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AdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump admin is basically the most extreme version of Reaganism - far far exceeding any other Republican campaign or administration since then. But the magic of Trump is that he somehow convinced millions and millions of people that he was a moderate, deviation from that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Brooke Rollins calls food stamps "an extremely corrupt program"

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STEMthebleeding @stemthebleeding.bsky.social · 2h

The biggest, most crucial difference between the Democrats in progressives is not their policy goals.

It's that Democrats understand Republicans have agency, while progressives refuse to believe that anyone other than Democrats could be why the Democrats can't pass progressives legislation.

Jake P @jahre.bsky.social · 1d

Progressives really hope, and maybe even believe, that there is some magic thing they can hijack to attract conservative voters.

The focus on this mythical quest is the central reason they lose.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.

We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4h

this is insane.

www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

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Peter Nickeas 🎃 @peternickeas.bsky.social · 3h

Here's a short video of an Edison Park man confronting border patrol. You can hear others in the background. #chicago

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 3h

The reason why the GOP is a bunch of fucking idiots is because that man is literally the stereotype for the voters they need in suburbs to remain competitive, and they're radicalizing them against them.

Peter Nickeas 🎃 @peternickeas.bsky.social · 3h

Here's a short video of an Edison Park man confronting border patrol. You can hear others in the background. #chicago

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Tea @icedtea76.bsky.social · 3h

Don't forget, Virginians, tomorrow is the last day for early voting, so it's today, tomorrow, or Tuesday!! #VoteVirginia

Sam Shirazi @samshirazi.bsky.social · 7h

Virginia officially surpasses 2021 early vote

This will be most early vote for a non-Presidential election in Virginia history

Expecting around 200K more including mail up until Election Day

Last day of in-person early voting is tomorrow

97K in 2021 and curious if we hit that

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Sam Shirazi @samshirazi.bsky.social · 3h

The thing with ticket splitting in Virginia AG race is it’s not going to be uniform

Expect relatively little in areas with more Black voters

Expect relatively more in areas with ancestral GOP voters

Could see 10%+ variation depending on precinct

Adds to the uncertainty

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 3h

Donald Trump actually cares more about his toilet than he does about fixing your healthcare.

A headline from POLITICO reads: “Trump unveils newest White House renovation to historic Lincoln Bathroom”

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Cao Cao Power Hour Enthusiast @statsboyandi.bsky.social · 3h

honestly i am more annoyed at people who ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT HORRORS AWAITED and chose to not vote or bitched and moaned about it

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Keith (vibe spreadsheeter) @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 4h

"We are defying a court order telling us to feed people" is gonna be a fun one for all the republican bobbleheads to message.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.

Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL.,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
October 31, 2025
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc.
No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated
below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that
Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested
on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants
to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report
back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.

A. Likelihood of Success on the Merits
Plaintiffs have demonstrated a strong likelihood of success on the merits of their claim under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), (C), that Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is contrary to law. At core, Defendants' conclusion that USDA is statutorily prohibited from funding SNAP because Congress has not enacted new appropriations for the
current fiscal year is erroneous. To the contrary, Defendants are statutorily mandated to use the
previously appropriated SNAP contingency reserve when necessary and also have discretion to
use other previously appropriated funds as detailed below.

As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP
benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4];
Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of
SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138
Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L.
No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature
of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available
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through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve
account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at
93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].

Defendants argue out that a "suspension" is permitted under USDA's regulations, and that USDA "has consistently interpreted its authority to allow for the suspension or cancellation of benefits when necessary." Defs. Opp'n 6 [Doc. No. 18). The regulation at issue, 7 C.F.R. $ 271.7(a), sets forth procedures to be followed if monthly SNAP allowances "must be reduced, suspended, or cancelled to comply with section 18 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008"
(emphasis added). But that the regulation allows for a suspension when there are no funds does
not mean that Defendants may choose a suspension over a reduction while funds do remain. If
the regulation did authorize such discretion, it would be inconsistent with the statutory mandate that benefits "shall" be paid unless funding is no longer available.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2h

I'm too tired to look up all the tweets from Trump and others about how Clinton should have been imprisoned for mishandling her emails. But you know.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Apr 2

What the actual f*ck?!!!

“Members of Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials.“

Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say

Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.

wapo.st

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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 5h

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 1d

"People are getting free food and they might not deserve it!" who gives a shit man literally one of the unambiguously good things about the 21st century is we have lots of excess food production and we have the capacity to have hunger be significantly less important in decision making.

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 1d

irl I am frequently forced to work with people in big tent ways, and like someone losing their minds over EBT/SNAP is one of the ways I will be like "Yeah I have zero desire to work with anyone who thinks its acceptable for kids to go hungry because you don't think a program is managed well enough."

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Tony Serrata 🇺🇦 @serrata.org · 3h

This is the reply, push back on the media bullshit.

Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 7h

Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2h

the whole plan for operation midway in chicago was to frighten and terrorize people, and the administration hasn't considered what can happen when people decide they're more angry than they are afraid

Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 4h

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

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Democratic AGs @democraticags.bsky.social · 2h

A federal judge has now ruled in favor of Democratic AGs and governors: Trump MUST make emergency funds available for SNAP benefits.

Dem AGs and governors brought this lawsuit to do what Trump won’t — keep families fed.

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Sick Hunt, Dracones @scalehelix.net · 2h

she absolutely vandalized her own sidewalk for attention but journalists were too enamored with her boob job to point out how obviously unwell she is

WIRED @wired.com · 2h

SCOOP: At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report. @jakelahut.writes.news reports:

Unpaywalled as per our FOIA policy:

Nancy Mace Curses, Berates Confused Cops in Airport Meltdown: Police Report

At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report.

www.wired.com

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. All the empirics on misinformation indicate that the way to defeat bad ideas is to mock and marginalize them. Constantly declaring "hey the far right isn't so bad" is a terrible strategy both morally and electorally.

Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"

Jake P @jahre.bsky.social · 1d

Progressives really hope, and maybe even believe, that there is some magic thing they can hijack to attract conservative voters.

The focus on this mythical quest is the central reason they lose.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.

We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2h

Virginia's Senate has now passed the constitutional amendment that'd allow Dems to redistrict VA, joining House.

So Dems completed step 1: passing measure this week.

Step 2: keep the House Tuesday.
Step 3: pass this again in January.
Step 4: win a referendum in the spring.

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VOTING > PROTESTING @reesetheone.bsky.social · 4h

Didn’t democrats tell folks to go vote around this time last year?

What MORE do you want dems to do?!

Barbara Inman @barbarainman.bsky.social · 6h

Trump announced that he renovated the Lincoln bathroom. He’s on his way to Palm Beach to play golf while military families, children, elderly people, & the disabled go without food assistance.

I’m furious with every single politician, both left and right, for failing to protect us from Trump.

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Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 8h

And there it is. Platner mainly is this pet project for this consultant group, finally their own candidate to test their theory and they were so eager to test it (and so arrogant in believing nothing will stop them) that they overlooked all the downsides.

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 7h

Via @redistrictnet.bluesky.bot, the VA Senate has followed the VA House in passing a constitutional amendment that could open the door to a new congressional map.

x.com/RedistrictNe...

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 21h

it's interesting how a lot of the media class are revealing that they were on board with the Revolt of the Bosses in 2020

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chris_fumo96 @chrisfumo.bsky.social · 21h

Ebola in 2014 is really what should be considered the starting point of the Trump Era. Media just following orders from every Republican running for office, and whipping up a ridiculous panic, and then the story disappears the day after Rs win a blowout election.

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