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HUNGER GAMES TRUMP STYLE

After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government’s annual report on hunger in America

apnews.com/article/trum...

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After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government's annual report on hunger in America
The Trump administration is ending the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, saying it had become “overly politicized″ and ”rife with inaccuracies.″ The decision comes two and a hal...
apnews.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Hey Wisconsin,

We need to think about where we are heading and what we want to see.

I took a screenshot from one of the article's links, but read the article too.

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #jobs #unions #DACA #WIGov #WI01 #WI03 #WI02 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
Key Working Wisconsin Facts This is an accordion element with a series of buttons that open and close related content panels. Expand all Collapse all Wisconsin’s 2024 median wage – $25.01 per hour – reached a record high. Real wages (which take inflation into account) rose by 70 cents last year, reaching $25.01. Wages reached new highs for both men ($27.05) and women ($22.98). (For more, see Wages.) Wisconsin jobs are growing to new highs, but growth is less than half the national rate and slowing. Since the 2020 pandemic shutdowns, both national and Wisconsin job growth has reached new labor market highs. Wisconsin reached 3,058,500 jobs in July 2025. But growth has been slow, and Wisconsin’s recovery has generated less than half as many jobs as it would have if it matched the national recovery. (For more, see Jobs.) Federal policies – pro-tariff, anti-immigrant, and anti-worker – are reshaping the economy, and Wisconsin workers will pay the price. Hallmark federal policies will cool the economy. Tariffs increase prices, hostility toward immigrants hobbles labor market growth, and federal cuts to health care and other supports will hit Wisconsin’s low-wage workers particularly hard. We are especially concerned about the future reliability of the very data we use for this report. (For more see Federal Policy.) The gender gap in wages has closed as women have made substantial wage gains while men’s wage gains are tepid. From 1979 to 2024, women’s wages grew by more than 50%. Men’s wages are up just 4% over the same period. (For more, see Wages.) Wisconsin’s workers are losing the protection of unions at a rate that outstrips national and neighboring states. In Wisconsin, union coverage collapsed, from 14% to 7% from 2011-24. Over the same period, national unionization fell from 13% to 11%. Wisconsin’s union rates are plummeting as national rates and the rates of our neighbors fall less rapidly. (For more, see Unions.) Immigrant workers make massive contributions…
September 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
What a country, Wisconsin,

Aren't you tired of our government cutting services so the rich can get a tax cut?

It's OUR money!

They are supposed to "serve" us!

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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One of the country's leading Alzheimer's projects is in jeopardy
A pause to NIH funding has researchers scrambling for contingency plans at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The center’s brain bank is preserving more than 4,000 bra...
www.nbcnews.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
📣

DANGER WILL ROBINSON 🤖

#Wisconsin #wisgop #wisdems #wisgop #DOGE #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #PresidentialRecordAct
February 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Congratulations America!

It's another SNAFU baby 🍼

House Republicans Announce Plan C

C is for:

Clumsy Crackpots Conceal Cowardly Congress

Fund the gov't for 2-3 weeks 🤣

thehill.com/homenews/hou...

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Johnson says plan C reached to avert shutdown, vote expected
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Republicans have arrived at a plan C to avert a shutdown and the House will vote Friday morning on the legislation.  “Yeah, yeah, we have a plan,” John…
thehill.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:40 PM
best-world.bsky.social
👁️👁️

In Wisconsin, Kroger owns Pick'n Save, Metro Market, &
Fred Meyer Jewelers

"Kroger’s Year-to-Date Earnings Double While Pushing for Merger That Will Raise Food Prices" 💰

Find out more: 👉 t.co/sCqjuAj1gM

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November 29, 2024 at 6:37 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Hey Wisconsin,

Let's save our libraries!

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #ALA #libraries #WI01 #WI02 #Wi03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Psst, Wisconsin

There's no "could" about it. American taxpayers paid that $150 billion.

And the uber-rich got permanent tax breaks.

www.foxbusiness.com/politics/jul...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #tariffs #scam #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04#WI05 #WI06#WI07 #WI08 #WISen #WIGov #taxtherich
Headline July tariff revenues break monthly record, with $150B collected so far in 2025 The economic burden of higher tariffs could be passed on to US consumers through higher prices
July 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
👀

The CATO Institute slams the "Big Beautiful Bill" for the bloated $168 Billion for just immigration

including $46.5 billion to finish the wall Mexico was supposed to pay for.

www.cato.org/blog/deporta...

