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Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 19h

REPEAT
“Portland is no threat to the Republic. There is nothing at all like the burning of buildings and the closing of businesses that Trump talks about. “ Tim Snyder
REPEAT

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Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 1d

“Why wouldn’t 60 Minutes simply embrace its new MAGA identity when Norah O’Donnell did little to push back on Trump during the interview?” Meidas
CBS aired only 28 minutes of a 73 minute interview.

Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 2d

“They were careless people,” Fitzgerald wrote, “they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” The Great Gatsby via HCR

Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 4d

unbelievable unforgivable

Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 4d

“What we face is above all a moral issue; at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country.”
Senator Ted Kennedy
via Civil Discourse

Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 4d

House Speaker Mike Johnson and other R’s incl Senator Ron Johnson seem to be blaming 42M Americans that use SNAP funds as potentially corrupt (re FOX news) - maybe … they should look back on Republican attacks on unions, corporate wage disparity, and health care costs under their power grabs!

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 6d

Like a "third world war lord" Trump and his cronies are weaponizing food to get what they want.

Jen's piece showcases their cruelty further: contrarian.substack.com/p/maga-uses-...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 5d

"When authoritarian leaders destroy the symbols of democracy, they are preparing to destroy its substance. Their goal is to raise doubts about who this country belongs to, and make us believe that it doesn’t belong to us."

Authoritarians don’t get the last word

That's why we are fighting back on every front.

contrarian.substack.com

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Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 5d

Republicans in Congress are CRUEL - release the USDA Snap contingency funds!
“for every one meal provided by a food bank, SNAP provides NINE” via Katie Couric
(& release the Epstein files, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is not the only one)

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5d

Leaked document. Yikes, things are about to get much worse. It looks like we’re on the verge of becoming a military state across the country. Step out of line, and the man come and take you away.

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Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 5d

superstar Billie Eilish “If you have money, it would be great to use it for good things…” she is donating $11.5 M from her tour to climate justice, food equity, and community support.

“Her message was simple: In a country suffering, hoarded wealth isn’t “success” — it’s failure of humanity” fb

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6d

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 5d

The BIG Bully picks on others again just because he/his thinks he/and his bullies can. DO NOT LET THEM - who will be next
LESS than 0.1% of children receive this care
Transgender youth health care would be nearly banned everywhere under new rules : Shots - Health News
www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.

www.npr.org

Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 5d

“”Phil Stewart of Reuters reported yesterday that officials in the Defense Department have asked subordinates to sign non-disclosure agreements concerning the administration’s expanding operations in Latin America. This is, as Stewart puts it, “highly unusual,…””HCR

Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 5d

42 Million Americans rely on SNAP to buy food- and Republican Speaker Mike Johnson holds the republicans in US Congress on “break” HE will not let them negotiate with the remaining House members!
HE is a fault for being a weak knee-er to Trump/Vought/Miller regime

Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 7d

“Reuters found the Trump org’s income from the first half of this year shot from $51 million to $864 million, about $800 million of that is from crypto. The story details how most of the buyers are foreign investors and all how all this money is going to belong to Trump when he leaves office.” CNN

Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 7d

“A president focused on the people would not make a garish display of opulence so important.” Sarat & Kramer The Contrarian

Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 8d

Republican- that “c” possibly now stands for
Could CARE LESS
and likely CORRUPT
and publicly COMPLICIT

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9d

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 9d

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 10d

“End the presidential pardon” Elissa Slotkin
Do it NOW for all

Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 11d

So what is it that these Republicans in congress may react to Trump and his escalation in Latin American but hold off on voting to release the Epstein files? I am not naive- they are

Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 11d

“Republicans Who Have Rarely Opposed Trump Raise Questions About His Drug War” NYT
REALLY Republican Congress is wondering??? maybe the shutdown is making them think about who elected them, their role and their oath of office …
and now Hegseth is shifting a Navy Carrier to the vicinity

Peg @mpegrose.bsky.social · 11d

A pot of tepid water is not a pot of boiling water, and it cannot hurt you, even if it was boiling three hours earlier,” she icily observed. Judge Susan Graber on Portland Oregon via The Contrarian