The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

You need the debt to fuel the bubble. Wait until the build derivatives off of the ABS. The debt shifts the risk from their balance sheet to someone else’s.

I like to settle on

Hope over Fear

Obama: When he was asked to give the trump administration a grade, he said they deserved an A. These are the same folks who put secret war plans in a group chat. You don't think there's anything they could be doing better? No room for improvement?

LOL.

Comedian Godfrey having a laugh with some of the troops in DC. 🤣

It was great being back in Norfolk to help get out the vote for @abigailspanberger.com for Governor.

Virginia – Abigail Spanberger cares about your freedoms, she will fight for your rights, and she will work every day to make your life a little bit better.

I cant comprehend how anyone feels safer in the nation with this chaos
- rising prices
- no hiring
- losing healthcare
-testing Nukes
- bombing Venezuela
- caging and deporting people without due process
- government shutdown
- eliminating food stamps

How can anyone support the GOP?

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Repeat after me-

The GOP would prefer to give the super rich and multi national corporations tax cuts instead of feeding poor people and providing basic healthcare.

It’s not even economic. The $ to the poor have a higher multiplier than the trickle down BS to the rich.

Keep on hammering home the simple point. Tax cuts for the super rich and giant corporations instead of feeding the poor and providing basic healthcare.

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.

California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.

Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

Each is fiscal stimulus, which policy is better for the economy?

The one which is directly spent immediately(SNAP) or the one that is saved/invested?

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:

$100 billion

Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:

$100 billion

One is decried as "welfare." One is not.

Why?

Texas service sector activity weakens further Texas service sector activity contracted further in October, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.

Pick your favorite qualitative comment from this month’s Dallas Fed survey:

A) “This year has been the most challenging in 15 years ..”

B) “Our goal is to survive the next six months.”

C) “Our business has died.” 🤡

www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...

Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."

BREAKING: An ICE agent pointed a gun at a protester and said, “Bang, bang. You’re dead, liberal.”

The man he threatened was a U.S. citizen — and a military veteran.

(Source: Federal Court Filing)

2 U.S. Navy Aircraft Go Down in South China Sea

Is this what a show of force looks like. Seriously, maybe we should not worry about the beards and make sure our pilots can land on an aircraft carrier.

2 U.S. Navy Aircraft Go Down in South China Sea www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/w...

Not knowing anything, are these just stupid accidents? Is it malfunctioning equipment? Are they there because the Cheeto is in China? Is this our show of force?

Rand Paul: "In the one instance you're killed on sight. On the other instance, if you're captured, we just say, 'Oh well, we're gonna send you back to your country.' It doesn't make any sense."

The Cheeto chaos distracts. People can’t turn away.
Problem isnt only media. Media wouldn’t cover if people didn’t want to see it.

If everyone stopped clicking on the coverage. Stopped giving him eyeballs. Then maybe other voices would be heard.

Mike "I Don't Know" Johnson

Well, Fam, just found out our health insurance is jumping from $1700 to over $3000 a month. And we still have to wait till Nov 1 to see more options—when the site will probably crash because everyone will be freaking out at the same time.

Everyone keeps on over explaining why democrats lost this or that…. And they ignore the current GOP strategy to cheat, lie, invoke fear and division which stimulates our reptilian brain which is really hard to override with a platform or policy.

Democrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On

NYT @nytimes.com this title could also

G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers.

Rather than

Democrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

Border Patrol Agents Detain 2 City Employees During ‘Lawless’ Little Village Raids, Ald. Rodriguez Says “These federal agents are operating lawlessly, demonstrating utter disregard for our constitutional rights,” Ald. Mike Rodriguez (22nd Ward) said.

Trump’s agents have detained innocent American citizens and residents, from children asleep in their homes to an Alderman’s staffers.
 
All demanding proof of citizenship, without probable cause, with only the victim’s skin color as a reason.
 
This isn't about crime or safety.

Food stamps for 130k Idahoans on hold as shutdown drags on As the government shutdown drags on, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says it will not distribute food stamps this November.

As the government shutdown drags on, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says it will not distribute food stamps this November. This will affect about 130,000 Idahoans, or about 6.5% of the population.

Thousands of NYers marching down Canal Street to say #HandsOffNYC! #ICEoutofNY!

@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @thenyic.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social

Disney+ Cancellations Jump After Kimmel Suspension

Seems like consumers have some power do motivate business decisions. It will be interesting to see how many re-upped subscription after Kimmel was reinstated.

Disney Cancellations Jump After Kimmel Suspension www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/b...

So no terrorism then?