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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 6m

42 Million People at Risk of Losing Their Food Benefits in Days Amid Shutdown truthout.org/articles/42-...

42 Million People at Risk of Losing Their Food Benefits in Days Amid Shutdown

Even if a shutdown deal were reached immediately, benefits would likely be delayed.

truthout.org

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Captive @graceomalley.bsky.social · 1h

The only people who would do that are MAGAs. The best we can hope for is that they turn on him. Bc the kind of revolution it takes to overthrow fascism is not going to come from the Dems. And they know that.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1h

The idea of political taboos, "third rails" sounds so quaint now. He can announce he's ending social security and he'll use the savings to build the Scrooge McDuck money bin. What are you gonna do about it?

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Captive @graceomalley.bsky.social · 1h

TBF they spent a couple of decades indoctrinating half of America into believing them while the Dems squandered every opportunity to participate in the national narrative on a foolish belief that a political party didn't have to communicate with the public. They forfeited the game to the Reps:(

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1h

Everyone who carefully constructed obfuscations in politics over the last hundred years must feel like a real dummy. Actually you can call it The Department of Murder. You can post a video of yourself dumping diarrhea on the public. You can go on TV and say "I am stealing from you lol"

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Democrats @democrats.org · 1d

House Republicans just adjourned another pro forma session.

This marks the EIGHTH time they’ve refused to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva, who would be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.

Do your job, Speaker Johnson.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

I just went to the House floor to demand that Speaker Johnson swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the GOP gaveled out without even recognizing us.

We’re not going anywhere. I’m here with Leader Jeffries and Adelita Grijalva. Speaker Johnson must swear her in.

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 23h

Nearly 2 million Illinoisans will see their SNAP benefits run out on November 1st—

But Trump has no problem spending money to build his ballroom, bail out Argentina and buy Kristi Noem two private jets.

Nearly 2 million Illinoisans set to lose SNAP benefits amid congressional stalemate

Nearly 2 million people in Illinois could lose federal food benefits ahead of Thanksgiving if Congress can't agree on a budget by the end of the month.

abc7chicago.com

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Democrats @democrats.org · 5h

It's time to swear Adelita Grijalva in.

Graphic featuring Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Speaker Mike Johnson with the following text:

"Update: Arizona attorney general sues Mike Johnson for refusing to seat Adelita Grijalva."

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Democrats @democrats.org · 4h

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3h

One of Trump's most successful cons is that he is a patriot. The bitter truth is that Trump is an antipatriot. He destroys things that make America worthy of love and admiration. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-...

Trump’s Mar-a-White House

The president is desecrating a symbol of liberal democracy and replacing it with a tacky, bloated eyesore.

www.thebulwark.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

"When the government shutdown ends, Donald Trump will have succeeded in staging the single biggest expansion of presidential power in American history because of the single largest shift in the constitutional balance of powers ever." www.govexec.com/management/2...

How the president expanded his power without a government

COMMENTARY | When the Trump administration decides it can spend money from any budget account on anything it wants and not spend appropriated funding, there are no limits to the president's budgetary ...

www.govexec.com

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Dan Wentzel @danwentzel.bsky.social · 4h

I want everyone to pay attention to the election for President of Ireland on October 24.

It is a national popular vote using ranked choice voting.

We can have that in the USA and abolish our antiquated, slavery-era Electoral College that has been so destructive and corrosive to our country.

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Dr. Dave @drdave1999.bsky.social · 3h

All he’d need is a MAGA hat and he could be a Republican Senator from any red state.

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 3h

Followers of the way: The thought that my own life was the outcome of previous existences had a profound effect on me as a teenager. Karma, by Diana St Ruth wp.me/pFy3u-4i5.

Karma, by Diana St Ruth

These ideas brought an overwhelming sense of joy to me. It meant I was not a helpless victim of circumstance or fate, as I had thought.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3h

www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com

quote from the last american road trip, a 2025 book

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3h

Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers (or online).

"alleged drug vessel"

Call it a boat. A vessel. Anything that you can actually prove. There is exactly zero reason now, at the eighth instance, to use the administration's preferred language, without any evidence.

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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 3h

While she's normally aggressive with the media, Karoline Leavitt took things to a new level when she levied a playground-level response at a reporter. I react to the "Your Mom" comment and explain exactly what type of person Leavitt is.

Watch here: youtu.be/SHf4PWBZ8rI

Karoline Leavitt's Response to a Journalist Question Was REPREHENSIBLE

YouTube video by The Warning with Steve Schmidt

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Captive @graceomalley.bsky.social · 2h

I hated it in 2016 when the liberal elite said HRC lost bc the people without college degrees were (basically) too stupid to vote for her. Poppycock. 1. I know many people without college who are quite smart 2. It wasn't a test of intellect but of character. A 5 yo with morals knows Trump's bully.

Captive @graceomalley.bsky.social · 3h

If the Dem Party officials had imagination & courage (🙄) they would start offering to pay moving costs to any Dem voters who want to move into purple/swing districts. That would throw a wrench into things for the Reps. (Not for everyone but I'd do it.)
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Swing-state GOP steals another House seat from Democrats

North Carolina Republicans have now stolen another U.S. House seat from Democrats, aiding President Donald Trump in his anti-democratic effort to shore up his party’s narrow House majority ahead of th...

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Alex Marten 🇧🇷🇺🇸🇺🇦🇸🇾 @amarten.bsky.social · 6h

I have a strong memory of going to 1st grade and not having a lunch. I cried. Mrs. Green, my teacher, bought me a PBJ.

Richmond VA, all students in public school qualify for free breakfast and lunch regardless of income.

And farmers are storing excess grains in silos while children go hungry.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6h

I lived with my dad when I was very young and he didn’t apply for food stamps or free school lunches, though we qualified.

So, I went hungry. It was awful. I begged neighbors for saltine crackers. I can say it was the worst time of my life.

Children shouldn’t go hungry. Restore SNAP benefits.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 6d

"A Pennsylvania man who was recently exonerated after spending more than four decades behind bars has now been taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) and faces possible deportation to India."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pennsylvania man wrongfully imprisoned for more than 40 years faces deportation after Ice arrest

Subramanyam Vedam, 64, was recently exonerated for murder after being sentenced to life in prison in 1983

www.theguardian.com

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 2d

It's not left vs. right, it's Main St. vs. Wall St. It's not Christians vs. Muslims, it's renter class vs. owner class. It's not Americans vs. immigrants, it's freedom vs. restriction. You can't gaslight me and say all the hate and division today is normal. It's been astroturfed by billionaires.

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