David Lucio

Jeffries: We are not going to be lectured by anyone on the other side of the aisle about fiscal responsibility when the bill that you just passed is the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation ever…

Newsom's latest troll 😆

A reminder that there is a lot of ongoing litigation around the drawing (and redrawing) of congressional maps. My firm is currently involved in more than a dozen cases in 10 states: AL, CA, GA, LA, MO, NC, NY, TX, VA and WI.

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Normal isn't coming back so get off your knees and fight back - what they have planned for us is far worse than anything they've already done.

There’s real irony in this: lawmakers can’t get back to DC to vote to reopen the government because flights are canceled, thanks to the same shutdown they caused.

They have no healthcare plan. They only have a plan to take away what exists.

Never forget who sold us out:

Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

I love this

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.

Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.

"For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com ⬇️

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DATE: November 8, 2025 SUBJECT: Updated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) November Benefit Issuance TO: Regional Directors SNAP Division All Regions SNAP State Agency Directors All State Agencies This memorandum is a follow up to the guidance shared on October 10, October 24, November 4, November 5, and November 7, 2025, regarding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November 2025. The U.S. Supreme Court granted the U.S. Department of Agriculture an administrative stay of the orders issued by the District Court of Rhode Island in Rhode Island State Council of Churches, et al. v. Rollins, 25-cv-569. Pending any explicit direction to the contrary from Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), States must not transmit full benefit issuance files to EBT processors. Instead, States must continue to process and load the partial issuance files that reflect the 35 percent reduction of maximum allotments detailed in the November 5 guidance. To the extent States sent full SNAP payment files for November 2025, this was unauthorized. Accordingly, States must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025. Please advise the appropriate FNS Regional Office representative of steps taken to correct any actions taken that do not comply with this memorandum. Per 7 CFR 271.7(h), failure to comply with this memorandum may result in USDA taking various actions, including cancellation of the Federal share of State administrative costs and holding States liable for any overissances that result from the noncompliance.

Page 2 of 2 We are committed to keeping you as up to date as possible and appreciate your continued partnership to serve program beneficiaries across the country. State agencies with questions should contact their FNS Regional Office representative. Sincerely, PATRICK PENN Digitally signed by PATRICK PENN Date: 2025.11.08 21:42:19-05'00' Patrick A. Penn Deputy Under Secretary Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services U.S. Department of Agriculture

The USDA and Trump administration issued a memo ordering states to “undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits.” I have never seen an administration work so hard to starve people. Don’t forget your red hats at the food pantry, MAGA.

Chart by @pbump.com

No other president has ever done less, longer.

Chart by @pbump.com

@tntnle.bsky.social @teedublavee.bsky.social
Let History record reality.

So at the beginning of Nov Congress would have been paid, unless they specifically had their pay check held.

I would argue they should donate it because they haven’t worked.

Maybe a good question for reporters to catalog?

Powerful organizing

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BREAKING: A federal court just checked ICE. She ruled their violence "shocks the conscience." They attacked protesters and journalists and the court said: ENOUGH.

This is bigger than politics. This is about power and accountability. This is about the right to exist. The right to speak.

It's costing tax payers $15 billion a WEEK for the shutdown. It costs $8 billion a MONTH for SNAP payments. Over 7 months worth of SNAP benefits have been wasted on the shutdown so far. But Nero is fiddling and partying in Mar-a-lago at yet another display of depraved debauchery.

There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.

Cowards

Noem wanted to buy Spirit Airlines planes - except the airline didn’t own them DHS looked at buying the planes from Spirit Airlines, according to a report

Kristi Noem ordered ICE to purchase ten Spirit Airlines jets for deportations. Two problems: Spirit doesn’t own the planes, and they don’t have engines. Has there ever been a more incompetent administration?
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Sen. Ron Wyden is calling out the GOP for pushing to slip a nationwide backdoor abortion ban into the government funding bill. This is dangerous for women’s health care. We’ve already seen the consequences in states like TX, but I guess the GOP is intent on The Handmaid’s Tale.

Why didn’t i think of this! Lily

Dear Blue Sky Pilots. Tuesday was HUGE! I got chills listening to NYC Mayor elect Mamdani’s speech. SO eloquent, powerful & INCLUSIVE. That is what the United States is all about.

Did you notice any differences? President Obama has a HEART & has compassion for everyone especially someone in need. Can you say that about 47?

47’s United States of Apartheid has no moral compass. His version of “Let them eat cake.”

Has there ever been a weaker Speaker of the House than Mike Johnson, who just picks up the phone each day, says ‘yes sir’ a bunch of times, then hangs up and does what he’s told? Which is do nothing and lie constantly.

I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.

Apparently, one of the jurors in the sandwich case raised a fist as she walked out of the courtroom and passed the defense table ✊