Snarkubus

For this quote alone, it merits inclusion:

Don't care what people use SNAP on and never will, fuck you if you care

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Palestinian scholar who wrote iconic book on Zionism reflects on the Gaza genocide and our duty to history Mondoweiss speaks to celebrated Palestinian scholar Sabri Jiryis about his life, Zionism, the genocide in Gaza, and the judgements of history.

Mondoweiss speaks to celebrated Palestinian scholar Sabri Jiryis about his life, Zionism, the genocide in Gaza, and the judgements of history.

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#Palestine #Israel

Every damn time NYC gets a bit of rain

SNAP Shutdown Will Leave Texas Students like Me Hungry I don’t know when this shutdown will end or when my benefits will be reinstated. But I do know we are worth more than the petty arguments of political powerhouses.

New from Miranda Williamson: "On Nov. 1, SNAP benefits will no longer be distributed. About 11.4 % (nearly 3.5M) of Texans will lose access to healthy, nutritionally complete meals. I will no longer be able to buy meat or fresh vegetables. I will lose the only reliable way I have to eat lunch."

Spinning genocide: How is Israel using US PR firms to frame its Gaza war? Israel has contracted three US public relations companies to help it win back American hearts and minds.

Israel has contracted three US public relations companies to help it win back American hearts and minds.

Trump announces lowest refugee admission cap in US history at 7,500 President says US will prioritise white South Africans in move decried by refugee advocates as blatantly political.

President says US will prioritise white South Africans in move decried by refugee advocates as blatantly political.

The thing about the groyperfication of the GOP is that practically every single major American Jewish institution dedicated to fighting antisemitism has spent the past two years enabling the far right because of the Gaza genocide.

Weiss & CBS: we are ending DEI! No more gender or race considerations in hiring, management, news coverage, etc.

Weiss & CBS: every white male gets to keep their jobs, because they are white & male and we need the perspective of white males to properly cover the concerns of white males.

Hundreds killed in Darfur hospital massacre, 'hero' doctors abducted The last hospital in Darfur's el-Fasher has been destroyed by paramilitaries — hundreds of patients killed and doctors taken.

Horrific

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In Sudan, the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces are "killing at a scale and a velocity that I haven't seen since Rwanda,” says human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond.

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“Extraordinarily Destabilizing Decision”: Trump Denounced over Call to Immediately Resume Nuclear Tests President Trump has directed the Pentagon to resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992. He made the announcement just before meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss trade relations. Dr. Ira Helfand, former president of Ph...

“We are facing the gravest danger of nuclear war that has existed on the planet since the end of the Cold War, and possibly worse than it was during the Cold War.”

From autism to beards, the Trump regime wages war on ‘the different’ | Will Bunch The Trump regime's disturbing views on everything from autism to transgender people have a scary "master race" vibe.

3. “Our authoritarian government is waging war to flatten any differences, to make America great again with a forced monochrome lens,” Will Bunch said.

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Who needs Halloween when America is an actual horror-show?

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

USDA Quietly Deletes Its Contingency Plan for Funding SNAP The 55-page “lapse of funding” document for USDA is no longer available online.

The USDA has a contingency plan to keep SNAP running during a government shutdown — but the document laying out that plan has been deleted from the agency’s website.

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People on food stamps make healthier grocery decisions than most of us Which is why we shouldn't tell them what to buy.

With SNAP on the verge of running out of money, a critical reminder that people who rely on food stamps make far healthier grocery choices than most of us do.

thou shalt not bear false witness

Is This Why Trump Has Been Flirting With Running in 2028? Trump cannot be president again. But he and his loyal followers have every reason for wanting to make people think he can.

Why has Trump been flirting with running in 2028? Why have his cronies been pushing the idea? As we approach All Hallows’ Eve, @elienyc.bsky.social is here to remind us that Trump doesn’t have magic powers: He can’t run again. But he understands the power of fear. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

"At one steel industry plant near Pittsburgh, a potent carcinogen was found at levels more than 30 times higher than estimated."

If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭

My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days

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Trump Has Forced Out An Alarming Number Of Federal Workers — And Now We Have An Exact Number “The performance of our government across the board is being diminished,” warned Max Stier, CEO of Partnership for Public Service.

Good morning. ☕️

ICYMI: Trump has now forced more than 211,000 people out of their federal jobs. A near-decimation of the federal workforce in nine months.

Biggest losses at Defense Dept and Treasury.

“He is, in essence, taking our government to bankruptcy.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, washing over U.S.; doctors urge vaccination A wave of the highly contagious respiratory syncytial virus is beginning to wash over the United States, sending greater numbers of babies and toddlers to the hospital for professional care.

Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, washing over U.S.; doctors urge vaccination

As battle for Ukraine’s Pokrovsk heats up, Putin touts nuclear-powered arms Heavy fighting rages in Ukraine's east, Kyiv's forces target Russian energy hubs and Russia's leader ups the ante.

Heavy fighting rages in Ukraine's east, Kyiv's forces target Russian energy hubs and Russia's leader ups the ante.

Trump Will Always Ask the Supreme Court For More The conservative justices have repeatedly demonstrated their willingness to reshape executive power to fit their favorite president’s agenda.

The Supreme Court is hearing oral argument next week about Trump unilaterally imposing sweeping tariffs on dozens of “countries” he claims are a "threat" to the US like...the McDonald Islands, a remote volcanic territory home to millions of penguins & zero humans

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If you need to explain to an idiot why Tolkien would have despised these goons, I have already grabbed a picture of the relevant passage (and I doubt I was the first):

Indicting Democratic candidates on transparently pretextual charges is the latest sign that things are getting very bad.

Der Spekter has been covering the campaign to drop the ADL from schools and they just keep giving everyone more reasons to do so