UPDATE: This afternoon @massgovernor.bsky.social authorized the distribution of November’s full SNAP benefits. They should appear as soon as tomorrow. Thank you, Governor Healey! And thank you to everyone who called & wrote our state leaders to make this happen. www.mass.gov/news/governo...

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And because @massgovernor.bsky.social & our state legislature aren’t doing anything substantive to address the serious need created by Trump’s refusal to fund SNAP. We have an $8 BILLION rainy day fund that they refuse to draw upon. It’s shameful.

We Ain’t Buying It! This Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday – let’s make our dollars count. We’re asking Americans to hit pause on shopping from major corporations. www.weaintbuyingit.com

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Be there, Newton! ICE out of Waltham! Saturday vigil, 11 am, with march to Waltham Common and rally, 12:30. #newtonindivisible #fuckice #walthamstrong

“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”

For a striking contrast, here’s a video of Kamala responding to a medical emergency during a rally last year: www.youtube.com/shorts/vB4Hc...

RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible

A visual metaphor for the moment.

actual communism

When you’re a narcissistic sociopath and someone has the audacity to have a medical emergency that draws attention away from you.

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Four senators in the Democratic Caucus have voted with Trump more than 100 times this year: Fetterman: 125 Hassan: 105 Shaheen: 104 King: 102 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I am repeating myself, but ICE is (and has since its inception) inflicting generational trauma that will express itself epigenetically in the very DNA of the children of these victims, and of their children, and theirs after. Every single day.

A damn daycare. This is sick. What are we doing?

ICE should be rightly called child abusers for doing stuff like this in front of children. It's bad on its own for its brutality toward adults, but they are traumatizing kids. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is the stupidest timeline ever.

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Google banned ICE watch but is making this available

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There are two initiatives that would improve the efficiency and transparency of our State House but they need your support to get on the 2026 ballot: 1. Stipend Reform: www.northshoreprogressives.org/reform-how-s... 2. Public Records Reform: www.northshoreprogressives.org/make-massach...

“It's striking that in our state, in Massachusetts, where we have, as I often like to point out, the third largest Democratic super majority in the country after Hawaii and Rhode Island, our Legislature isn't doing very much,” Cohn said in an interview. www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...

"MA has a higher GDP than Sweden. We can meet the needs of all of our residents. We just need the political will to do so."

Tonight is many things, but it is among other things, vindication for Lindsey, for being brave and speaking up about Cuomo's abuse towards her and other women.

The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.

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WHAT A NIGHT! VA governor ✅🌊 NJ governor ✅🌊 NY mayor ✅🌊 CA prop 50 ✅🌊 PA Supreme Court ✅🌊 A clean sweep A total and compete repudiation of Trump and the MAGA cult All you potential future capitulators might wanna rethink your plans!

The fascists are not inevitable. They're not unstoppable. They're not all powerful. They want you to think that, but millions turned out last month to call their bluff. And millions turned out today to claim our power. We will win.

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why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections? in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.

Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.

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So many people I hate are so unhappy.

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Overall an excellent night for progressive candidates in Salem. Sad news for Ward 4: Flynn defeated Manwill. But other City Council seats either stayed progressive or shifted to the left.

#SalemMa peeps: Former Salem News staff writer Dustin Luca maintains live updates of Salem election results on this Google sheet. Keep refreshing through the night! #MaPoli docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

[jazz hands] 👋👋 LEADERSHIP! 👋👋 [jazz hands] cc: @aoc.bsky.social for #NYSen 2028

Yes please! If this happens, @markey.senate.gov should bow out of the race and campaign for @pressley.house.gov as his progressive successor. #MaPoli www.politico.com/live-updates...

WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."

Instead of cutting jobs we should be passing the Corporate Fair Share Act to raise revenue. Learn about the bill from @progressivemass.bsky.social & contact your state legislators today to urge its passage: www.progressivemass.com/issues/corpo...

Thanks to the many generous people who have stepped up to donate grocery gift cards to support our neighbors in need during this difficult time! 1 in 4 #SalemMA families rely on SNAP to put food on their table; we’re coming together as a community to lift them up. If you need help, please call.

Today is Election Day. But folks should remember that there was another election earlier this fall. Adelita Grijalva should be representing her constituents but Mike Johnson still refuses to seat her. I bet he hopes we’ve forgotten about that. I sure haven’t. open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...

Have you voted yet? Go do it! Local elections matter now more than ever. www.northshoreprogressives.org/support-loca...

Wow.

The Salem YMCA and the City of Salem, through its Food Policy Council and the Salem Children’s Alliance, is now making donated grocery store gift cards available for Salem residents who are experiencing a loss of SNAP benefits. www.salemma.gov/CivicAlerts....

"The agent grabbed Ms. Stagi by the hair, put her into a chokehold, dragged her through the street and threw her down a grassy embankment. Ms. Stagi said, “I’m 5-2. I’m not assaulting him..." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

"ProPublica report reveals a web of past business relationships involving Homan, his senior adviser Mark Hall, and consultants and firms seeking Department of Homeland Security contracts."

So…what does this mean specifically? The USDA agreed to fund half of SNAP benefits yesterday. Are they no longer doing this? Is Trump defying the court orders?

It’s Election Day! Millions of us have a chance to elect leaders (lawmakers, judges, school boards, and more) who are vital to defending and rebuilding democracy. Please make a plan to vote if you haven’t already. And ignore the hot takes — our one goal is to electorally crush the Trump regime. 🧵