Not to be that person, but isn’t it a 133 million dollar shortfall? 10 million is less than 10% of that. According to an article I read in the Banner this morning, Maryland has 3.5 billion in cash avail. Why not pay for the whole thing?

Trump administration won’t use contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits | CNN Politics The US Department of Agriculture says it will not tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month, according to an agency memo obtained by CNN. That means that roughly...

The Trump Admin found $20 billion to bail out Argentina but refuses to tap into a $6 billion reserve fund to provide vital food assistance to 42 million Americans.

They’re using food and hunger as leverage as they hold the government hostage. Sickening.

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.

This is a powerful and moving address by Zohran Mamdani. We should reject Islamophobia in all its forms and stand in solidarity with those of the Muslim faith (and all faiths). Maybe if this speech is heard across the US we will all remember the strength of our diversity.

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I agree with you

That is not true. To say otherwise is disingenuous. You think they were asking Biden to condemn the abuses of the Catholic Church?

I cannot believe this was the response to his speech. How can this “news” anchor possibly listen to his speech and then respond with the exact sort of prejudice he was describing? I hope she loses viewership for this. Disgusting.

True

What is wrong with people?

Why can’t he just say yes?

Okay, let's take a step back because this isn't going anywhere. What is your stance on how the democratic party handled the genocide in Gaza? Do you agree that it was a genocide?

Ryan Grim on X: "I know we all wanna move on, but I want to linger on the Kansas situation for a last moment, b/c there are a few important principles being overlooked. One is about accountability and redemption, the other how quickly we reach conclusions. A couple thoughts:" / X I know we all wanna move on, but I want to linger on the Kansas situation for a last moment, b/c there are a few important principles being overlooked. One is about accountability and redemption, the other how quickly we reach conclusions. A couple thoughts:

Here is the link x.com/ryangrim/sta.... 4/4

However, there is another thread from 8/27/20 where Ryan Grim breaks down what happened from his perspective. I am interested in your thoughts. My takeaway is that as long as he applies the standard he describes in this thread equally it doesn’t undermine his credibility. What do you think? 3/4

I dug around twitter and found Ryan Grim's tweets from that time and read through the threads. The one from 8/20/20 doesn't age well. Like I don’t think there is anything ‘wrong’ with what he says, it just seems distasteful with the benefit of hindsight. 2/4

Thank you for sharing this! Coleman definitely seems like a trash person (glad to hear that he is no longer in office). Full transparency, I have always respected Ryan Grim (even if he sometimes has views that I disagree with) so I wanted to see how he could have such an obviously bad take. 1/4

No, reread my comment. All I said was that a drunk tattoo does not mean that a person is guilty of committing a genocide.

Who said she ‘committed’ a genocide?

Umm… so who is going to lead your revolution?

Can you cite your source for these claims?

Like, you know getting a tattoo when your drunk isn’t the same as committing a genocide?

It is their way to avoid having to actually make changes that will improve people’s material conditions. We cannot keep letting them get away with that. /3

Growth. He has also disavowed his comments. We should also be clear that the democratic establishment has weaponized identity politics to undermine support for changes that actually support people from all backgrounds. Think Bernie Sanders /2

I’m disappointed in McDonald making this choice. We are reaching a point where our politicians will have been online for decades, are we really going to toss them aside for their worst comments? I think it is important to acknowledge that Platner’s comments evolved over time and showed personal 1/

What I find important here is the growth you see in him as a person over time. Yes those were stupid messages but he clearly changes for the better.

And we should acknowledge that the democratic establishment has long used identity politics in bad faith as a way to undermine candidates like Bernie Sanders, not to actually help people.

I think everyone needs to acknowledge that this will be the new normal. People who have been on the internet their entire lives all have something bad to be dug up to be used against them. We can no longer embrace purity politics as this zero sum game.

This is the only way headlines should be written. Thank you for calling out the truth of what is happening!

They've been arguing in court repeatedly that there are no plans for a shutdown and that they will honor all statutory obligations.
Not sure what a legal system does with a government that simply isn't credible.

The RIFs began months ago. This is just recycled DOGE, just as unpopular and just as illegal.

“and the United Farm Workers union, went into high gear. They pressured both the White House and their elected representatives to get ICE to stay away from the harvest.” 2/2

Who Picked the Crops? Today on TAP: How ICE favored growers at the expense of farmworkers

I had the same question. This article explains it. prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

“Basically, two things happened. Farmer organizations, from the American Farm Bureau Federation representing large growers, to the National Farmers Union representing family farmers” 1/2