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one last observation: donald trump has never won a majority of the vote and yet the political press treats him like the embodied spirit of the american people. will be interesting to see how they discount mamdani as representing new york if he wins less than a majority.

04.11.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4535    πŸ” 445    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 8
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CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage

04.11.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 13844    πŸ” 5212    πŸ’¬ 969    πŸ“Œ 669
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04.11.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5281    πŸ” 1900    πŸ’¬ 139    πŸ“Œ 88

That is OUR food.
Those are OUR tax dollars.
It is OUR White House.
It is OUR Social Security.
They profit off OUR labor.
That is OUR disability insurance.
WE pay for OUR Medicare.
We pay for ALL OF IT.
It is OUR government.
They stole it.
It is TIME to overthrow them.

03.11.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 312    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 7

The weird thing for me is thinking about base housing as somehow immune to protest. The only thing stopping protests on base is good manners. It’s not like a metric fuckton of 100% disabled vets and retirees don’t have base access to- and that’s leaving out the military kids+ spouses.

03.11.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Louisiana β€” the red state that Mike Johnson nominally represents β€” has the second highest percentage of residents enrolled in SNAP in the nation.

They’re pushing this fantasy about these being β€œDemocrat programs” used only in blue states but that’s a PR fantasy divorced from reality.

03.11.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4724    πŸ” 1547    πŸ’¬ 237    πŸ“Œ 52
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Project 2025 and how it hurts West Virginians β€’ Ohio Capital Journal The Center for American Progress indicated that if Project 2025 were implemented, West Virginians would be forced to delay retirement to 69.

Commentary: During the campaign, now-President Donald Trump claimed he knew nothing about Project 2025. In his second term, Trump has been following Project 2025 right down to the smallest details. Here's how it affects Ohio's neighbors in West Virginia ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/03/r...

03.11.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 312    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm gonna guess the drink was a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster.

03.11.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tracking PPP: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans - ProPublica As part of the Paycheck Protection Program, the federal government has provided hundreds of billions in financial support to banks to make low-interest loans to companies and nonprofit organizations i...

If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)

projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...

02.11.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3481    πŸ” 1518    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 46

deranged that we even need to think this way, but we need some sort of system where anyone who feels afraid to go to the polls can request a buddy to go with them

03.11.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1854    πŸ” 361    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 8

People who force their religion on others will force their politics on others. It’s why we separate church from state.

02.11.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 9327    πŸ” 2357    πŸ’¬ 278    πŸ“Œ 90

I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.

03.11.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4539    πŸ” 1057    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 22
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The most spectacular costume of 2025? That honor belongs to…

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Peter Morley's SNAP Balance here in NYC on 11/2/25 shows as $0. Scary times.πŸ™

Peter Morley's SNAP Balance here in NYC on 11/2/25 shows as $0. Scary times.πŸ™

This is my SNAP Balance here in NYC on 11/2/25 shown as $0. A 1st since I became eligible for SNAP benefits in 2008. Scary times for me and 42M. πŸ™

02.11.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 902    πŸ” 280    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 11
But here’s the most uncomfortable truth of all: the parasites that have taken over so much of our countryβ€”pantsuited girlboss advertising executives, Skittle-haired they/them activists, soy-faced pajama-clad work-from-home HR apparatchiks, Adderall-addicted dog mom diversity consultants, nasally voiced Ivy League regulatory lawyers, obese George Soros–funded police abolitionist district attorneys, hipster trust fund socialistsβ€”are some of the least impressive people in the history of the world. The Uniparty would never have achieved what it has in this country without a great degree of rottenness, of decadence, of torpor, of complacency already

But here’s the most uncomfortable truth of all: the parasites that have taken over so much of our countryβ€”pantsuited girlboss advertising executives, Skittle-haired they/them activists, soy-faced pajama-clad work-from-home HR apparatchiks, Adderall-addicted dog mom diversity consultants, nasally voiced Ivy League regulatory lawyers, obese George Soros–funded police abolitionist district attorneys, hipster trust fund socialistsβ€”are some of the least impressive people in the history of the world. The Uniparty would never have achieved what it has in this country without a great degree of rottenness, of decadence, of torpor, of complacency already

it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people

if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops

03.11.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10925    πŸ” 2762    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 886

I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.

I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.

02.11.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 27443    πŸ” 7022    πŸ’¬ 537    πŸ“Œ 262
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Putting your clocks back this weekend? Useful advice here...

02.11.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 926    πŸ” 185    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 14
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Help Us Report on the Impact of Oil Field Waste in Oklahoma Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground in Oklahoma. For years, residents have filed complaints and struggled to find solutions. We need your help to understand the full scale...

Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground in Oklahoma. It has bubbled up near homes and a school β€” and it has killed farmers’ crops and ranchers’ calves.

Help ProPublica and @readfrontier.bsky.social understand the full scale of the problem πŸ‘‡

02.11.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 875    πŸ” 472    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 19
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Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, & especially Creepy Stephen Miller now live on highly secure military bases because they are well aware 99% of the American People & citizens of the Free World completely despise them

#Trump #TrumpsSycophantsAreAfraid

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

03.11.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Cute drawing of 5 small white comma shaped ghosts hovering around a fuzzy orange and black caterpillar  among green vines and fanciful spiky orange blooms.

Cute drawing of 5 small white comma shaped ghosts hovering around a fuzzy orange and black caterpillar among green vines and fanciful spiky orange blooms.

Happy belated halloween!

02.11.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 255    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

"it doesn't even matter if you voted for him or voted for us - you're being punished in order to get to us. So either you join our team to fight back or you just stand there and take it"

03.11.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.

02.11.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7167    πŸ” 2351    πŸ’¬ 159    πŸ“Œ 123
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Where are lines disappearing at?

The grocery stores. The beginning of the month shoppers visibly missing.

02.11.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Over 3 million Texans rely on SNAP to meet their food budgets each month.

Lines and lines of cars were out yesterday in Houston starting before dawn, all there to get groceries.

Modern bread lines.

02.11.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 420    πŸ” 232    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 27

#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #DV1
There are too many people working hard but struggling

There are too many essential jobs that don't pay livable wages.

The economy is not only about stock prices, the Forbes rankings, and shiny start-ups. It’s strong only when it’s fair.

02.11.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 351    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7

Will Smith has a reading foundation and visits public schools. Just so you know the guy who hit that game winning homer has done good things for the LAUSD

02.11.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1812    πŸ” 353    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 10
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Savage responseβ€¦πŸ‘‡

Sadly though, it’s very true.

31.10.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 465    πŸ” 188    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 7

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