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Mary Pezzulo @marypezzulo.bsky.social · 4h

I looked it up once. SNAP takes 2% of the US budget and 93% of the money goes to the actual poor people instead of to the bureaucracy. So it's kind of like if you paid $1000 in taxes, you spent $20 on the poor of which they got to keep $18.60, and you spent $166.66 on the military.

ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 5h

SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.

that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.

but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.

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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 8h

❤️ While Bobby waits for his next surgery at UCLA, we must reach $920 by Wednesday, 10/29!

We hope that both of his kidneys will be saved -- extending his life 15 - 20 years -- a huge success!

If you can chip in $5, $10, $25, $50, $100 or more -- he'll be stress free!

Please give what you can! 🔽

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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 5h

Hitler was preoccupied with building his "Volkshalle" (People's Hall) = Ballroom. This was his top priority.
The Berliners complained quietly:
"We have no bacon, no fat, no eggs, but Hitler has his Reich Chancellery!"
www.nytimes.com/1944/02/20/a...

Hitler's Dream Palace (Published 1944)

www.nytimes.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4h

ICE agents are such fucking snowflakes.

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Natalie D @ndylan.bsky.social · 1h

My fellow Californians, please mark your ballot YES on Prop 50! Drop in a dropbox if you can or get it in the mail. Let’s blow this out of the water! Nov 4 is rapidly approaching and we have fascism to fight. #YesonProp50 Tell everyone you know to vote yes!

We can do this! My yes vote is counted!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4h

AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt. Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt."

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🪶☘️Redi 🏳️‍🌈 🧷🇺🇦🖕->🌮MAGA, Sanders & 3rd party "non-committeds" 🖕 @redincalif.bsky.social · 1h

I lied. This is disgusting

319K views · 11K reactions | MAGA people seriously can't cope with anything that contradicts their own desired reality. 🙄 Update: The photo is in fact fake. The MAGA guy I was debating actually went ...

MAGA people seriously can't cope with anything that contradicts their own desired reality. 🙄 Update: The photo is in fact fake. The MAGA guy I was debating actually went and did the research to...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

Just checking: the republicans that attacked and sent marshals to arrest Texas dems for not showing up to work (in an effort to protect voting rights, btw) are the same republicans that are not showing up to work, yeah?

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 9h

🚨BREAKING: Rep. Walkinshaw says Trump just ILLEGALLY fired 4,000 federal employees - including a Dept. of Education worker who helped kids with disabilities enter adult life.

He says the federal worker was in tears, not for himself - but for the families who’d lose that help.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 8h

No one should face financial ruin because they got sick or needed medical care.

Healthcare is a basic human right.

These premium increases will ruin people.

It will put people on the streets.

It will end lives.

It will cause more disability.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

The answer is yes. Just like Trump’s Azerbaijan hotel was a money laundering front for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h

Senate Dems are demanding answers about Trump's White House demolition and whether any of the donors could be engaging in "quid pro quo arrangements."

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and colleagues are requesting a detailed accounting of the donors and specifics about the contracting and approval process.

Trump demolishes the East Wing — and White House norms

The East Wing's rapid razing bypassed a detailed process for major federal renovation projects in Washington. Now, Senate Democrats are demanding answers.

www.msnbc.com

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 7h

Meanwhile, I bet this guy went to church today pretending to be a “Christian”.

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

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

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AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 7h

The Republicans in these states that are going along with trump’s election interference scheme need to be voted out ASAP. Nobody wants Bondi’s corrupt ass DoJ sending monitors to the polls. This would make me more determined to vote than ever. GOTV!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump officials to send election observers to California and New Jersey

Justice department targets two Democratic states holding off-year elections, after requests from state Republicans

www.theguardian.com

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 12h

He always wants to eliminate mail-in voting, which is the only safe and unhackable way to vote, especially now that Trump's Republican donors have purchased Dominion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

The seeds are being planted to rig the midterms. It’s becoming more explicit.

(Also note the gratuitous shot at the NBA, aka Black athletes who oppose him)

What’s worse, the NBA Players cheating at cards, and probably much else, or the Democrats cheating on Elections. The 2020 Presidential Election, being Rigged and Stolen, is a far bigger SCANDAL. Look what happened to our Country when a Crooked Moron became our “President!” We now know everything. I hope the DOJ pursues this with as much “gusto” as befitting the biggest SCANDAL in American history! If not, it will happen again, including the upcoming Midterms. No mail-in or “Early” Voting, Yes to Voter ID! Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop Vote is! Millions of Ballots being “shipped.” GET SMART REPUBLICANS, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!

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Michael Adzema @sillymickel.bsky.social · 7h

#TruthWarriors #NoKings #MirthWarriors

Debbie M. 🇨🇦 @debmilne.bsky.social · 7h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

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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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h

Virginia Democrats will hold a special session beginning Monday to redraw the state’s congressional map. The move makes Virginia the second state to start a redistricting process that counters the wave of aggressive Republican gerrymanders nationwide.
https://bit.ly/4hu55wL

In Surprise Move, Virginia Dems Will Redistrict to Counter GOP Gerrymanders

Read more here.

bit.ly

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

Folks, Jordan Wood is running for the U.S. Senate in Maine in 2026.
He’s a Democrat. He’s 36 years old. He’s a progressive.

His campaign emphasizes anti-corruption, standing up against corporations and wealth, and pro-democracy reform.

Check him out…
@jordanwood.bsky.social

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Ebony Noor! I love garden season! ✊🏿 @darlingebony.bsky.social · 1d

Platner is about to be another Fetterman. Watch! And trolls are attacking Black women, just like they did with Fetterman, when we point this out.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 16h

When the Kennedys were in the White House

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Natalie D @ndylan.bsky.social · 8h

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Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 9h

Trump Reaches Trade Pacts With Southeast Asian Nations

The U.S. will exempt some products from tariffs in exchange for lower levies and purchases of U.S. goods across Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.

www.wsj.com

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 9h

You should care that kids, seniors & disabled people can eat. But even if you don’t, grocers have been swallowing tariff costs for months. SNAP keeps them afloat with billions in steady spending. Cut it and prices spike while we all fight for what’s left on the shelves.

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Trump Watch 👀 @trumpwatch.bsky.social · 9h

“Behind closed doors, Trump reportedly mocked Speaker Mike Johnson, saying ‘I’m the speaker and the president.’ Critics say this shows Johnson’s extreme deference to Trump. #GOP #Trump #MikeJohnson” www.thedailybeast.com/president-do...

Trump Humiliates Mike Johnson Behind Closed Doors

The president reportedly views the highest office in the House as little more than a puppet for his whims.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Kerry @kerry10.bsky.social · 11h

We must fight the Far-Right.

The Dutch are going to polls next week.

Hopefully Nederlanders can keep Geert Wilders out of office.

He is the embodiment of pure hatred against muslims, black & brown people.

We all must stand together against this hate.
#HopeNotHate
#DefendDemocracy

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 11h

Flight logs. Survivor testimony. And a family name that keeps resurfacing—first in the air, now in court and politics.

The Mellon Flight: When Old Money Met Epstein’s Airborne Network

By Amber Woods | TOJ

open.substack.com

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