The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
Don't underestimate the damage that this political theater is causing. What we reap when we sow uncertainty will undermine public trust for decades to come.
β'It really is like thatβlike they kidnapped us until they get their payout,'β one interviewee said.
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09.11.2025 19:05 β π 40 π 17 π¬ 2 π 0
How much of the AI bubble is just AI-powered trading systems betting on themselves?
09.11.2025 16:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
dickholes for christ
04.11.2025 02:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Burning Taints USA
02.11.2025 03:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I hope trump gets reincarnated as one of those fish that swim up urethras in the Amazon
01.11.2025 02:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βIβm strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farmβ of course you do. Youβre twelve. βI donβt want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only mealβ hell yeah homie youβre twelve. βMaybe if thereβs crime we should just send the armyβ bless your heart my twelve year old buddy
08.09.2025 00:51 β π 12273 π 2286 π¬ 82 π 66
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
08.09.2025 00:37 β π 13655 π 2793 π¬ 117 π 235
YAY!!!!
26.10.2025 03:35 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Scoob! We used to be oomfies on the old thing!
25.10.2025 21:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Didnβt Paul Verhoeven make a movie about this?
25.10.2025 21:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A tweet by scoob that says βstill punk as fuckβ, I whisper as I reach for my pill organizer
Spotted an @scoobydouchebag.bsky.social tweet on insta. Love seeing an oomfie in the wild
25.10.2025 20:32 β π 21 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
I hope it eats at all these ICE scumbag's souls how much they are hated by everyone.
25.10.2025 19:10 β π 1089 π 172 π¬ 48 π 4
Hello Chief and APD Leadership,
I just wanted to jot a quick thank you note for those who participated in this meeting with the Latino community about ICE in our neighborhoods.
Sadly, this problem is not going away anytime soon. Historically, the police have been on the wrong side of history during the civil rights movement and the labor movement - defending capital. The pivotal points in American history are when police realized that their solidarity should be with labor; not capital.
Labor vs. police: Learning from working-class history Workers World
In this current struggle, I believe that we are 2-3 years away from a moment where we see the shift in solidarity.
I would like to see Aurora lead, and show something different. It will create discomfort during the transformation. I noticed during the march towards Blue Kangaroo, when the police escort disappeared, that activists I didn't know used their vehicles to block the intersections and protect the marchers.
All living things have the capacity to evolve and grow. Government is about to go through a huge evolutionary period and shed that which is not necessary, and re-focus on what is important.
As government continues to disintegrate from the top down, we have an opportunity to re-invent the ways we find food, water, shelter and protection.
We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different, leave our mark in the history books, and make a difference. I'm excited about the opportunity and look forward to discussing it further.
Respectfully, John Laesch Mayor, City of Aurora laesch@aurora.il.us
I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
25.10.2025 18:49 β π 2132 π 747 π¬ 3 π 155
white men cologne farts
20.10.2025 17:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
My immediate first thought was βthereβs something wrong with those enginesβ
19.10.2025 20:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
My fucking period is absolutely destroying me rn
18.10.2025 00:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Halloween 3 is the only good Halloween movie.
10.10.2025 15:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
hey this reminds me. remember how early on DOGE fired the whole team that sets the federal poverty level every year, and it turned out that team had been doing it since the concept was invented and nobody else knew how, and lots of things rely on that number. was there any follow up to that
09.10.2025 23:56 β π 75 π 21 π¬ 0 π 0
For the love of christ can someone just PLEASE dump the e-stein files on pastebin???!?
09.10.2025 14:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
President Pedophile says he, βtook the freedom of speech awayβ
08.10.2025 23:26 β π 44 π 24 π¬ 4 π 2
The "diversity."
06.10.2025 15:52 β π 460 π 60 π¬ 21 π 3
βBUY OUR CHEAP SHIT THAT HASNβT BEEN RELEVANT SINCE 1998 OR WEβLL CALL YOU ANTIFA!!!!1! ππ€£
05.10.2025 17:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
05.10.2025 09:08 β π 38112 π 17049 π¬ 816 π 2401
π₯ Finally an EU leader says it out loud:
βWe have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.β
04.10.2025 11:37 β π 1927 π 569 π¬ 35 π 25
labubupilled
05.10.2025 02:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Iβm sick and tired of Adolph Couchfuckler telling people to be grateful.
05.10.2025 00:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Look, babe, itβs Tung Tung Sahur!
03.10.2025 23:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I'm in there 17 times
02.10.2025 03:23 β π 586 π 65 π¬ 26 π 3
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