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Trump administration won’t use contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits | CNN Politics The US Department of Agriculture says it will not tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month, according to an agency memo obtained by CNN. That means that roughly...

The Trump Admin found $20 billion to bail out Argentina but refuses to tap into a $6 billion reserve fund to provide vital food assistance to 42 million Americans.

They’re using food and hunger as leverage as they hold the government hostage. Sickening.

City Official Used Internal Teams Chat to Solicit Department Directors' Contact Info on Behalf of Harrell Campaign - PubliCola At least 21 department directors gave OED Director Markham McIntyre their contact information, which he used to solicit support for…

City Official Used Internal Teams Chat to Solicit Department Directors’ Contact Info on Behalf of Harrell Campaign

At least 21 department directors gave OED Director Markham McIntyre their contact information, which he used to solicit support for their boss’s campaign.
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I ❤️ my hometown.

Well done…

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Here's the Truth About Trump's 'Peace Plan' for Gaza The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide – regardless of the 'ceasefire' agreement.

"Here's the Truth About Trump's 'Peace Plan' for Gaza"

The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide - regardless of the 'ceasefire' deal.

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This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate. We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops. I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation. The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

Tells you everything you need to know about who is fighting for you.

Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.

I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]

If you live in these states, your ACA premiums are about to jump:

SD - Up 235%
LA - Up 150%
WV - Up 387%
WY - Up 382%
TN - Up 320%
MS - Up 314%
AK - Up 346%

Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.

WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.

It’s midnight, which means Trump’s government just ran out of money.

Our entire government is shut down because Republicans in power refuse to lower health care costs.

Kevin Ryan
@kevryanforillinois.bsky.social

Federal judge, appointed by Reagan, in 161-page opinion today in deportation matter:

"There’s the issue of masks... To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police"

If things weren’t bad enough already, Republicans in control of Congress are shutting down the government.

Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.

Whoa! SNAP! How is Trump gonna recover from this?!?! The gloves are OFF.

A protest sculpture depicting Trump with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appeared briefly on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., bearing the caption “Best Friends Forever.” (This photo was shared with us the piece was installed by an anonymous artist collective.)

Now is the time to stand up for our democracy.

As a paratrooper who led an infantry platoon in Iraq, I often think about the men who fought with me for our country.

Paratroopers have a tradition—the leader of the unit jumps out of the plane first. Then others follow.

I’m ready to jump.

Honest disagreement makes us stronger; violence only drives us further apart and corrodes the values at the heart of this nation.

Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.

Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.

We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

New rules for firearms on campus - University Department of Public Safety In order to carry a firearm on campus, a person must obtain a Concealed Carry Permit (CCP) from the state of Utah.

Re today's fatal shooting: 'Under the changes in HB 128, which went into effect on May 7, individuals who are 18 years old or older and have a current Utah concealed weapon permit (CWP) may carry a weapon on campus, including in an “open” fashion.'

Screenshot of Trump Truth Social post.

For those who doubted where this was headed, this is what dictatorship looks like — declaring war against an American city. It is not a joke. We must all stand against this lawless regime.

I have read Trump’s “war department” EO.

This is nothing. He changed nothing. He added pretend secondary titles with no power under the law.

He will make the government spend hundreds of millions for vanity labeling purposes.

If you’re in the media and you don’t harp on that, you’re failing.

Update: Ukrainian troops took them out, entire crew KIA according to Russian channels.

Elise Stefanik won office as a moderate and then went full MAGA to cash in on Republican lies and bigotry. Everyone knows she’s a sellout.

Every time we hear about Trump deploying the National Guard, all we can think of is: “Tin soldiers and Trump is coming.”

Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.

We obtained the memo:
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Trump administration revokes Biden era abortion rule for veterans The Trump administration revoked a Biden era abortion rule on Friday that allows veterans to receive abortions under their medical package.  The Department of Veteran Affairs is reversing a 20…

Trump just moved to outlaw women veterans who are victims of rape or incest from getting abortion care at VA.

Republicans don’t care if your health is in danger, if you’re a veteran, or if you’ve been raped—they want abortion outlawed everywhere, for everyone.

Elon Musk’s DOGE Burned Through $21.7 Billion of Taxpayer Cash A report added up all the costs associated with DOGE and found it wasted billions by paying employees not to work, cancelling projects and more.

How is this humanly possible in just a couple of months...

Pay it back, fElon.