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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15h

Why do people buy pizza with EBT?

Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money.

It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.

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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 6h

The “official” announcement will come tomorrow, but many people have been asking how to pre-order a signed copy of my book. Try this web page.

www.ballastbooks.com/ballast-book...

If I Don't Return (1st Edition Signed Copies) by Mark Hertling | Ballast Books

www.ballastbooks.com

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 6h

I told you so

Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 6h

Trump Administration Defies Court Orders to Resume Food Aid for 42 Million Americans truthout.org/articles/tru...

Trump Administration Defies Court Orders to Resume Food Aid for 42 Million Americans

Two judges ordered the USDA to use contingency funds to keep SNAP benefits flowing during the shutdown.

truthout.org

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Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 6h

Remember that "terrorist plot" on Halloween that every official government account on Xitter was bragging about foiling?

Turns out.... didn’t happen

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Michigan lawyer says a Halloween terror plot that FBI Director Kash Patel described never existed

A Michigan defense lawyer is disputing FBI allegations that his 20-year-old client and four others planned a terror attack on Halloween weekend.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 6h

For those asking for background - I was in Sudan twice this year and wrote about it
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Lee-in-Iowa 💙 @lee-in-iowa.bsky.social · 18h

We said “no kings” and we meant it.

In many states, Tuesday’s elections are your way to say it again!

Elect Democrats!

PA: KEEP your 3 great justices.

MAINE: No on 1 —don’t let them take away mail in voting!

CA: Yes on 50. Balance the Texas steal!

MIKIE-yes.

ABBY-yes.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Newsom: I cannot wait for all the punditry. Historic victories all across the United States of America. Proposition 50 winning by double digits. A new governor of New Jersey, a new governor in Virginia.

I’ll end as I began: thank you for giving a damn.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Obama: When I think back to a year ago, I remember talking to some people, who would say, this election doesn't matter all that much. That however the next president ended up being, it wasn't going to matter to them. If nothing else, the last nine months should have cured us of that idea.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Obama: The weird videos of a U.S. President with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet and dumping poop on protesting citizens… All of that is designed to distract you from the fact that your situation has not gotten better.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Obama: It is not as if we didn't see some of this coming. I will admit it is worse than even I expected, but I did warn you all. I did. You can run the tape.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 20h

But now she has 175 million dollars worth of private jets so problem solved.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22h

Yet in 2010, Noem—then a congressional candidate—had “20 speeding tickets, three stop-sign violations, two seat-belt violations and a citation for driving with no driver’s license.” She had six court notices for failing to appear, and had two warrants out for her arrest. trib.al/uQSDaqR

ICE Barbie Says Immigrants Are Too Dumb to Drive Semitrucks

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the inane claim while bragging about arresting immigrant truck drivers.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 22h

Obama is better than caffeine…any day. I had almost forgotten what it sounds like when a fine orator is at the podium.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 20h

That is the motive — moving ratepayer dollars by the billion to fossil fuel pockets, paying off the fossil fuel barons who spent so much money getting Trump elected. They hope you’ll blame your local utility, and not notice their scam. Wake up to it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump posts crazy stuff like this at times where he feels like he’s not getting enough attention and wants people to start talking about him again. It’s deranged, narcissistic behavior.

If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, “guns-a-blazing,” to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities. I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

As open enrollment begins, remember that 80% (!) of the ACA subsidies about to expire go to people in states that Trump won in 2024.

Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich.

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Mike Sington @mikesington.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem blasts “foreigners” for dangerous driving. According to the Rapid City Journal, that state’s court records show Noem had 20 speeding tickets dating back to 1989, alongside other violations, including failure to stop at an intersection and invalid license plates.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h

South Dakota Republican leaders have an absolutely remarkable record of accumulating DUI, speeding violations and vehicular homicide convictions—at levels far above the national norm. It would be a smart move to jerk the drivers' licenses of all South Dakota Republican leaders.

Mike Sington @mikesington.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem blasts “foreigners” for dangerous driving. According to the Rapid City Journal, that state’s court records show Noem had 20 speeding tickets dating back to 1989, alongside other violations, including failure to stop at an intersection and invalid license plates.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20h

Beautiful!

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

And we have now progressed from data analysis to policy recommendations.

I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.

The final candy bar graph, with my 11-year-old recoding the tallies in her journal and calculating their value

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3d

Independents blame Trump and the GOP for the shutdown by a 2:1 margin.

Trump’s approval with people under 30 has completely cratered.

63% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s management of the federal government.

#GOPShutdown

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h

Chicago, today.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

Reverend David Black has a Bible open and is preaching to the police now, inviting them to join him in standing with the persecuted inside the detention center.

"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h

Rarely if ever has an American leader negotiated a deal which was so humiliating a capitulation to a foreign power.

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 20h

This podcast with my mates at Times Radio digs into what Trump did AND DIDN'T achieve in his trip to China.

Spoiler: It's much less than you think.

Hopefully you think it's worth your time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr-g...

Trump’s been played by Xi in China deal | Justin Wolfers

Professor of economics at the University of Michigan Justin Wolfers tells Times Radio's Fergus Macphee what the meeting between Donald Trump and President Xi this week means for trade between the two…

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

It is now illegal to be anti-Trump. - per Dicktator Donnie.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 1d

I may have to take back every bad thing I've ever said about Boomers, and that, uhm, might take a while.

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it was way more than seven million? "8% of Americans say they participated in a No Kings protest on October 18."

p.s. Older people are really showing up.

https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/53277-new-second-term-low-donald-trump-job-approval-government-spending

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

“.. This is more than a crisis,” said the Rev. John Udo-Okon, who runs a food pantry in the Bronx. “Right now, you can see the desperation, you can feel the frustration that the people are going through.”

@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/food...

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