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If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
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If it’s run for profit, then it’s profiting off of … us.
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
I don't want to start a thing so I'll just say that there will never be a good argument for privatizing USPS. That would be like privatizing libraries. The aim of services isn't to be run for profit, they are for serving the greater good, which USPS has been extremely successful at.
September 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If it’s run for profit, then it’s profiting off of … us.
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
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Not only is our new acting director of the CDC NOT a scientist, but he also has deep ties to Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s techno-utopia movement.
One epidemiologist compared Jim O’Neill’s appointment to “making Elon Musk head of the FAA.”
One epidemiologist compared Jim O’Neill’s appointment to “making Elon Musk head of the FAA.”
"Like making Elon Musk the head of the FAA"—meet acting CDC director Jim O’Neill
He's not a scientist but has deep ties to Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s techno-utopia movement.
www.motherjones.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Not only is our new acting director of the CDC NOT a scientist, but he also has deep ties to Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s techno-utopia movement.
One epidemiologist compared Jim O’Neill’s appointment to “making Elon Musk head of the FAA.”
One epidemiologist compared Jim O’Neill’s appointment to “making Elon Musk head of the FAA.”
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i think this is good to cite because whether you think it’s merely the aesthetics of fascism or actual fascism; whether you stay or flee; whether you’re scared, or angry, or sad; your duties to one another are the same. we all owe ourselves and our community to reject and resist this every step
There's a point Arendt makes in Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship that people who convince themselves to cooperate with the regime in pursuit of "the lesser evil" end up conditioning themselves to accept evil, which the regime then ratchets up. A similar story with the press here.
if you wind back the clock a year and say “trump will be president, he’ll tear up entire agencies without any legislative authority, ignore court orders, build a concentration camp, and send troops into multiple US cities” you wouldn’t ask “well how many troops?” before deciding what this describes
August 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
i think this is good to cite because whether you think it’s merely the aesthetics of fascism or actual fascism; whether you stay or flee; whether you’re scared, or angry, or sad; your duties to one another are the same. we all owe ourselves and our community to reject and resist this every step
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UPDATE: Governor Cook has issued a statement.
“President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022.”
“President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022.”
August 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
UPDATE: Governor Cook has issued a statement.
“President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022.”
“President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022.”
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But it doesn’t. EOs cannot overturn Supreme Court decisions.
August 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
But it doesn’t. EOs cannot overturn Supreme Court decisions.
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(Reuters) - U.S. consumers with the highest credit scores are starting to fall behind in debt repayments, credit scoring company VantageScore said in a report published on Monday, in a sign that Americans' financial health may be deteriorating more broadly.
www.tradingview.com/news/reuters...
www.tradingview.com/news/reuters...
US consumers with prime credit are starting to slip on payments
U.S. consumers with the highest credit scores are starting to fall behind in debt repayments, credit scoring company VantageScore said in a report published on Monday, in a sign that Americans' financ...
www.tradingview.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
(Reuters) - U.S. consumers with the highest credit scores are starting to fall behind in debt repayments, credit scoring company VantageScore said in a report published on Monday, in a sign that Americans' financial health may be deteriorating more broadly.
www.tradingview.com/news/reuters...
www.tradingview.com/news/reuters...
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Zohran leads a RIDICULOUS pace for the Bus vs Pedestrian race on 34th St. God I love this town.
August 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Zohran leads a RIDICULOUS pace for the Bus vs Pedestrian race on 34th St. God I love this town.
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he plans on never leaving
Trump announces that he’s having a 90,000 sq ft event space added to the White House
July 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
he plans on never leaving
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I feel like a broken record but the president doesn't have legal authority to do this
July 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I feel like a broken record but the president doesn't have legal authority to do this
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An immigration lawyer speaks about secret DHS memo stating detainees who entered US illegally cannot be released on bond. Today, judge in a case of his chose to abide by … memo! Not law. They are filling prison camps, long term, & not filling immig judge positions. Where is this going?
July 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
An immigration lawyer speaks about secret DHS memo stating detainees who entered US illegally cannot be released on bond. Today, judge in a case of his chose to abide by … memo! Not law. They are filling prison camps, long term, & not filling immig judge positions. Where is this going?
