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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

BASH: You all found ways to pay the military and WIC. But why are you drawing the line now on 40 million Americans who literally will not be able to eat with govt assistance?

MIKE JOHNSON: If we had a contingency fund we could use, that would be done.

BASH: They say that's not what the law shows

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 20h

Grizzly cubs often stick together for a year or two after their mom shows them the door.

These two are enjoying a nice fresh carcass while waiting for

THE EPSTEIN FILES.

Two young grizzly in a field eating a carcass.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I always get drawn back to Al Gore telling voters that he’d only raise taxes on the top 1% and then after the election a poll showed that something like 20% of voters thought they were in the top 1% and another 20% thought they would be in the next five years. Just a total tragic disconnect.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Maaaaan, this. So much this. Every time there's any kind of actual in-depth survey we find that the American people are *abysmally* ignorant about even the most basic political facts, but the pundit class just immediately forgets & proceeds with political analysis based on subtle policy differences.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Feels like so many of our convos are revolving about how voters respond to what politicians are doing, or what parties’ positions on issues are, without much actual empirical sense of what they actually know about those topics.

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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sorry, when did they say the winning starts, because I must have missed it???

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

It's been 37 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

I miss the old days when we would all agree that a drunken former Fox News host should not be allowed to unilaterally bomb boats in international waters.

I miss the days when folks would agree that without proof, that is a war crime.

4 more boats bombed today. More than 50 people dead.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

oh just straight up gutter racism!

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 2d

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

We live in an episode of Veep

Andrew Desiderio V @AndrewDesiderio
X.com
Funny moment just now in the Senate: Lindsey Graham whispered something into his phone and then Siri responded with full volume: "Calling Sean
Hannity mobile"
8:57 AM • 10/28/25 • 276K Views

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Note: This is me — I asked this question.

You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?

MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d

But I have not seen Noem publicly questioned about that disastrous raid yet. Straight racial profiling, no accountability.

Peggy Jenkins @peggyonhopi.bsky.social · 3d

Noem went against Trump’s orders when she raided the Hyundai factory in Georgia.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

"Mamdani's proposals, such as freezing the rent for some New York tenants, free buses and free child care, are not only feasible but also build off the foundations of previous New York City laws, political analysts told ABC News."

Zohran Mamdani's proposals for NYC build off city's progressive foundation: Experts

While some critics decry Zohran Mamdani's vision for New York City as far-fetched, experts noted that they build off progressive foundations laid by past policies.

abcnews.go.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4d

He orders extrajudicial killings. He sent troops into our cities. He terrorizes citizens with ICE raids. He raised taxes without congressional approval. He has ruined American farmers and ranchers. He plans to starve the vulnerable. He demolished our house.

Remove him from office.

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Lea Teagarden aka @tencentdress @leateagarden.bsky.social · 4d

did the fascist call him charlie kirkland she must shop at costco

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

🎯🎯

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 5d

Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.

I tweet: "people who see 50% of their monthly paycheck go to rent don't care if a candidate eats with their hands. they want to hear what your candidate is going to do about housing."

John Galt 2025 replies: "Move if the cost of living is too high."

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

Let them eat nothing.

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 5d

november - thanksgiving break time. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

www.reuters.com

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 5d

"Oh whatever is in the Epstein files must be really really bad"

Yes, as opposed to everything out in public now which is fine.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Well, Fam, just found out our health insurance is jumping from $1700 to over $3000 a month. And we still have to wait till Nov 1 to see more options—when the site will probably crash because everyone will be freaking out at the same time.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 4d

The Secretary of the Treasury justifying the president's tariff hike on Canada by saying President Reagan's voice is a psyop, while this administration is illegally allowing TikTok to continue running, is something to behold.

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Stone Cold “Crazy” Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

Just the weakest people ever

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

WELKER: Why is the president setting trade policy based on a TV ad he doesn't like?

BESSENT: This is a kind of propaganda against US citizens. It's psyops

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 4d

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