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yogaskidogs.bsky.social @yogaskidogs.bsky.social · 6h

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The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy

How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy

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yogaskidogs.bsky.social @yogaskidogs.bsky.social · 6h

Where are the megachurches? Their Herculean efforts should be all over the news. Will these “pastors” emerge from their mansions and sports cars to help those who lost SNAP benefits?

No. Quality of life, civilized society require good government. We the people must wake up and demand fair taxation.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23h

As SNAP funds froze, mayors and governors have pledged to supplement the missing federal assistance, while federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration should use contingency funds to keep food aid running despite the government shutdown.

Uncertainty hits after vulnerable Americans woke up to a SNAP freeze

Amid a benefits pause, nonprofit groups plan to work extra hours to get food out to vulnerable residents, and local community members are also stepping up.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23h

As SNAP funds froze, mayors and governors have pledged to supplement the missing federal assistance, while federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration should use contingency funds to keep food aid running despite the government shutdown.

Uncertainty hits after vulnerable Americans woke up to a SNAP freeze

Amid a benefits pause, nonprofit groups plan to work extra hours to get food out to vulnerable residents, and local community members are also stepping up.

www.washingtonpost.com

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 2d

A coalition of 23 Attorneys General and 3 governors successfully sued Trump’s USDA for unlawfully withholding SNAP funds from 42 million Americans.

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Washington joins states suing Trump administration for illegally suspending SNAP benefits | Washington State

Coalition urges court to immediately restore SNAP funding relied upon by 42 million Americans Attorney General Nick Brown joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general and three governors today in...

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Sarah Ironside 💙 @sarahironside.bsky.social · 6h

MAGA is against abortion until they need one. Against affordable healthcare until they get sick. Against SNAP until they are hungry. Against empathy until they are the ones suffering.

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Beth Unlimited @metabeth.bsky.social · 6h

So, where are all the stories of megachurches stepping up to help during the SNAP crisis?

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Thought so.

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doctorhenryct.bsky.social @doctorhenryct.bsky.social · 6h

Trump says he won't be extorted by Democrats to reopen the government. If by extortion he means extending ACA subsidies or SNAP benefits so people don't die he is sick. Of course, he has no problem extorting people to build a ballroom or to trade govt. favors to enrich himself.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 6h

Trump Administration targets grocery stores offering discounts to poor people who relied on SNAP before Trump refused to pay the benefits

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USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can't Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump's Food Stamp Freeze | Common Dreams

As the Trump administration illegally withholds food assistance from 42 million Americans, it's also telling stores it's against the law for them to provide discounts to those struggling after being r...

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 6h

Timely (grim) new NBER working paper: Households screened out of SNAP "suffer tangible downstream economic consequences. Specifically, we find that process-related denials increase debt and delinquencies, and decrease credit scores."

www.nber.org/papers/w34434

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yogaskidogs.bsky.social @yogaskidogs.bsky.social · 6h

👆🏻THIS is what a “Hate America” rally looks like.

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 6h

If Trump can sue CBS over Kamala Harris’s 60 Minutes interview, the American people should sue for every lie they let him spread unchallenged.

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yogaskidogs.bsky.social @yogaskidogs.bsky.social · 6h

Dear God.
The worst of our history repeating.
This whole thread 👇🏻
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️

🧵 During the antebellum period in the United States, free Black people were required to carry official documents known as Certificates of Freedom, or “Freedom papers". (cont)

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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Freedom Papers: Evidence of Emancipation - Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

February 5 — June 28, 2024 Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas Weatherby Gallery, Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 8h

"The past is prologue" definitely applies here, friends. Read how white supremacy rebrands racial terror in 2025. Thank you @thedoublev.bsky.social for putting together this excellent article. 😊💙👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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The Law is the Lynch Mob: How White Supremacy Rebrands Racial Terror from the 1920s to 2025 | The Double V

Get more from The Double V on Patreon

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 12h

I don’t care about newly remodeled bathrooms, $300 million dollar ballrooms, lavish Gatsby parties or tax cuts for billionaires.

I care about people. No one should go hungry in America, especially children.

The funding for SNAP is available, so Trump needs to stop gaslighting and release it.

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yogaskidogs.bsky.social @yogaskidogs.bsky.social · 6h

Trump and his GOP minions projected his hatred for America onto our protests, and then Republicans really showed us what hate looks like.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 14h

Unbelievable cruelty

According to the federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits, there are more than enough funds to pay for the program in November

But Trump refuses to do it

Leaving the lives of 42 million Americans-16 million of them children-hanging by a thread

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

Fighting fire with 🔥🔥🔥 — Gov Newsom is sending monitors to monitor the monitors.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

Trump’s trying to intimidate voters by sending the DOJ to CA to “monitor” the election.

Here’s the thing—over 5.9 million ballots have already been returned in the Prop 50 special election. Most folks, like myself, are dropping theirs off and couldn’t care less about the scare tactics. #YesOnProp50

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 20h

Harris County, TX voters are confused, with redistricting can they still vote in the special election on Nov.4?

"if you've always been in Congressional District 18 & you've registered & been in that district, you will still be in that district for this November, and any potential runoff”

Harris County Clerk clears up confusion amid Congressional District 18 special election to succeed Sylvester Turner

Many voters seem to think that proposed redistricting changes may already be in place.

www.khou.com

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 16h

🚨 TEXAS ‼️

Dems —
Important special elections happening!

DO NOT,
I REPEAT—
DO NOT LET REPUBLICANS FLIP IT!
GOTV!

#TX18

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 20h

Harris County, TX voters are confused, with redistricting can they still vote in the special election on Nov.4?

"if you've always been in Congressional District 18 & you've registered & been in that district, you will still be in that district for this November, and any potential runoff”

Harris County Clerk clears up confusion amid Congressional District 18 special election to succeed Sylvester Turner

Many voters seem to think that proposed redistricting changes may already be in place.

www.khou.com

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yogaskidogs.bsky.social @yogaskidogs.bsky.social · 16h

Tax.
The.
Fkg.
Rich.
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The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy

How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

Not one of these assholes who work for Kirk’s show and/or TPUSA apologized to the math teachers for their clickbait doxxing with zero proof. Neither did Mike Lee. Yet they are always telling everyone how Christian they are. Just talentless scum clinging to their grift.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

I really truly hope those math teachers sue the people at Turning Point USA for defaming them this weekend and putting their lives in danger.

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Dittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 1d

Governor Josh Shapiro signed a bill overnight adding an additional $5 million in funds to food banks in the area to help feed those without the necessary assistance they should be getting from the federal government.

www.wpxi.com/news/local/g...

Gov. Shapiro signs disaster declaration, announces $5M in funding for Pennsylvania food banks

Pennsylvanians who rely on SNAP benefits are getting some help from the state.

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