Social Security wants about 15 million fewer visits in its field offices The new goal to cut the number of field office visits comes as the agency’s frontline locations have lost thousands of employees.

This article is 1000% correct. We can’t actually achieve any of these goals without more staff. Friendly reminder that the last time we had this few staff it was 1967. We served 480 claimants per staff then. Now we have to serve 1800 per staff. This is not sustainable or even achievable. Period.

Fentanyl. Drug Overdoses, including Fentanyl, are not even in the top 20 causes of death in the USA. Cancer, Diabetes, Covid, Heart Disease all in the top 10, and all have had their research funding cut. They aren't murdering just Venezuelans. However they are killing us much slower.

A PBS News tweet explains how two laid-off USAID employees created a website to match donors with canceled programs, keeping nearly 80 projects running in 30 countries. Below the text is an image of two people—Caitlin Tulloch and Rob Rosenbaum—appearing in a split-screen video interview, each seated in their respective rooms.

Meet two heroes of our times.

Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man' Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.

"Former West Virginia coal miners with black lung drove to protest on the steps of the Labor Department...They held up photographs of dead friends and loved ones...On the opposite side of the building, an enormous banner with Trump’s face read 'American Workers First.'”

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Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨

It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.

Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.

I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

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.

A jewelry auction at Mar-a-Lago as Trump’s White House fights in the courts to deny food to poor families

🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a lower court order requiring full SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown, allowing Trump to continue with partial payments instead.

BREAKING: Supreme Court Blocks Order Requiring Trump to Pay SNAP Benefits Apologies for another email on a Friday night, but, the Supreme Court tonight temporarily froze a federal district judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to deliver full SNAP benefits to rou...

BREAKING: Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.

I have the latest. Sorry for another Friday email, this is major. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

Stop Trump from Gerrymandering Indiana! Indiana deserves leaders who listen to and prioritize their communities—not leaders willing to do the dirty work of politicians in D.C. Send a letter to your lawmakers and make sure they’re standing u...

In Indiana? Send a letter to your legislators and Gov. Braun and demand they oppose mid-decade gerrymandering:

act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...

Trump is throwing a tantrum tonight, demanding “voter reform.” What does that even mean? He wants to stop Americans from voting because when we do, like we did tonight, we create a blue wave 🌊.

really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know

Carlos Jimenez, a 24-year-old U.S. citizen, was on his way to work at a food bank when he was shot by ICE officers in what a DHS spokesperson calls “defensive shots.” On Thursday morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., ICE officers were at Vineyard Avenue in Ontario when Jimenez, who was not in the target vehicle, attempted to pull in front of the officers. According to Javier Hernandez, executive director of the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, Jimenez was trying to assist and provide aid to the person who was being stopped by ICE officers. After Jimenez was shot in the shoulder, the LA Times and LA Taco reported that he drove to his brother’s house so he could take him to the hospital.

ICE shot an American citizen and food bank worker who tried to block them arresting an immigrant by pulling his car in front of them.
After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer."
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Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities?

Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?

And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?

Never imagined our law enforcement would look like this.

New update on the east wing construction 🇺🇲

They’re now explicitly taking the position that state & local elected officials are committing crimes when they attempt to protect their communities from the ICE secret police.

White House approves increased oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s national wildlife refuge National Petroleum Reserve lease sales and permitting for road through Izembek wildlife refuge were also approved

Well this is great for conservation.

(Sarcasm intended)

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Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

Monday's photo from the Washington Post

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

The Democrats need to get a hell of a lot of cameras on the White House and plaster the photos everywhere. It's not just the brazen symbol of a megalomaniac destroying national heritage; it's happening during a government shutdown when ordinary people aren't getting paid. Make every American see it.

It's this photo if you missed it, savaging the East Wing to make a vanity ballroom.

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

This is sick. Several of the MS13 gang members Trump traded to Bukele so he could have access to CECOT prison for deportees were actually COOPERATORS with law enforcement. He betrayed them. wapo.st/4nbNiM4

'Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.

BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

Trump: "I don't think any president has ever ended a war, frankly. One war. I did eight of them. Do you think Biden ended a war? ... it's gonna be nine."

A screenshot of an X.com post by @BlueATLG , Blue Georgia, posted 9 hours ago, stating, "Mike Johnson is asked about the delay in swearing in Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva: 'Bless her heart. She's a representative elect. She doesn't know how it works around here.' Grijalva: 'How offensive and how patronizing. Yesterday, my race was certified, and so that's how things work. Your job is to swear me in.'" The post includes a video still from various news networks (Fox News, CNN) showing a split-screen of multiple news anchors discussing the topic, with headlines such as "DEM REP-ELECT RESPONDS TO HOUSE SPEAKER'S 'BLESS HER HEART' DIG" and "DEMOCRATS STORM SPEAKER JOHNSON'S OFFICE," along with a Blue Georgia alert icon.

Offensive and patronizing, indeed. Describes much of the GOP nowadays, come to think of it.

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!