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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 12h

This 👇👇👇

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 12h

And they got tax breaks…

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.

The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.

They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.

Wanna fix fraud and abuse?

Fix that.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

This is an excellent idea!!!

saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 12h

Day 287 of the shit show:

Tomorrow is Election Day.

It would really suck if we showed up by the millions to march but couldn’t be bothered to vote.

This regime is destroying the safety net that our tax dollars pay to provide

November 3, 2025

At the end of her interview with President Donald J.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 1d

Day 286 of the shit show:
1 of n 8 Americans rely on SNAP benefits
39% are children
19% are elderly
You cannot get SNAP benefits if you are not documented
You are far closer to needing SNAP or Medicaid benefits than you are to being a billionaire
This regime is lying to you

November 2, 2025

Last Monday, October 27, right-wing personality Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist Nick Fuentes for more than two hours, mainstreaming the podcaster whose praise for Hitler, vows to kill Jew...

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 1d

Day 285 of the shit show:

“They were careless people,” Fitzgerald wrote, “they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

November 1, 2025

Yesterday I wrote that President Donald J.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 2d

Day 284 of the shit show:
What in the MAGA propaganda bullshit are these reporters asking with a straight face?
Also, $60.7 million for 76 golf trips is not a good use of taxpayer money. The House won’t be in session again next week. They haven’t been working since Sept 19, but are still paid

October 31, 2025

Yesterday a reporter asked Representative Joe Neguse, a Democrat of Colorado, about the administration’s withholding of reserve funds Congress intended would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 4d

Day 283 of the shit show:
This regime continues to tear apart democracy and be racist AF.
Holy Mike still won’t call the House into session. Why are our govt servants getting paid to NOT do their jobs?!

October 30, 2025

House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to pin the upcoming catastrophic lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding on the Democrats.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 4d

Day 282 of the shit show:
Some days it’s just all too much. Much too much.
Holy Mike’s posturing is literally “no food for children, the elderly, disabled or hungry until you let us strip you of health care.” I don’t think Jesus would approve, Holy Mike. Maybe you oughta pray on it.
And Fuck ICE

October 29, 2025

Today is the twenty-ninth day of the government shutdown, and the House of Representatives is still on break as House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to force the Senate to pass the House...

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 9d

Day 278 of the shit show:

The Dept of Ag says it can’t spend its $6 billion in reserves to address the $8 billion needed for SNAP in November, but the regime easily found $20 billion to prop up right-wing Trump ally Javier Milei in Argentina

HCR is right. What are we doing here?!?

October 25, 2025

Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 9d

Day 277 of the shit show:
The debt increased by $1 trillion dollars in just two months. TRILLION. Inflation is up and Cankles McRottinghands has the lowest approval presidential rating ever, taking the spot previously held by (checks notes) ol’ Taco Yamtits himself. So much winning

October 24, 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has canceled House business again next week, meaning that over the last 17 weeks, the House of Representatives will have worked on Capitol Hill for just 20 days.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 11d

Day 276 of the shit show:

It’s akin to trying to drink from a fire hose with this regime. Just a spewing mess of lies, corruption and grift

October 23, 2025

Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez of NBC News reported today that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s rush to get new recruits onto the street has meant they have pushed into their training program mo...

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 12d

Day 275 of the shit show:

“The real story here is that Trump has been operating as king or dictator for going on a year. There’s no accountability for anything. No limits, no penalties. So the demands keep spiraling.”

Trashing the people’s house, just like he’s trashing our country. Wildly illegal

October 22, 2025

“It’s not his house.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 12d

Day 274 of the shit show:

So much shit…
Can we sue ol’ Taco Yamtits for emotional distress? Since the legislature isn’t doing their job?

October 21, 2025

On this, the twenty-first day of the government shutdown, President Donald J.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 14d

Day 273 of the shit show

Under ol’ Taco Yamtits, the law is under attack. This administration is jam packed with corruption, cowards and liars
Worst timeline ever

October 20, 2025

Over the weekend, as millions of Americans attended “No Kings” protests, President Donald J.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 15d

Day 272 of the shit show:
Following approximately 8.5 million people peacefully protesting, ol’ Taco Yamtit’s AI video of himself, wearing a crown, dropping shit from a fighter jet on protesters really enforced the petulant image that he’s worked so hard to cultivate
Losers

October 19, 2025

All last week, Republican leaders tried to portray the No Kings protests scheduled for Saturday, October 18, as “Hate America” rallies.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 15d

Day 271 of the shit show:
No Kings Rallies across the nation and around the world

Not paid protestors, we do this for free!!

October 18, 2025

Today, millions of Americans and their allies turned out across the United States and around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an ...

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 18d

Day 269 of the shit show:

In which… “authoritarian regimes fear mass organizing and peaceful protest because they reveal a regime’s unpopularity and show that it is losing its grip on power.” -Ezra Levin

No Kings

October 16, 2025

Yesterday the Trump administration announced it would pay furloughed troops by using funds Congress appropriated for research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDTE) for fiscal year 2026.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 18d

Day 268 of the shit show
Getting real authoritarian and dictatory up in this joint

October 15, 2025

Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Louisiana v.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 20d

Day 267 of the shit show

October 14, 2025

The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22d

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 22d

Day 265 of the shit show:

The Indigenous Peoples’ Day edition:

Hey colonizers and white Christian nationalists, “a society grounded in fiction, rather than reality, cannot function”

Know your history. All of it, even the shameful, racist, violent parts

October 12, 2025

On October 9, President Donald J.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 22d

Day 263 of the shit show:
Holy Mike has kept lawmakers from doing their job for four weeks…
All y’all Republicans need to get back to work, restore the ACA tax credits, swear in Rep Adelita Grijalva and let her sign the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Stop being pedo-protectors!

October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 24d

Day 261 of the shit show:

Just to be clear, if you’re not Antifa, you’re a fucking fascist. Remember fascism=bad

October 8, 2025

Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.

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saratoribio.bsky.social @saratoribio.bsky.social · 24d

Day 260 of the shit show:

Nothing good ever happens when elected officials abdicate their responsibilities and power to unelected “officials”

October 7, 2025

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.

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