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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con.

Please.

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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 4d

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 4d

Speaker Johnson: Federal employees aren’t being paid. Nutrition cuts may cause children to go hungry. Millions are seeing their health premiums soar.

End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.

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vexingwitch.bsky.social @vexingwitch.bsky.social · 3d

#gop Republicans like to see how Cruel they can be #fascism #dictatorship #EatTheRich
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SNAP update: USDA tells grocery stores not to give discounts to customers

The USDA told grocery stores not to give SNAP recipients special discounts as benefits remain unpaid amid the government shutdown.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

The cruelty is the point.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.

12 days of work in 103 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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vexingwitch.bsky.social @vexingwitch.bsky.social · 4d

Why blur their faces if they're so proud? More drinking the cool-aid

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7d

“They think that they’re tough. They have no idea how tough we are. They think that they’re hardcore. We are so much more hardcore than they are.”

--Stephen Miller speaking to Memphis police earlier this month.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.

That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.

Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

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vexingwitch.bsky.social @vexingwitch.bsky.social · 8d

Who wants reelected
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Ron Johnson says he has offered Senate Democrats a proposal to pay federal employees amid shutdown

Johnson said he will encourage Senate Majority Leader John Thune to bring his bill back up for another vote with the compromise amendment if the Senate fails to pass the House's continuing resolution ...

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vexingwitch.bsky.social @vexingwitch.bsky.social · 8d

One of the most corrupt governments ever in the USA. Most of them have no spine, no respect, no empathy until it affects them. Or their donors, just like big corporations
#EatTheRich #corruption

a green circle with the word corrupt written inside

ALT: a green circle with the word corrupt written inside

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat

We must get big money out of politics.

It is the root of our dysfunction.

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vexingwitch.bsky.social @vexingwitch.bsky.social · 10d

#gop #Republicans #corruption #cruelty #EatTheRich

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vexingwitch.bsky.social @vexingwitch.bsky.social · 8d

#Dangerous #cruelty #heartless
#GOP #Republicans
#MikeJohnson
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:

$100 billion

Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:

$100 billion

One is decried as "welfare." One is not.

Why?

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LunaLuvgood2020 @lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social · 10d

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vexingwitch.bsky.social @vexingwitch.bsky.social · 10d

#gop #Republicans #corruption #cruelty #EatTheRich

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11d

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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vexingwitch.bsky.social @vexingwitch.bsky.social · 10d

This is the face of evil and everything that's wrong. #corruption
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Johnson backs Trump's plans not to tap contingency dollars for food aid ahead of funding cliff

The White House is warning 42 million low-income Americans will start to miss SNAP benefits Saturday if Democrats don’t vote for the funding stopgap this week.

www.politico.com

vexingwitch.bsky.social @vexingwitch.bsky.social · 12d

Hey trumpers...your president is willing to let you and your family go hungry.
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Trump administration says it won't tap emergency funds to pay food aid

The move means 42 million people will miss SNAP benefits in November unless Congress acts.

www.politico.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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vexingwitch.bsky.social @vexingwitch.bsky.social · 14d

Winning
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US hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic

The U.S. government's gross national debt has surpassed $38 trillion during the federal shutdown, marking a record high.

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