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Marlene Dietrich in a tweed pantsuit and beret.

Marlene Dietrich, Pantsuit Girlboss.

Well, they are black leather.

What’s draining tax dollars isn’t SNAP, it’s corporate welfare and billionaire tax breaks.

FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.

Where’s the outrage about that?!

YouTube video by Robert Reich Trump Wants To Steal 2026. California Can Stop Him.

Great explainer on why Prop 50 is imperative to fight trump. youtu.be/A4HxgFNrHK8

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My Yes on 50 vote is in and counted!

Over 71 million Americans are paid less than a living wage, and are forced into social safety nets like SNAP.

If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, don’t shame them.

Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.

Studies show that when families who receive SNAP benefits have an able bodied adult, 89% of the time this person is employed

Which indicates many corporations don’t pay workers a living wage-and are thus subsidized by SNAP-yet somehow Republicans never mention this when they cry about “socialism”

My first thought. I was gobsmacked when I watched it. Had no idea.

You know who the real freeloaders in this country are? Not people who rely on SNAP, but corporations whose business model depends on wages so low that taxpayers have to feed their workers.

Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people? Does anyone work anymore?"

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

When I was an 11-year-old Navy dependent, I read in a military paper about military families qualifying for food assistance. That was 47 years ago. Support for military families and veterans has always been nothing more than talk.

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Good content!

Good sign.

Other trans journalists have also covered Mamdani’s incredible ad. It was so meaningful to so many.

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

Excellent content.

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

Percival Everett: 'Reading Is the Most Subversive Thing We Can Do' The Pulitzer winner linked book bans to fascism — and reminded us why every page turned is resistance.

Pulitzer winner Percival Everett linked book bans to fascism — and reminded us why every page turned is resistance. “When we read, we become critical. We’re open to ideas. We think,” he said. “And that’s what fascists do not want us to do."
wordinblack.com/2025/10/perc...

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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your belief that a bookshelf with a rolling ladder will fix you is a valid one.

Anyone who tells you otherwise is not worthy of your friendship.

'We Play Period Bingo': Librarians Get Creative To Offer Sex Ed, Period Products, And More Local librarians are stepping up to offer reproductive health resources in the wake of abortion bans.

Libraries serving their communities in novel ways — rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/01/l...

This is excellent content. 🥹