Gabriele Schafer

College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support

It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” -Happy Heavenly Birthday to Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (9 Nov 1934-1996)

1/2 “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us…

“We have a president who’s deliberately making hunger worse for Americans.” In new speech, President Biden rips into Donald Trump.

Not sure if these are the Page One headlines WH was going for.

@wsj.com

WOW: California Gov. Gavin Newsom gets a rock star welcome in Houston, Texas — greeted by cheering crowds lined up outside his rally today.

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😂

I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.

100 calories of crops fed to animals =

🥛 17 calories of cows milk 🐮
or
🥚 17 calories of hens eggs 🐔
or
🍗 13 calories of chicken flesh 🐓
or
🥓 9 calories of pig flesh 🐷
or
🥩 3 calories of cow flesh 🐂

OR

We could all eat crops directly and end world hunger 🤷🏽‍♀️

With 64 books to her name, Margaret Atwood has been called the "prophet of doom" for her uncanny ability to write about catastrophes in her fiction before they happen in real life. This Sunday, she talks with Jon Wertheim about her dystopian classic, "The Handmaid’s Tale." 60Minutes.com

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💜 “We’ve seen firsthand how IndieSpace shows up for artists.”

Each year, The Big Give celebrates the indie theater community - the people, spaces, and creativity.

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Utterly outrageous, but then what isn’t these days…

Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.

Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.

Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.

Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.

Excessive force. PERIOD!

They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.

📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.

Over half of the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom are facing (or recently faced) federal investigations into wrongdoing — including violating workers’ rights or misleading consumers.

They also have a combined $279 BILLION in federal contracts.

Follow the money.

YouTube video by Democracy Docket The Most Important Election In 2025 | Rep. Mikie Sherrill

🚨BREAKING: Democratic Mikie Sherrill wins in New Jersey! When I interviewed her, she outlined a strong pro-democracy agenda and a toughness to fight back against Trump. youtu.be/hKI7JaJW78Q

Judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at briefings by Trump, Leavitt U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the White House’s decision to end ASL interpretation illegally excluded deaf Americans from crucial updates from the government.

A federal judge just ordered the White House to restore sign language interpreters at all briefings conducted by Trump or Leavitt.

This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.

Nero would be proud.

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.

The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.

They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.

Wanna fix fraud and abuse?

Fix that.

Halloween on my block

THEY FOUND THE ANTIFA HANDBOOK! IT'S THE CONSTITUTION!

Shouldn’t take a court order to tell you to feed the hungry.

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.

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.

What’s he lying about now? I can’t get past the apostrophe in tariffs.