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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.

09.11.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6815    πŸ” 2773    πŸ’¬ 580    πŸ“Œ 596
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Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.

Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays capitalbnews.org/snap-crisis-...

09.11.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear

05.11.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 35890    πŸ” 6927    πŸ’¬ 316    πŸ“Œ 176
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If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

04.11.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 22865    πŸ” 6180    πŸ’¬ 610    πŸ“Œ 280

Double woohoo for Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! His campaign showed that when we fight for bold policies like universal child care that make life more affordable for working families, we can win big.

05.11.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 638    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

05.11.2025 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 50423    πŸ” 9901    πŸ’¬ 618    πŸ“Œ 746

You may not agree, but I think it’s time for Dems from coast to coast to run on Medicare for all.

We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.

Period.

They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.

05.11.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2064    πŸ” 668    πŸ’¬ 205    πŸ“Œ 115

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

05.11.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 62086    πŸ” 11236    πŸ’¬ 1207    πŸ“Œ 522
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FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 'high-volume' markets The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 β€œhigh-volume” markets beginning Friday morning to maintain safety during the ongoing government shutdown.

BREAKING: The FAA announces a 10% reduction in airline traffic in 40 markets to maintain safety during ongoing government shutdown.

05.11.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 261    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 53

Just left the latest hearing in Jim Comey's criminal case. It did not go well for DOJ

The magistrate judge scolded them for an "indict first, investigate second" posture and ordered them to turn over reams of material β€” including all grand jury info β€” to Comey's team

Details TK

05.11.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 21624    πŸ” 4641    πŸ’¬ 275    πŸ“Œ 153
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

05.11.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 43450    πŸ” 15708    πŸ’¬ 764    πŸ“Œ 720

Trump will deny it’s a referendum on him. But it’s a referendum on him and his disgraceful regime that couldn’t care less about the needs of people.

05.11.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2146    πŸ” 421    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 12

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year β€” over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M β€” 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?

04.11.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 22300    πŸ” 8164    πŸ’¬ 633    πŸ“Œ 345
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Blumenthal: We’re going to continue finding more of the ballroom donors who evidently didn’t want their names revealed. And let me name them: BlackRock, Susquehanna International, Nvidia, OpenAI, Vantive, and Extremity Care.

And so, we will use every possible resource to expose this corruption to

04.11.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 17559    πŸ” 6925    πŸ’¬ 352    πŸ“Œ 270

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

27.10.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 34797    πŸ” 11502    πŸ’¬ 867    πŸ“Œ 682
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AOC: There was a day before his presidency, and there will be a day after β€” and it belongs to us.

27.10.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 26413    πŸ” 5229    πŸ’¬ 417    πŸ“Œ 249
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25.10.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 18675    πŸ” 7081    πŸ’¬ 899    πŸ“Œ 322
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Something unexpected happened at the @meidascanada.ca town hall in Victoria.
A group of young Afghan girls who escaped the Taliban showed up and asked to speak. They told their story of the fight for education and the need for Canada to help.
We will be sharing their story.
@meidastouch.com

26.10.2025 05:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7429    πŸ” 1616    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 45

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

25.10.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 44176    πŸ” 15401    πŸ’¬ 1710    πŸ“Œ 715
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Deputy AG Todd Blanche is threatening to arrest top California officials.

24.10.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1292    πŸ” 742    πŸ’¬ 221    πŸ“Œ 126
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying β€œlet’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

24.10.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 30049    πŸ” 14874    πŸ’¬ 857    πŸ“Œ 689

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.

It corrupts our political system every day.

24.10.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 23960    πŸ” 6862    πŸ’¬ 839    πŸ“Œ 287

BREAKING on MSNBC:

The federal prosecutor in charge of investigating whether Sen. Adam Schiff should be charged with mortgage fraud has told her bosses in Washington she did not think the case was strong enough to move forward β€” via @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social @carolleonnig.bsky.social

23.10.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5791    πŸ” 1461    πŸ’¬ 293    πŸ“Œ 111

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is β€œthe president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

23.10.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 32229    πŸ” 11018    πŸ’¬ 1868    πŸ“Œ 632

BREAKING:

Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.

In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.

23.10.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 21752    πŸ” 5722    πŸ’¬ 613    πŸ“Œ 316

Illinois has now achieved its 10th credit rating upgrade since I took office.

It reflects our continued growth in financial standing and speaks volumes to our state's commitment to fiscal discipline.

With each upgrade, it means saving Illinoisans millions of dollars.

24.10.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10254    πŸ” 1772    πŸ’¬ 165    πŸ“Œ 33
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Priorities.

24.10.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 12782    πŸ” 6225    πŸ’¬ 416    πŸ“Œ 246
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christ almighty what is this guy doing

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

22.10.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 24776    πŸ” 6978    πŸ’¬ 3558    πŸ“Œ 793

NEW: California Gov. Gavin Newsom just announced that he'll deploy the California National Guard and California Volunteers "on a humanitarian mission to support food banks as the federal government shutdown delays food benefits for millions of California families."

22.10.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7071    πŸ” 1915    πŸ’¬ 174    πŸ“Œ 107

Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t respect the Constitution.

But they’re learning that Illinois does not and will not bow under their tyranny.

22.10.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4070    πŸ” 650    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 16

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