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SNAP runs out of money Nov. 1. Here's what that means in your state As November looms, states are trying to sort what options they can offer beneficiaries to fill the gap in food assistance. Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the impact of this potential lapse in states across the country.

As November looms, states are trying to sort what options they can offer beneficiaries to fill the gap in food assistance. Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the impact of this potential lapse in states across the country.

30.10.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 164    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 11
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Seven Million People Unite at Peaceful No Kings Protests to Defend Our First Amendment Rights | ACLU ACLU Justice Division leader Ellen Flenniken saw people across the country come together to stand up for free speech, protest peacefully, and show that our power grows when we act as one.

On October 18, millions of people across the country took to the streets to send a message: Our democracy belongs to We the people.

The best way to protect our First Amendment rights is to keep using them.

30.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 275    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Stop Playing Politics With Food Assistance Programs USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern hist...

USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern history. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

30.10.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 β€” almost certainly incomplete β€” includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

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Column | ICE detainees face greater risk from extreme heat than most prisoners A Washington Post analysis found that ICE detention centers experience an average of 29 days of dangerous heat per year.

People in ICE detention face extreme heat risks in conditions with poor ventilation β€” this will only worsen as the Trump administration works to nearly double its detention capacity.

The hottest 10% of ICE facilities see an average of 93 days of dangerous heat per year. This is unconscionable.

20.10.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 293    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

Fill prisons with Black men & women, use ICE to remove farm workers, then use the 13th Amendment to send the prisoners to work on farms for pennies(if that) a day. Boom, the South has risen again...I thought this was the plan all along? It seems very obvious to me but maybe I'm looking at it wrong?

20.10.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Get out of the People's house! Stop destroying history and our future! #lockhimup

20.10.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's boat strikes are killing potentially innocent civilians. They must be stopped. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military had killed six people in a strike on a boat that, Trump said, was β€œtrafficking narcotics.”

However the Trump administration now tries to justify its strikes on private boats in the Caribbean, nothing it can say magically unlocks legal authority to use lethal force against civilians.

Congress must rein in this egregious abuse of power.

19.10.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 775    πŸ” 238    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 10

This is insane. If Obama did this the GOP would impeach

20.10.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8594    πŸ” 2187    πŸ’¬ 993    πŸ“Œ 163
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Today, we honor the strength, resilience, and courage of the American peopleβ€”those rising together to reject tyranny and defend our democracy. We share No Kings highlights in this weeks Resist & Rising Weekly. newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/resist-and...

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It is clear. There is overwhelming evidence that Tylenol doe NOT cause autism. Autism has been diagnosed since 1911. Tylenol has been available since 1960.

24.09.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kimmel: "The President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he cannot take a joke."

24.09.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 33297    πŸ” 8592    πŸ’¬ 588    πŸ“Œ 325
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400 entertainers co-sign ACLU letter supporting Jimmy Kimmel Celebrities including Pedro Pascal and Selena Gomez wrote: "Our government has resorted to threatening the livelihoods of journalists, talk show hosts, artists, creatives and entertainers."

ABC reversed their suspension of Jimmy Kimmel soon after we organized over 450 artists and 40k ACLU supporters to condemn their decision.

Together, our voices are powerful β€” and we will use them to defend free speech.

23.09.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 470    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 7
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BREAKING: The Epstein Files just got one step closer to being released. With Adelita Grijalva’s victory in AZ-07, Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna now have the magic number β€” 218 votes β€” needed for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the full Epstein Files.

24.09.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 24640    πŸ” 6362    πŸ’¬ 787    πŸ“Œ 510

Why is he even invited at this point?

24.09.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."

24.09.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 26016    πŸ” 8055    πŸ’¬ 893    πŸ“Œ 576
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Tell Congress: No book bans in military schools Schools run by the Department of Defense on military bases have banned hundreds of books and altered curricula that the Trump administration doesn't agree with. Take action.

Schools on military bases worldwide have pulled almost 600 books off the shelves, canceled events, and altered lesson plans β€” all because the Trump administration has accused them of promoting β€œgender ideology” and β€œDEI."

Tell Congress to protect students' right to learn on military bases.

23.09.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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World health officials reject Trump's claims that Tylenol is linked to autism The President says pregnant women should stay away from Tylenol due to possible autism link. World health authorities strongly disagree, say the drug is safe in pregnancy.

The President says pregnant women should stay away from Tylenol due to possible autism link. World health authorities strongly disagree, say the drug is safe in pregnancy.

23.09.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 731    πŸ” 157    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 23
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ACLU, religious freedom groups sue to block Texas’ Ten Commandments requirement in 14 more school districts A federal judge in August found the new state law unconstitutional and barred some districts from implementing it. Texas is appealing the ruling.

We’re suing 14 more Texas school districts that insist on putting up the Ten Commandments in classrooms, despite a judge ruling that the displays are unconstitutional.

23.09.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 614    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 4
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The mysterious disappearance of hundreds of immigrants detained at Alligator Alcatraz Lawyers and family members report that they have been unable to locate the inmates at the infamous Florida prison after they disappeared from the ICE database

ICE refuses to promptly share locations of those previously detained at Alligator Alcatraz with legal counsel or loved ones.

This isn’t just cruel β€” it undermines their constitutional right to due process.

23.09.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 757    πŸ” 327    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 20
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Alongside nearly 500 artists and over 40K supporters, we shared an open letter challenging Jimmy Kimmel's suspension from ABC after unconstitutional pressure by the Trump administration.

While ABC reinstated Kimmel, the fight for free speech continues.

23.09.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 379    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump Is Expanding the National Guard’s Role. Some Former Generals Worry. (Gift Article) Responding to crises at home is part of the Guard’s mission. Helping crack down on crime in U.S. cities isn’t, say some former leaders, who fear this shift could hurt the force.

The military isn't supposed to be used to police civilians.

Former generals are speaking out against President Trump's misuse of National Guard troops to intimidate our communities and carry out his partisan political agenda.

24.09.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 665    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 9
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There’s a first time for everything.

15.09.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 406    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 3

We're in court today fighting President Trump's policy expanding fast-track deportations that has empowered ICE to arrest people at their immigration appointments.

Everyone is entitled to due process and a fair shot at challenging their deportation in court.

09.07.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 945    πŸ” 195    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of people on Medicaid already have jobs that do not provide healthcare and do no pay enough to disqualify them from receiving Medicaid. This is called corporate welfare! And a lot of people on Medicaid are CHILDREN!

10.07.2025 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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More than 160 people are still missing after deadly Texas floods, governor says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says more than 160 people are believed to be still missing days after flash floods killed more than 100 people across central Texas.

The devastation in Texas is heartbreaking. My heart is with those who have lost a loved one, especially those experiencing the loss of a child.

Minnesota stands with Texas and our administration has been in contact with officials on the ground to offer any help we can.

apnews.com/article/texa...

09.07.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8821    πŸ” 1366    πŸ’¬ 255    πŸ“Œ 92

This isn't a football game. These are people's lives, families, communities. Accountability is needed to prevent future deaths. It's not about finger pointing, it's about solutions.

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