streich_that
@streich-that.bsky.social
Blue dot in Wisconsin. I like cats, TV and democracy.
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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"I’m hopeful that the nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites, including kids, will be able to receive their November FoodShare payments in full and will not have to wake up tomorrow worried about when or whether they are going to eat next," Evers said.
Gov. Evers moves to restore full SNAP benefits after federal court ruling
Gov. Evers announced on Thursday night that his administration has immediately moved to pay full November payments for all Wisconsin FoodShare members after a federal court had ordered the Trump…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"I’m hopeful that the nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites, including kids, will be able to receive their November FoodShare payments in full and will not have to wake up tomorrow worried about when or whether they are going to eat next," Evers said.
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Pierrot, by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718-19, 📸 by @andyharnik
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Pierrot, by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718-19, 📸 by @andyharnik
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How Did Socialist Mayors Impact Milwaukee? www.wuwm.com/regional/201...
How Did Socialist Mayors Impact Milwaukee?
Editor's note: This piece was originally published June 24, 2016. As thousands of delegates, reporters and other visitors prepare to descend on Milwaukee…
www.wuwm.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
How Did Socialist Mayors Impact Milwaukee? www.wuwm.com/regional/201...
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Folks, saying ABOLISH ICE isn't hard. Quite easy. The water is warm here. Jump in. Mainstream it. People will follow.
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Folks, saying ABOLISH ICE isn't hard. Quite easy. The water is warm here. Jump in. Mainstream it. People will follow.
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There's a lotta silliness and falsehoods in this statement, but I'm going to focus on the bigger issue: It is immoral to make low-income folks and their hungry children political pawns. Need is need.
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
There's a lotta silliness and falsehoods in this statement, but I'm going to focus on the bigger issue: It is immoral to make low-income folks and their hungry children political pawns. Need is need.
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): "If this is what they're doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities... what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?"
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): "If this is what they're doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities... what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?"
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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?"
"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?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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?"
"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?"
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Franciscan Sisters transfer land to Lac du Flambeau tribe in bid to repair boarding school legacy
www.wpr.org/news/francis...
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Franciscan Sisters transfer land to Lac du Flambeau tribe in bid to repair boarding school legacy
In a historic moment, the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have completed the first known land transfer nationwide from a Catholic instituti...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Franciscan Sisters transfer land to Lac du Flambeau tribe in bid to repair boarding school legacy
www.wpr.org/news/francis...
www.wpr.org/news/francis...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
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Now would be a good time for an enterprising Democrat to make a full throated defense of immigration as a universal good and stop accepting as true the lies told about immigrants by the people who hate them.
Donald Trump’s signature issue is collapsing under its own cruelty. 📉
New from @tusk81.bsky.social: "Beyond growing dissatisfied with Trump’s mass deportation agenda, Americans also want humane solutions for long-settled immigrants who call this country home"
New from @tusk81.bsky.social: "Beyond growing dissatisfied with Trump’s mass deportation agenda, Americans also want humane solutions for long-settled immigrants who call this country home"
Trump Is Flailing On His Signature Issue
Continued polling reveals that Americans are only getting more horrified at mass deportation and want humane solutions for long-settled immigrant contributors.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Now would be a good time for an enterprising Democrat to make a full throated defense of immigration as a universal good and stop accepting as true the lies told about immigrants by the people who hate them.
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Milwaukee holds food drive on eve of SNAP benefits lapse. @isiahholmes.bsky.social reports.
Milwaukee holds food drive on eve of SNAP benefits lapse • Wisconsin Examiner
Milwaukee is organizing a food drive as residents brace for the cutoff of nutrition benefits by the federal government Nov. 1.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Milwaukee holds food drive on eve of SNAP benefits lapse. @isiahholmes.bsky.social reports.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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📣 IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY TURN IT INTO A COMMUNITY PANTRY ASAP IF YOU ARE ABLE
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
📣 IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY TURN IT INTO A COMMUNITY PANTRY ASAP IF YOU ARE ABLE
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A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
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We are literally ruled over by a Brothers Grimm goblin king who will do anything for a gold object
October 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
We are literally ruled over by a Brothers Grimm goblin king who will do anything for a gold object
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Republicans won’t feed families, but they’ll feed billionaires’ bank accounts. And they’ll do it by jacking up your health care by 800%. https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/27/healthcare-gov-insurance-rates-to-skyrocket-for-2026-without-enhanced-subsidies-evers-announces/
HealthCare.gov insurance rates to ‘skyrocket’ for 2026 without enhanced subsidies, Evers announces • Wisconsin Examiner
ACA insurance rates in Wisconsin will rise by 45% to 800% for 2026, depending on where a person lives, Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday.
wisconsinexaminer.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Republicans won’t feed families, but they’ll feed billionaires’ bank accounts. And they’ll do it by jacking up your health care by 800%. https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/27/healthcare-gov-insurance-rates-to-skyrocket-for-2026-without-enhanced-subsidies-evers-announces/
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We’re all temporarily abled. Illness, aging, or injury comes for us all. That’s why care must be universal.
Accessibility isn’t a luxury. It’s what makes freedom possible.
Accessibility isn’t a luxury. It’s what makes freedom possible.
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We’re all temporarily abled. Illness, aging, or injury comes for us all. That’s why care must be universal.
Accessibility isn’t a luxury. It’s what makes freedom possible.
Accessibility isn’t a luxury. It’s what makes freedom possible.
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What, wouldst thou have me go and beg my food?
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
What, wouldst thou have me go and beg my food?
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I would like to mention again that menstrual products are covered by FSA funds. fsastore.com - so if you find yourself with money left on the table by the end of the year, consider using those funds and donate the products [pantries, homeless shelters etc...]
The FSA Store - Browse and Buy over 2,500+ Flexible Spending Account Eligible Items Online
The FSA Store carries over 2,500+ guaranteed FSA-eligible products, health essentials, and more.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I would like to mention again that menstrual products are covered by FSA funds. fsastore.com - so if you find yourself with money left on the table by the end of the year, consider using those funds and donate the products [pantries, homeless shelters etc...]
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NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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can someone please just run this as an ad?
October 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
can someone please just run this as an ad?
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I dunno a privately funded military operating under the US flag doesn't seem great.
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I dunno a privately funded military operating under the US flag doesn't seem great.
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It;s the Jacqueline Kennedy Rose Garden because she established it. But every First Lady after her added their own flowers/planting to it. So all the history was destroyed. To make it look like (or maybe less good) than a standard Hilton Garden Suites.
October 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It;s the Jacqueline Kennedy Rose Garden because she established it. But every First Lady after her added their own flowers/planting to it. So all the history was destroyed. To make it look like (or maybe less good) than a standard Hilton Garden Suites.