump-announces-israel-hamas-ceasefire/
Trump announces first phase of Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza

President Trump announced Wednesday a ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Hamas, paving the way for the release of 20 living hostages and relief for nearly 2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Trump said the two sides signed off on “the first Phase” of a peace plan he announced late last month, a major reprieve to halt more than two years of war since Hamas brutally attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing approximately 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.

The president touted the first phase “as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace. All Parties will be treated fairly!” in a post on his social media site Truth Social.

“This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement minutes later. “With God’s help we will bring them all home,” he said, referring to the hostages. Hamas also holds the bodies of 28 hostages.

The ceasefire deal comes after Hamas and Israel agreed last week to enter into negotiations, with senior officials arriving in Egypt on Monday to solidify the deal.

Full details of the ceasefire deal were not immediately publicized. Majed al-Ansari, advisor to Qatar’s prime minister, said in a post on X that the details for implementing the first phase of the deal would be announced later, but will include halting the war, for Hamas to release hostages, for Israel to release Palestinian prisoners and for aid to enter the strip.

Day 8 of making a thread every day until Republicans cave in and allow the US government to re-open.


"If there is a shutdown I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one who has to get people together."

- Donald J. Trump


Trump and Republicans are to blame.
That is all.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/07/shutdown-republicans-disarray-00597018

Republicans, currently keeping the government shut down to stall a vote to release the Epstein files and delay releasing dismal economic numbers for September, are trying to contain yet another brewing catastrophe for the party: their increasingly erratic and uncooperative leader, Donald Trump

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/07/shutdown-republicans-disarray-00597018

One week into the government shutdown, top Republican leaders appear to have lost the plot.

President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are straining to project a united front against Democrats, just barely concealing tensions over strategy that have snowballed behind the scenes since agencies closed last week.

In one stark example, Trump scrambled the congressional leaders’ messaging Monday when he told reporters in the Oval Office he would “like to see a deal made for great health care” and that he was “talking to Democrats about it.”

Within hours, Trump walked it back: “I am happy to work with the Democrats on their Failed Healthcare Policies, or anything else, but first they must allow our Government to re-open,” he wrote on Truth Social hours after his initial comments.

Johnson said Tuesday he “spoke with the president at length yesterday” about the need to reopen agencies first, while Thune told reporters there have been “ongoing conversations” about strategy between the top Republicans.

A White House official granted anonymity to speak about the circumstances behind the president’s statements said the Truth post was “issued to make clear that the [administration] position has not changed” and was not done at the behest of the two leaders.

But tensions surfaced again Tuesday after a White House budget office memo raised questions about a federal law guaranteeing back pay for furloughed federal workers — one that Johnson and Thune both voted for in 2019.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/05/business/farmer-bailout-trump-tariffs
Washington — American farmers are having a tough year, in no small part because of President Donald Trump’s trade war. Now, the White House is gearing up to extend them a multi-billion-dollar bailout, sources tell CNN.

Surging costs and foreign retaliation from tariffs have hurt the US agriculture industry — as have immigration-related labor shortages and plummeting commodity prices. Farm production expenses are estimated to reach $467.4 billion in 2025, according to the Agriculture Department, up $12 billion from last year.

Farm bankruptcies rose in the first half of the year to the highest level since 2021, according to US courts data.

Trump’s policies have exacerbated those woes, from the deportation of the industry’s key migrant workforce to renewed trade tensions between the United States and China. And for traditional American crops, such as soybeans, the situation has grown particularly precarious.

“There’s no doubt that the farm economy is in a significant challenge right now, especially our row croppers,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told reporters Tuesday. “So not just soybeans, although I think they’re probably the top of the list, but corn, wheat, sorghum, cotton, et cetera.”

Indeed, the US soybean industry has become the poster child of the farm economy’s plight in the first year of Trump’s second term. The president recognizes these problems, White House officials tells CNN, and has increased pressure on his administration to address them urgently.