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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

And we have now progressed from data analysis to policy recommendations.

I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.

The final candy bar graph, with my 11-year-old recoding the tallies in her journal and calculating their value

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

My niece, all of 12 years old, read my article about the government shutdown and cancellation of SNAP funding

She has now planned a rally for next week and is fundraising for the local food bank and encouraging others to donate.

This kid man… she’s incredible.

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 1d

I would love to see a breakdown of how much it costs to increase police patrols in grocery stores versus how much it would cost to compensate stores to give SNAP recipients free food while benefits are suspended

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits

www.foxla.com

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Kristen @liketheorangedrink.bsky.social · 1d

When my son voted for the first time, the poll worker checking him in asked if it was all right to announce to the room that he was a first time voter. Everyone applauded. 🥹

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 2d

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d

What the hell?

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A list of on-air talent who were part of Wednesday’s mass layoffs at CBS News, acc. to sources inside the network:• Dana Jacobson
• Michelle Miller
• Debora Patta
• Nancy Chen
• Janet Shamlian
• Nikki Battiste
• Lisa Ling
• ⁠Elise PrestonAs one staffer pointed out: “All of the on-air cuts were women - half of them women of color.”

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 3d

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

This is exactly what the entire Dem message should be. Every single Dem should be out there saying this every single day.

KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 3d

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 2d

A new federal lawsuit alleges detained people are suffering from “horrific and inhumane” conditions at the ICE processing facility in Broadview. blockclubchi.co/4320Suw

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 2d

Bailey is ready for Halloween! This year, he’s dressed as the person who doesn't cave to big media corporations or the president: Stephen Colbert.

Elizabeth Warren's dog, Bailey, wearing glasses, a tux, and posing next to an award.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

Day 24 of Emmanuel Garcia being in federal custody.

He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back

She’s not allowed to visit him.

They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 2d

I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.

Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.

Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀

#PublicHealth

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 2d

Current* conditions near Winthrop Harbor, IL:

View looking south over Northpoint Marina as it meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2025-10-31 12:36:57 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Winthrop Harbor: 38.31 F | 3.51 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: W at 6.912 mph | 11.12 kph // Humidity: 91%

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.

A tweet from John Fugelsang reads in all caps:
"NO FOOD FOR YOU UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS LET US TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE"
– US House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4d

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 4d

John Fugelsang wrote:
"NO FOOD FOR YOU UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS LET US TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE"
— US House Speaker Mike Johnson

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 5d

"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 5d

Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 5d

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

View looking east from the Skydeck at top of the Sears Tower towering over the Loop, Millenium Park, Chicago Harbor and Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2025-10-28 18:06:17 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Chicago: 55.13 F | 12.85 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: E at 5.010 mph | 8.06 kph // Humidity: 68%

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 6d

Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool no where but in ’s own house.

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 7d

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 7d

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 7d

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 8d

Chicago neighborhoods tear gassed by federal agents during recent immigration raids: Logan Square, Brighton Park, Little Village, East Side, Lakeview, Irving Park and Avondale.

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