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?

Speaker Mike Johnson is perpetually trying to deceive people. He uses his milquetoast speech and persona to mask his determination to ruthlessly cause harm. He wears his “Christianity” on his sleeve as a decoy from his evil intentions. He is not a good person, he just tries to play one on TV.

This is NOT normal.

Yes, this is a real post made by the Department of Homeland Security. None of this is normal.

The cruelty is the point.

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

New in PN: The triumph of bullshit "We’re a long way from 'covfefe' and tumescent hurricanes Sharpied on a weather map. This is an era of lies as policy, where government priorities are based on right-wing conspiracy theories and fear-mongering."

Is anyone concerned? Because I’m damned concerned.

Lights are on but nobody is home. We have a broken Roomba for President.

Remember this.👇🏼

Note: This is me — I asked this question. You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.

Timeline cleanse!

As found and swooned over. 🍂✨

Worth remembering…

Me, too! What about you?

I care. I think you do, too. The swamp is now a damn tar pit.

Scarey!

#RadicalLeft #Pinks #ONEV1 #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

Worst President ever and First to let 20 million children go hungry. Is this what America has come to?

crazy what a beer and a concert will do for the mental health

Walz: "We have a federal system that we're all in it together, we help other states when they need it, but we have a situation where they're trying to divide us & provide specific aid to states that they like at the moment, which is absolutely unconscionable... either that or give us our money back"

SCOTUS is set to hear a case Nov. 5 on the president's ability to establish tariffs far beyond congressional limitations. We filed a friend-of-the-court brief today on behalf of leading historians of constitutional law to highlight the importance of checks-and-balances in tariff policy.

"For every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There's no way we can meet that gap. There's no way we can replace every single one of those meals. It is not sustainable for food banks to fill this gap. We were not built to do this."

The oligarchy wants full control of what we watch and read.

Yes, they’re using the shutdown to turn off SNAP benefits. No, they don’t have to.

Never thought I’d re-post a Reagan quote. You know what to do.😉

Don’t lose the plot. Seriously.

Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."

Another amazing bird: timeline cleanse! TY @richardgatley.bsky.social

Timeline cleanse. Thank you @amygann.bsky.social

Good evening from Queens. New York is not for sale.

Starvation is a war crime Donald Trump and Republicans. #GOPShutdown #Hunger #SNAP #WIC

While farmers can’t sell their crop surplus and the rich are getting richer, real Americans will face devastating hunger. Be angry.

Let this sink in… “At least one expert now predicting this could trigger greatest hunger catastrophe in the U.S. since the Great Depression.” 📌 The Dept of Agriculture posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid won’t go out on November 1.

H-E-B just donated millions of dollars to Meals on Wheels and Texas food banks. Imagine if the companies paying for that golden ballroom did that instead.

Bet they canazi anything wrong with this.

Think about this. And get angry!

Some are mad because people are on SNAP and not working. I’m mad because people are on SNAP even though they are working.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Walz: "They are paying contractors to pay down the East Wing but they're not putting money into the food bank. So if there's a sense of frustration in America, it's very real ... when the White House press secretary said their top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more."

Make it so.

Cartoon by @claybennett.bsky.social.

We’ve been warned.

What a TRAVESTY.

This whole tear down has been CURSED by the spirits of ALL the past residents of the White House. Sh*t is about to hit the fan. Everyone involved will be haunted until their demise.

And dammit: the mid term emections are at risk. Prove me wrong.