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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 5h

Senate Democrats about to roll over. Goddamnit.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 7h

This is pathetic - to give in over "a promised vote" - but this is what they were always going to do.

"A handful of Democrats will supply some eight votes for a new short-term CR in exchange for a promised vote on the ACA tax credits."

They are gonna trust the GOP.🤡
www.axios.com/newsletters/...

"The bottom line: After a weekend of frequent phone calls among centrist senators, Democrats appeared ready to claim victory and end the shutdown.

"What they've been saying for a month is 'We won't negotiate with you at all,'" Coons told us. "That's clearly a position they've moved away from."
The gist: A handful of Democrats will supply some eight votes for a new short-term CR in exchange for a promised vote on the ACA tax credits."

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John H 💙🇺🇸🇫🇮🇨🇦 @johnhedin.bsky.social · 20h

Wolves and Bears are so impressive in the wild

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3d

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

the tone deafness is beyond parody

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 4d

This is fucking amazing

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 4d

Frank Bisignano ran Fiserv into the ground.

How can we trust him to run our Social Security system?

Demand for Trump's Social Security Chief Bisignano to Resign After $30 Billion Implosion of Former Company | Common Dreams

The former CEO of Fiserv has been accused of causing chaos, with the company's stock plummeting by 40% and $30 billion in market value erased. Should we trust him with our hard-earned Social Security ...

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 5d

BREAKING: Fiserv lost 40% of its value because the former CEO, Frank Bisignano, is a liar.

But Bisignano is Trump's buddy, so he can only fail up.

He's now in charge of your Social Security (and the IRS).

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 5d

The new leaders of Fiserv gave investors a harsh reality check: The fintech company would never be able to hit financial forecasts set by its former boss.

Fiserv Erases $30 Billion in Market Value After New CEO Pulls Guidance

Shares tumble after the payments company, formerly led by Trump appointee Frank Bisignano, says its previous outlook is unachievable.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Q: What did you mean when you said you're prepared to send 'more than the National Guard' into American cities?

TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

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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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 6d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Mike Johnson on SNAP benefits ending Saturday: "The White House has all the pain dials turned back to just a 0 or a 1 as best they can, but when you're out or resources they go all the way up. And it's out of their hands, it's out of our hands."

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John H 💙🇺🇸🇫🇮🇨🇦 @johnhedin.bsky.social · 6d

Armed security at grocery store’s now. We are a sad sad society

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 7d

Yes, they’re using the shutdown to turn off SNAP benefits.

No, they don’t have to.

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

ROLLING STONE: “The current Congress has dropped the pretense of public service altogether… Congress enjoys ultraluxe health care as it fights to gut yours.”

@RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why don’t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.

'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.

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John H 💙🇺🇸🇫🇮🇨🇦 @johnhedin.bsky.social · 7d

No matter how old I get I will always wish I had my mom to talk to me.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7d

Let this sink in…

“At least one expert now predicting this could trigger greatest hunger catastrophe in the U.S. since the Great Depression.”

📌 The Dept of Agriculture posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid won’t go out on November 1.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

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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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 8d

Kind-hearted #BlueJays fan gives young Yankees fan the Judge home run ball he caught.

That’s us….just spreading joy wherever we go. 😂

That is why he hates us so much, we are the antithesis of him. 🇨🇦

#Canada

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d

I still can’t believe Scott Bessent, whose net worth is $521 million, went on TV and claimed that he “has felt the pain” of the trade war because he is a “soybean farmer.”

And he claims to be a “farmer” not because he grows things, but because he is a landlord of some farmers.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 8d

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

Reuters @reuters.com · 9d

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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John H 💙🇺🇸🇫🇮🇨🇦 @johnhedin.bsky.social · 8d

And bring in their hoof and mouth outbreak, smart plan! Their beef has hoof and mouth, maybe RFK will tell us it’s ok tho…

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9d

NYPD Cop is sick and tired of TEMU cops AKA ICE GOONS racial profiling and harassing him.

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