Crystal

Sure does

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 want to thank and honour the person who harvested the potatoes I ate for breakfast, for using their bodies in exchange for very little money. May they be blessed abundantly.

This bullshittery is stomach turning, horrifying, heart breaking, infuriating. I knew this regime was going to be bad (at which time I still thought it was a "presidency" 🙄) but had not imagined it was going to be this bad.

Breathtaking lights over the Potomac River tonight.

Breathtaking lights over the Potomac River tonight.

Feel like, as a society, we might consider moving Halloween to the last Friday in October (observed.) Vibes truly immaculate tonight.

More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t 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.

Popok: The blue states and cities effectively brought the cases. The red states are suffering, and their AGs are sitting on the sidelines. There’s no red state that brought a case. Think about that: not one red state attorney general brought a case to help prevent starvation and suffering. None.

Not for nothing but it seems wild in a country so full of wealth and opportunity that ~10% of the population is relying on government assistance just to eat. Seems like a bad system.

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

I am motivated by the fact that I don’t think any president should get a blank check to murder as many people as he wants with zero oversight based on his opinion that they were transporting drugs without due process or proof presented to anyone. Jesus would agree with me. bsky.app/profile/atru...

BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.

Thou Shalt Swear Her In And Release The Epstein Files For the love of God.

Thou Shalt Swear Her In And Release The Epstein Files!

Chop Wood, Carry Water 10/30 DC recap and some important actions!

House Dems are in the Capitol trying to restore our healthcare, and most are voluntarily going without pay during this shutdown. House Repubs are absent and ARE drawing their salary, giving themselves a paid vacation while their constituents suffer.
#TrumpShutdown
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My theory is the evil people in charge know they're evil. That's why they're obviously miserable even though they spend a lot of effort trying to convince everyone (and themselves!) they're actually having a good time

Happy Halloween from Clyde the Hot Dog and Gracie the Avocado!!

Says the guy who’s kept the House out of session for months. He’s lying. Again. I’m fascinated by proudly public, self-professed Christians like Mike Johnson. Where does it say it’s okay for Christians to lie like this? I bet he gets down on his knees every night & prays to his god for forgiveness.

Thousands of you shared heartbreaking and maddening stories with me about rising health care costs. But the fight is far from over.

If you're willing to record your story, we can make sure GOP lawmakers see and hear the direct impact of their policy failures: wintheera.myctbl.com/share-your-s...

Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.

Same day. 🇺🇸

Just this year, Minnesota has ranked:

A top 10 state for safety.

A top 5 state to live in.

A top 3 state for jobs.

A top 3 state to retire.

The 2nd best state to raise a family.

The 2nd best state for children.

A bet against Minnesota is a bad bet.

Johnson basically says it here

HOW CAN WE AFFORD TO INVADE VENEZUELA IF THERE'S NO MONEY FOR SNAP???

A tweet from the official Department of Homeland Security account tags @SenatorDurbin and reads: “.@SenatorDurbin, this is SHAMEFUL. Want to talk about TERRORIZING? How about condemn the terrorist attacks and mass assaults against our law enforcement.” It continues: “Our @ICEgov officers are PROTECTING our communities from illegal alien gang members, rapists, and child sex offenders—that YOU are supporting. You should be thanking our brave men and women of @ICEgov instead of demonizing them.”

Senator Dick Durbin posts: “Your agents arrested a young cancer patient’s dad. She’d just returned from chemotherapy. No criminal record. Immigrants aren’t the threat here. You are.” Below the tweet is a photo showing a man wearing a cap and an American flag t-shirt sitting next to a smiling young girl in a sombrero at a restaurant, with food and drinks on the table in front of them.

Sen. Durbin isn’t taking Kristi Noem’s crap. Nor should he!

Undocumented people aren't eligible for food stamps, yet I guarantee that if you arrived at their door hungry, they would share their food with you.

Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained.”

Except for the ones that were.

FACTS about SNAP:

-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)