Julia Grant Reed

Trump Administration Tells Court It Has Money It Can’t Spend to Prevent Food Stamp Cuts

"Trump Administration Says there are obstacles to freeing food stamp funds"

The obstacle: Thinking working families are super annoying

The GOP is using the shutdown to literally make people choose between starving and losing their healthcare. That’s how sadistic this is and what the age of fascism is going to look like unless we defeat it.

If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP.

A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.

I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.

Open enrollment starts this week.

It’s also hilarious how he’s like “well people are mad homelessness isn’t improving but that’s obviously the voter’s fault” 😂

I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.

the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.

Baristas are rallying at Starbucks stores across the country this weekend. Here's why As 70 rallies kick off across the country, unionized baristas say they’re fighting for fair pay and hours—just as fall coffee orders surge.

The strike authorization vote has begun!

While voting commences, union baristas are holding 70 rallies and pickets through November 1st. It's time to get serious about finalizing fair contracts, Starbucks.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

The literal thought I had stopping by my drop box: “I wonder how many more times I’ll get to do this?” Democracy seems so fragile right now, so love it while you can. Get out and #vote #Seattle!

Their editorial board is very conservative, but they have some good reporters on the news side. I just think if you're going to be the "state politics reporter," you should tune in to what's actually happening in Olympia and in these races, no matter the Ed Board's position.

Also Michelle Caldier is neither a moderate nor a coalition builder. She quit her own caucus for a year over a fight about personal accommodations and one of her main legislative accomplishments was an hour long filibuster for the dental lobby against the dental therapy bill.

One of the big losses of @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social 's closure is lack of reporting from folks who actually understand Olympia's current dynamics, and not the ones from 5-7 years ago. #waleg

Could a centrist coalition shake up WA's 2026 legislative session? Some GOP and moderate Democrat lawmakers want to form a coalition to influence key votes in Olympia and potentially reshape tax, housing and education policy.

Wild to me that @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social has never talked about pragmatic progressives from in and outside of Puget Sound taking the majority in Olympia & achieving major legislative wins, but instead high on fringe Republicans with delusions of grandeur www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

L.O.L.

Witchcraft.

“Official side me” said it best. Love those #Mariners Heartbroken but still cheering #FeeltheTeal #TridentsUp

Yikes, and just 16, their poor parents!

Seattle says: all power to the people and NO KINGS #Nokings

We will allow it.

No Kings but the Frog King in my city! #Nokings #Seattle

Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’

Lol, what even is law?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

It’s being shifted…. Away from the thing they had said they would fund… so that thing is being….defunded?

I mean, honestly, great line.

A box overlaid on a map showing southern England, with London prominently marked. The box features bold black text reading: "NO TYRANTS INDIVISIBLE LONDON UK" Below this heading, the event details are listed: Date: Sat, Oct 18 Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT Location: US EMBASSY LONDON (UK) The time and date information is accompanied by red calendar and map pin icons. At the bottom of the flyer is a large red button labeled “RSVP” in white text.

Lol that the London No Kings event is called No Tyrants because…you know…

www.nokings.org#map

“for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in” — Matthew 25:35

This would…not be cool at all.

What? Why? We have lots of actual artists and cultural institutions in this city and state who can enrich our city. Why would we debase that for empty AI nonsense?