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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

this is insane.

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

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

Story here: www.11alive.com/article/news...

Woman sits in car for 14 hours to get food during New Birth Baptist church food giveaway

More than 2,000 people waited in their cars in line Saturday morning in order to receive food.

www.11alive.com

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.

Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 6h

This Is happening because the Trump administration actively chose to illegally withhold nutrition assistance, pretending it wasn’t allowed to deliver benefits despite its own guidance (that it has since deleted) saying it was allowed to deliver benefits.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.

Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 6h

-Sep 30: USDA releases guidance saying they can use contingency fund
-Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
-Oct 23: USDA deletes guidance saying they can use contingency fund
-Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
-Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
-Nov 1: no funds go out

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 5h

Point is, it's not that they couldn't do it. They didn't want to.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 6h

-Sep 30: USDA releases guidance saying they can use contingency fund
-Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
-Oct 23: USDA deletes guidance saying they can use contingency fund
-Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
-Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
-Nov 1: no funds go out

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StickyBunny @stickybunny.bsky.social · 44m

“Deep down.”
He hides it well.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 3h

Longtime Trump supporter: “I think deep down he wants to help the country with things like food insecurity.”

(Trump enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history a few months ago)

Now says she regrets voting for Trump and wishes a Democrat were president to “protect benefits [Trump] wants to cut.”

Hannah's mom, Betty, a 63-year-old recent retiree who is a caretaker for her daughter and a longtime Trump supporter, said she is losing confidence in the president she once supported amid the shutdown fight.
"I think deep down he wants to help the country with things like food insecurity," she said. "But now he is busy out of the country and demolishing the White House. I know that is being paid for with private funds, but those could be used to help people."
"It all seems very selfish," she added.
Betty Szretter said she now regrets voting for Trump in 2024 and would prefer a Democrat in the White House to "protect benefits he [Trump] wants to cut."

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 3h

The Trump administration has a legal obligation to use the contingency fund to deliver benefits this month. But there’s not enough money to cover all benefits.

The Trump administration has a moral obligation to transfer money into the contingency fund, like it did w/ WIC, to provide more benefits.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 3h

*TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT WILL PARTIALLY FUND FOOD STAMPS
*DOJ SAYS FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR 50% OF NOVEMBER FOOD AID BENEFITS
*TRUMP OFFICIALS MAKE FILING AFTER COURT LOSS IN SHUTDOWN FIGHT

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 3h

Yes that’s right, the $5.25 billion in the contingency fund is insufficient. If you take CBO’s projection of FY2026 total SNAP costs and divide by 12, you get $8.9 billion. Ofc, admin can legally transfer money into SNAP contingency fund, like they did with WIC, but there’s a limit.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 3h

*TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT WILL PARTIALLY FUND FOOD STAMPS
*DOJ SAYS FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR 50% OF NOVEMBER FOOD AID BENEFITS
*TRUMP OFFICIALS MAKE FILING AFTER COURT LOSS IN SHUTDOWN FIGHT

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1h

Justice Dept has found another attorney to join US Atty Lindsey Halligan in the criminal case against Letitia James

It's Henry C. Whitaker, an attorney at Main Justice in DC, who is listed a counselor to Pam Bondi

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Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 6h

I take it, of course, that there is not a single mention of the category "narco-terrorist group" in the entire U.S. Code

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h

This quote continues to rattle me to my core:

"So what you’re telling us is you need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them."

That's Rep Adam Smith to Pentagon officials in a briefing on Trump's illegal boat bombings. As he told me in this piece, they didn't answer his objection:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

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Paige Leitman @paigeleitman.bsky.social · 6h

This sums it up:

“I said, ‘So what you’re telling us is you need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them,’” Smith says. “They did not really address my point.”

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d

Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 9d

Comparing the relation between the presidential election results in 2020 and 2024 with the post-election commentary is a fascinating exercise.

2020
Biden 81,283,501 popular votes, 51.3%
Trump 74,223,975 popular votes 46.8%

2024
Trump 77,302,580 49.8%
Harris 75,017,613. 48.3%

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h

What happened to the inspector general at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the agency run by Trump loyalist Bill Pulte that's manufacturing pretexts for prosecutions of Trump's enemies? Seems plausible this might have something to do with how corrupt all that has gotten:

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h

Hair-raising stuff from @profsaunders.bsky.social about the dangers of Trump waging a broader war on Venezuela, with this nice bit of understatement:

"Today’s White House has a highly volatile decision-making apparatus."

goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...

Trump may strike Venezuela. His team makes that very risky.

Take a close look at who is advising the president on U.S. policy.

goodauthority.org

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h

Oh look, pundits and popularists wrong again:

"Protecting democracy and constitutional rights is a top issue to voters, alongside costs...a majority of voters believe he’s done more to undermine the Constitution than defend it."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Poll: Frustration with Trump gives Democrats an opening a year before the midterms

Around two-thirds of voters say Trump has not lived up to their expectations on the economy and the cost of living, according to the new NBC News poll.

www.nbcnews.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h

Glad to see @maxboot.bsky.social focusing on Alvin Holsey. Rep Adam Smith told me that GOPers on Armed Services Committee are declining to press for Holsey's testimony.

“We need to hear: Did he quit because he believed he was being given illegal orders?” Smith says.

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 6h

The most immediate and important thing Congress can do is to call Adm Holsey, Lt Gen McGee and other cashiered officers to testify about their experience since Trump took office. Unless, that is, the GOP majority can’t handle the truth about what Trump is doing to the armed forces. wapo.st/4nEItvh

Opinion | Trump’s politicizing of the U.S. military is accelerating

Why are so many generals getting fired? Congress should summon them to find out.

wapo.st

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 6h

The rate of boat strikes has roughly doubled since Adm Alvin Holsey’s departure as head of Southern Command was announced in mid-October. Evidently Hegseth has found more-compliant officers who will do Trump’s bidding even if, in the process, they risk a future court martial. wapo.st/4nEItvh

Opinion | Trump’s politicizing of the U.S. military is accelerating

Why are so many generals getting fired? Congress should summon them to find out.

wapo.st

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Oh look — disgraced Tennessee Republican former Rep. Robin Smith (also former TN GOP chair), who rolled on Speaker Casada and sang like a canary, is asking Trump for a pardon for her federal corruption crimes. www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/no...

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Jeffrey AKA The Hairless Hippie @mojochefjeff.bsky.social · 2d

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
"... It isn't ICE. It isn't CBP. It's a Frankenstein force, stitched together from multiple agencies but loyal to none. Its purpose is to create a community response designed for social media clicks, rather than to keep communities safe..."
This is fascism

Opinion | The White House's sweeping overhaul of ICE is creating a Frankenstein force

The recent wave of ICE senior official reassignments has a clear motive.

www.msnbc.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

“Can you set the record straight — you’re not going to try and run for a third term?”

TRUMP: “I don’t even think about it. I will tell you, a lot of people want me to run.”

(@NorahODonnell does not press for a real answer)

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