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Nebraska Examiner @nebraskaexaminer.com · 1d

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Catch up on the Nebraska State Patrol citation of a Nebraska state senator for "public indecency" stemming from actions involving a female attendee of a post-legislative session party often attended by the staffers and famlies of lawmakers.

From Erin Bamer:

Nebraska state senator cited for 'public indecency' during session-ending party • Nebraska Examiner

Nebraska State Sen. Dan McKeon was cited for misdemeanor public indecency for an incident alleged at lawmakers' sine die party this year.

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Cynicism & Candied Apples @doyourdrafts.bsky.social · 1d

I am wearing a solid maroon open sweater with pockets over the dress, and a pastel green purse that isn't big enough to sneeze into as a "pop of color," despite the entire outfit having color.

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Cynicism & Candied Apples @doyourdrafts.bsky.social · 1d

Look at these cute AF shoes, though.

A close up of a single shoe on a pale foot, resting on a striped hotel carpet. The shoe is off white lace with an undyed linen bow on the toe area, and a striped wooden kitten heel. The dress is a whiter off-white linen with burgundy trees and flowers on it.

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Cynicism & Candied Apples @doyourdrafts.bsky.social · 1d

To make it worse, I am also wearing a dress and lipstick. I have saved us all from a full-blown apocalypse because I am not wearing any other makeup and no jewelry.

You're welcome.

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Cynicism & Candied Apples @doyourdrafts.bsky.social · 1d

I am wearing heels to dinner, which is a sign that one of the seven seals has been broken and the end times are upon us.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Legal experts called DHS’ move to use driver’s license data for citizenship checks more evidence of federal overreach.

“The administration wants to get as much data as it can, however it can, whenever it can.”

With @texastribune.org

DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks

It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.

www.propublica.org

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Cynicism & Candied Apples @doyourdrafts.bsky.social · 1d

He did get stabbed years ago in prison and was nearly dead, so that might explain the glitch? He unfortunately recovered that time, but couldn't evade it forever.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 1d

The vast majority of "plots" the FBI "discovers" are in actuality dreamed up by the FBI.

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 2d

Michigan lawyer says a Halloween terror plot that FBI Director Kash Patel described never existed

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Michigan lawyer says a Halloween terror plot that FBI Director Kash Patel described never existed

A Michigan defense lawyer is disputing FBI allegations that his 20-year-old client and four others planned a terror attack on Halloween weekend.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

You can curse daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, and/or daylight time.

All are considered acceptable so go off.

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Cynicism & Candied Apples @doyourdrafts.bsky.social · 2d

I can get from myself to Trump in three hops, so I will be using this to spread it around with a big shovel when I'm hauled up for thought crimes or whatever.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2d

Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make

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Several lawmakers said Thursday that the Pentagon relayed that it did not need to know the identities of those being targeted in the attacks, or if those killed had been trafficking drugs.

“What they told us is they have to show a connection to a designated terrorist organization or their affiliate, and as long as they can show that connection, they believe they are authorized to strike,” Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-California) said in an interview.

But such connections could be as much as “three hops away” from a known drug trafficker, Jacobs told reporters after the briefing.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

There must be an executive branch whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside its opponents and victims whom the law binds but does not protect.

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Cynicism & Candied Apples @doyourdrafts.bsky.social · 2d

Read The Ghost of Flight 401.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

The attitude of the Trump administration is to blame organizations like CDC, rather than ask why America can't be more like other countries

Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 3d

This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"

www.prb.org/resources/se...

Graph showing life expectancy trends in 23 higher income countries between 1980 and 2024. Life expectancy increased over time in all countries. In 1980, the US is in the middle of the pack, but their life expectancy gains were slower than that of other countries, and by around 2002, the US had the lowest life expectancy of all countries. Over the next 20 years, US life expectancy increasingly tracks away from the trajectories of other countries, as their life expectancy stalls while other countries life expectancy continues to climb

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Cynicism & Candied Apples @doyourdrafts.bsky.social · 3d

I don't know, but someone in my neighborhood just fired off one of the illegal fireworks they usually save for Husker goals, so...

Cynicism & Candied Apples @doyourdrafts.bsky.social · 3d

So I had to pass my phone around so everyone could see this, and the unanimous consensus is that this photo is Art.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 3d

“Eating candy corn feels like eating wax”

Yes! Good! Exactly! Do you know how many scented candles I’ve had that I’ve desperately wanted to eat?

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Middle-aged Fat Lady @skiborkow.bsky.social · 3d

Here's the write up abc7chicago.com/post/ice-eva...

Feds allegedly cause crash near Evanston elementary school before arresting 3 US citizens: witnesses

Witnesses say agents slammed on their brakes, causing a car that was following them to crash.

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Nebraska Examiner @nebraskaexaminer.com · 3d

SNAP DECISION? A federal judge ruled the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to pause a food assistance program for 42 million people was illegal but gave the Trump administration until Monday to respond to her finding.

From States Newsroom:

Trump administration blocked from cutting off SNAP benefits as two judges issue orders • Nebraska Examiner

A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to pause a food assistance program for 42 million people was illegal.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 3d

Still not low enough until performing there becomes a liability to an artist's reputation.

Travis M Andrews @travismandrews.bsky.social · 3d

EXCLUSIVE: After Trump took over the Kennedy Center in Feb, he vowed to make it "hot" again. So, how's it doing? @jeremybmerrill.com and I used data from the center's ticketing website to find out. Ticket sales are lowest they've been since the pandemic.

www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover

Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office.

Why the delay from Mike Johnson?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.

Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL.,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
October 31, 2025
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc.
No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated
below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that
Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested
on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants
to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report
back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.

A. Likelihood of Success on the Merits
Plaintiffs have demonstrated a strong likelihood of success on the merits of their claim under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), (C), that Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is contrary to law. At core, Defendants' conclusion that USDA is statutorily prohibited from funding SNAP because Congress has not enacted new appropriations for the
current fiscal year is erroneous. To the contrary, Defendants are statutorily mandated to use the
previously appropriated SNAP contingency reserve when necessary and also have discretion to
use other previously appropriated funds as detailed below.

As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP
benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4];
Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of
SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138
Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L.
No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature
of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available
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Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT
Document 26 Filed 10/31/25
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through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve
account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at
93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].

Defendants argue out that a "suspension" is permitted under USDA's regulations, and that USDA "has consistently interpreted its authority to allow for the suspension or cancellation of benefits when necessary." Defs. Opp'n 6 [Doc. No. 18). The regulation at issue, 7 C.F.R. $ 271.7(a), sets forth procedures to be followed if monthly SNAP allowances "must be reduced, suspended, or cancelled to comply with section 18 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008"
(emphasis added). But that the regulation allows for a suspension when there are no funds does
not mean that Defendants may choose a suspension over a reduction while funds do remain. If
the regulation did authorize such discretion, it would be inconsistent with the statutory mandate that benefits "shall" be paid unless funding is no longer available.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d

This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..

@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime

The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...

www.miamiherald.com

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 3d

The media is about to blitz us with stories about how awful Maduro is and I want you to remember that even if they're all true, they are being issued solely for the purpose of manufacturing consent for invading Venezuela and killing innocent people.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

"Why does the country think you're biased?" asks woman firing people using evidence and science in their reporting

Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 3d

A scoop that I’m not happy to report:

CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.

heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...

CBS News kills its climate unit

David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.

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