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Concilium Plebis 🕊️ @conciliumplebis.bsky.social · 3h

www.forbes.com/sites/dougme...

42 Million Americans - 10% Of Country - May Lose Food Stamps Due To Shut Down. Now What?

As the government shutdown enters its third week, roughly 42 million Americans, one in every ten, are two weeks away from having their benefits stopped. Now what?

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Kool Karyn @koolkaryn.bsky.social · 15h

If the SNAP program shuts down, we will have the most mass hunger suffering we've had in America since the Great Depression.

The vast majority are children, working people, older Americans, veterans & people with disabilities.
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...

'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.

www.npr.org

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

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Concilium Plebis 🕊️ @conciliumplebis.bsky.social · 11h

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump has spent 700 percent more on deadly weapons for ICE this year

Immigration agency spent more than $70 million in the first nine months of the year on small arms and ordnance as it ramped up its crackdown on undocumented migrants, data reveals

www.independent.co.uk

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.

It corrupts our political system every day.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

“Starting on Day One, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.”

—Donald Trump, August 2024

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Concilium Plebis 🕊️ @conciliumplebis.bsky.social · 21h

www.newsweek.com/supreme-cour...

Supreme Court sets date to consider same-sex marriage case

Former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is calling for the overturning of the landmark 2015 Obergefell ruling.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries: "He's found time to demolish the East Wing in the most horrific way possible bc he wants to erect a ballroom so he can be celebrated like a king. He's found time for all of these different things, but somehow can't be bothered to find a dime to extend the ACA tax credits."

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Concilium Plebis 🕊️ @conciliumplebis.bsky.social · 21h

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 1d

When Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, it wasn’t because he seized power. It was because Germany’s conservatives gave it to him.

He didn’t storm the Reichstag. He walked through the front door — ushered in by aristocrats, generals, and businessmen

They Thought They Could Control Him:

They Wanted to Save Germany. Instead They Destroyed It

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2d

A 62-year-old couple in Peabody, Massachusetts, earning $85,000 per year will have to pay $1,204 more each month to keep their insurance next year.

Republicans and Trump hiked your bill.

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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 3d

The President is not a king.
The law is not a suggestion.
The Constitution is not optional.

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

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Concilium Plebis 🕊️ @conciliumplebis.bsky.social · 2d

www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpil...

ICE Is Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons

Spending went from almost $9 million under Biden in 2024 to $71 million in Trump’s first nine months.

www.thedailybeast.com

Concilium Plebis 🕊️ @conciliumplebis.bsky.social · 2d

They just spent $71 MILLION weaponizing ICE with chemical weapons and literal warheads.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

I know some might be tired of me repeating this, but it bears mentioning again and again....

Trump is not leaving office.

They are going to go for martial law if it looks likely that the GOP will lose the House.

You just have to listen to them.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2d

This is very good

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CNN @cnn.com · 2d

Todd Armstrong, the owner of a 200-year-old family cattle and crops farm in Indiana, voted for President Donald Trump in 2024 but feels abandoned by the president now for suggesting a deal for the US to buy beef from Argentina. https://cnn.it/3Jmn37P

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Concilium Plebis 🕊️ @conciliumplebis.bsky.social · 2d

FAFO

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Concilium Plebis 🕊️ @conciliumplebis.bsky.social · 2d

Fucking waste of money for a fucking waste of a human being.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

Here’s what’s at stake in the shutdown:

If Republicans get their way, 50,000 Americans will die unnecessarily every year.

15 million will lose their health care.

20 million will see their premiums double.

All so they can give a trillion dollar tax break to the 1%.