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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 1d

Walmart really said “circle of life” but make it capitalism. They pay so little their workers qualify for SNAP, then the same workers spend those benefits at Walmart because every small grocer around closed. It’s a full loop of poverty disguised as low prices. #Pinks #Momsky

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Essentially it is this, yes.

Jason Kander posts:
“Dems: We’ll vote for a budget if you let sick people go to the doctor.
Republicans: Let us take doctors away from sick people or we’re gonna take food away from poor families.”
He ends with the hashtag #shutdown2025.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t be like Amy. Ask the bigger questions like Melanie.

Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) writes:
“Why are our tax dollars subsidizing Lobster for SNAP recipients?”
Below is a screenshot from an online grocery listing for lobster tails priced at $9.99, marked “SNAP EBT eligible”, from Whole Foods Market.

Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) posts:
“Why are our tax dollars subsidizing private jets for billionaires?”
The image below is a CNBC headline reading:
“Tax cuts for private jet buyers expected to lead to surge in sales,”
written by Robert Frank, published July 14, 2025.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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.

www.nbcnews.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

this week's newsletter has a bunch of quotes from the drafters and supporters of the 22nd amendment that make it extremely clear that there is no loophole you can use to circumvent it. (gift link)

Opinion | A Third Trump Term Is Not the Charm

www.nytimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

new patreon episode on THE THING!

John Carpenter's The Thing | Unclear and Present Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Auntie Fa @waterlife.bsky.social · 1d

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Adoptees also in deportation peril

The American adoptees who fear deportation to a country they can't remember

Thousands of US adoptees do not have citizenship despite being brought to the country as babies decades ago. Now many fear deportation.

www.bbc.com

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 2d

Please and thank you 🙏🏼
share the post and/or link below.

So many vital resources to be found with one click and a zip code.

Food pantries, help with housing, transit, health…

Advocacy Arena with Dee @desia.bsky.social · 2d

These are perilous times for many, Share this resource for
social services incl medical and other services...

National not state specific find resources via zip code
navigator.aafp.org

Neighborhood Navigator by findhelp - Search and Connect to Social Care

Find social services that serve your area, anywhere in the US

navigator.aafp.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one of the things i think is that policies answer the question of “what will you do” but they don’t answer the question of “why should i vote for you” and i think there is a tendency in this broad conversation to equate the two

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 2d

Six for 2026?

www.slowboring.com/p/what-you-s...

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Auntie Fa @waterlife.bsky.social · 1d

🤣 same

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

john and i finally discuss the shutdown in the latest episode of our politics show www.patreon.com/posts/unclea...

Unclear and Present Politics Episode 7 — Shutdown Edition (Video) | Unclear and Present Patreon

www.patreon.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

“High risk pools” are groups where insurance companies put those with preexisting conditions. Don’t let them hide the ball.

Colin Seeberger comments, “He’s talking about making people with preexisting conditions pay more. Here we go again.”
Below is a tweet from Aaron Rupar quoting Senator John Kennedy saying: “Bringing back high risk pools, which have been outlawed under the ACA.” The attached CNN screenshot shows a split-screen interview with Kennedy and the anchor discussing Republican healthcare ideas.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

Blue states are suing to get those funds released. Trump would rather see poor kids starve while he builds his ballroom.

Marco Foster shares a quote from Lawrence O’Donnell: “Even though the Agriculture Department has enough money to continue to fund food stamps during the government shutdown, Donald Trump is ordering them not to fund food stamps. 40% of the people fed by SNAP are children. Donald Trump and Republican senators are basically saying let them starve. Republicans did this.”
The image below shows O’Donnell speaking on MSNBC, with “Republicans did this” displayed beside him.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

He’s still repeating that lie. Video link in replies.

Ron Smith posts: “JD Vance: If you remember all of the migrants who came in from Haiti. You blink an eye and literally a third of your town is Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs 🤔🤔 Still spreading the same debunked lie.”
Below is a video still showing JD Vance speaking during an interview, wearing a suit and red tie.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

this is evil

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

He’s still repeating that lie. Video link in replies.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

Peaceful protest should never be met with violence.

Jordan Uhl writes: “Congressional candidate @KatAbughazaleh, who was indicted today for protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility: ‘We’ve been punched, dragged, thrown, shot with pepper balls, tear gassed, rubber bullets from snipers on roofs going into local businesses windows.’”
The image is from MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes, showing Chris Hayes interviewing Kat Abughazaleh remotely.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

He did.

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans want to starve children to pressure Democrats into gutting healthcare.

How do we know?

Mike Johnson just admitted it.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

By “you” I mean most MSM outlets, business leaders, voters who couldn’t be bothered to figure out the actual two sides, those looking for an excuse to vote against Harris, those performing principle by not voting, and everyone who voted for someone they know is vile and racist.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

This is what you enabled with all your talk of groceries and a funny laugh, with all your talk of shareholder profits, with your eye on mergers, your obsession with deregulation, and your “both sides” excuses. You have betrayed the promise of this country.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/p...

Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US. It’ll be mostly White South Africans | CNN Politics

The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be White South Africans, a dramatic drop after the United States previo...

www.cnn.com

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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 2d

Scary
For @rawstory.com
Follow my work on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

That’s gonna leave a mark!

A tweet from Adam (@AdameMedia) reads: “JUST IN: A moment of disgrace for America on the world stage. U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz hurls a barrage of misinformation about Cuba and gets cut off: ‘This is the UN General Assembly, not a Signal chat.’”
The image shows Mike Waltz speaking at the UN General Assembly podium with his name and title displayed on-screen.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

You know what’s catastrophic? Being sold out by the billionaires in that room.

David Sirota writes: “A group of literal oligarchs bewailing socialism at a gathering inside a kingdom ruled by an actual monarch is a bit too on the nose.”
The embedded post from Bloomberg TV quotes Bill Ackman saying: “‘Having a socialist mayor would be catastrophic,’” referring to his opposition to Zohra Mamdani’s campaign for New York mayor. The image shows a panel of business leaders seated at a lavish conference in Saudi Arabia.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

It was never “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” It was also a clear warning of what was to come.

Victor Shi posts: “This was published one year ago. Everything is right.”
The image shows a New York Times Sunday Opinion page with bold black text reading:
“DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WILL PROSECUTE HIS ENEMIES, ORDER MASS DEPORTATIONS, USE SOLDIERS AGAINST CITIZENS, ABANDON ALLIES, PLAY POLITICS WITH DISASTERS. BELIEVE HIM.”

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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 3d

NYC grocery stores rely on food stamp sales. Here's what SNAP cuts could mean. https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-grocery-stores-rely-on-food-stamp-sales-heres-what-snap-cuts-could-mean

NYC grocery stores rely on food stamp sales. Here's what SNAP cuts could mean.

Maxi Julio, owner of Mora Bakery in the Bronx said 80% of her customers pay with EBT cards to buy rice, oil, sugar and eggs. She worries what will happen if her customers can't afford to shop. Food retailers say more than half their sales rely on SNAP. Without those funds, they have to cut back on staff and products. [ more › ]

gothamist.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4d

There’s no bottom.

Chellybreeze @chellybreeze.bsky.social · 4d

A sitting president opening a betting market on his own website taking bets on things he influences.
Wild times.

mfjeeb.bsky.social @mfjeeb.bsky.social · 4d

"Truth Social users will be able to trade prediction contracts related to major events and milestones, such as political elections, interest and inflation rate changes, commodity prices on gold and crude oil, events across all major sports leagues"

What the bloody hell?

crypto.com/us/company-n...

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