“TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT, AND SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT,” according to Pollsters.

I got bad news for Trump about every election going forward from now until the end of time

Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

“Why don’t they get a job?”

Most have one.

“Why don’t they sell their car?”

Good luck getting to work without one.

“Why did they have so many kids?”

I thought you wanted the birth rate up?

Stop judging the poor.

Judge the system that enriches the elite & impoverishes everyone else.

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?

The fact a *single* Amazon full-time employee requires SNAP benefits should be a crime. The fact Amazon is the largest employer of SNAP recipients is a disgrace. Jeff Bezos shouldnt be that rich; he should be in jail.

IT’S ELECTION DAY, AMERICA!

Remember to get out and VOTE!!!

New Yorkers if this doesn’t convince you, I don’t know what will.

Really worth reading the entire 60 minutes interview transcript but admit this part got me laughing out loud.

CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage

Mike Johnson isn't stupid. He knows he can't defend any of the corruption and cruelty he's enabling. So he cosplays as an ignoramus.

"What's your level of concern or fear at the hands of Trump?"

@schiff.senate.gov: "I am not afraid. I'll take whatever they throw my way... I'm proud to be at the top of his list."

“There’s too many Americans on SNAP!”

Yes there are. Too many corporations refuse to pay a living wage.

Huge companyies are encouraging their employees to apply for SNAP because they don’t pay them enough to survive.

The government encourages this & then blames the poor.

What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯

The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.

They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.

They’re refusing.

Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.

Starvation as a policy choice.

Dolly Parton releases “9 to 5” 45 yrs ago today.

“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"

Let's just lay it out. Epstein was a glorified pimp who used and sold the services of children to the wealthy, the elite, and the powerful. His clients will destroy anything and everything to stay hidden. They will even starve poor people. They have no bottom and no conscience.

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

note how the messaging has shifting from "we're targeting criminals" to "we're deporting everyone"

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @mluckovichajc)

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."

NYPD Cop is sick and tired of TEMU cops AKA ICE GOONS racial profiling and harassing him.

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?