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Reality Ausetkmt @ausetkmt.bsky.social · 58m

More than 200 million people in America utilize the snap program funds in one way or another one. This is why they are using it as their lever to trigger their use of the Insurrection Act

ZiggyStardust @grancracker.bsky.social · 1h

SNAP, one of the most successful anti-hunger initiatives in history, will end Nov 1 if shutdown continues leaving nearly 2 million in Illinois facing ‘food insecurity’ I.E. Hunger! #TrumpHatesOurHealthCare patch.com/illinois/cry...

SNAP Benefits Could Soon End For 1.9M IL Residents Due To Government Shutdown

If the government shutdown does not end, millions of Illinois residents will not receive SNAP benefits starting on Nov. 1.

patch.com

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1h

I'm always very open about the fact that I received SNAP benefits and Medicaid for a bit after I fled my abusive husband with my little kid in tow. I used it to help me start over in a new state and go back to school to get my BA. I now have a PhD.
SNAP benefits saved my life.

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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 58m

If Speaker Johnson brought the House back to Washington, House Republicans could also spend the afternoon lunching at the White House and getting some free merch instead of *actually* working to end the looming shutdown of health coverage for 24 million Americans!

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Senator Lindsey Graham in the middle of a gaggle of reporters. He’s showing off signed Trump merch as onlookers take photos.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7h

The first time the Confederate flag ever paraded through the US Capitol was on January 6, 2021.

The first time the White House was damaged in over 200 years since the US rebuilt in the 1820s after the British burned it in the war of 1812 was mid October, 2025.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1h

I'm proud to help lead the United Nations' #COP30 Local Leaders Forum next month in Brazil.

Regional leaders — from mayors to governors — are uniquely able to turn ambitious plans to tackle the climate crisis into reality at the local level.

California is all-hands-on-deck in this fight.

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Enigma8750 @enigma8750.bsky.social · 1h

WHO'S PAYING FOR IT...
THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT PROTECTED for preservation of history like other Landmarks so Trump could tear it down if he decided to do so. That being said some of it is already getting trashed for the new ball room.

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 9h

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Prison Staff Gagged, Inmate Vanished After Leaking Info on Ghislaine Maxwell Coverup, Insider Says

An ex-inmate turned federal prison consultant is blowing the whistle on what he describes as a “massive coverup” involving Ghislaine Maxwell—and he says the Bureau of Prisons is enforcing total silenc...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

They were already living in one of Chicago's worst apartment buildings. Then came the ICE raid.

They were already living in one of Chicago’s worst apartment buildings. Then came the ICE raid.

In what appears to have been a warrantless operation, the federal government will not say how many people were detained, who remains in custody and what happened to the children.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Adelita Grijalva: "There is so much that cannot be done until I'm sworn in. So every moment that passes that I'm not able to provide constituent services or be a voice for Arizona, I cannot bring the issues forward that they send me here to do."

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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 2h

Today is a great day to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20h

Per new filings:

RNC cash on hand: $83,895,993.23

DNC cash on hand: $14,946,622.29

The DNC’s cash on hand hasn’t been this low since 2020.

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🌸Norma Jeen🌸 @normajeen.bsky.social · 23h

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1h

really annoying that Canada doesn't even have to burn down the White House because he's doing it himself

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Yodamonkey @yodamonkey2.bsky.social · 1h

This lady is a very personal friend to me. She has been away for a long while recovering after an accident. Please give my Kathy @kayaeger.bsky.social a follow, totally worth it and a lovely friend to have. Repost, Linda💞🧑‍🦼💞

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 23h

People in some states are already getting notices about their health insurance prices doubling or tripling. Arizonans will see their increases when they sign up next month. This is simply unaffordable, and the American people are counting on us to do something about it.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 4h

I am starting to appreciate just how many disgusting men are aroused by sex with and sexualization of minors.

I used to think it was like 1-5% of men. Now I think it’s more like 15-25% of all men. And a good 20% actually follow up on it in some way.

And that’s just…😳

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

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Cesar Santiago @cesarsantiago.net · 9h

Just read the article and saw the photos and all I have to say is that there has to be a reckoning for this.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...

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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 7h

New risograph from Australian illustrator and unionist Sam Wallman in the shop! justseeds.org/product/what...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

He is literally not paying for it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump notes the sound of construction of his new ballroom at the White House and says, "that's music to my ears. When I hear that sound, it reminds me of money. In this case it reminds me of lack of money because I'm paying for it."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

“If Obama had done this fix would’ve declared World War 3”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Hassett: "One of the places where we've seen things that weren't moving in the direction we would like in the past is food prices. And we've had a really really big series of meetings where sometime soon, there's gonna be a really big agricultural policy that's gonna help our ranchers."

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Ry 🦥 @basedsocialism.bsky.social · 8h

The only thing I do on twitter now is tell magats that the natural end point for their ideology is death by firing squad. been suspended twice over the past month but I do this for the love of the game

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 2h

I really have to redo my bucket list

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