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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13h

“There’s too many Americans on SNAP!”

Yes there are. Too many corporations refuse to pay a living wage.

Huge companyies are encouraging their employees to apply for SNAP because they don’t pay them enough to survive.

The government encourages this & then blames the poor.

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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 7h

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🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 4h

This is worth sharing because you know how much time they put into this

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

I saw a Cuomo ad last night that was basically "if there's another 9/11, we need a mayor with experience like Andrew Cuomo," and it made me wonder, wait, what was Andrew Cuomo doing on 9/11?

Well, he was probably preoccupied with damage control for this:

nypost.com/2001/09/10/p...

PROBE RIPS ANDY IN $130M HUD MESS
By Deborah Orin
Published Sep. 10, 2001, 4:00 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON – Federal watchdogs today will testify that Andrew Cuomo’s “lax oversight” let crooks loot a housing program for the poor that will now cost taxpayers $130 million to bail out.

At issue is Cuomo’s role as Bill Clinton’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development and his pet home-ownership program for the poor, which collapsed in scandal.

Today’s bipartisan congressional hearing was called by Rep. Sue Kelly (R-Westchester), with Reps. Charles Rangel (D-Harlem) – who backs Cuomo’s gubernatorial rival Carl McCall – and Felix Grucci (R-L.I.) also expected.

“Decisions made during [Cuomo’s] tenure opened up this program to widespread fraud and abuse while the concerns of federal investigators were ignored,” Kelly said.

The program was supposed to help poor people fix up housing. But instead, it left tenants stuck in 719 homes – including almost 200 Harlem brownstones – that are mostly a mess, in foreclosure and, in some cases, without heat.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10h

Chump's Presidency Is An
Absolute Train Wreck.......

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12h

The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.

They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.

They’re refusing.

Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.

Starvation as a policy choice.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

Wait, did they edit an interview? Did they not air every second?

I heard that’s grounds for a multimillion lawsuit

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

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Po Murray @pomurray.bsky.social · 1d

Trump hosted an extravagant Roaring 20s - Great Gatsby Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida while trying to take away food from 42 million Americans.

The good news is that 2 judges ordered the Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments during the shutdown!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

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Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @sarajacobs.house.gov · 1d

Don’t take it from me, listen to Snopes! Speaker Johnson signed a bill to cut $186 billion from SNAP. And again, it’s HIS party that won’t help millions of Americans put food on the table this month.

House Speaker Mike Johnson signed bill cutting $186B from SNAP in July 2025

Users shared this true claim amid uncertainty regarding whether Americans would receive federal food benefits during the 2025 government shutdown.

www.snopes.com

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

Trump filed lawsuits over jokes, tweets, and news articles, but not once over any of the countless allegations of child rape. I feel like more people should mention that.

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Andy Ostroy @andyostroy.bsky.social · 1d

The dude on the left has been accused of sexual harassment by 13 women. The dude on the right has not. The choice is clear. Vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Tuesday

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 1d

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sassygirl411.bsky.social @sassygirl411.bsky.social · 1d

US Businesses will continue to make it harder for working families unless you cut interest rates so I can make even more money. #GreedyBastards

US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal Democrat @us-political-news.bsky.social · 1d

Bessent: U.S. faces broader recession risk without more Fed cuts https://www.axios.com/2025/11/02/recession-bessent-fed-interest-rates https://www.axios.com/2025/11/02/recession-bessent-fed-interest-rates

sassygirl411.bsky.social @sassygirl411.bsky.social · 1d

Switzerland is so much smarter than the US!

WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 1d

When will our nation catch up???

In Switzerland, train tracks have been converted into solar power plants, generating clean energy between the train rails without disrupting train operations.

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 1d

In the past month, a serial child rapist has murdered 100 people in the Caribbean, destroyed the East Wing of the White House, neutralized our Congress, & stolen food from 20% of American children.

We pay him, house him, drive him, fly him, and pay for his bodyguards.

Call your reps
202-224-3121

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Allen Dell @urgeoverkill.bsky.social · 1d

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Douglas Michael Massing @michaelmassing.com · Jul 14

“And I ask you Jews, everywhere, all over the world, to spend some time alone and think, Is this acceptable and sustainable? How could it be done to you and your ancestors and you turn around and you do it to someone else?”

Jewish-American actor Mandy Patinkin suggests Israel doing in Gaza what was done to previous generations of Jews

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Good question, Junior!

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not a Nobel winning economist, but it seems to me the world's largest retailer and the worlds largest delivery services laying off hundreds of thousands right before the busiest retail and delivery season of the year is perhaps not an optimistic indicator of Trump's promised "Golden Age"