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Anne Non Neemus @hiho2go.bsky.social · 23h

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 23h

These dogs were spotted taking a group photo in their Halloween costumes. We're impressed by the dog walker's dedication to getting the shot, but that ghost definitely wishes he could actually disappear. 14/10 for all (TT: franklinbarkzoo)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

I would love for people to have more access to affordable fruits, veggies and whole foods….

But please remember many disabled people can’t cook or can only minimally cook.

Fed is better than dead and some people need prepackaged food to survive.

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Anne Non Neemus @hiho2go.bsky.social · 1d

a woman is driving a car and talking to another woman .

Alt: a woman is driving a car and shouts “lies” to the woman sitting next to her.

media.tenor.com

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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Anne Non Neemus @hiho2go.bsky.social · 1d

Consider donating money instead of food so that the food banks can fill in the gaps for what’s needed. Also consider special needs diets; just because a person doesn’t have a lot of money doesn’t mean they can’t get celiac disease or diabetes or peanut allergies.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Wow! It’s not even close. Food banks can’t keep up with the need…

Question: “How long is this sustainable.”

Food bank director: “It’s not… for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Wow! It’s not even close. Food banks can’t keep up with the need…

Question: “How long is this sustainable.”

Food bank director: “It’s not… for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 5d

Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4d

70% of working age SNAP recipients work full time. The companies should pay them a living wage! SNAP is corporate welfare.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 5d

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 7d

“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”

“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”

~Center for Budget and Policy

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 8d

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 7d

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

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Anne Non Neemus @hiho2go.bsky.social · 8d

So. We’ve blown up, what, seven or eight supposed drug runners boats, and that has now stopped ALL drugs from entering the country? Do I have that right?

a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .

Alt: Marsha, the oldest daughter from the Brady Bunch tv show, is in a red shirt, making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

WATCH: “A MASTER PLAN”

Usually stoic Kushner silently panics as Witkoff spills the beans on the Trump regime’s war profiteering in Gaza - they’ve been working on for ‘TWO YEARS’🤔

(But don’t worry, apparently $50 Billion is “not a lot of money”! 💰🙃)

PSA: This slip-up should be a big deal.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8d

my most lib opinion: so long as we have law enforcement officers, they should probably be able to pass an exam about what the law allows them to do without consulting notes

Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 8d

New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST

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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 9d

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

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Anne Non Neemus @hiho2go.bsky.social · 9d

www.tysto.com/east-wing.htm

If you like floor plans, old photos, and history, or if you want to see what we just lost, check out the White House Museum website (not govt affiliated).

#EastWing #WhiteHouse

East Wing - White House Museum

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Anne Non Neemus @hiho2go.bsky.social · 9d

Well, you see, when you’re famous they just let you do it.

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 10d

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.

In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11d

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11d

40 million Americans may go hungry in November because their SNAP funding is at risk.

40 million people at a time when most are already struggling to put food on the table.

Trump just gave 40 billion to Argentina.

That could feed every American.

That could easily fund SNAP.

America first?

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Anne Non Neemus @hiho2go.bsky.social · 11d

Has anyone checked in with Debbie or Danny Ocean? Sounds like their kind of heist.

Forbes @forbes.com · 12d

The robbery took place shortly after the famous Paris museum opened on Sunday.

Louvre Robbery: Here’s What We Know About Heist As Paris Museum Closed Sunday

The robbery took place shortly after the famous Paris museum opened on Sunday.

www.forbes.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11d

“They can’t discriminate against you for being disabled!”

In theory this is true. There are protections in place to prevent discrimination

In practice they don’t work. Especially with rising fascism and eugenicist sentiment

We are denied accommodations. Denied jobs. Denied housing. Denied support

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11d

Gentle reminder that should a general strike happen, it’s crucial to plan and establish robust networks of community care.

There will be people, especially within the disability community, who can’t participate.

Who have needs that must be met.

Let’s make sure we figure out how to include them!

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 11d

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

www.huffpost.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12d

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.

If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

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