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π¨BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security quietly formalized sweeping changes to a federal immigration database, turning it into a national βvoter verificationβ tool that appears to sidestep federal privacy protections and will make it easier to remove large numbers of voters from the rolls.
31.10.2025 16:32 β π 1493 π 1049 π¬ 92 π 97An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. Itβs a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Donβt be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
MAGA is refusing to protect healthcare and nutrition programs, taking food from 42 million Americans and forcing working families to choose between food, medicine, and rent.
This weekend, join Americans who are coming together to provide mutual aid and care for our communities: nokings.org/alliance
This!
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Been away from the bench for a while. Here is the first part of a two part vignette I making for someone important in my life. 1/72 isnβt my scale but overall the special hobby kit isnβt bad. Just wish they would make it easier for inflight π #histscalemodels #scalemodels #dhvampire
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More crimes
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Educators & parents:
β’ Are public schools in your area losing funding or changing curriculum?
β’ Are low-income, ESL or disabled students losing access to programs?
β’ Are more families in your area sending students to private schools?
Help us report β¬οΈ
βIf youβre watching television and the words βwoke and weaponizedβ come out of a politicianβs mouth, you can know that this is coming ... from the strategies weβre putting out,β Vought boasted in a recording obtained by ProPublica.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
A tweet from BrooklynDad_Defiant! says: βTHIS.β followed by several clapping emojis. The image text reads: βLetβs give teachers $50k signing bonuses, $100k salaries, and $60k student loan forgiveness. You know, the same as ICE gets.β
Hear, hear!
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
27.10.2025 16:51 β π 54081 π 10131 π¬ 1876 π 648π₯ WATCH: The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any βmedical intervention.β
Those behind the law have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy. But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
β‘οΈ More: https://propub.li/3JgEGWQ
Not every journalist needs to worry about location tracking β but when it matters, it really matters.
Our latest guide helps you assess when location tracking risks apply to your work β and what steps you can take to mitigate those risks when they do.
Want to read the Epstein files? Or important climate reports? Youβll probably need a FOIA office for that.
Use FPF's new tool to help us tell Congress that Trumpβs decimation of FOIA offices is unacceptable. Americans deserve access to all their records.
North Carolina, you in danger girl!
And the rest of democracy is in danger right along with you.
This is a powerful speech.
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Why stop at a few chokers and tiaras when you can just empty out Fort Knox?
23.10.2025 05:20 β π 73 π 30 π¬ 0 π 2Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
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Attorney General James Launches Portal to Collect Photos and Videos of ICE Activity in New York NEW YORK β New York Attorney General Letitia James is encouraging New Yorkers to submit videos or other documentation of federal immigration enforcement actions in New York following yesterdayβs Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on Canal Street in New York City. βEvery New Yorker has the right to live without fear or intimidation,β said Attorney General James. βIf you witnessed and documented ICE activity yesterday, I urge you to share that footage with my office. We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law. No one should be subject to unlawful questioning, detention, or intimidation.β Attorney General James is asking New Yorkers to share photos or videos of federal government actions using the Office of the Attorney Generalβs new online portal.
The day after the Chinatown raid, New York AG Tish James launches an online portal for the public to submit photos and videos of ICE activity.
"We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," she writes.
Portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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Federal treasury employees were ordered not to take or share any photos of Trump's $250 million demolition of the East Wing.
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Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
19.10.2025 01:24 β π 8247 π 4607 π¬ 391 π 1115Best wishes for a quick recovery!
19.10.2025 12:02 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Well, you can finally cross βIβve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penisβ off your bucket list
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White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isnβt.
This is what I found.
Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"
16.10.2025 19:10 β π 19791 π 6062 π¬ 449 π 443Murphy: "If we want to win the argument nationally on the economy, then we've got to break our addiction to incremental economic change. And we've got to talk about big, bold ideas that reorder power in this country."
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