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Homey literally said "touch mass"

SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.

As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.

In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:

On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.

Straight up “papers please” harassment of people doing their jobs and assault and brutalizing of people who tied to intervene. Abolish DHS.

They literally ruin everything they touch

Best treat of the night.

#HappierHAMILLWEEN 🎃 😋

what if #NCISHawaii was a scary movie?

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

JK - I grew up in an era when mainstream women's magazines told girls they needed to be thinner and prettier. Now mainstream women's magazines tell girls that men are better women than they are. Glamour - Better luck next year Jo. X

JK Rowling getting mad at Glamour (UK) magazine for having trans women on the cover. Shows trans people literally can’t do anything without her having a tantrum. I did like Glamour’s clap back at her though

The Empire State Building lit in orange and green. Like a pumpkin.

Empire State Building wearing its pumpkin costume.

It’s a sad day when a judge has to order the President of the United States to feed vulnerable families and hungry children with funds already designated for that very purpose.

Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits out of contingency fund The ruling came one day before funding for SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps, was set to lapse.

The courts had to step in and tell Donald Trump to feed the people. Let that sink in.

He was perfectly fine letting millions of Americans go hungry—in the middle of a shutdown that Republicans created.

Do what the judge said, Donald. Release the funds and stop playing with folks’ livelihoods.

Jason Kander posts: “Dems: We’ll vote for a budget if you let sick people go to the doctor. Republicans: Let us take doctors away from sick people or we’re gonna take food away from poor families.” He ends with the hashtag #shutdown2025.

Essentially it is this, yes.

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

Shouldn’t take a court order to tell you to feed the hungry.

A win! Trump administration ordered to pay SNAP benefits during shutdown. Thank you Judge John J. McConnell!

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

Happy Halloween!

Getting the band back together. I love it.

I’m back further than that. I think I stopped with Cult.

There is no way he runs without a MAGA Barbie at his side. This is all part of the rebrand.

(Remind you of anyone? 🤣)

They are getting the band back together and I love it. I drifted away a while back but have been thinking it might be time to revisit and catch up on the seasons I skipped

[Enter Ghost.]

This is brilliant, friend. Not that I’m surprised…

Watching, Feeling, Remembering Nostalgia, time-travel, and the tangibility of appointment television

Hey y'all, I've just written a thing about Hallmark, time travel, and a pond you shouldn't jump into.

Happy Halloween from the future.

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Nightmares for decades.

For weeks, Trump and Republicans have been saying rising health care costs isn’t a problem. Well, now you can see 2026 plans for yourself on Healthcare.gov. Premiums are doubling and tripling for millions of Americans and it’s unaffordable.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but take your vacation days. Yes, even if you don't go anywhere.

I used to like having a week of vacation days banked as a buffer, but also, corporate policy only allowed me to carry over a week anyway. The rest? Use it or lose it.