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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

🔥 @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “No one can confirm we’ve actually been taking out drug traffickers… the admiral in charge resigned… all these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime… the government’s story is not adding up.”

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 10h

Yes, they’re using the shutdown to turn off SNAP benefits.

No, they don’t have to.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 8h

They are trying so hard to convince you that the party in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress isn’t to blame for what’s coming.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

I see that the United States' peculiar brand of Christian Nationalism includes judging the poor for needing SNAP benefits (judging is something Jesus said *not to* do) but not helping the poor with SNAP benefits (helping the poor is something Jesus told them *to* do).

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 1d

Of course she has. The small matter of owing £122 million to UK taxpayers for her disgusting profiteering in a global pandemic means nothing to Michelle Mone.

NHS staff died in my hospital from the Covid they caught there - her dodgy PPE racket was vile.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

So that Mellon guy who gives away cash from his inheritance doesn’t have any left for SNAP?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 14h

This is so funny. None of these people have any intention of leaving the city. And if they did? Oh no, two million people who are scared of Muslims and/or socialists will fuck off, how sad. New

According to the NY Post more than 25% of New Yorkers will consider fleeing NYC if Mamdani wins.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

Can someone please ask him how the GOP changed the 60 vote threshold twice in the last two months to approve 150+ trump appointees in one go? Cuz they are in charge and can change the rules to open the government. And they know it. They WANT the shutdown.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"

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Antifa Princess™️🗿💖🌻⛵️✨ @tleighb.bsky.social · 17h

Wow..that’s another weird coincidence

There were four banks that waited until after Epstein was arrested in 2019 to report his suspicious activities. One was the Bank of New York Mellon. The “anonymous” donor who gave $130M to “pay the military” was Timothy Mellon.

Weird huh 🙄

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

ROLLING STONE: “The current Congress has dropped the pretense of public service altogether… Congress enjoys ultraluxe health care as it fights to gut yours.”

@RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why don’t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Walz: "They are paying contractors to pay down the East Wing but they're not putting money into the food bank. So if there's a sense of frustration in America, it's very real ... when the White House press secretary said their top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more."

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Zadett Rosslyn @zadett.bsky.social · 4h

Somehow I get a funny feeling Congress is not reconvening ever.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

“.. These ads should not be allowed to run because they are FAKE!” he added.

@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

So Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout from our tax dollars but devastated small towns here at home — nothing.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 6h

perfect response: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

California will dispatch observers to watch DOJ’s election monitors

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that the federal administration would deploy staff to evaluate California’s Nov. 4 redistricting election.

www.politico.com

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 7h

To all those “Let them go without food for a month, maybe they’ll get a job” people: Most SNAP recipients have jobs. Exploitative jobs that keep them living just below the poverty line. — Should they starve to death? And then what?

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 7h

🔥 🔥 🔥 from @aoc.bsky.social

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez V @AOC
X.com
Maybe if you channeled all this anger into swimming faster you wouldn't have come in fifth.
Riley Gaines
@Riley_Gaines_• 17h
We're being destroyed from within

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 11h

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7h

The oligarchy wants full control of what we watch and read.

A tweet from Robert Reich states:
“The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?”

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 13h

There's a particular kind of doomer on here who's like "and then SCOTUS will install him as president for a third term, and the military will back him up" as if that's the end of history.

Friend, there's still an "and then" after that.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 7h

If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP.

A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.

I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

I am thinking of the people of Jamaica, and the many New Yorkers with loved ones there, as Hurricane Melissa — fueled by a warming ocean — grows into the strongest storm ever to bear down upon the island.

As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa's ferocity

Hurricane Melissa has rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm due to warming oceans linked to climate change.

apnews.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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