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.

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A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.

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Whistle up Baltimore.

So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?

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London's latest Blue Plaque is a brilliant one. (It was put up at the Tesla dealership in Tottenham by campaigners)

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During an event on Thursday, Donald Trump seemed to repeatedly struggle to keep his eyes open.

A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent roughly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open.

New video w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social

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Elections in democracies determine who administers the government; they do not alter whom the government is for. Under any administration, Republican or Democratic, the United States government exists to serve the people of the United States, regardless of their partisan affiliation. Besides, Americans are not as easily divided as Trump might think. Millions of Republican voters live in New York, just as millions of Democrats live in Texas. He cannot tell whom he is punishing by glancing at an electoral map. But even if he could, Trump’s acts of extortion have no place in a democracy. They belong in a protection racket: If you support Trump, you are protected; if you do not, you are vulnerable. If you donate enough cash to Trump, you may receive favorable treatment, including immunity from the law. If you oppose Trump, you may be prosecuted.

This is not how a representative government works. It is how the Mafia works.

Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Trump arrives in FL for another weekend of parties and golf while his attorneys fight in the Supreme Court to deny food to SNAP beneficiaries despite a court order.

These operations would be unlawful even if those murdered had all been criminals. But it's important to show just how much deception is involved from start to finish in this gruesome charade.

The President of the United States cannot stay awake for more than an hour. He’s in and out of the hospital more than a patient with cancer. He has no idea who is being pardoned or given Carte Blanche over the use of US taxpayer dollars. We are being led by unelected people. I am angry.

FBI Informant Who Lied About Bidens Quietly Released From Jail Sparking Trump Pardon Fears Alexander Smirnov was quietly furloughed from prison months ago.

SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.

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I just finished my analysis of Tuesday's blowout elections. The message voters sent can be summed up in two words: No Kings.

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He spent Biden’s entire presidency calling him ‘Sleepy Joe’. Still does. But this guy nods off in the middle of the day in meetings almost every day. Fell asleep in court all the time too.

America Is Great When America Is Good Those who believe in liberty and dignity must never give in to the forces arrayed against the things we hold dearest.

“The story of this country is the story of patience in tribulation, and hope in the face of fear,” Nancy Pelosi argues. “What we choose to do in this hour of our history will determine the shape of America and the world for decades.”

Allégorie de la situation mondiale depuis janvier 2025...

Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

The meal the felon is bragging about being 25% less at Walmart this year is missing almost 50% of what was offered last year. So, for a 25% lower cost you get 50% less in product. Sounds like an amazing deal, doesn't it?

AFGE REFORMERS Contact: Dave Casserly (he/him) AFGE Reformers afgereformers@gmail.com ​PRESS RELEASE ​AFGE RANK AND FILE ISSUE OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT KELLEY Union federal workers say "We need to hold the line!" ​Washington, DC, November 6, 2025 ​AFGE Reformers, a group of rank and file members working for increased democracy within the American Federation of Government Employees, have issued an open letter to AFGE President Everett Kelley disagreeing with his recent call for an immediate end to the federal government shutdown via a “clean” continuing resolution. ​Although federal workers have faced unprecedented attacks this year, reopening the federal government with a budget that harms working people is not worth the cost, the members who have signed on say. Signatories urge AFGE leaders to stand with allies in Congress who are trying to secure a better budget: one that ensures affordable healthcare, protects public services, and constrains unprecedented executive power over federal spending. ​Mae apGoyannon (he/they), AFGE Local 2157 states, “I was shocked when I read President Kelley’s statement. Myself and most of the other federal workers I know think that helping keep healthcare and other costs affordable for the majority of Americans is more important than getting paid sooner. We took an oath to defend the Constitution and serve the people, and we are helping each other hold on without pay as long as we can so that we can continue to fulfill that oath.” ​“We must rally around our colleagues and fellow Feds not receiving a paycheck to ensure they are taken care of. Bring them meals, pay a bill, collect cash donations from mutual friends. Come together and make sure they are ok because as a long time union member, I cannot support a policy position that puts our timely paycheck above the basic rights of all Americans to affordable healthcare,” says Julia Simon (she/her), AFGE Local 1969. “An injury to one is an injury to all. This is what solidarity looks li…

The American Federation of Gov Employees issued a press release (11/6/25) opposing AFGE Pres. Kelley's call for a "clean" end to the shutdown.
The union MUST "hold the line" for a budget that secures affordable healthcare & collective bargaining rights before restoring paychecks.
Do not surrender.

A bunch of old white men telling women to have babies for dear leader, removing birth control options…..sounds like a dystopian story becoming reality.

Not Guilty!!!! Way to go Sean Dunn!!

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

That's murder.

The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.

“With significant funding from tech leaders, Rockbridge aims to equip MAGA to outlive Trump... It is gearing up to deploy its arsenal in the [2026 and 2028 elections],” aiming for JD Vance to takeover.

They believe a “select group of elites are exactly the right people to move the country forward.”

October layoffs hit 22-year high as labor market wobbles, Challenger says Employers announced 153,074 layoffs in October.

* Most October layoffs since 2003
* Most Q4 layoffs since 2008
* Most YTD layoffs since 2020

* Least YTD hiring since 2011
* Least holiday seasonal hiring since 2012

The labor market has a problem.

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Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father ‘Devastated’ family demands answers after two-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot

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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.

I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.

But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Every single candidate Trump endorsed lost last night.