I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
22.10.2025 00:33 β π 16947 π 7038 π¬ 431 π 399There's an Abuser Party and an Enabler Party. They depend on this dynamic. I wrote about it here: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/behold-a-p...
05.10.2025 13:06 β π 188 π 57 π¬ 2 π 4Becoming increasingly clear weβre gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
18.09.2025 00:22 β π 40283 π 8987 π¬ 888 π 542White Christian Taliban shit right here.
Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. Itβs a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. Theyβre not just going to hand back power.)
The Democratic Party has badly lost its way.
31.08.2025 15:54 β π 1092 π 243 π¬ 45 π 40New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
28.08.2025 17:32 β π 17468 π 2859 π¬ 439 π 215Utahβs grade is F, indicating that the state legislature has greatly distorted the districts in Utah to achieve a partisan advantage that is well outside what would be statistically expected under a fair districting process.
25.08.2025 22:45 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0In recognition of James Dobson's all too delayed death, we republished an account of his legacy -- a three part series about evangelical child abuse, a culture Dobson disseminated and propagandized. buttondown.com/theswordandt...
22.08.2025 17:31 β π 671 π 284 π¬ 14 π 26A very smart friend of mine has introduced me to the concept of βmoral injury.β It sure does help describe the national trauma we are all experiencing. Which is a crucial step toward finding a way to produce the change we so urgently need. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
07.07.2025 20:22 β π 396 π 115 π¬ 34 π 20ICE's show of force today in Los Angeles is grim but largely symbolic.
They'll kidnap fewer people today than average. We knew they were planning something because their operational tempo slacked from Jul 4-6.
Community members got to #MacArthurPark hours ahead of time to warn residents.
Iβm sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset.
I donβt know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
I just finished it yesterday. Terrific, enlightening book. Thank you, @swordsjew.bsky.social
03.07.2025 01:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think Fetterman wants in on the heist.
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