"How did we get here? Everyone knows the answer: In 2024, Musk spent a negligible fraction of his vast fortune, now some $455 billion, to effectively buy a government position." www.liberalcurrents.com/billionaires...

Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system" Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla. Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207 Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765 www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...

When the shakedowns just start happening in public. $NVO

Governor-elect Sherrill: Trump has created an economy where layoffs are going on across the state, college kids are worried about their job opportunities, costs are going up everywhere. And now he won't even spend the $6 billion he has to make sure people have access to food security.

women, are they bitches?

I’ve said forever horse race polling has had a deeply detrimental effect on campaign coverage. It reverses the whole point of journalism which is to seek truth and share it with the public by seeking info from the public and declaring that truth.

lol

Incredible- Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day."

Google Maps highlighted this side of an otherwise nondescript commercial building as “Houston Mural” and Google Maps was not wrong.

Trump is now leveraging SNAP in his effort to pass a short-term budget bill that ignores rising healthcare costs. The American people deserve better. @housedemocrats.bsky.social are demanding that Trump pay November SNAP benefits in full TODAY. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

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The Supreme Court’s conservative majority used the “major questions doctrine” to BLOCK: Student loan forgiveness. Vaccine requirements. The Clean Power Plan. If that’s the case, the same logic should apply to Trump’s reckless tariffs.

As horrified as I’ve been by the New York Times, Washington Post, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, etc., this election cycle’s been a great opportunity to invest in outlets like @thecity.nyc @hellgatenyc.com @boltsmag.org and so many other local and wider mags charting a better path for media

we can chalk it up to youth and inexperience but the biggest mistake the mamdani campaign made was winning by 8.8% and not 1.5%, which is the margin needed for the media to say it’s a total mandate

He is so out of touch with the majority of Americans that he doesn't understand the difference between a 'grocery store' and a warehouse club.

People who are leaving NYC, please post pix of your U-Hauls!

I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.

this is a great opportunity to say cincinatti rules and you should visit!

Hell yeah. Congratulations, @abigailspanberger.com and congratulations to the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Tomorrow we... celebrate with... taylor ham/pork roll! I guess? First election living in NJ, not sure I am doing this right

Your Governors-elect for New Jersey and Virginia: Democrats Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger

As our communities face the impacts of November’s SNAP funding being rejected by Trump, it’s important to know what resources are available to you. Food banks and pantries throughout California will be open to distribute goods to those impacted. (1/2)

It's election day! To all my fellow US folks: make sure you get out & vote. The eels demand it of you. Eels, of course, are citizens of the world. So they can't vote in local elections, and they have to rely on you to do it for them. Even if you won't vote for you, be a proxy vote for an eel! 🗃️🧪

Was honored to help @chana.bsky.social edit this deep dive compilation of Curtis Sliwa lore gathered over weeks. There is so much jaw-dropping material, we simply could not bear to make it shorter than 76 slides.

It's impossible to overstate how much of what ICE is doing on the ground reflects this completely preposterous conflation of hostile *speech* and hostile *conduct.* The First Amendment protects—or, at least, is supposed to protect—the former up and until it's a "true threat," which none of this is.

BREAKING: Trump has just posted on Truth Social indicating he doesn't intend to release SNAP funds until the government reopens, which would defy both a court order and his own administration's comments yesterday.

Trump is now saying he will only pay SNAP benefits once the Republican shutdown is over, despite a federal court order. As a result, 42 million kids, seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities could go hungry. This is illegal, immoral, and absolutely cruel.

Sep 30: USDA issues guidance saying they can use contingency fund Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse Oct 23: USDA deletes Sep 30 guidance Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds Nov 1: no funds go out Nov 4: Trump says he’ll defy courts

Still need more baseball? We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.

Nearly 500,000 Philadelphians rely on SNAP to put food on the table. That's why, alongside @congressmanboyle.bsky.social, @scanlon.house.gov, @repjordanharris.com and Rep. Krajewski, I called on the Trump administration to obey federal district court rulings and FULLY fund November SNAP benefits.

Americans in more than a dozen states are heading to the polls Tuesday. Here's what to watch in critical races.

Yeah, that’s not a thing.

First this admin decided to withhold SNAP all together. Now, they're trying to get away with partial payments. Stop playing political games with people's food. Leave hungry families out of it.

Since Election Day is tomorrow, it is important that New Jerseyans are well informed and know their rights. Read this guide and share with your family and friends.

Reporter: SNAP is so stimulative to our economy. There are lots of rural stores where 60% of their sales are SNAP sales. So that rural store might have to shutter its doors. This is our collective struggle. All of us do better when people experiencing hunger do better. All of us lose when they don't

Millions of families rely on their full benefits to put food on the table. The Administration needs to stop the games and provide the support so many Americans need and deserve.

Republicans can fully fund SNAP, but are choosing to only fund it partially. 1 in 8 Americans rely on SNAP. But Republicans care more about the 1 in 299,560 Americans that are billionaires.

Not even concepts of a plan anymore

Look, it's impossible to get just how stupid this is into a single headline, but I tried, okay?

I spent my morning volunteering at the Washington County Community Action Council Food Pantry — packing boxes, distributing food, and meeting with the advocates who keep this pantry running.

Trump tried to keep food out of the mouths of hungry Americans.    Democrats fought back in the courts — and won.    Now, House Republicans need to come back and reopen the government.

Unlike Jack Ciattarelli, I'm working to make New Jersey a better state for every New Jerseyan, not just Donald Trump's inner circle.

States are suing the Trump administration over its illegal decision to suspend SNAP benefits. The administration has the funds and authority to fully fund November food assistance, but they refuse to. This is just egregious. www.cbsnews.com/news/snap-fo...

Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street

Michigan Democrats stepped up to protect our communities from hunger. But Michigan Republicans led by MAGA Matt Hall would rather starve our neighbors to please Trump than stand with Michiganders. www.mlive.com/politics/202...

New Jersey Democrats absolutely CLOBBERED New Jersey Republicans in early in-person voting yesterday, with team blue casting 16,000 more ballots than team red.

He knows the Sunday show producers are busy stacking their rundowns. Gotta feed them topics that aren’t ‘shutdown’, ‘SNAP’, ‘inflation’ or ‘Epstein’.

If Donald Trump isn't allowed to cut off food stamps, how is the grand socialist revolution supposed to begin? by Susan Sarandon

Reminder: Food banks need money more than food! They have access to buying things cheaper than you do, and they know what the community needs better than we do!