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Deportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the “Big Beautiful Bill”
Properly considered, the actual cost of H.R. 1’s immigration enforcement spending is nearly $1 trillion more than the CBO estimates. When seen in the context of the overall costs of the bill, mass dep...
www.cato.org
June 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Dear Wisconsin,

I don't know about your family, but if someone said this to my grandparents, they would have a few salty words in response.

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briantylercohen.bsky.social Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Mar 21
Trump’s Commerce Secretary just said seniors shouldn’t “call and complain” if they stop getting their Social Security checks: “A fraudster always makes the loudest noise screaming and complaining.”
March 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social


👀

Dear Wisconsin,

What was Senator Ron Johnson carrying around 4 years ago today?

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #FakeElectors #GreenBay #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #WISen #January6
Picture of a tweet from X claiming Sen Ron Johnson has Wisconsin's fake elector documents in his hand on January 6, 2021.
January 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
American Economy Update 3-19-2025 🤫

1. People who can up with $2000 hit record low

2. Federal Reserve say the economy is healthy 🤔

Who wants a town hall?

www.cnn.com/business/liv...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #Economy #TownHall
28 min ago Americans' likelihood of coming up with $2,000 in a pinch hits a record low From CNN's Alicia Wallace Americans’ financial fragility is increasing, and they’re growing more pessimistic about getting approved for a mortgage, a car loan or a credit card, according to new survey data released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The New York Fed’s Credit Access Survey, which is released every four months, showed that Americans became sharply more downtrodden in February about expected credit conditions as well as their own financial health. The average likelihood of being able to come up with $2,000 if an unexpected need arose in the next month dropped to 62.7%, a record low for the survey series that was started in 2013. The share of discouraged borrowers — defined as those who did not apply for any credit because they thought they would get rejected — jumped to a new series high of 8.5% (from 6.6% in October). Rejection rates for mortgage refinances also hit a record high for the survey series, rocketing to 41.8% from 22% in October. While February’s report didn’t show many drastic shifts in respondents’ current credit-related experiences — the soaring refinancing rejections excluded — expectations for a new credit card, home loan or auto loan being rejected all shot higher, according to the report. 47 min ago Powell: Despite Trump "turmoil," the economy is healthy From CNN's Elisabeth Buchwald and Alicia Wallace Morning commuters cross the street in the Manhattan borough of New York City on January 30. Morning commuters cross the street in the Manhattan borough of New York City on January 30. Yuki Iwamura/AFP/Getty Images Investors took much solace in hearing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell say the economy is on solid footing despite a slew of recent economic surveys sparking concerns of the opposite. But that “soft” data isn’t necessarily indicative of economic weakness, Powell said Wednesday. “That probably has to do with turmoil at the beginning of the administration.” The “hard” data — which shows low unemployment, healthy levels of job creation, slowing but still-solid consumer spending — suggests the US economy is “healthy,” Powell said. Soft data tends to refer to surveys, which are often seen as more subjective gauges of economic activity. While hard data, i.e., economic reports, are seen as more definitive, objective gauges. “The relationship between the survey data and economic activity hasn’t been very tight,” he said. “There are times people are saying very downbeat things about the economy and then going out and buying a new car.” “But,” Powell cautioned, “we don’t know that will be the case here. We will be watching very carefully for signs of weakness in the real data.”
March 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Outdated technology in at the IRS, SS & now airports...

What the hell has Congress been doing over the last few decades?

America is crumbling before our eyes

www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...

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How archaic tech, staff shortages and construction made a meltdown at Newark Airport
Hundreds of flights were canceled at Newark as air traffic controller shortages, old tech and construction collided. The Department of Transportation a major fix.
www.npr.org
May 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Psst Wisconsin

Are you reading?

#Wi01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop
senchrislarson.bsky.social Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · Feb 13
To pay for their $4.5 trillion tax cut plan, Republicans are coming after your healthcare.

Their plan to cut subsidies for ACA Marketplace plans means that about a quarter-million Wisconsinites would pay way more in premiums. Republican districts would be hit hardest.
February 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
🤭

New headline, Wisconsin,

Musk Math is a Myth

But, hey, how 'bout those tax cuts for billionaires - I hear that's still up for a vote

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #DODE #Medicaid
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Feb 25
NYT: “DOGE deleted the top five highest savings claims on its ‘wall of receipts’ leaderboard after variousnews outlets pointed out multiple errors in its calculations…” newrepublic.com/post/191973/...
February 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Whoopee Wisconsin

We get to pay higher electricity bills thanks to our Republicans in DC and their ridiculous Big Beautiful Bill.

