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ICYMI — “judge ordered Trump to continue paying for food stamps during the shutdown, siding with local officials & nonprofits to spare millions of low-income Americans from losing benefits…”

@RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why did y’all need to be sued? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

JD Vance: "The suffering is going to get a lot worse."

New Trump 2028 campaign slogan just dropped.

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:

$100 billion

Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:

$100 billion

One is decried as "welfare." One is not.

Why?

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis

Rising heat killing one person a minute worldwide, major climate report reveals

- The biggest analysis yet finds millions are dying each year due to the failure to tackle global heating

@lancetcountdown.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases

"Ms. Monahan, 61, paid $439 a month for her coverage in 2025.

When she went to shop for next year’s plan, she learned that the monthly cost would jump to $1,059 for the same plan with an annual deductible of $7,100..."

Thanks, GOP congress! Thanks, Trump!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/h...

I have had WAAAY more issues with middle class white college educated neighbors than anyone else. Full stop. Lived next to a sorority once, same & same culture & rowdy as hell.
IF the gov made home ownership actually attainable neighborhoods would be more “neighborly.” Period.
I hate this guy smh

many folks in my part of Seattle speak little to no English (tho God knows they speak more of my language than I do of theirs) and it is literally never a problem; they’re lovely people and good neighbors, and only an asshole would be uncomfortable living alongside them

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Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

@jessicatarlov.bsky.social's middle name is 🔥🔥🔥

When you accidentally hit “free roam mode” on your Roomba.

When you accidentally hit “free roam mode” on your Roomba.

Greenwashing and denial won’t solve beef’s enormous climate problems Dive into the world of beef's environmental impact, from deforestation to climate change. Learn about the myths of "eco-friendly" beef and the industry's narratives.

🥩 ‘Pound-for-pound #beef might be the most climate-polluting substance people regularly use’

#ClimateCrisis HowDoIGoVegan.com
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The jokes write themselves! #deconstruction #exvangelical #currentevents #news

SNAP benefit freeze will leave millions nationwide struggling to pay for food – including 472,711 people in Philadelphia Starting Nov. 1, 2025, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will stop being distributed in Pennsylvania due to the federal government shutdown, which began Oct. 1.

SNAP benefit freeze will leave millions nationwide struggling to pay for food – including 472,711 people in Philadelphia

This is so fucked up.

The DOJ's "election monitoring" is really voter suppression Trump's Big Lie has become government policy.

"One of Trump’s biggest frustrations is that elections are run by the states, not the federal govt. So it’s no surprise he's trying to meddle even when there's no federal race on the ballot. Why not start by seeing how much they can intimidate a few jurisdictions before really gearing up for 2026?"

We’re barreling towards the GOP’s full-blown national health care crisis. Democrats are reporting for work to stop the crisis and reopen the government. Why are Republicans on extended paid vacation?

Wait state though if you don’t mind me asking? I live in NYS so we already have absurd premiums around 13.1% higher than national avg. Set to go up another 7.1% Nov 1. Who knows what The Regime will also try to inflict on top of that, stemming from their hate toward Mamdani and Schumer

The decline isn’t subtle anymore.

ICE is still trying to enact vengeance on Kilmar Abrego Garcia FOR THEIR MISTAKE! I just closed my business. Here to work as a voice full time and ground News is helping me stay informed while I try to life my new venture off the ground. Sign up at groundnews.com/monte for 40% off their vantage plan

Hundreds of thousands of American soybean farmers are suffering from a monthslong effective embargo by China as part of a global trade war. Among them: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. https://cnn.it/3LdhPfi

When there’s something wrong with your paycheck…

My two takeaways on this:

1. CNN's CEO is utterly craven. No surprise there.

2. The White House is getting very nervous about how poorly the demolition of the East Wing is going over with most Americans. Good.

💙💛

Millions of Americans are already learning that their health insurance costs for 2026 are going way up.

I want to hear from you so we can make this impossible for the GOP to ignore the consequences of their policies.

If your premiums are going up, reply below and please share your story.

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”