The Trump Adm is also exploring steps to prevent people with unused SNAP benefits from using those funds after Nov 1. The money in EBT accounts has already been appropriated and expended, so blocking their use does not save a dime. It just hurts Americans. For Trump, hurting people is the goal.

Latest frame shows a near perfect hurricane with a classic "pinhole" eye. Only 9 Atlantic hurricanes have had stronger peak sustained winds (5 of them being from the past two decades). Great concern for #Jamaica.

I'm really tired of the "everyone hates the Democratic Party" discourse. It's nonsense. I don't hate my party. We debate; we don't agree 100%. We get frustrated. That's democracy. What you see in DC isn't - it's one party refusing even to talk to the other. I'm proud not to belong among the bullies.

Two Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors."

dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.

Food banks won’t turn down your food donations but if all possible, donate money. They have bargaining power and can make bigger purchases.

Withholding money for food and finding money for every unnecessary thing is what sparked the French Revolution. Literally.

Contest every race. Have a candidate in every race on every ballot in every county in every state. Run even if you know you can’t win. Run because you know you can’t win. No seat uncontested. Bring the fight to every ballot.

it would be good if, say, the New York Times reported that all of this stuff is *wildly* illegal under the Hatch Act.

yeah so… not able to identify what is or is not an iq test makes the test irrelevant we know enough

Democrats should run a TV ad in Mike Johnson's district, thanking his constituents for taking the hit on the SNAP shutdown and other government services they use all so Mike could keep the Epstein Files from coming out? "America's Richest Pedophiles Appreciate YOUR Sacrifice!"

No, man, Republicans are in charge of the government. Do you think Democrats are the ones who keep telling the House to stay on vacation week after week in order to prevent the release of the Epstein Files? Because I'm pretty positive that's *you* who's been doing that.

WCK is serving free meals for furloughed federal workers impacted by the U.S. government shutdown. These meals are available to federal employees and their families. Below are locations and hours. #ChefsForFeds (1/2)

#PSA #Christmas #Yule #donations

More of that free speech absolutism eh? CAIR: “Abducting a prominent British Muslim journalist and political commentator on a speaking tour in 🇺🇸 because he dared to criticize the Israeli government’s genocide is a blatant affront to free speech.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/26/u...

Something I love about America is our National Park Service lands. But the history behind some of these lands and monuments - including the ones I visit most, Shenandoah and the Blue Ridge Parkway - isn't without conflict, and the memories linger. That's us too. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

UN: With Hurricane Melissa threatening to unleash torrential rains and hurricane-force winds across the Caribbean, at least 1.6 million children are at risk as families in Jamaica, Haiti and surrounding islands brace for flooding, landslides and widespread disruption.

Democrats/the DNC can learn from this. It forges community ties and awareness that build the kind of America we want to see, looking out for one another. It spreads, grassroots - I wouldn't expect the DNC to launch a chain of food banks! (The BPP didn't exactly have a booming budget either.)

The City of Philadelphia provides a map of food sites for anyone searching: www.phila.gov/food/

In Philadelphia, the largest and most efficient food programs are the Share Food Program and Philabundance. A cash donation to either is great use of your dollar. But all local food banks have been in greater-than-usual demand already, so help wherever you can. www.sharefoodprogram.org

Rubio says the State Department is “abides by its legal requirements,” but he’s eliminated offices that focus on human rights monitoring. He’s also condoned trump’s orders to murder. He’s also admitted he likes violence. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I don't qualify to nominate, but if someone who is qualified out there will nominate José Andrés and World Central Kitchen for the next Nobel Peace Prize, I will drop word among all my Norwegian and Swedish friends and praise the nomination to the stars.

Gee, I can’t imagine why…

3) It's possible the shutdown ends before 11/1, but given the uncertainty & the stakes, we must plan for no SNAP/WIC come Nov 1 If you're a member of patreon.com/mattbc, and you're in a position to do so, click through to contribute to our anti-hunger project > www.patreon.com/posts/helpin...

As a white person who worked in social services for 30 years, this is so true. Even when you show people year-after-year stats of white people being the largest group of recipients they still don’t believe you.

In addition to money donations to food banks & food aid for people, please also consider donating money or food & litter to pet food pantries. Many people who rely on SNAP to feed themselves will now need to redirect $ to buy groceries that they would have spent on pet food before.

Essential reading from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later www.lawdork.com/p/the-kavana...

I remember the Million Man March well - all the angst and right-wing, and moderate, pearl clutching over what everyone I knew who went found to be an immensely positive experience. I'm glad to see it remembered and hope it fuels a renewal. whyy.org/articles/mil...

Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

The Black Panthers' Breakfast Program was exactly the form of community care and development that's needed right now. old.blackpast.org/african-amer...

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families? Now you know.

Just checking: the republicans that attacked and sent marshals to arrest Texas dems for not showing up to work (in an effort to protect voting rights, btw) are the same republicans that are not showing up to work, yeah?

I am literally begging Democrats to set the ball rolling on this. Meanwhile, give to your community food banks. @kenmartin.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social

Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people

You can find your local food bank here! www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

There is absolutely no need to shackle this man that way. It's performative cruelty - nothing else.

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

The Trump administration is engaging in an unprecedented strategy to undermine elections. From rolling back the federal role in protecting the electoral process to threatening local election officials, our new interactive timeline is tracking it all: bit.ly/3IZMSdG

Folks, Jordan Wood is running for the U.S. Senate in Maine in 2026. He’s a Democrat. He’s 36 years old. He’s a progressive. His campaign emphasizes anti-corruption, standing up against corporations and wealth, and pro-democracy reform. Check him out… @jordanwood.bsky.social

“What a unique idea this was — that America was a moving target, a spirit always in motion, lost if believing perfection has been attained but thriving in the idea of the pursuit.” Beautiful piece by @mollymckew.bsky.social.

Thank you, June Lockhart. Thank you. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/a...

I know they won't because they're serious adults and want it to still be there for better days in the future, but part of me really wants to say the Canadians shouldn't just build a new entrance on their side of the library. They should demolish their half of it right up to the line.

People are going to die as a result.

What, indeed, are we doing here? October 25, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

PA will have a double-whammy, as it also has to postpone its Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program until December. (Temperatures haven't hit freezing yet in most of the state, but many will suffer.) If you can help your local assistance programs, please do. share.inquirer.com/euXlDf

ACLU reporting that “several of the 6 women detained at South Louisiana ICE Center in Basile, LA, & Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, GA were pregnant & have miscarried while in custody.” 0 outrage from MAGAs about these fetuses. They were never about life. They are only about control of women.

Does it matter that THERE IS NO EMERGENCY that justifies Trump’s occupation of cities. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

ah yes, how inelegant (2022 Macron) and Jill Biden had just done a massive and expensive overhaul of the inadequate restroom facilities two years ago to address that issue (Republicans made a big deal about how expensive and unnecessary it was!)

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….” 🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