helle woods
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helle woods
@snacksrule.bsky.social
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Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
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oh phew, i was so worried amazon wasn't nimble. the thing that i care about in a recession, if a company is numble
wake up babe, a new way of saying "we just put 14,000 people out of a job" just dropped
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
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If you told me Bovino was fidgeting with a canister of tear gas in his pocket the entire hearing I would believe you. If they gassed protesters on their way out I would be totally unsurprised
Ellis says that, given her chat with Bovino today, "I don't know that we're going to see a whole lot of tear gas being deployed over the next week."
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The SNAP fight is actually a recapitulation of the entire purpose of the shutdown.
There's a contingency fund, Trump is required to spend it, but he's not, usurping Congress's power of the purse, essentially so he can do it again with normal appropriations whenever he wants
NEW: We just filed a lawsuit alongside 25 states to restore SNAP food assistance during the federal shutdown.

141,000 DC residents rely on SNAP to afford their meals — including 47,000 children and 24,000 seniors.

We will do everything in our power to prevent DC families from going hungry.
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I just left Gavin Newsom a message telling him I'll never vote for a presidential candidate who supports genital checks for children. and so can you! 916-445-2841
You may contact the Governor of California at (916) 445-2841 thank you and be blessde ✌️
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It really says something that a judge has to order federal agents to not hunt down children on Halloween
Ellis: Agents should stay far away from children on Halloween.

"Know that it is day where people will be out and about."

"I am simply asking that they keep the day in mind and keep it in context."

Lawyers for the government: "Understood, your honor."
at least his barber hates him as much as everyone else does
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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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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
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COATES: “Trump’s saying, ‘Y’all, I’m just gonna kill people.’ And the Greatest Deliberative Body has nothing to say about it. Y’all are punk, y’all are cowards.”
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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Ellis tells Bovino she wants to see him, in person, every day at 4:30 p.m. until the preliminary injunction hearing set for 11/5.
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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The "don't talk about social issues" strategy only works if you *admit that was your strategy after the fact*. We're in this doom loop where Democrats try something, gaslight themselves into believing they didn't try it, then decide to try it again.
"if we just don't talk about it, they can't hit us for talking about it" has been thoroughly discredited but we're going to keep trying it because the point was always that party elites/centrist Dems don't want to talk about those things, not whether it was good strategy/messaging to do so!
i'm tired of this grandpa!!!!
god can you imagine having to meet with these dipshit losers
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Colin Allred was attacked by Ted Cruz for being “pro-trans” and instead of standing up and defending trans kids he said “I don’t want boys playing against girls”. And he lost to Ted Cruz, one of the most loathsome creatures in the Senate, by a way higher margin than Beto in 2018
show me one (1) ad run by dems in 24 that focused on lgbt issues…show me a dem who gave a full throated defense of trans people rather than hem and haw
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In a major break from the past, the Supreme Court is frequently using its emergency docket to rule on challenges to government actions — almost always in favor of the Trump administration and without explanation. bit.ly/4nXIr2p
Supreme Court Shadow Docket Tracker — Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
The Court is ruling on challenges to government actions on its emergency docket, often without explaining its decisions or providing guidance to lower courts.
www.brennancenter.org
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*Democrats run centrists three elections in a row*

Centrists: We need to run a centrist. That's the solution
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Sorry I can't get over this but it's just so funny to say "The test starts off with giraffes and elephants but the questions get way harder than that"
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The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