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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 19m

President Donald Trump held a "Roaring 20's" themed party as food aid for 42 million low-income Americans was set to expire.

Trump held 'Gatsby'-themed Halloween party as SNAP benefits were due to be cut off

President Donald Trump held a "Roaring 20's" themed party as food aid for 42 million low-income Americans was set to expire.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 3d

Can you guess why they want these military teams organized by January?

It's so they'll be ready to go next November

Jennifer Griffin
@JenGriffinFNC

X.com

The Pentagon has ordered the National Guard to
create "quick reaction" forces in every state and
territory by January that are trained and equipped
to respond to riots and civil unrest within the U.S.
per @WSJ @laraseligman

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 3d

Due to the ongoing government shutdown, SNAP is set to run out of money for the first time in its history. “It’s not that the administration can’t pay up” to fill the gap—“it’s that it has chosen not to,” @willgottsegen.com argues in The Atlantic Daily.

The Deadline for a Major Shutdown Casualty

Roughly 42 million Americans may not get their SNAP benefits on Saturday.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

I don't understand this. Members of the military are required to keep national defense information secret - no NDA needed.Unless it's about unlawful orders? I wish we could see a copy of the NDA. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Exclusive: US military officials required to sign NDAs tied to Latin America mission, sources say

U.S. military officials involved with President Donald Trump's expanding operations in Latin America have been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements, three U.S. officials say, a development that raises new questions about a military buildup that Venezuela fears may lead to an invasion.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "They spent $900,093,000 on the catapults trying to get them to work. And they had steam, which worked so beautifully and it has for 50 years, right? So we're gonna go back. Seriously fellas, I want to make that change. I'm gonna do an executive order."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6d

If your savings account can’t buy you a yacht, maybe stop voting like it can.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6d

So Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout from our tax dollars but devastated small towns here at home — nothing.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Rand Paul: "In the one instance you're killed on sight. On the other instance, if you're captured, we just say, 'Oh well, we're gonna send you back to your country.' It doesn't make any sense."

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 7d

😢 Betty Ford once said that "if the White House West Wing is the mind of the nation then the East Wing is the heart.”

Well, it's gone now, because we have a grotesque president who is sick in the mind, and was born without a heart.

To hell with him -- and soon, please.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 7d

What happens when the govt. can’t pay its soldiers, but a billionaire can? The answer should chill every citizen who still believes in democracy.

A billionaire just wrote a $130 million check to cover the military payroll. Sounds patriotic…until you see what door that opens.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7d

Funding the military during a shutdown is not the same thing as keeping the entire ecosystem of bases, training, mess halls, contractors, etc. running. A paycheck does not make up for eroded morale and readiness. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/for-the-mi...

For the Military, a Shutdown Is About a Lot More Than Just Pay

It also affects many other people, institutions, and services necessary for readiness.

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Paul Barnes @barnz65.bsky.social · 8d

WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT: Refuses to swear in an elected Arizona representative….. what makes you think our elections won’t be disrupted or simply ignored.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7d

🎯🎯

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

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🍁 Leonora 🍁 @kutzu64.bsky.social · 8d

Happy Caturday! #cats #catsofbluesky #caturday

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9d

They don’t GAF about the Constitution, and they’ll do whatever it takes to keep Trump breathing long enough to seize a third term.

So when you start thinking your vote doesn’t matter, remember this: they know it does. That’s why they’re trying to take it from you.

This isn’t going to end well.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9d

Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino personally participated in an ICE raid at a laundromat in the city. However, the owner locked the doors and refused entry, which halted the operation at the site.
Chicago

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 9d

I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 9d

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10d

Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

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🍁 Leonora 🍁 @kutzu64.bsky.social · 10d

Best damn tiramisu ever! Private cooking class in Florence, Italy 🇮🇹👩🏽‍🍳

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 11d

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🍁 Leonora 🍁 @kutzu64.bsky.social · 11d

He thinks control will keep him strong,
but truth outlives the tyrant’s song.
For every heart that dares to dream,
undoes the power of his schemes.
Dreams are embers, fierce and bright,
turning silence into light.
Stand together, rise, redeem—
the world is moved by those who dream. #resist

Iron sculpture of person in chains with target on their back