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expatrrose.bsky.social @expatrrose.bsky.social · 4h

And that he "actually" just rents the land to the "actual" farmers.

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 5h

“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”

www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 6h

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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expatrrose.bsky.social @expatrrose.bsky.social · 4h

You left out the decimal point...there are 1.3 active duty military plus reservists and some others, but certainly not 13 million.
Yes, $100 is not much per person.

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🌹Weegie 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 11h

They're demonizing SNAP and other recipients of federal aid on right wing media.

Of 21 million federal aid beneficiaries, ~70% work full-time and 39% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. Critics need to ask Amazon and Walmart why they won't pay enough for their employees to survive w/o food stamps.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

It only cost us $40 billion.

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Jeremy Hsu @jeremyhsu.bsky.social · 7h

NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti.

The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.

A map image from the Flight Radar 24 service shows the flight track of a NOAA P-3 Orion aircraft flying over the Caribbean Sea, where Hurricane Melissa threatens to bring catastrophic rain and flooding to Jamaica and Haiti. Most other aircraft appear to be steering clear of the area.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

It has been said before, but it bears repeating: the elderly who’ve worked their entire lives to get $800 a month on Social Security aren’t bankrupting America. It’s tax-evading billionaires like Trump who are bleeding this country dry.

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expatrrose.bsky.social @expatrrose.bsky.social · 7d

SO on brand!

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 8d

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 9d

It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.

Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 9d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9d

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 12d

Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12d

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Katelyn T Slater 🏳️‍⚧️⚛️⚧️ @katelynslater.com · 13d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 12d

Donald Trump really really doesn’t like this photo, so whatever you do… don’t share it. He would HATE that. 😈

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 12d

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14d

We should mandate a work requirement for House Republicans to get their health care. How about they have to work at least one week a month to keep their government health insurance?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14d

Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical.

Thinking it isn’t, is.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks, New Yorker

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