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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Rand Paul on Trump's strikes on boats: "I would call them extrajudicial killings. This is akin to what China does, what Iran does with drug dealers -- they summarily execute people without presenting evidence to the public. So it's wrong."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings

But no money to lower your healthcare costs.

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u-nitedwestand.bsky.social @u-nitedwestand.bsky.social · 13h

Please tell us how making America Hungry will make it Great this will bring chaos crime rates to an old time high but The Republicans (Epstein) Shutdown remains in place where is the democracy in America now how will so many survive without the programs that one were set to help families

#MomSky

Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 15h

“What’s up?” is the Bluesky prompt for posts.

Our benefits and lifelines are “what’s up” on Nov 1.

As the regime continues to spend lavishly (and anonymously) on “ballrooms,” illegal bombings, and Trump himself,
Americans are struggling:
food, healthcare, jobs, ICE…

Cruelty is the point.
Vote 🗳️

THE HILL:
SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people
BY MIKE LILLIS 10/26/25 06:00 AM ET
This isn't a budget debate, it's a hunger crisis
-THE REFORMERS

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Jacque @heyjacqueo.bsky.social · 2d

About 20 million children 📢

20 million children won’t be able to eat.

Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 2d

SNAP funding is inadequate to pay November benefits, impacting the 1 in 8 Americans who need SNAP to afford groceries, 41% of them children.

Trump's withholding of contingency funds is not only cruel but ILLEGAL.

#MomSky #TrumpsShutdown

Trump Administration Is Legally Required to Provide SNAP in Shutdown, Contrary to Its Claims

Secretary Rollins’ claim that the Trump Administration is unable to deliver November SNAP benefits during a shutdown is unequivocally false. The Administration is legally required to use contingency r...

www.cbpp.org

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Leslie Takahashi @leslietakahashi.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. If things feel more expensive, they are.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

US prices rose at a 3% annual rate in September, slightly beating forecasts

Increase was largely driven by a 4.1% increase in gasoline prices despite Trump’s campaign pledge to ‘end inflation’

www.theguardian.com

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Leslie Takahashi @leslietakahashi.bsky.social · 2d

The U.S. plans to boost Argentine beef imports, angering American ranchers

www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...

'A slap in the face': Ranchers feel betrayed by Trump's plan to buy Argentine beef

Over the past few days, cattle ranchers and agricultural groups have been sounding the alarm that a plan to import more foreign beef would hurt struggling ranchers.

www.npr.org

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MsBatsngoths 🦇🎃👻 @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 2d

Let's be clear about a few things
- he's building/renovating/updating the bunker that sat under the East Wing
- the ballroom is a cover story, just like the original East Wing
- he lied and continues to lie about this
- because he doesn't plan on leaving

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 2d

“The Consumer Price Index rose 3 percent from a year earlier, accelerating slightly from the previous month.”

A year ago, inflation was on its way DOWN but no more. #Trumpflation economic weight on families will continue to grow.

#MomSky

Live Updates: Inflation Edged Higher in September, as Tariffs Raise Some Prices

www.nytimes.com

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Jacque @heyjacqueo.bsky.social · 3d

⬆️ this!

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femiwonk.bsky.social @femiwonk.bsky.social · 4d

SNAP helped 1 in 8 people in the US afford food this past spring.

If the Republican government shutdown causes a lapse in assistance children will go hungry, people w/disabilities will go hungry, our neigbhors will go hungry.

Donate and volunteer at food banks. Call your reps.

#momsky

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ZiggyStardust @grancracker.bsky.social · 5d

SNAP, one of the most successful anti-hunger initiatives in history, will end Nov 1 if shutdown continues leaving nearly 2 million in Illinois facing ‘food insecurity’ I.E. Hunger! #TrumpHatesOurHealthCare patch.com/illinois/cry...

SNAP Benefits Could Soon End For 1.9M IL Residents Due To Government Shutdown

If the government shutdown does not end, millions of Illinois residents will not receive SNAP benefits starting on Nov. 1.

patch.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 6d

History books will have stories about all the people who either left or knew what was happening with MAGA. And how corrosive, opportunistic, misinformation-laden, destructive and fear mongering it has been. Here's one such story from today:
#momsky

www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party

Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

www.thebulwark.com

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Pear 🍐 @purelypear.bsky.social · 6d

Giving scandal like Ohio State.

Youth Basketball's Version of the Epstein Files

The power Lorch and the Riverside program exerted over kids like Walker - and over the sport of basketball writ large - is only now coming into full view, thanks to more than two dozen lawsuits against Riverside Church under New York's Child Victims Act of 2019. The cases - some going back six years - have been painfully slow in working their way through the courts.
But the Riverside litigation is suddenly coming to a head, with the first trial date set for Jan 5.

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Jacque @heyjacqueo.bsky.social · 6d

Same 😂

Jacque @heyjacqueo.bsky.social · 6d

Protect affordable health care - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ex...

Extend the ACA subsidies!

Expanded ACA subsidies have helped a record 21 million Americans afford coverage, and have been especially critical for middle-class families and older adults, who often earn just enough to not qualif...

sign.moveon.org

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MomsRising @momsrising.org · 6d

We marched! What's next? Everyone has a health care story to share. Whether you had access to care when you needed it or you fear not having it in the future, our lawmakers need to hear from us. Together, we can power the movement to end the government shutdown and fix our health care crisis.

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ZiggyStardust @grancracker.bsky.social · 7d

My dad was a card-carrying member of Antifa, but back then it was called the United States Air Force. 💙🌊

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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 7d

One of the biggest reasons we’re in this mess is because the line between Christianity and civility got erased. Once that line blurred, it stopped being about freedom and turned straight into fascism dressed up as faith. #Pinks

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you @theatlanticpr.bsky.social for this exquisitely timed and much-needed reminder of what the American Revolution was about. ❤️

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc...

#NoKings #BookSky #MomSky

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 9d

Trump is raking in billions of dollars while raising costs for the rest of us.
Explain how that's fair.

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MsBatsngoths 🦇🎃👻 @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 10d

Protesting 101, let's do this!

Starting with arguably the most important tip: shut the fuck up.

Protesting 101: No Kings 2025. Shut. the. fuck. up. If you’re approached by cops, ICE or other strangers, you have the right to remain silent, and you should be. Don’t tell them who you are, where you’re coming from or where you’re going, but DO tell a friend before you go.

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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 11d

When a picture says a thousand words…

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

When a picture says a thousand words…

Photo of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson biting his lip

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 11d

Ahead of Virginia's bellwether elections, Gov. Youngkin is hiding the scale & details of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants blocked by the Trump administration -- hiding the economic pain coming to Virginians instead of focusing on how to respond to it.

#MomSky #VoteBlue

Youngkin administration keeps details of paused federal grants under wraps

The governor's office has twice cited "working papers" in response to records requests.

www.vpm.org

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ZiggyStardust @grancracker.bsky.social · 12d

This has been passed around a lot today. EVERYONE needs to read the terrifying ugliness spawned by our dictator/president &we can all be proud to say we are “woke.” Especially when so many young people now believe this is the viable alternative!! God help the world! www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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