βThe driverβs family identified him as Carlos Jimenez, 24, a U.S. citizen, and said he was on his way to work at a food bank when the shooting occurred.β 
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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βThe driverβs family identified him as Carlos Jimenez, 24, a U.S. citizen, and said he was on his way to work at a food bank when the shooting occurred.β 
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
Paid Leave for the House GOP.
FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
I would prefer the government pay the air traffic controllers who protect us than for ICE who terrorizes us during the shutdown.
31.10.2025 12:37 β π 75 π 12 π¬ 0 π 0The media is about to blitz us with stories about how awful Maduro is and I want you to remember that even if they're all true, they are being issued solely for the purpose of manufacturing consent for invading Venezuela and killing innocent people.
31.10.2025 16:25 β π 3290 π 1259 π¬ 120 π 72Shouldnβt take a court order to tell you to feed the hungry.
31.10.2025 19:04 β π 3595 π 904 π¬ 76 π 42the tone deafness is beyond parody
31.10.2025 17:30 β π 7690 π 2183 π¬ 1467 π 651Sure does
31.10.2025 19:11 β π 3095 π 1059 π¬ 144 π 58If republicans are able-bodied and getting government assistance, they should be subject to a work requirement, no?
31.10.2025 18:40 β π 2166 π 720 π¬ 69 π 32If Fox Propaganda had existed in 1974, Richard Nixon would never have had to resign.
31.10.2025 17:21 β π 2809 π 554 π¬ 145 π 30βΊAbout 400 drones already β towards the Moscow, Kaluga, Ryazan, and Tambov regions, β monitors.
And so on.
The last two Dodger championship teams had to fight back from the brink also.
2024 Dodgers had to win two straight elimination games in the NLDS against the Padres and did 
2020 Dodgers had to win three straight elimination games in the NLCS against the Braves and did. 
4/5 games were on the road
I visited Grand Street Senior Housing on the Lower East Side today and tried a little Bomba y Plenaβ¦
31.10.2025 17:07 β π 14095 π 1942 π¬ 400 π 254My photo of my gardenia flower in morning sunlight.
When morning sunlight hits just right! Yes, another Gardenia bloom from my patio. I know that there's SO much to take in, especially in the U.S. but today and this weekend, I'm letting nature take me over! Enjoy! π±πΏπ
#FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling #PhotographersofBluesky #Photography #garden
Apart from anything else, the "Lincoln bathroom" wasn't Lincoln's bathroom. It was Lincoln's office and cabinet room.
It wasn't renovated in the 1940s, it was installed in the 1940s.
And there it is...
Announcement is made that the US House will be out of session again next week
They haven't voted since mid-September
The thing I'm watching for the most is the margin of Mamdani winning Brooklyn on Tuesday. I think it's going to be an utter smackdown.
And please remember, for the non-New-Yorkers, Brooklyn is not a "neighborhood."
If it were its own city, we'd be the size of Chicago.
Federal judge gives USDA deadline to agree to authorize SNAP amid shutdown www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
31.10.2025 20:30 β π 137 π 72 π¬ 5 π 1I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.
31.10.2025 18:07 β π 4449 π 1056 π¬ 5 π 106π¨BREAKING: 2 fed courts have issued orders blocking Trumpβs attempt to defund SNAP. Congrats to @democracyforward.org, its co counsel and clients, and Dem State AGs.
31.10.2025 18:04 β π 3812 π 1051 π¬ 72 π 45Did a pod with my friend @urbancomposition.bsky.social on developing personal style. Unfortunately, the long and short of it is that you can't just buy stuff (sad!). Free 20 min preview to the pod here:
pod.link/blamo/episod...
Remember when we saw video of big plastic bags being tossed out of the Lincoln bathroom window?
31.10.2025 18:57 β π 3937 π 1217 π¬ 370 π 35A federal judge chided the Trump administration for withholding food benefits during the shutdown, saying it "erred" in its interpretation of the law
31.10.2025 18:20 β π 493 π 112 π¬ 21 π 11BOSTON (AP) β Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.
31.10.2025 18:07 β π 7676 π 2096 π¬ 144 π 167BREAKING: 20 Jeffrey Epstein victims are urging Mike Johnson to immediately swear-in Adelita Grijalva.
STOP IGNORING THE EPSTEIN VICTIMS!
something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
31.10.2025 18:29 β π 9177 π 1172 π¬ 311 π 71More than 47 million Americans β including one in five children β donβt have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.
31.10.2025 18:49 β π 10155 π 3098 π¬ 380 π 108Dear New York, at the very least, please give wonderful Democratic Socialist Mamdani a massive landslide victory so that he has a mandate.
31.10.2025 02:07 β π 13303 π 2551 π¬ 715 π 185REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): βIf this is what theyβre doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilitiesβ¦ what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?β
31.10.2025 02:33 β π 30832 π 11310 π¬ 444 π 405