😏

www.wpr.org/news/federal...

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Federal budget bill could raise Wisconsin energy costs, threaten renewable energy jobs
An eleventh hour amendment made in the Senate will allow renewable energy projects that begin construction by 2026 or come online by 2027 to receive tax credits, which is slightly less restrictive tha...
www.wpr.org
July 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Wisconsin Public Radio Rocks!

Trump knows his executive order isn't legal - now he wants our DC Republicans to do his dirty work.

We need more town halls!

#WIsconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #WPR #NPR #PBS
June 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social


💰

Translation for Wisconsin

Apple's Siri has been spying on you since 2017

The most your privacy is worth is $20

But, hey, those Republican corporate tax cuts were worth it

(sarcasm flag)

#Wisconsin #wisdems #wisgop #wisdems #WI03 #WI08 #WI07 #WI06#WI05 #WI01 #WI02 #WI04 #WISen
January 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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WISCONSIN #Midterms2018 #VoteBlueWI
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THREAD of ALL Democratic Candidates & Voter Info Links https://x.com/postcards4USA/status/1031371145843548162
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December 5, 2024 at 8:06 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
And the hits to Wisconsin Dairy farmers just keep coming.

USDA halts millions of dollars worth of deliveries to food banks

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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USDA halts millions of dollars worth of deliveries to food banks
The halt in deliveries comes after the Trump administration separately slashed $1 billion for schools and food banks to buy food from farms.
www.politico.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Did someone claim transparency? 🤣

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senhesselbein.bsky.social State Senator Dianne H. Hesselbein @senhesselbein.bsky.social · Jun 9
Our farmers deserve better than the chaos and deception from the Trump Administration. "Trump administration officials delayed and redacted a government forecast because...the numbers run counter to President Donald Trump’s messaging..."

www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Trump officials delayed farm trade report over deficit forecast
Administration officials blocked publication of written analysis that normally accompanies the report because they disliked what it said about the deficit.
www.politico.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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https://x.com/postcards4USA/status/1017755160439918593
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December 4, 2024 at 7:18 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
What happens to Wisconsin's free online library BadgerLink if Trump cuts funding?

www.jsonline.com/story/news/i...

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What happens to Wisconsin's free online library BadgerLink if Trump cuts funding? You ask, we answer
The future of Wisconsin's free online research library BadgerLink hangs in the balance due to President Donald Trump's cuts to federal library funds.
www.jsonline.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Good grief, Wisconsin,

DOGE was a scam too?

In 6 months, it has cost taxpayers $27.1 billion and the final total isn't in yet 😲

The Senate report is here ⬇️

www.washingtonpost.com/documents/b2...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #DOGE #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
Specifically, the Subcommittee found that the $21.7 billion in DOGE-created waste generated between January 20 and July 18 of this year includes: • $14.8 billion under the Deferred Resignation Program (“DRP”) for paying approximately 200,000 employees not to work for up to eight months. • $6.1 billion for over 100,000 employees who have been involuntarily separated from federal service or who remain on prolonged periods of administrative leave pending separation, many of whom were paid to not do their jobs for weeks or months. • $263 million in lost interest and fee income at the Department of Energy (“DOE”) due to dozens of loan freezes meant to finance key utility projects supporting energy affordability and grid resilience. • $155 million in time costs to require nearly a million employees to send weekly accomplishment emails to the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) (which has no intention of reviewing them), amounting to millions of hours of wasted time. • $110 million on food aid and medical supplies spoiling in warehouses, set to be destroyed at a further cost to taxpayers. • $66 million by underutilizing thousands of professional staff to perform entry-level duties for weeks on end, including over $138,000 for paying scientists to check guests in at national parks. • $41.8 million to relocate over 250 staff members at one agency closer to a physical office. • $38 million in sunk costs on unrecoverable investments in science and technology across four projects at the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). • $1.7 million in time costs to require employees to unnecessarily justify routine expenses at three agencies, including window washing at the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”)
July 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Nothing to see here, Wisconsin 😉

"Republicans block effort to keep ‘free’ Qatari plane out of Trump’s post-presidency hands"

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

#Wisconsin #wipolitiics #wisdems #wisgop #WISen #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #grift #Trump #AirForceOne
Republicans block effort to keep ‘free’ Qatari plane out of Trump’s post-presidency hands
Democrats want to stop Trump from keeping Qatar's "gift" after he leaves office, but Republicans are standing in the way of the safeguards.
www.msnbc.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM