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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 19h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Mike Johnson lies shamelessly: "The president is desperate for SNAP benefits to flow to the American citizens who desperately rely on it ... the SNAP situation has legal impediments."

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betterknow.bsky.social @betterknow.bsky.social · 7h

And it is very disingenuous to say that we have to see what legal regulations are. When anything he wants to do, he is not concerned about the legal regulations.

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 18h

The Trump administration found $40 billion to bail out Argentina.

But Republicans are unwilling to spend a dime to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.

The extremists will always put their billionaire donors first.

And America last.

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

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

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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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4d

Survivors — and family of survivors — of Epstein and Maxwell's abuse are urging Mike Johnson to swear-in Adelita Grijalva:

"Every day you stall is another day survivors are denied justice, and the American people are denied the truth. Swear in Representative Grijalva and let democracy speak."

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 4d

RIP writer Ella Wheeler Wilcox, died today 1919.

“Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes.”

“To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.”

“A weed is but an unloved flower.”

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 4d

Republicans want to starve children to pressure Democrats into gutting healthcare.

How do we know?

Mike Johnson just admitted it.

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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 4d

While Trump uses the shutdown to gut SNAP benefits for families and fire federal workers, he’s building a lavish ballroom using $300M from shady corporate donors looking to curry favor with him.

Our government is closed for the people who need it, but the White House is open to the highest bidder.

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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 4d

Families are going hungry, workers have been denied paychecks because Republicans won’t agree to discuss continuing to help people afford health insurance, but they will pay for workers to miss work to crack down on people making their voices heard!

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 5d

The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d

I’m shutting it down early tonight. ✌️

Stay safe!!

One day many will hang their heads in shame when they realize the evil they defended and the heroes they ridiculed.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 5d

DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 5d

RIP Armenian/French philosopher/monk George Gurdjieff, died 1949

"Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world."

"Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free,...

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 5d

Newsom Not Afraid To Share His
Plan For The World's 5th Largest
Economy,California, in Spite Of
Chump.......

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 5d

Republicans are using the government shutdown to illegally rip SNAP benefits away from 42 million Americans.

16 million children are at risk of going hungry. The extremists don’t give a damn.

You deserve better.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 6d

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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 6d

At the end of the week, 42 million children, seniors, and parents will lose their SNAP benefits — solely because Donald Trump is choosing not to release funds the government has for this very purpose.

Stop punishing working families. Fund SNAP now.

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 6d

On Saturday, millions of Americans, including children, could go hungry because the federal government wants to illegally suspend SNAP benefits during the shutdown.

We're suing.

The USDA has funds to stop people from starving, but instead it's playing politics. It's wrong.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 6d

Minor quibble with the word "appeared" but this is otherwise an accurate description of a thing that happened yesterday. If one of your loved ones did this you would be having hard conversations about giving another family member power of attorney over their bank accounts.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6d

They found money to pay the ICE thugs, but not to feed the kids…

fortune.com/2025/10/22/g...

As government shutdown persists, ICE agents are among the still-paid employees receiving ‘super checks’ including lost pay and overtime | Fortune

Public finance expert Linda Bilmes says the “arbitrariness” of who gets paid and who doesn’t during shutdowns exposes the “dysfunction” of the budget approval process.

fortune.com

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Earthbound420+ @earthbound420plus.bsky.social · 6d

Disgusting 🫣

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🦋 ~Bindi~ 🦋 @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 6d

They ain't seen nothing till they see an army of hungry people. 🤬

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 6d

MeidasTouch ad censored by Fox News! #cdnpoli
It would be a shame if people kept reposting it over and over.

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 6d

Thursday: Target to lay off 1800 corporate jobs
Monday: Amazon to lay off 30,000 corporate jobs
Tuesday: UPS to lay off 48,000 operations and management jobs

You'd think with all these layoffs, CEOs and CFOs and COOs would also be fired. Alas.

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