These gangsters are using the email addresses of govt employees to send out messages to their address lists blaming Democrats for the shut down without their consent. Leave the damn civil servants who just want to do their jobs out of your illegal hackery.

I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.

We got to be getting close to the part where Melania tells us to eat cake.

“I didn't exactly panic, but here's what was going through my head,” Liz in Wisconsin, 43, who receives SNAP benefits for her and her adult daughter, explained. “We have to eat. This money will not last. What happens in December? What about January? Do I have to make this food last all winter?”

New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks. I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:

My god --- Harrowing footage of a father in Fitchburg, MA being brutalized by Trump's masked thugs while holding his terrified, crying baby. @markey.senate.gov

If only the Speaker put half as much energy into governing as he does into avoiding work. He still hasn’t sworn in Representative-elect Grijalva, people are hungry, planes are grounded, and Republicans are on vacation. They’re showing you exactly who they are. Believe them.

Attorney General Pam Bondi saying the quiet part out loud. The President’s agenda? Forcing millions of Americans to go hungry to give tax cuts to CEO billionaires.

Yup, people should keep this in mind. He isn't a trillionaire yet and that's why #TeslaTakedown is so important now! If he's been such a corrupting influence so far, how worse will it be if he's a trillionaire?

Nov 5, DC #refusefascism #trumpmustgonow #resist #indivisible #50501 #nokings #dcmusicfestivals #saveourconstitution #impeachconvictremove #takebackamerica #thefallofthefascisttrumpregime #defenddemocracy #nofascists #veteransagainsttrump #stopthecoup #stopproject2025 #policestate #noice #freedc

👏🏼 Group of 14 'suburban moms' arrested during protest outside Broadview ICE facility A caravan of about 20 cars has been driving by the Broadview ICE facility to protest immigration enforcement. #immigration #Illinois #NoICE abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi... (via @abc7chicago.bsky.social )

“There used to be a time where I didn’t have to see the president or think about him every day of my life against my will.” 🔥 Reb Masel goes in on the endless firehose of nonsense that is living through the Trump regime

They never say this “liquid” bullshit when it comes to tax cuts for the rich or wars or giving money to their friends (in Argentina) etc See through it

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc)

Yes

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

Lawless goons. Racial profiling isn’t just something they do, it’s all they do. www.instagram.com/p/DQu5q2pkc_...

Ouch

Trump also just released the guy who lied to the FBI about the Bidens taking bribes. He has ties to Russian intelligence — and Trump’s businesses. Again: The law does not apply to them. newrepublic.com/post/202897/...

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Judge Stranch, an Obama appointee who wrote the 2-1 majority opinion on the panel (which had rejecting the appeal from the parents' group challenging the policy), writes the dissent for the seven dissenting judges on the en banc rehearing:

Rep. Mike Simpson R-ID ignores Democrats on the floor and adjourns the House until next Monday. Adelita Grijalva was elected on Sept. 23 and still has not been sworn into office.

Status report: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... And, for the plaintiffs’ part, they say there are still ongoing attorney access issues:

To show how bad things are — and, no, I am not even saying this is new, but — here is the latest from the Trump admin on conditions at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago. A humane govt would be addressing bedding and food before starting detentions — not needing time after a TRO to do so.

Even as USDA began paying out SNAP benefits while DOJ tried to get a stay, DOJ today filed a notice of appeal in the case over the Trump administration's efforts to force many other federally funded public services to require ID checks for immigration purposes. From the 9/10 prelim injunction:

LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.

Oh, this is wild. DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.) So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.

it's no longer just the "democrat shutdown" - this abuse of office is hideous

The lengths Trump will go to keep Americans hungry knows no bounds. apnews.com/article/snap...

Why is whether the president of the United States can starve the people of the United States even a thing right now? How the fuck is this our reality?

Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.

1/2 ICE/CPB thugs tackled a nonverbal autistic man outside a Family Dollar in Chicago’s Little Village claiming he was “noncompliant.” Witnesses begged them to stop. “Why they beating up this special boy?” one worker cried. “He comes in every day for a treat. He has the mind of a child.” 🤬🤬🤬

Trump is a failing authoritarian whose approval ratings are tanking. Like any bully who feels humiliated, he lashes out. But what he doesn’t realize is that his bullying is waking up America’s great sleeping giant. We saw it begin to roar again this week.

Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.

Hegseth: "We are not building for peacetime. We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing. Building for victory should our adversaries FAFO."

$40 billion to Argentina. No Epstein files. Record-high prices. No SNAP funding. Health premiums to spike. Threats of war against multiple nations. MAGA!

The Trump Administration’s cruelty knows no bounds. It’s one thing to spar with your political opponents—but starving children and seniors to make a point? That’s negligence. I’m proud to join @repjahanahayes.bsky.social in prohibiting this administration from playing politics with people’s lives.

A group of moms from the western suburbs were arrested Friday morning during a protest against the separation of families outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview.

From Justice Robert H. Jackson's ruling against Truman's steel mill seizure: “No penance would ever expiate the sin against free government of holding that a President can escape control of executive powers by law through assuming his military role.” www.thebulwark.com/p/founders-t...

Trump to Americans right now

Rep. Jasmine Crockett was asked on CNN if she had any advice for Mamdani: “Listen, I don’t know that he needs my advice. He has been a master. Frankly, he could do a master class for all Democrats on communication.”

People want more affordable health insurance, not a savings account. This is just a Republican bait-and-switch to repeal Obamacare for the 70th time. Let’s get serious — extend the health care tax credits and open the government.

your hard-earned tax dollars are paying for a White House social media account that calls duty elected senators "demented losers." it's totally unacceptable and a disgrace.

Federal agents’ use of force amid the aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago “shocks the conscience,” and the Trump administration “lacks credibility.” That’s what a judge found Thursday in a crucial new ruling: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Ellis on the Oct. 14 incident on the Southeast side: "Agents pushed, shoved, tackled protesters, pointed guns at them, threw tear gas and deployed smoke canisters. Everyone that agents detained were released by the FBI, and none of them are currently charged with assault."

Ellis is walking through the testimony heard yesterday. She said Oak Park Township Trustee Juan Munoz's arrest made him a "prop" for DHS videos. Ald. Julia Ramirez "ran away from tear gas while eight-and-a-half months pregnant."

Ellis: "This is the Chicagoland I see. From Aurora to Cicero, and Chicago to Evanston to Waukegan. This is a vibrant place, brimming with vitality and hope. Striving to move forward from its complicated history."

Ellis begins by quoting from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Yesterday we began to take back our power Victories in Virginia, New Jersey, California and the NYC Mayoral election give us hope But we MUST stay engaged Too many lives are at stake While ICE still roams the streets every day, terrorizing people We can never relent www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8D5oGnG/