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So glad to hear USDA will be going after the "shoot your dog Secretary'. www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

I caucused for Rev. Jackson in 1988 in Iowa. I was 18. In my town of about 140 people total, at the time split pretty evenly between D and R, he had about 5 votes. It wasn't viable so we had to move on, but not a bad showing given Gephardt pretty easily won Iowa.

They will shoot your dogs, they will shoot your kid's balloon, they will shoot you.

Forty individuals, organizations object to Kansas Senate bill adding barriers to food and health aid • Kansas Reflector Dozens of organizations or individuals oppose a bill that would impose new state application and reporting requirements for programs serving children, elderly people, poor people, pregnant women and p...

Forty individuals, organizations object to Kansas Senate bill adding barriers to food and health aid | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/02/11/f...

You may already be a winner! 4-H Barbie's new toadies to weaponize food against Americans with giant fake "commissions". www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sen...

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

This is such an irresponsible take on this and indicates the author (maybe the whole news organization?) has no idea how these programs work. Among other mischaraterizations, payment error rates are not fraud. USDA website says that. At least the WaPo could read the website before publishing.

Rye

God help us that we are reliant on golfers to lead a revolt but I think we need it.

Trump moves on D.C. golf courses with notice that jeopardizes lease The administration puts National Links Trust on the clock in a bid to take control of the city’s three public golf courses.

Trump moves on D.C. golf courses with notice that jeopardizes lease

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This course is weirdly beloved by local golfers because it is an affordable and community course. Of course this jack*** sees it as a real estate opportunity.

Secretary Bessent, who knows a thing or two about ag says on Face the Nation "Ag is all about the future" Sure, that's why the average farmer is 20 years older than the rest of Americans and an occupation that is at least 20x more expensive to join than it was 40 years ago.

She should watch the 5th episode of the American Revolution and see just who the invaders are.

"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"

Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...

I feel the same thing about radio. I love being surprised by a song a DJ put in the mix.

They will soon try to rename SNAP also, to something like Harvest Box. But renaming will be the least of the problems for food security.

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

Courtesy of the world’s richest man who just got a trillion-dollar pay package from his feckless board: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

USDA revises SNAP benefit amounts during shutdown after admitting miscalculation • Kansas Reflector The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reduce the largest monthly food assistance payments by about 35% in November, a smaller decrease than the department initially estimated, according to a court f...

USDA revises SNAP benefit amounts during shutdown after admitting miscalculation | via @fischler.bsky.social #ksleg

Navy Fighter jets buzzing DC now. 4 round in. How many more? Did someone leak the Epstein Files?

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Would anyone stop him if he just tore the whole WH down? And, it doesn't seem like he will need a wrecking ball or riot for the Supreme Court Building since he already owns them.

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

Sara Whitmer • • • 1h • 8 I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town. Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming. Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance. 75 12 comments

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

Very Trump-era story.
1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum.
2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property!
3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property.
4. The person who did the right thing was fired.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

After months of postponing, OPM opts to fully cancel 2025 FEVS The cancellation comes after OPM indefinitely delayed FEVS earlier this year, due to the Trump administration’s “urgent” changes for federal employees.

Hey Friends--there won't be 2025 survey since employees are all too busy getting RIFed, relocated or traumatized. So let's help OPM draft the 2026 Federal Employee Viewpoint SURVEY Questions. Enter your suggestions in the comments. federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...

We used to call this security theater - but in this context it’s authoritarian theater

That jogger looks tough!

This article really moved me. I wish the best for the town, store, and owners.

ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....

When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.

That tracks.

Notice how her statement is we need a workforce that fits our budget, not a workforce that meets the mission.