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“When management says they can’t afford to meet your demands, we say we can’t afford to live like this and work like this any longer,” UAW Region 9A director Brandon Mancilla told the hundreds of union members gathered at the rally.
More:
More:
Thousands of Legal Workers in NYC To Potentially Strike by Week’s End
Joined at a rally Tuesday by mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani and Attorney General Letitia James, UAW urges tapping the city’s rainy-day fund to pay for lawyers’ raises.
www.thecity.nyc
July 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“When management says they can’t afford to meet your demands, we say we can’t afford to live like this and work like this any longer,” UAW Region 9A director Brandon Mancilla told the hundreds of union members gathered at the rally.
More:
More:
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Every single person. No matter their job. Deserves a living wage.
The person working the register at your local grocery store should… indeed… be able to afford housing, healthcare, food, and more with their income.
July 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Every single person. No matter their job. Deserves a living wage.
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Been telling people for years that leftist policies are extremely popular when they're worded honestly.
It's why liberals and the right try to say that the left is too focused on "wokeness" because they're scared of wealth redistribution
It's why liberals and the right try to say that the left is too focused on "wokeness" because they're scared of wealth redistribution
Nationally - Net Support For Mamdani's Policies:
Raises Taxes On Corporations/Millionaires: +43%
Free Child Care For Children Under 5 Years: +38%
Freezing Rent For Lower-Income Tenants: +38%
Government-Owned Grocery Stores: +20%
Eliminating Fares On Public Buses: +10%
YouGov / June 30, 2025
Raises Taxes On Corporations/Millionaires: +43%
Free Child Care For Children Under 5 Years: +38%
Freezing Rent For Lower-Income Tenants: +38%
Government-Owned Grocery Stores: +20%
Eliminating Fares On Public Buses: +10%
YouGov / June 30, 2025
July 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Been telling people for years that leftist policies are extremely popular when they're worded honestly.
It's why liberals and the right try to say that the left is too focused on "wokeness" because they're scared of wealth redistribution
It's why liberals and the right try to say that the left is too focused on "wokeness" because they're scared of wealth redistribution
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"Shouting that this is “authoritarian” does not quite do it justice; they are literally proposing to do to Mamdani what Idi Amin did to his father." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It never stopped being birtherism
Donald Trump is repackaging a familiar smear against Zohran Mamdani.
www.motherjones.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Shouting that this is “authoritarian” does not quite do it justice; they are literally proposing to do to Mamdani what Idi Amin did to his father." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This is the kind of shit they did during the occupation of Iraq!
Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this?
Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
🧵
Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
🧵
June 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is the kind of shit they did during the occupation of Iraq!
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Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
161. The Court's Disastrous Ruling in the Third-Country Removal Case
The majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
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Henry Kissinger has endorsed Cuomo from hell.
June 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Henry Kissinger has endorsed Cuomo from hell.
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This is one of the stranger forms of American exceptionalism, that the United States isn't the one proactively doing/supporting all these awful things. This includes the constant sentiment that we're being "dragged" into war, as if the United States could be dragged into anything.
Israel isn't in control of the United States. This is just who the US is and has always been.
Saying we're controlled is just a way of saying we're victims. We're not. We're an imperial power that likes war because it's profitable and enriches our oligarchs.
That's it.
Saying we're controlled is just a way of saying we're victims. We're not. We're an imperial power that likes war because it's profitable and enriches our oligarchs.
That's it.
June 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is one of the stranger forms of American exceptionalism, that the United States isn't the one proactively doing/supporting all these awful things. This includes the constant sentiment that we're being "dragged" into war, as if the United States could be dragged into anything.
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When we fought for better wages and benefits—so we could afford to live and raise our families in New York—Zohran Mamdani stood with us. When we took on billion-dollar giants like Mercedes-Benz and Sony, he was right there on the picket line.
New Yorkers: Rank Zohran #1 for Mayor.
New Yorkers: Rank Zohran #1 for Mayor.
June 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
When we fought for better wages and benefits—so we could afford to live and raise our families in New York—Zohran Mamdani stood with us. When we took on billion-dollar giants like Mercedes-Benz and Sony, he was right there on the picket line.
New Yorkers: Rank Zohran #1 for Mayor.
New Yorkers: Rank Zohran #1 for Mayor.