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Sarah Drummond
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Me: Everything sucks right now.

The happy, loving look on Auggie’s face: But I love you! … And you should get another dog. That’ll make everything better. ♥️💕

Me: Can’t argue with that logic.

(This wasn’t quite the face he was making, but it was too dark for me to get a good photo.)
Agreed. Jerks like Dave Ramsey like to blame the victims and claim that if you just deprive yourself of everything that brings you joy for 1 or 2… or 5 or 10, or even 30 years, you can pull yourself up by your bootstraps and lift yourself out of poverty. It’s bullshit. And everyone deserves joy.
We should be able to agree that there’s nothing wrong with someone on SNAP treating themselves or their kids once in awhile

The idea that if you’re poor you must never have a “treat” reinforces the notion that poverty is a choice and a failing

It’s neither, and we shouldn’t police anyone’s food
Ugh. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Of course he does. He would do that.
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No one deserves to starve.

We have enough food to feed everyone, but we have a serious problem with wealth inequality.

We must stop viewing those who are disabled and/or poor as moral failures and start recognizing the system is rigged against us.

It’s rigged against everyone but the 1%
Oy. I wonder if this is the first piece of legislation he has sponsored.
… 😳 … At this point, I might need to call out from work for the next few days to just have a good multi-day cry
FACTS about SNAP:

-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
Pics of Steve have become essential to my emotional wellbeing, so please keep them coming. Thank you.

Sincerely, …

Probably all of your American followers.
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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
I want to know if the people who back her, are also people who refuse to watch any movies in which tragedy ensues for a dog. Because how the fuck is killing a dog not grounds for permanent social exile?
Kristi Noem is a liar and a dog killer.
Good to know. Pass it on please.
Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
That’s so many words for “I’m a manipulative piece of shit asshole, who’s definitely going to hell, if such a place exists besides the United States, because my parents never showed me love as a child, and I refuse to go to therapy, because then I’d be held accountable for my actions.”
Johnson basically says it here
That’s terrifying to think about
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
At this point, I legitimately can’t understand how any American who isn’t completely fucking delusional can say “I love my country.” What exactly is it that they love? The oppression? The fascism? The massive inequality? Putting their oppressors on a pedestal?

Wait, it’s their privilege, isn’t it?
Stephen Miller is joining other high ranking regime members in military housing.

The tax payers will now subsidize his home AND personal security.

No money for food. Lots of money for Miller.

Perhaps if they weren’t about to starve 42 million Americans they wouldn’t have such security concerns?
This
As a disability advocate, I think it’s appalling how many people are fine letting disabled folks starve because they think “survival of the fittest” means we should die.

But here’s the thing… no one should be starving.

The richest country in the world can afford to feed everyone.
I suspect *A LOT* of Americans are feeling this way right now.
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An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Either theft is going to skyrocket, or people are going to starve. And frankly theft would by far be the lesser evil. Anyone who thinks otherwise should evaluate why they do not value human life as much as profits and/or property.
I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.
Thank you, @pressley.house.gov, for calling this refusal to fund SNAP what it is: an act of violence. Refusing food to people in need, including children, folks with disabilities, seniors, our unhoused neighbors, and pregnant folks is exactly that. It is pro-death and pro-suffering, NOT “pro-life.”
We all know a hungry child can't learn.
 
But Republicans' government shutdown is threatening SNAP and Head Start—forcing parents out of work and kids to go hungry.
 
This hurt and harm is undeniable—and it's 100% preventable.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
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Leaked document. Yikes, things are about to get much worse. It looks like we’re on the verge of becoming a military state across the country. Step out of line, and the man come and take you away.
You know shit’s bad when MTG is making sense
MARGE: “I’m so angry at my own party, and these weak and pathetic men in house and senate leadership… I’m beyond pissed off.” 👀

#TrumpShutdown
This week just keeps getting worse and worse. Y’all, please vote for Matt Schultz next year, to replace Nick Begich, who supported imprisoning unhoused people before he even got elected. Matt is compassionate and actual cares about the most vulnerable people

realleecamp.substack.com/p/trumps-pla...
Trump's Plan To Lock Homeless In Concentration Camps Becomes Reality
He's doing it in a state that nearly ended homelessness in 2015
realleecamp.substack.com
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DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
“The study showed sticking with either time option would be a bit healthier, but they found permanent standard time is slightly better — because it aligns more with the sun and human biology, what’s called our circadian rhythm.”

Woohoo!! The science matches what I’ve been saying for years!!!