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la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · Jul 30

"Outside MAGA World, even people who rail against big government want their food and water supply to be safe and their air suitable for breathing. They want ...a basic level of safety when they travel and security of knowing the government will respond to natural disasters.

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la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 15h

When asked about their rampant immigration abuses, Noem lied, saying: “No American citizens have been arrested or detained.” But a ProPublica report from mid-October found “MORE THAN 170 AMERICANS have been held by immigration officials this year.”

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 15h

continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations,” it read.

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 15h

United States and INSURE THAT THTE COLLECTIVE JUDGEMENT OF BOTH THE CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT will apply to the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 15h

In 1973, after President Richard M. Nixon ordered secret bombings of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, Congress passed the WAR POWERS RESOLUTION to reassert its power over foreign wars. “It is the purpose of this joint resolution to fulfill the INTENT OF THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTSITUTION of the

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 18h

@governorwalz.mn.gov I suggest a statement on the state web site or the MN SNAP page, "Trump has frozen SNAP benefits" or "Republicans in Washington D.C. failed to pass a federal budget, causing the federal government shutdown and halting SNAP benefits.”

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 20h

and SNAP (food stamps), than many other parts of the country. The district has a higher rate of food stamp participation and a high share of adults enrolled in Medicaid.

BTW, his House colleagues just voted him the worst Speaker in history.

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 20h

He is causing his own constituents to go hungry. I hope they are not too hungry to vote him out of office when they have the opportunity.

Federal Program Reliance: Due to the lower income levels, constituents in the district rely more heavily on federal anti-poverty programs, such as Medicaid

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 20h

Due to the lower income levels, constituents in the district rely more heavily on federal anti-poverty programs, such as Medicaid and SNAP (food stamps), than many other parts of the country.The district has a higher rate of food stamp participation and a high share of adults enrolled in Medicaid.

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 20h

Speaker Mike Johnson spews lies every time he opens his mouth. I feel sorry for the people of his district. Approximately 22% of residents in Speaker Mike Johnson's congressional district (Louisiana's 4th district) live below the poverty level, a rate higher than the national average.

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 21h

bills, healthcare premiums are skyrocketing, and SNAP is at risk, Trump’s celebration of his marble bathroom was so tone deaf it seems likely to make the history books as a symbol of this administration.
Heather Cox Richardson, Sat Nov 1 2025

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 21h

in his second term.

Trump has also renovated the Lincoln bathroom in black and white 'statuary' marble as he termed it, with gold fixtures.

At a time when federal employees are working without pay, furloughed workers are taking out bank loans to pay their

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 21h

After returning from a trip to Asia yesterday, Trump left this morning for his thirteenth visit to the Trump Organization’s Florida property Mar-a-Lago. S.V. Date of HuffPost notes this $3.4 million trip brings to $60.7 million the amount taxpayers have spent on the Presiden't 76 golf outings

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la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 21h

One out of eight U.S. residents use SNAP, receiving an average of $186 a month.

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 21h

Johnson announced today that the House would not conduct business again next week. The House has not held a vote since September 19.

Also today, two federal judges found that the Trump administration’s suspension of SNAP benefits during the ongoing government shutdown is indeed likely illegal.

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 21h

Neguse noted that he was frustrated “with the fact that Republicans could just simply abandon their post for six weeks, that the Trump administration could just violate the law without consequence. It should offend everyone,” he said. “It certainly offends me.”

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 21h

negotiate an agreement in good faith with our Republican colleagues. That is why we’re here in our nation’s capital. The question should be posed to Republicans. When will they get serious about working with us in good faith, so that we can reach an agreement?”

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 21h

Democrats are in Washington, waiting to negotiate some way to get food aid flowing, while Speaker Mike Johnson has sent his Republicans home.

Neguse had a solution. He said: “The Trump administration needs to follow the law…. [Y]ou’ve heard all my colleagues repeatedly suggest we would like to

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 21h

“because it does feel a little bit like we’re in the Twilight Zone here with an administration that is lawless, violates the law with impunity, is now doing so with respect to the release of funds for families that may go hungry.”

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 21h

better course of the last nine months, violating statute after statute, if in that scenario these actions unfold, then how will Democrats respond?” Neguse answered.

“That [in] my view would be a more fair characterization of the question that you’ve posed,” Neguse continued,

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 21h

and maybe the better way to state it would be, if the Trump administration continues to violate the law, if the Trump administration unlawfully refuses to release funds so that families in Colorado don’t go hungry, if the Trump administration refuses to follow the law, as they have for the

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 21h

Joe Neguse, D-CO was asked about ending the shutdown. Neguse called out the dynamic in which observers refuse to hold President Donald J. Trump and MAGA Republicans to account and instead demand Democrats step in to fix whatever crisis is at hand. "The basis for your question is,

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 22h

I hope it is not true that the Supreme Court might reconsider marriage equality. Why is it their business to decide who can get married? What interest does the law have in that aspect of family law?

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 1d

@amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov can the Congress/the Senate find out why Trump is sinking ships in the Caribbean? Why is Congress not in control of that? Drugs do not really come from Venezuela. Fentanyl comes from Mexico. Why is there no conversation in Congress about these actions.

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 1d

@RepClayHiggins please go speak to your constituents about how SNAP, or the loss of it will impact them. There is a lot of poverty in LA. You may be unaware of just how much.

Charles GetCovered-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 2d

I looked it up...over 48,000 of those SNAP households are in Clay Higgins' district.

That's around 126,000 of his constituents, or 16% of the entire population of LA-03.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.

He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."

la4ygogo.bsky.social @la4ygogo.bsky.social · 1d

How A Pharma Giant Is Looting The Pentagon www.levernews.com/how-a-pharma... This is corruption. Who is benefiting?

How A Pharma Giant Is Looting The Pentagon

The drug intermediary overseeing the military’s TRICARE pharmacy program is limiting access to care and overcharging taxpayers hundreds of dollars on average per prescription.