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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

The man who doesn’t read and can’t handle a briefing furloughed the people guarding America’s most dangerous weapons.

Families are already hanging by a thread, but the sad truth is it’s about to get a lot worse when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November.

It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.

Government shutdown threatens SNAP benefits for thousands in Ohio, other states Both Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear have expressed concerns about the fate of SNAP benefits, that low income families and others use to buy groceries.

www.wlwt.com/article/fede...

Indigenous Services ignored 18 out of 34 recommendations The audit’s findings are especially alarming in two areas: access to safe drinking water and emergency management services.

Indigenous Services Canada fails to deliver on most promises, says auditor general www.aptnnews.ca?p=278710 #indigenous #cdnpoli

Anyone have any Pilates instructors they follow on YouTube that provide instruction for regular shaped (fluffy) people with joint pain? Please comment suggestions/links 🙏🏽

The fact that there is both a Tom Holland and Tom Hollander implies the existence of a Tom Hollandest.

“This is not about drugs, it’s not about Venezuela, it’s not about anything else but this new assertion by the president that the U.S. military will kill anyone he points at, for any reason he deems sufficient.”

Very true and very scary comment by Tom Nichols.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

Tonight marks a milestone for all of us at the PBS News Hour. On this day 50 years ago, we aired our first broadcast. The show had a different name, but the same mission to deliver thoughtful & trustworthy journalism. Half a century later, we're still at it & guided by the same principles & mission.

🚨 Married GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales allegedly had an affair with his senior aide, Regina Aviles — who was found dead after she supposedly doused herself in gasoline and set herself on fire, per The Daily Mail.

Uvalde Police are blocking release of the 911 call, video & records. (Daily Mail)

Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane?

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

They were already living in one of Chicago’s worst apartment buildings. Then came the ICE raid. In what appears to have been a warrantless operation, the federal government will not say how many people were detained, who remains in custody and what happened to the children.

They were already living in one of Chicago's worst apartment buildings. Then came the ICE raid.

Harvey Fierstein Is Now a Full-Time Quilter The seven-time Tony winner is writing a book on his later-in-life career change.

Harvey Fierstein’s quilt designs are unreal. I didn’t know that quilts could even look like that?

Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market.

Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army.

Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.

CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”

Two panel comic of a person with glasses looking down at an open book. First panel reads: I think I might be bad at this. In the second panel they are scribbling in the book with a pencil. Text reads: I’m gonna do it anyway

Nothin else for it

Happy Diwali, Illinois!

I hope that the Festival of Lights brings you peace during this time of celebration and reflection — that even in the darkest of days, the light of wisdom and unity will always triumph.

learned recently that the guy who wrote "The Night Before Christmas," clement clarke moore, also wrote a takedown of thomas jefferson's proto-scientific racism in "Notes on the State of Virginia," basically accusing him and others of making it up to justify slavery. which, that's right.

Where are these people? 2025🤔

NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.”

The cuts:

📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage)

📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage)

📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage)

📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chickadee

Schmeeckle Reserve

#Birds #Wisconsin

Well this is disheartening… this program was a great benefit and resource to Ohio families to help reimburse the cost of afterschool care and extracurricular activities such as music lessons and camps. 🥺

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...
correct me if I'm wrong, but the elevator trifecta at work was:
--get in the elevator, have Susan get in with you
--a story reported by her is being broadcast over the speakers in the elevator
--Susan's voice on the "going up, fifth floor..."

Godspeed, PubMedia Mom.

Bank of America, BNY Sued Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties New lawsuits accuse the banks of maintaining a relationship with the convicted sex offender and failing to report suspicious activities until after his 2019 death.

Two class-action lawsuits accuse Bank of America and Bank of New York of maintaining relationships with Jeffrey Epstein and failing to report suspicious activities until after his death. The suits allege his trafficking operation wouldn’t have existed without the special treatment provided to him.

CHICAGO: “Feds chased a car through a residential neighborhood… intentionally crashed into the car.. responded to the crowd by hurling smoke grenades, shooting pepper balls and deploying 3 rounds of tear gas with children & seniors in the area…” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...