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KS Austin
@ksaustin.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, fact checker. Mayo Clinic SocMed Board alum. Fluent in AP Style, redhead and mama bear. Don’t panic—“Make good trouble.” ☮️💙🌎 #Angret
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KS Austin @ksaustin.bsky.social · Jan 21
Looking for independent media outlets? Here’s a start. (Also check your town/city for same.) #media

go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h
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Miss Toe Beans @toebeansmm.bsky.social · 6h
I’m watching Cankles McTacotits on 60 Minutes right now and they fact checked him in real time when he said Russia and China were conducting nuclear testing. Our military leaders in charge of testing said they were not. It was a lovely journalistic moment for a change.
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KS Austin @ksaustin.bsky.social · 6h
FYI the Federal Reserve put $29.4 Billion into the banking system late Friday specifically to keep $$ flowing.

m-economictimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/m.econom...
Federal Reserve $29.4 billion liquidity injection: Is the Fed quietly signaling trouble ahead? Powell injects $29.4B into the banking system — biggest repo operation since 2020 — as U.S. bank reserves...
m-economictimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d
I’m just going to say it…

It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Obama: "The economy has been really good for some of Trump's billionaire friends. It's been good for some finance bros and well-connected corporations who have seen their tax bill go down. But for ordinary families, costs have not gone down, they've gone up."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d
BREAKING: Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.
Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown
Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using contingency funds during the government shutdown.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: Two federal judges ruled the Trump administration’s decision to suspend food aid benefits for tens of millions of Americans during the government shutdown is likely unlawful and that US officials must use contingency funding to at least partially keep the program operational
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Trump Administration’s Food-Aid Halt Likely Unlawful, Judges Say
Two federal judges ruled the Trump administration’s decision to suspend food-aid benefits for tens of millions of Americans during the government shutdown is likely unlawful and that US officials…
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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 2d
Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits out of contingency fund share.google/hrlBJhGaZNaR...

Trump administration must release the funds

And should so IMMEDIATELY
If they delay
This is ALL ON REPUBLICANS

RELEASE THE FUNDS
Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits out of contingency fund
The ruling came one day before funding for SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps, was set to lapse.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2d
More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.
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KS Austin @ksaustin.bsky.social · 3d
Charles didn’t take action until the public pressure was so great it could no longer be ignored. And yet Andrew will never be sent to prison.
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KS Austin @ksaustin.bsky.social · 3d
Does this really surprise anyone in the U.S.? Oligarchs aren’t the only ones who are abusing the American people.
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 3d
A new report has found that price hikes in April and May went beyond what the announced tariffs could reasonably explain.
Retailers Exploiting US-China Trade War for Price Increases: Report
www.newsweek.com
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PPP Grifter @pppgrifter.bsky.social · 3d
A lot has happened this year but I feel like we should always remind people that this happened followed by him deciding to starve the poorest children in the world simply because he wanted to.

We probably shouldn’t forget about this
Richest man in the world killed the poorest children in the world simply because he wanted to
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 3d
Kristi Noem is telling bald-faced lies about ICE arrests.

More than 70% of those detained have no criminal convictions.

170+ of those arrested or detained have been American citizens.
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 4d
Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3d
Independents blame Trump and the GOP for the shutdown by a 2:1 margin.

Trump’s approval with people under 30 has completely cratered.

63% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s management of the federal government.

#GOPShutdown
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4d
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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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 5d
More than 41 million Americans get SNAP benefits.

Including about 16 million children.

Republicans in Congress want them all to go to bed hungry.

Call them and tell them what you think about that. (202)-224-3121

usafacts.org/answers/how-...
How many people receive SNAP benefits in the US every month? | USAFacts
About 41.7 million people during fiscal year (FY) 2024. That’s 12.3% of the US population. Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is determined based on household income...
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 6d
To all those “Let them go without food for a month, maybe they’ll get a job” people: Most SNAP recipients have jobs. Exploitative jobs that keep them living just below the poverty line. — Should they starve to death? And then what?
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KS Austin @ksaustin.bsky.social · 5d
Trump may not be on the ballot next week but candidates who support his policies are. VOTE NOVEMBER 4! #SNAP
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 5d
Donald Trump deleted this from the government website.

Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
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Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 @lonsj.bsky.social · 5d
Early voting is easy and fast

There was no line

Nobody ahead or coming in behind me

Today my county has polling places open until 8pm

Take advantage

They are even open various times Saturday and Sunday 💙🩵💙

Enjoy the calm
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