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We live on a planet on the brink of disaster This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent climate chaos

We live on a planet on the brink of disaster

This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent climate chaos

By Brian McHugh

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Anglerfish happy Halloween picture.

It’s getting harder and harder to avoid concluding that the people who keep voting for shitty people are shitty people themselves.

Johnson basically says it here

Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits out of contingency fund The ruling came one day before funding for SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps, was set to lapse.

The courts had to step in and tell Donald Trump to feed the people. Let that sink in.

He was perfectly fine letting millions of Americans go hungry—in the middle of a shutdown that Republicans created.

Do what the judge said, Donald. Release the funds and stop playing with folks’ livelihoods.

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🐕🐈 Pet Assistance Resources for those in Economic Hardship:

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Just because the govt is shut down doesn't mean you can't call your legislators. And just because John Thune isn't your senator doesn't mean you can't call his office and ask his staff why they're supporting a man who is fine with torturing pregnant woman, and starving & killing children for no pay

The US House of Representatives committee calendar for October 2025

It's .... quite something

Going to a coworker’s for a Halloween get together across from the office and it’s so odd being on my commute after these long four weeks #furloughedfed

FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."

I still can’t believe “Disney turned down Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh’s Ben Solo movie but we’re getting Jeremy Allen White playing a Hutt in the Grogu movie” is real life and not A JOKE

and may we present you with:

House Committee on Agriculture @HouseAgGOP Senator Smith voted twelve times to shutdown SNAP benefits.

Tweeting this when you haven’t come to work a single day since the shutdown started is really brave.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/p...

Mike Johnson: "We're fighting for healthcare as well. Not just in word but in deed. We put in the one big beautiful bill, real reforms to Medicaid to make it work better."

(The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)

Was this reported on Fox News? #arrestrepublicans

“In America, the law is king.”
-Thomas Paine

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe" Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

No Kings NIH Vigil and Food Drive Come join us and bring your spare non-perishables. We'd love to have you join us for our event!

📣 DMV folks! There will be a NO KINGS edition of the NIH Vigil and Food Drive this Saturday morning!

Where: NIH Vistor’s center (Medical Center Metro - redline)

When: food drive starts at 9AM, main event at 10AM

Special guests incl @vanhollen.senate.gov
@allstrike.bsky.social (punk band!)

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

🚫👑 T minus 2 days to Saturday’s no kings protests. There are over 2000 events scheduled across the country.

The people have power in numbers and it’s well past time we used it.

Find a protest near you. Bring friends. Get loud 📣

www.nokings.org

#nokings 🚫👑

Spreading the word. The CDC community will remember Officer Rose's sacrifice forever.
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Republicans Call 'No Kings' Protest A 'Hate America' Rally, Suggest Terror Link "The Antifa crowd and the pro-Hamas crowd and the Marxists, they're all going to gather on the Mall," Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said of pro-democracy groups.

So. That little twerp Mike Johnson has heard of the protests planned for the 18th! Thanks for the free publicity you little shit.

We're getting under their skin. See you there 💪

🚫👑No Kings 2.0, October 18. www.nokings.org

www.huffpost.com/entry/no-kin...

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

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Anonymous Whistleblower Disclosure Form - Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs “*” indicates required fields Title—Mr.Mrs.Ms.Mr. and Mrs.MissDr.Dr. and Mrs.Dr. and Mr.AdmiralCaptainChief Master SergeantColonelCommanderCorporalFatherGeneralLieutenantLieutenant ColonelMajorMaster ...

If you are a federal employee fired via RIF notice or want to share information about misconduct in the Administration, Ranking Member @peters.senate.gov wants to hear your story. We will protect all whistleblowers' personal information.

www.hsgac.senate.gov/contact/demo...

For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take time and a lot of money—and expose private companies to a large amount of risk...

“NOAA is taxpayer-funded, so it is a public good—its services provide safety and security for everyone, not just those who can pay for it.”

www.wired.com/story/noaas-...

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”