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miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 16h

These days it feels more like the Offal Office.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 17h

Wow, huge credit to Katie and the rest of the nutrition team at @centeronbudget.bsky.social. USDA has now issued revised numbers because CBPP caught them either accidentally or intentionally making huge errors that would severely underfund SNAP, in direct violation of court orders.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DATE:
November 5, 2025
SUBJECT: REVISED Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefit and Administrative Expense Update for November 2025
TO:
Regional SNAP Directors
All Regions
SNAP State Agency Directors
All State Agencies
This memorandum is a follow up to the guidance shared on October 10, 2025, October 24, 2025, and November 4, 2025, regarding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November 2025.
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is revising its November 4 memorandum. The maximum allotments are being reduced by 35 percent instead of 50 percent, so that the maximum allotments for November 2025 will be 65 percent of the typical maximum allotments. This memorandum only replaces the amount of the reduction and does not replace any of the additional information contained in the memorandum issued on November 4, 2025.
Please see the revised maximum allotment tables attached to this memorandum. This reduction is effective immediately.
We appreciate the partnership with States that administer SNAP and will continue to keep you apprised with updates. Please direct any questions regarding this suspension to your Regional Office.
Sincerely,
PATRICK PENN Pey ined by PATROX
Date: 2025.11.05 205859-0500
Patrick A. Penn
Deputy Under Secretary
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Enclosure
Food and Nutrition Service, Braddock Metro Center, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

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miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 20h

Damn

Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 1d

Residents of a rural North Texas community who have long complained about noise from a nearby Bitcoin facility lost their effort to regulate the facility after 62% of the 138 voters who cast ballots rejected a proposal to incorporate as a city.

Texas community votes no on incorporating to fight Bitcoin mine

Some Hood County residents wanted the same power that cities have to set noise limits, but did not secure enough votes.

www.texastribune.org

miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 20h

The hell?

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.

NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear

(CNN) — Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble

www.wkow.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. There were no counties or cities (as of writing) that moved right relative to four years ago. On average, they instead moved 13 points to the left.”

@pbump.com #Virginia
www.pbump.net/o/what-chang...

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404 Media @404media.co · 1d

NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.

The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:

US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It

The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.

www.404media.co

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miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 21h

Is he confusing South Africa with Cuba now?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, we have a G20 meeting in South Africa."

miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 21h

"We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves."

Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 23h

Mamdani didn’t pull punches on election night.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1d

If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

Defense says that the officer's testimony was "very questionable" because he said the sandwich both exploded in spray of mustard and onions and also landed in its wrapper on the ground.

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miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 21h

Obscene

Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 22h

as investor Ross Gerber noted, at Tesla's current share price, giving Musk $1 trillion of stock over 10 years = $274 million a day

Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 23h

NEW: Elon Musk's $1 trillion plan: The case for magical thinking #Tesla www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 21h

I remember when the news divisions of TV networks were not expected to make a profit. They were separated from the profit-driven entertainment division.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h

Our very own @monikab.bsky.social sat down with the Nonprofit Leadership Podcast to talk about today's troubling media landscape and discuss how transitioning to a nonprofit model could be key to its survival.

Check it out!

Is Becoming a Nonprofit the Solution to the Struggles Facing Major News Organizations Today?

In this compelling episode of the Nonprofit Leadership Podcast, host Dr. Rob Harter sits down with veteran journalist Monika Bauerlein, CEO of the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR)…

nonprofitleadershippodcast.org

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone should pay careful attention to the Maine voter ID ballot measure (Prop 1). It is on track to lose -- thereby proving that the GOP claims that voter ID laws are overwhelmingly popular is a lie. Perhaps now the legacy media will stop repeating that nonsense.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · Jun 26

One kind of sad thing about all the hate rn is that Zohran Mamdani is actually living the classic American dream story. It's what they've told us the United States is all about all our lives. They're the ones who're changing the rules to serve themselves, and we don't have to go along with it.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

The last New York City mayoral candidate to secure over 1 million votes was John Lindsay in 1969.

Zohran Mamdani will be the seventh New York City mayor ever to receive more than 1 million votes.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

OVER 1 MILLION VOTES.

N.Y.C. Mayoral Election Results ›
Candidate
Party
Votes
Pct.
Mamdani
K
Dem.
1,018,190
50.3%
Cuomo
Ind.
841,476
41.6
Sliwa
Rep.
144,554
7.1
89% of votes in

Source: Associated Press

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miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh. I was a solid no on most of them.

Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 1d

Breaking: All 17 Texas Constitution amendments on verge of approval.

The propositions include restrictions on the creation of certain taxes, new tax exemptions, investments on water infrastructure and dementia research.

All 17 Texas Constitution amendments on verge of approval

The propositions include restrictions on the creation of certain taxes, new tax exemptions, investments on water infrastructure and dementia research.

www.texastribune.org

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

Note two important things here:

Jones defeated an incumbent, AG Jason Miyares.

And, this means one less key AG siding with Trump — and another AG and AG's Office that will be litigating against Trump.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: And, a closer race, but a huge result: Decision Desk HQ has called Virginia AG for Jones, the Democrat. election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11...

Virginia Attorney General General Election
County Results
SOHQ Last Updated: Nov 4, 2025, 8:30 PM
54% est. reporting
Candidates
Party
Jay Jones V
DEM
Jason Miyares *
GOP
Total
* Incumbent
Votes
960,233
924,527
1,884,760
Pct.
51%
49.1%
Election Date: 11/4/2025

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 1d

Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority

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www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority

NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.

www.nbcnews.com

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miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 1d

Or these

www.etsy.com/listing/4366....

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miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 1d

I might need some of these...

www.etsy.com/listing/4396...

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miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 1d

Jim Jordan was just in CNN talking about how horrible it was in Russia when he competed in wrestling there and how that's that Mamdani will bring to NY because he's a socialist. No one bothered to point out the socialism is not communism.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"The agent grabbed Ms. Stagi by the hair, put her into a chokehold, dragged her through the street and threw her down a grassy embankment.

Ms. Stagi said, “I’m 5-2. I’m not assaulting him..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

An Altercation With ICE Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back

www.nytimes.com

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 2d

This is a new low. We just learned that the President is once again REFUSING to fund SNAP despite a court order to do so.

He’s literally holding hungry children hostage to gain political leverage. It's craven and deeply immoral.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

Never forget: Dick Cheney's dishonesty led to 4,400 dead US troops and 200,000 or so dead Iraqi civilians.

Dick Cheney and the big lie that should never be forgotten

It led to 4,400 dead US troops and 200,000 or so dead Iraqi civilians.

www.motherjones.com

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