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Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con.
Please.
The utter stupidity of pursuing a criminal trial against someone for throwing a sandwich that bounced off a bullet proof vest pissing away hundreds of thousands of dollars for this joke is the perfect encapsulation of this Administration.
06.11.2025 03:41 β π 25473 π 5865 π¬ 690 π 213Good night peeps, sweet dreams.
04.11.2025 06:48 β π 3235 π 609 π¬ 40 π 23Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump "TRUMP WASN'T ON THE BALLOT, AND SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT," according to Pollsters. 1.75k ReTruths 6.38k Likes 11/4/25, 9:05 PM
Make no mistake, this motherfucker was on every ballot cast.
05.11.2025 04:11 β π 117 π 29 π¬ 11 π 0The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGAβs future.
With significant funding from tech leaders, the Rockbridge Network is gearing up to deploy its arsenal in the 2026 midterms and in the 2028 presidential contest. https://wapo.st/47WxsRc
SNAP benefits will be gone, small businesses will suffer, insurance premiums will double, air traffic will be delayed/halted: All of these things are happening because when the gov't shutdown ends, the Epstein Files get released.
04.11.2025 21:45 β π 17730 π 5488 π¬ 431 π 208Walmart, 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.
This is an excellent idea!!!
03.11.2025 19:44 β π 29667 π 9676 π¬ 1063 π 966Holy shit. He really is a generational political talent
02.11.2025 18:12 β π 300 π 49 π¬ 12 π 5it'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?"
the tone deafness is beyond parody
31.10.2025 17:30 β π 11998 π 3182 π¬ 1949 π 804An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. Itβs a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Donβt be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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?
BBC NEWS: Mexico's navy says it is still searching for a lone survivor approximately 400 miles (643km) from the Pacific coastal city of Acapulco.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Three glowing jack-o'-lanterns: one angry, one scared, and one happy.
My three year old wanted to carve pumpkins this year. His first time.
He chose the patterns and then assisted me throughout.
Boo! π
Lights are on but nobody is home.
We have a broken Roomba for President.
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28.10.2025 18:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0With inflation rising, unemployment up, and families struggling to get aheadβ¦ Trump has decided he will not continue funding SNAP at all, though he has the discretionary funds to do so.
I want to force a vote to make it happen and keep food benefits active.
Things are so mean-spirited right now, this made me tear up. In the gratuitously cruel age of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Mike Johnson, it's comforting to be reminded that there still are decent human beings that walk amongst us. Thank you, Heretic Coffee in Portland.
28.10.2025 17:22 β π 4661 π 1399 π¬ 181 π 69Mic Drop π₯ π€
27.10.2025 19:00 β π 1147 π 257 π¬ 16 π 6βDysfunctional governmentβ doesnβt even begin to describe this.
1.4 million civilian federal employees didnβt get a paycheck. And the part no oneβs talking about: even if the government reopens tomorrow, weβll be right back on the edge by November 21βthe next shutdown deadline.
Chaos on repeat.
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.
28.10.2025 16:09 β π 18459 π 5845 π¬ 471 π 274While the top 1% control $54 TRILLION
(not a typo)
Republicans appear to have all but abandoned their efforts to defeat a Democratic gerrymander of Californiaβs House districts one week before it goes before voters.
As Democrats pummel the state with Yes on 50 advertising, the Republican side of the battle has gone quiet.