Amy K.

This is what oligarchy looks like:

If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.

If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.

Obscene.

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“Everybody I know is screwed if health insurance premiums go up.”

That's what's at stake in this shutdown.

No. I will not vote for a budget that doubles premiums.

I will not vote for a budget that makes the largest cut to Medicaid in history.

Democrats must not cave.

This past year alone, the 10 richest people in the U.S. got nearly $700 billion wealthier.

Meanwhile, over 40% of the population is now poor or low-income.

The Trump administration is accelerating an American oligarchy that’s been getting worse for decades.

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How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:

“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

Teen Vogue has become a top-tier political journalism authority and doing this the day before election day is just cruel.

Sen. Warren: We are here trying to protect access to healthcare for 15 million Americans and keep our health care system affordable for millions more people. And where are Donald Trump and the Republicans? They would rather shut down the government than have to address this health care crisis

Sen. Luján: This funding for SNAP has never lapsed in the history of the United States. The contingency fund was already utilized to pay for SNAP once. It's bullshit. 42 million people will go hungry. Which Republicans will stand up and object to their constituents eating?

Sen. Markey: November 1st is just 3 days away. That's the day when SNAP benefits stopped being added to EBT cards for 40 million Americans because Trump and MAGA Republicans refused to use a $5.5 billion emergency fund to make sure families get to eat. It is a national disgrace.

Sen. Sanders: Trump is refusing to release the $5 billion in emergency funding for SNAP. He is prepared to let millions of children go hungry because he sees maybe there is a political gain. I know it's a hard concept for the president, but obey the law. Do what Congress mandated you do

Sen. Merkley: It's using food as a weapon against America's most vulnerable families. Congress said this should never happen, so we created a contingency fund. That fund has $5 billion in it. And now Trump is saying, 'I am going to attack America's most vulnerable families as a negotiating tactic.'

Republicans continue to postpone the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva, the newest Democrat elected to Congress, for a 30th day.

She now holds the record for the longest wait to be sworn in of any special House election winner in decades.

Massachusetts AG: Hunger isn't political. I'm proud to co-lead this coalition of Democratic AGs and governors to go to the court and require the Trump administration to continue SNAP benefits across the country. Over 42 million Americans depend on these benefits.

Leader Jeffries: Mike Johnson hasn't even tried to sit down and negotiate with Democrats during the 29 days that Trump and Republicans have shut the government down. They are completely and totally uninterested in solving the Republican health care crisis that they've created.

Leader Jeffries: The money currently exists to continue providing SNAP benefits to the American people, including 16 million children who might go hungry if Donald Trump successfully withholds these SNAP benefits. They're trying to weaponize this issue in the most callous and cruel manner possible.

Q: The governor has asked you specifically to pause immigration enforcement operations in Chicago so kids can safely celebrate Halloween. Do you have any plans to alter activity?

Noem: No, we're going to be out on the streets in full force

Rep. Crow: I'm walking away without an understanding of how and why they're making an assessment that the use of lethal force on Venezuelan boats is adequate. I heard no strategy, no end game, no assessment of how they are going to end the flow of drugs into the US.

Buttigieg: Trump doesn't like being criticized by a comedian and has the head of the FCC, which regulates corporations that are trying to buy TV networks, go out and threaten them. That is a whole different level of censorship

Host: An investigation showed that ICE has detained more than 170 US citizens in recent raids. Videos show federal agents tackling people and even telling a group of Latinos, including a US citizen, they have no rights.

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

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important command."

George Orwell - "1984"

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

If all she’s going to do is spread lies, then the only thing they’re disseminating is propaganda.

@volts.wtf

"Democracy, which depends on shared truths, is in retreat, and autocracy, which depends on shared lies, is on the march". -Sacha Baron Cohen said that in an acceptance speech, and it stuck with me.

IMO democracy becomes impossible in the absence of any social or political norms against lying.

*pretending* that they’re speaking for the working class

The nerve! 🤯🤬 I don’t know if it’s 100% delusion, or 100% misinformation/propaganda, or a mix of the two… sometimes it’s difficult to tell.

58 billionaire spenders have spent over $18.4M in the NYC mayoral race to boost Cuomo and attack Zohran Mamdani.

Why are they so scared of Zohran?

Because they know he will end their unchecked power over working people and build a city that works for the working class.