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Brenda Slagle Wyckoff @brenwyckoff.bsky.social · 10h

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Newsom: "He is not screwing around. He's changing the rules. He's rigging the game because he knows he'll lose if all things are equal. He did not expect California to fight fire with fire."

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 21h

The large majority of food stamp (SNAP) recipients in America are children and the elderly.

Among all adults who rely food stamps, a large share are disabled (10%) or taking care of dependents. Of those who aren't, a majority are working in jobs that just don't pay very much.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/s...

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American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow, on Nov. 1, SNAP will run out of funds for the first time in the program's history, leaving 42 MILLION people without this critical assistance.

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Inkgrid | Edel-Art @inkgrid.bsky.social · 1d

Support your art friends! 🙏💙✨🎨

If you're an artist, and your friends are artists, they are not competition;
they#re your inspiration. Support them.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

No matter where you live, you can help us GOTV for Democratic candidates across the country this weekend.

Virginia: indivisi.org/va-calls

New Jersey: www.indivisibleonenj.org/gotv-2025?fb...

New York: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebanking...

California: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb6...

Virginia 2025: Phonebank · Indivisible

## All eyes are on Virginia this November! ### Help Indivisible deliver wins for candidates who will put Virginia first, from the top of the ticket all the way down to the local school board! Let’...

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🦋 ~Bindi~ 🦋 @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 2d

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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 2d

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ACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social · 2d

Abortion is Healthcare: Provider Stories from Idaho's Front Lines brings you real stories from OB/GYNs who are struggling to provide reproductive care in Idaho.

🗓️ November 7th at 7pm
📍 Boise Unitarian Universalist

Get your tickets here: tinyurl.com/3yc8hyrr

A poster stating "Abortion Is Healthcare" with layered text on abortion legalities and a medical professional's image.
Transcribed Text:
NOVEMBER 7 · BOISE
Abortion Is Healthcare
Provider Stories from Idaho’s Front Lines
WHO KNOWINGLY OR RECKLESSLY PERFORMS OR INDUCES AN ABORTION
CRIMINAL ABORTION SHALL BE A FELONY
EVERY PERSON WHO PERFORMS AN ABORTION COMMITS THE CRIME OF CRIMINAL ABORTION
IMPRISONMENT OF NO LESS THAN TWO YEARS
PROFESSIONAL LICENSE SHALL BE SUSPENDED FOR SIX MONTHS
PERMANENTLY REVOKED THE PRESENCE OF ANY FETAL HEARTBEAT
DAMAGES NOT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
PREBORN HUMAN INDIVIDUAL
EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY
REASONABLE MEDICAL JUDGEMENT THE TIME
FACTS KNOWN AT GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD FAITH FAITH FAITH FAITH
I NEED HELP SOMEONE HELP ME
MY HOME ISN'T SAFE MY PATIENTS WILL HATE ME
I WANT THIS BABY SO MUCH WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
I CAN’T TELL ANYONE I'LL NEVER GET AWAY FROM HIM
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NPR @npr.org · 1d

As U.S. wheat farmers face painful losses in the global market due to President Trump's policies, one domestic flour mill on a reservation in Oregon is expanding its production twelvefold.

How the craft flour movement could be a boon to farmers and Indian Country

As U.S. wheat farmers face painful losses in the global market due to President Trump's policies, one domestic flour mill on a reservation in Oregon is expanding its production twelvefold.

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Brenda Slagle Wyckoff @brenwyckoff.bsky.social · 1d

SHARE THE OFRENDA TO BELOVED ANCESTORS, CELEBRATE LIFE AND THEIR GIFTS TO US ~

Brenda Slagle Wyckoff @brenwyckoff.bsky.social · 1d

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS PARADE TUCSON, AZ ~

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Halloween’s influence is transforming Día de los Muertos into a hybrid cultural tradition that simultaneously honors the dead and celebrates the macabre. (from 2023) https://to.pbs.org/49gcRpH

What is Día de los Muertos? An expert explains the holiday celebrating loved ones who have died

The holiday is celebrated though ritual observations like constructing altars, or ofrendas, filled with offerings to the dead and decorating family gravesites to commune with the dead.

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 2d

Young Adults in Philadelphia Turn to Quakers’ Silent Worship to Offset — and Cope With — a Noisy World | There’s been an unprecedented surge in the numbers of attendees at Sunday worship at the Quaker Arch Street Meeting House in Old City Philadelphia. READ MORE: tinyurl.com/48z22cpn

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

As most lawmakers stay home during the shutdown, Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., keeps reporting to his Capitol Hill office, urging Congress to return to work and end the standoff.

Why this Republican lawmaker is still showing up to work during the shutdown

As most lawmakers stay home during the shutdown, Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., keeps reporting to his Capitol Hill office, urging Congress to return to work and end the standoff.

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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Halloween! We have skeletal national voting rights, a ghost of a chance at statehood & we've been treated to this trick since 1801. Boo! It's a grave yardstick for our national democracy to be measured by. We won't settle for Fun Size voting rights—only Full Size will do!

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Food banks have already been contending with higher food prices and increased need. Administrators say demand will skyrocket if federal nutrition benefits stop in a few days because of the government shutdown.

'The helpers need help'. Food banks brace for impact as SNAP cliff looms

Food banks have already been contending with higher food prices and increased need. Administrators say demand will skyrocket if federal nutrition benefits stop in a few days because of the government shutdown.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Jonathan Capehart: "National Guard troops in LA, Portland, Chicago, and threatening to use them in New York City if Zohran Mamdani wins the election on Tuesday — that sends a different kind of message. That is a threat to democracy message that a lot of people take."

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Mj @mjkrakentamer.bsky.social · 2d

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