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Earth to Democrats: Do NOT compromise on your shutdown demand.

robertreich.substack.com/p/earth-to-d...

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.

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Let's do the list:
- Fell asleep at desk during live Oval event
- Has twice disappeared from public view for extended periods
- Has unexplained visible bruising, still no explanation for MRI or mid-year "check up"
- Frequently confabulates, makes no sense when speaking
- Weight gain, dishevelment

Nytimes screen shot. How the elections intensified the fight over the Democratic Party. Around d the US, primary candidates will decide the party’s direction on policy issues and ultimately whether it has a center left or left wing vision.

Am I the only person who thinks this is great? Like, “yes, we should have a variety of candidates in primaries. Let’s stop being afraid of what Fox News is going to say, they are going to say it anyway.”

To my prescription meds: [pic of Obi Wan with volcanic fires behind him] you were supposed to destroy my illnesses not joint them.

#SundaySilence

A very large orange and white cat is eating breakfast next to a tiny black kitten.

Good morning from #Sisko and #Moogie. Their size difference is funny. The boys are so gentle and sweet. #Cats #CatsofBlueSky #CatSky #StarTrek

I give you more wee lil babies.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Little gray tabby cat napping with larger sweet short haired tortie, both on their sides, facing each other, only touching back beans.

#caturday was about napping.

Jeffries: "These Republicans have tried to repeal the ACA more than 70 different times. They're not acting in good faith in dealing w/healthcare crisis they're visiting on the American people. This is the same group who just enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in history in their big ugly bill."

I stood up too fast and saw my cursed ancestors mybodyistryingtokillme.com

Christ...

Kim Kardashians being a moon truther makes sense and everything but I still hate it with an uncontainable fury.

Islamic Center of Rijeka

Islamic Center of Rijeka

Islamic Center of Rijeka

Islamic Center of Rijeka

Completed in 2013, the Islamic Center of Rijeka is the first Adriatic Coast mosque built in over 500 years. Designed from a sculptural model by Croatian artist Dušan Džamonja, it fulfills decades-long aspirations of Rijeka’s Muslim community through a unique creative process.

Bernie Sanders: We need universal healthcare, and we must pass a Medicare for All, single-payer program to provide comprehensive coverage to all with zero out-of-pocket expenses, and full freedom of choice regarding healthcare providers.

People in some states get SNAP food aid while others still wait for their November benefits People in some U.S. states have started receiving their November SNAP benefits after delays caused by a legal battle over the government shutdown.

ICYMI, UNITED STATES: “People in some states get SNAP food aid while others still wait for their November benefits” apnews.com/article/snap... - @apnews.com

#FoodAid #FoodSecurity #Hunger #SNAP

NO FOOD FOR YOU: The Trump administration tells states to “immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025"

WELKER: Can you guarantee you will reopen the government before Thanksgiving?

JEFFRIES: Donald Trump needs to get off the golf course and get back to the negotiating table

We live in a paranoid nation with over 400 million civilian owned guns.

Maria was a house cleaner. She accidentally went to a wrong house & got shot in the head. Now, her 4 children are motherless.

#GunsDontMakeUsSafer

Really great piece tying extractive model of AI to its bubble.

Editing federal employees’ emails to blame Democrats for shutdown violated their First Amendment rights, judge says | CNN Politics A federal judge ruled Friday that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for...

A federal judge has ruled that Trump’s Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for the government shutdown. cnn.it/4qOk5Kj

Super moon. 8”x6” oil

4 frame comic. The author is in bookstore. Text above reads : I went to my local bookstore today, and the first thing I saw upon entering was a display of children's books made with aI. In second frame, she holds a book. Text reads : telling stories to children is so quintessential to the human experience. why would anyone want to let robots do it for us? In the third frame there is a recipe book open on a cake picture. Text reads : a few months ago, I bought a recipe book that turned out to have been made with aI. hallucinated cakes that I unknowingly placed next to a binder containing my mom and grandma's hand- written recipes. In the last frame, the author as a child is baking with her grandmother. Text reads : I'm not against aI because it might ''steal my job'' as an artist. I'm against aI because it robs society from the very experiences that connect us.

Nothing is sacred.

This is significant in Kansas, which announced on Friday that it was distributing full benefits to all SNAP recipients & doing it *right freakin' now*. As in, not reloading the cards in its usual way, over multiple days, by last name of household head. All SNAP cards were to be full by COB Friday.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps

For anyone who thought that states & communities could step up to fill the SNAP gap: This administration will not allow it.
Illegal, immoral, unconstitutional, unethical, cruel.