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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: Trump advisers Chris LaCivita, Paul Manafort & Tony Fabrizio were paid a total of nearly $1.7 million over the course of less than 4 months by the party of the Albanian opposition leader Sali Berisha, who is sanctioned by the State Department for "significant corruption."

Trump Advisers Were Paid Over $1.6 Million by the Albanian Opposition

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 7h

FWIW, social democracies like Norway, Sweden etc have big businesses. They have billionaires.

They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.

How?

Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.

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Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co · 12h

The Trump Administration’s cruelty knows no bounds.

First, they refuse to distribute SNAP funds that have ALREADY been appropriated.

Now they are telling starving SNAP families that they cannot get help from grocery stores.

Fund SNAP now!

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: The Trump administration will send partial payments this month to the roughly 42 million Americans who receive food stamps, offering only a temporary and limited reprieve to low-income families as the government shutdown rapidly approaches its sixth week.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Trump Administration to Send Only Partial Food Stamp Payments This Month

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 17h

JUST IN: 11th Circuit politely tells Judge Aileen Cannon to get moving on motions seeking to unseal remainder of Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report. Basically, gives her 60 days to act or appeals court will take further action. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#11 in In re: Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Unive (11th Cir., 25-13403) – CourtListener.com

ORDER: Motion for writ of mandamus filed by Petitioner American Oversight is HELD in abeyance. [10567702-2] in 25-13400, Motion for writ of mandamus filed by Petitioner Knight First Amendment Institut...

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Chris Jones @cjones47.bsky.social · 16h

Merde!

Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social · 18h

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

Jon Stewart will remain a one-day-a-week host with “The Daily Show” through the end of 2026, Comedy Central announced on Monday. His contract was set to expire in December, though he expressed publicly last month that he wanted to keep hosting.

Jon Stewart Signs Extension for ‘Daily Show’ Through 2026

Mr. Stewart’s contract was set to expire in December, though he expressed publicly last month that he wanted to keep hosting the show.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15h

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: "If I was Mike Johnson and I was trying to distract from the fact that I was looking to throw 4 million Americans off their healthcare and more than a million New Yorkers off their SNAP benefits, then I too would be looking for anything else that I could speak about."

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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 17h

Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

Reminder: The government is shut down because Trump and Republicans don’t want to fund healthcare.

They are so against it that they were even willing to let 42 million Americans go hungry — until courts stepped in. www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...

SNAP benefits will restart, but will be half the normal payment and delayed

About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of th...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15h

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: "This is a president who ran on cheaper groceries who's now spending $300 million to remodel a White House ballroom-- the same amount of money that could give SNAP benefits to 100,000 New Yorkers."

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15h

The Trump administration will send partial payments this month to the roughly 42 million Americans who receive food stamps as the federal shutdown approaches its sixth week. The roughly one in eight families that receive SNAP may still be at risk of imminent hunger and financial hardship.

Trump Administration to Send Only Partial Food Stamp Payments This Month

The government said it would send the aid after a court ruled last week that it must preserve the program known as SNAP during the shutdown.

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Bornabrit1 @lindarothwell.bsky.social · 16h

I'm just saying.....

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15h

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social responds to Trump says he's a "much better looking person" than him: "My focus is on the affordability crisis, and if the president wants to speak about grocery prices or lowering the cost of living, I'm absolutely ready to do so."

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14h

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: "We have to understand the authoritarian administration and the affordability crisis as twin crises that New Yorkers are facing at the same time."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

First Cuomo got Trump's endorsement, now he's got the endorsement of the richest man in the world.

It's clearer than ever that there's only one candidate for NYC Mayor who will actually stand up to the oligarchs: Zohran Mamdani.

Elon Musk backs Cuomo against Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race

Musk encouraged NYC voters to back former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani the day before the city's mayoral electi

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 16h

Reporter: SNAP is so stimulative to our economy. There are lots of rural stores where 60% of their sales are SNAP sales. So that rural store might have to shutter its doors. This is our collective struggle. All of us do better when people experiencing hunger do better. All of us lose when they don't

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14h

Medicaid will undergo its biggest transformation in more than a decade when a new work requirement is added to the program in 2027. Here’s what to expect.

How Medicaid’s New Work Requirement Will Work

Poor Americans will face new challenges to enroll, and states will have to build new bureaucracies.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14h

After more than nine months of President Trump using the federal government to impose his will on the U.S., elections across the country on Tuesday will offer the Democratic Party its biggest chance yet to assert its viability as a serious opposition party.

Elections Across the U.S. Will Test Democrats’ Momentum Ahead of 2026 Midterms

Democrats have no federal contests that would allow them to check President Trump’s power, but governors’ races, mayoral contests and referendums will test momentum and divisions in both parties.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

First Colbert. Then Kimmel. Now he's threatening to go after Seth Meyers? Donald Trump can't take a joke. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-humorless-president

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

My latest on how last night 60 Minutes obeyed in advance will be sent out via email to Democracy Docket subscribers soon. Sign up now to receive. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 14h

Bipartisan former officials, billionaires defend restrictions on money in politics in Maine lawsuit mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/30/b...

Bipartisan former officials, billionaires defend restrictions on money in politics in Maine lawsuit • Maine Morning Star

Republican and Democratic former governors and members of Congress, billionaires and democracy reform organizations are coming to the defense of Maine’s law in a case over the legality of campaign fin...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13h

🚨BREAKING: Virginia judge DENIES Republican effort to half redistricting process in Dem controlled legislature. Follow @democracydocket.com for full details. www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...

🚨 Jett et al. v. Nardo et al.

Learn more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 14h

Kash flew FBI jet from Mar-a-Lago to Nashville last night. Here his girlfriend posts a dining photo from last night at Pastis Nashville with someone’s fingers, on her birthday weekend 👀

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