OK, where are we on the SNAP benefits cases? Two things happened this morning: * DOJ told SCOTUS they're still fighting to stop full November SNAP benefit payments, via their stay request at SCOTUS * District court judge in Mass. stayed USDA's 11/8 memo ordering states to "undo" full payments

Trump's meltdown about air traffic controllers this morning tells me he's not super happy about the deal in the Senate. Wonder if the House will need Dems to pass it?

NJ AG Matt Platkin re: USDA's contradictory memos in the past week — "I don't know if they have some intern in high school issuing them, but it's clearly nobody who's ever worked with these systems in Washington."

New York AG James said she's received complaints of stores in her state refusing EBT cards and has already sent out several cease and desist letters. Stores are not allowed to refuse SNAP benefits. If this happens to you, call the AG's hotline to report at 1-800-771-7755.

I, a 15-year career federal employee, am responsible for ACA subsidies being taken away. Not the tens of millions of people who voted to give Donald Trump's Republican Party control of the American government, no, they're blameless victims. It's my fault and I should suffer for it. fuck this shit.

next year will make 2025 look like paw patrol

This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

Holy shit lol

This is just pure cringe

“primary every democrat” only becomes a serious threat if bsky doesn’t go goo goo babies over platner-esque candidates

MORE: The pardon language is extremely broad and could apply to many others too, since it covers anyone who advocates for the false elector slates or who investigated 2020 election fraud. One person the pardon explicitly excludes: Trump himself. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

On the bright side, it looks like Trump will be solely responsible for scrapping health insurance subsidies without any alternative in sight.

No, they're going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted because Republicans passed a law that does so. They control both houses and the executive. This isn't on Chuck.

This is extremely funny to me considering I was on the leading edge of "fuck chuck let's go" in March and have been pretty lockstep about the cause here on this shutdown, but "stop the paycheck of two million Americans who work for all of us, for 13 months, because ~vibes~" is just fucking moronic

Seriously, for their own good, Dems who voted for this need to not be saying “we did a good thing, this is why.” The line needs to be “we fought like hell to get healthcare back, but Donald Trump was willing to burn the country to the ground.”

Former legislative staffer and current autistic here. This is all very good advice! Calls really do matter, but all you need to do is demonstrate that you’re a constituent, name the issue that you’re calling about and give it a thumbs up or thumbs down.

Watching this feed reminds me of McCain voting down ACA repeal. They don't have the votes yet.

He learned that from his father

Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.

What was the mechanism by which ACA subsidies were actually going to be restored here Put another way is 214 more or less than half of 435

And make them own massive increases

The rule will have to lie over a day, but that’s easy to get around as well (just adjourn for a minute or two).

The indictment is insane, these guys were literally texting with bettors mid game!!! www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...

Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero

Pretty sure this is an effort to force the House to re-open by the senate crafting its own solution (the merits of the solution are a sep discussion). Which would be interesting given it hasn’t been in session since September and any new bill would have to go through the house as well.

This is significant in Kansas, which announced on Friday that it was distributing full benefits to all SNAP recipients & doing it *right freakin' now*. As in, not reloading the cards in its usual way, over multiple days, by last name of household head. All SNAP cards were to be full by COB Friday.

“Why the President would petition the highest court to deny food to hungry children is beyond me. It does nothing to advance his political agenda. It does not hurt his perceived enemies. It only hurts our most vulnerable and our reputation around the globe.” kansasreflector.com/2025/11/09/r...

Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments. My response ⬇️

Lol bring it

It's not just race, they're so stupid they think only Dem governors are doing this I'm pretty sure Jeff Landry was the first gov to announce a state plan to attempt coverage backfill, because even though he's a dipshit republican and the state is broke, he also doesn't want to die

Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Someone should go there and show them the clips of Trump's Great Gatsby party. I bet they'd be so happy to know he's having fun.

Fitchburg, Mass.

“as the…administration has rescinded its support for scientific research, restricted vaccine access, dismissed expert advisers, attacked doctors & scientists, & worked to curtail health-insurance coverage, researchers & health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office.”🧪🛟

For Trump: Seafood towers at Mar-A-Lago For Americans: Bread lines

Jeezus

This is what I was looking for

1: shoots gun at Capitol on J6 2: slueths tell fbi his name 3: he kills a man, claims self defense 4: he tells police he was the j6 gunman 5: he’s finally arrested 6: trump pardons him for j6 7: he allegedly kidnaps and sexually assaults someone www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

“A Summit man, who was once accused of firing a gun during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, was taken into custody last month after he was wanted for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault in Utah.” patch.com/illinois/lag...

With the weakest possible headline

Latest Army general to be jammed up over alleged wokeness is Pat Work, who led the Ranger company that fast-roped into the Korengal to recover the bodies during Operation Red Wings and was the 82nd brigade commander who dug ISIS out of Mosul

What possible justification is there for Rubio to be houses on base?

So between the court order being issued and stayed yesterday, Governor Kelly managed to get SNAP benefits out the door to Kansans. Any other states manage to get it out the door? www.governor.ks.gov/Home/Compone...

Wasn't just DOGS checks. It was tariff checks, too.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was confronted by an 11-year-old girl at a ceremony in Moscow marking Russia's Unity Day.

I know everyone thinks all feds are like GS-15s in NoVa with a consultant spouse pulling down six figures, but in reality land shit is starting to Get Bad even for those of us with decent financial resources

Unpaid... 🤣🤣🤣 serves them right

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