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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.

The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.

They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.

Wanna fix fraud and abuse?

Fix that.

As SNAP cuts loom, here are food assistance resources helping fight food insecurity Food pantries, restaurants, community fridges and more have scaled up efforts to help feed Americans as SNAP benefits go dry.

With the holidays approaching, more families will struggle to put food on their tables.

If able, please consider donating to your local food banks and other food assistance resources.

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Same.

The East Wing Obscenity Trump's Ballroom Is a Tumor On The People's House

The East Wing Obscenity

This piece is on the free side of the paywall, and I have to admit that writing it made me more sad than I could have imagined. The ugly destruction isn’t just to a building, but to memory, history, and American grace.

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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC

Show up.

It matters.

Argentinian cat says, "Thanks for the bailout. Sorry hungry American cats, our kibble comes first"

YouTube video by Justice Connection Now is the Time to Speak up for Justice

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Find your local #NoKingsDay event at nokings.org/#map

And be sure to follow @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

Next Saturday is #NoKings Day.

Stand up for democracy before it's too late.

Find a protest near you at nokings.org.

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Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

We use AeroGardens to grow greens over the winter. We’ve also used them for peppers, tomatoes, and various herbs. Great article!

Dear Ds in CA/NJ/VA - please vote on Day 1, or as early as you. When you vote early your names comes off the campaign GOTV rolls allowing them to move on to lower propensity voters, which increases D turnout and makes it more likely we win. Voting early = another way to help us win. #Voteearly

Video: Opinion | Jimmy Kimmel and the Rise of Corporate Censorship After ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves, many called it censorship. The journalist Molly Jong-Fast explains that it is censorship, but not the kind you might think.

I made a little video

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Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue) West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Free speech censorship
Political hit lists
Detentions w/o due process
Internment camps
Military in our streets
Corrupted law enforcement
Demonization of vulnerable communities Coercion of private institutions
MSM amplifying state propaganda

We are not barreling towards fascism.

We are in it.

@haverhilldemocrats.bsky.social Join us for the HILLIES FORUM, featuring five at-large City Council candidates and a Family Feud-style game on 9/18/2025, 6 PM at the HC Media Studios. See haverhilldems.org.

I’m so very sorry to read this. Missy was a great cat, and you gave her a wonderful life.

Trump
Roberts
Musk
Murdoch
McConnell

The 5 men most responsible for shoving a knife in the heart of our republic.

So proud of Boston today.

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So proud of Boston today!

Maple, who gets very worried when her humans aren’t in sight and will meow at the top of her lungs until we come running.

I know. So very hard.

Home - Home of the Brave The first step in fighting back is speaking out.

Join us at ofthebrave.org.