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Please understand that people will not be "going without SNAP/EBT/food stamps" - people will be going without FOOD.

Actually and literally.

I have a flight this weekend and I’m more than a little concerned…

The shutdown affects us all:

• Air travel: TSA and FAA slowdowns = delays, canceled flights, less safe

• SNAP + WIC: Millions lose food assistance

• Farmers: No crop payments, disaster aid, market reports

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Pentagon admits it doesn't 'positively ID' people before boat strikes kill them: lawmaker Officials from the Pentagon reportedly admitted that they were unable to verify who was on alleged drug boats before launching strikes killing everyone aboard the vessels. After carrying out strikes o...

Pentagon officials admit they have no idea who exactly is on those boats they're blowing up, and that that's OK.

It looks cool, right? Everyone should be rightfully terrified of the big bad United States, and just stay out of the ocean.

www.rawstory.com/pentagon-boa...

BREAKING: Furloughed employees at CDC just received an email about the shutdown, but has REMOVED language about backpay that appeared in a similar email sent out a month ago. On the left is the Oct 1st email with the backpay language, on the right is the email they received today.

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The U.S. Government’s Repair Bills Are Coming Due Decades of accumulated technical debt have hollowed out state capacity.

My new Foreign Policy article is out: “The U.S. Government’s Repair Bills Are Coming Due.”

It looks at what happens when austerity becomes policy, and how the national security enterprise erodes when we hollow out the state that sustains it.

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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.

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People!! Listen to this song from a yet unnamed singer. Jesus is speaking….felt it to my sou!!

Ettingermentum writes: “Actually what on earth is in those files bro.” The image from Courier Newsroom headline reads: “Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is now the longest Rep-elect in history to not be sworn in. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear in Rep-elect Grijalva over fear of releasing the Epstein files.” The picture shows Grijalva in a red jacket beside Speaker Mike Johnson.

Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.

BASH: You all found ways to pay the military and WIC. But why are you drawing the line now on 40 million Americans who literally will not be able to eat with govt assistance?

MIKE JOHNSON: If we had a contingency fund we could use, that would be done.


BASH: They say that's not what the law shows

Trump’s refusal to release $6 billion in SNAP funds is crazy enough.

What makes it even more insane is that Democrats *and* Republicans created this fund PRECISELY FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS!

This has nothing to do with the shutdown. It’s illegal, unconscionable, and cruel.

RELEASE. THE. FUNDS.

Your voice only counts when the maps are fair—and Prop 50 makes them fair. Step up, volunteer, and help protect the power of every California voter.
Democracy needs you.
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The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.

Pathetic.

Leaked document. Yikes, things are about to get much worse. It looks like we’re on the verge of becoming a military state across the country. Step out of line, and the man come and take you away.

How do WE stop 🛑 this?

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Americans who have been arrested & detained NEED to join together on the Capitol steps for a media BLITZ!

CALL HER OUT ON HER LIES!
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We are living in a country that is telling us “don’t believe what you see, believe only what I tell you.”

Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."

California, we have the power to stop election rigging, right now!

Did you get your ballot in? I did and so did my entire family. Remind everyone you know. 👊🏽
#Prop50VoteYes

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

Pretrial Memorandum – #195 in United States v. Abrego Garcia (M.D. Tenn., 3:25-cr-00115) – CourtListener.com PRETRIAL MEMORANDUM / Pre-Hearing Brief and Submission Regarding Upcoming Evidentiary Hearing on Vindictive and Selective Prosecution by Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (Hecker, Sean) (Entered: 10/30/202...

JUST IN: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to cancel hearing on vindictive/selective prosecution next week & instead dismiss case due to govt 'stonewall[ing]' by refusing to have high-level DOJ witnesses testify. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I voted YES on Prop 50 because we cannot let anyone silence the will of the people.

California is fighting fire with fire and standing up for democracy everywhere. Vote yes on Prop 50 by mail or in person on Election Day, this Tuesday, November 4.

Mike Johnson, is violating the Constitution just to protect Donald Trump. Bro, whatever’s in those files must be absolutely devastating to him.

RELEASE! THE! FILES!

I don't want to add to your stress, but I share these videos because it's vital that everyone understand the threat we face.

We need to make sure everyone knows & pushes back.

What can we do?
A. VOTE
B. VOLUNTEER(It's empowering)
C. SHARE/SPEAK OUT
D. CALL CONGRESS at 202-224-3121
#ICELawlessness

What’s draining tax dollars isn’t SNAP, it’s corporate welfare and billionaire tax breaks.

FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.

Where’s the outrage about that?!