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Jason Westrope @jwestrope.bsky.social · 13h

The Trump administration lies because that is all they have

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17d

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Jason Westrope @jwestrope.bsky.social · 17h

I’m getting this:

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NPR @npr.org · 20h

More Americans are turning to food banks to help fill the assistance gap, but administrators caution they aren't designed to act as a safety net for a government program. n.pr/3JyA9Pq

With the outlook for SNAP benefits uncertain, food banks are warning of a crisis

More Americans are turning to food banks to help fill the assistance gap, but administrators caution they aren't designed to act as a safety net for a government program.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

SNAP assistance makes Page One in Boston ..

.. Chattanooga ..

.. Palm Beach ..

.. Asbury Park, NJ.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20h

Almost 42 million people are losing their food aid today.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) actually told the press that Democrats would be the ones hurt most by losing SNAP.

To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 2d

NEW from me:

Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.

That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

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Jason Westrope @jwestrope.bsky.social · 1d

The real hell hole

Jason Westrope @jwestrope.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. This is shit.

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Daniel Biss @danielbiss.bsky.social · 1d

Get the hell out of Evanston.

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Jason Westrope @jwestrope.bsky.social · 1d

Just awesome: all Chicago eateries should do this. Thanks Manny’s! We were just talking about you the other day. Time to visit again.

Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 1d

SUPPORT MANNY'S IF YOU ARE IN CHICAGO.

Mannys stating that if you come in during the first week of November and show your SNAP card, they will make a family meal for there or to go.

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 1d

Rhode Island federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to distribute money owed to recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program "as soon as possible," just one day before funding for SNAP was set to lapse. share.google/odvonkb23X6v...

Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits out of contingency fund

The ruling came one day before funding for SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps, was set to lapse.

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Jason Westrope @jwestrope.bsky.social · 1d

Love it

Jason Westrope @jwestrope.bsky.social · 2d

Full on

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Pokket 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝓎𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔... 💬 @pokket.bsky.social · 2d

Afterwards Billie donated $11 million, about a fifth of her net worth, to help with food scarcity and climate change.

The definition of putting your money where your mouth is 🙂👍🏻

Billie Eilish donated money while encouraging the rich to donate, especially billionaires

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

Billie Eilish has a message for billionaires: “Give your money away, shorties.”

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Jason Westrope @jwestrope.bsky.social · 2d

Staggering

Jason Westrope @jwestrope.bsky.social · 3d

Vance going hard on rival Noem

Jason Westrope @jwestrope.bsky.social · 4d

Just randomly arresting U.S. citizens in quiet residential neighborhoods in front of kids now. Any pretense of actual law enforcement is completely gone. They’re just being violent. Thanks GOP voters.

US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says

The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 5d

"Trump got very upset to discover that the Republican political hero hates his signature policy."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Jason Westrope @jwestrope.bsky.social · 6d

That would be incredibly innovative and amazing. You should set up shop in Silicon Valley.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7d

The ex-prosecutor also said this:

“I have a lot of close contacts in law enforcement, and almost to a person, none of them support these actions. As a lawyer, someone who adamantly believes in the rule of law, watching it in open sight in front of my house just be completely eroded…it’s upsetting.”

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