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ICYMI, Trump posted that he wanted to fund SNAP "as soon as possible . . . [i]f we are given the appropriate legal direction."
So a federal judge said "here's the legal direction" and ordered either full payment by today or partial by Wednesday.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
So a federal judge said "here's the legal direction" and ordered either full payment by today or partial by Wednesday.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Also, the President of the United States stated Friday evening
that:
I do not want Americans to go hungry . . . [I] ask the Court to clarify how
we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible. . . . If we are given the
appropriate legal direction by the Court, it will BE MY HONOR to
provide the funding . . .
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), Truth Social (Oct. 31, 2025, at 6:10 PM).1
So, here’s the ORDER and here’s the legal direction from the Court.2 Having
reviewed the Complaint, Motion, Memorandum of Law, Declarations, and evidence
in support of the Motion, as well as the papers filed in opposition to this Motion, and
1 The Court greatly appreciates the President’s quick and definitive response
to this Court’s Order and his desire to provide the necessary SNAP funding.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreif3bu5vntalhpnkici3obgko2pk66tq25fd2yq7e3bwarrhrdzeqm@jpeg)
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The job of a good message isn't to say what is popular. The job of a good message is to make popular what we need said.
MAGA and Madison Avenue have known and exploited this. But it also very much applies to campaigns for good.
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
MAGA and Madison Avenue have known and exploited this. But it also very much applies to campaigns for good.
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
www.weekendreading.net
Without the night shift, there is no morning.
Without the night shift, there is no morning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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Great thread. Here you’ll find the words “political education” which are rarely uttered in our country but seem pretty central for digging ourselves out of the hole we find ourselves in.
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
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It doesn’t get more pathetic than this. What a complete loser.
it's genuinely crazy that Congressional Republicans have only one actual principled belief and it's "we should cut healthcare to fund tax cuts for the rich"
there's literally nothing stopping them from turning some of the Medicaid money back on, they're doing this for love of the game
there's literally nothing stopping them from turning some of the Medicaid money back on, they're doing this for love of the game
in retrospect my skepticism about Dems making this the cornerstone of shutdown messaging underestimated how much the GOP hates people having healthcare and their chronic inability to have any sort of message discipline, as much as Thune has tried
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My latest is about the latest revelations on the failed prosecution of Donald Trump, and why you should blame Merrick Garland more than the Supreme Court.
You Should Blame Merrick Garland
Garland's incompetence gave the Supreme Court the chance to set Trump free
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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
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Threads on Bluesky should feel more like conversations you’d have IRL.
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Progress Update: Building Healthier Social Media - Bluesky
Over the next few months, we’ll be iterating on the systems that make Bluesky a better place for healthy conversations. Some experiments will stick, others will evolve, and we’ll share what we learn a...
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