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🧵1/8 🇺🇸 Withholding funding to fight #foodinsecurity is un-American. Helping feed the hungry is patriotism. Food insecurity is personal to me. I benefited from food programs as a child. I’ve experienced homelessness. And like many Americans, I received benefits even while employed—because without..

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Mike Johnson lied when he said contingency funds could not be used for SNAP. Two federal judges held that 6 billion in contingency fund must be used.

All this guy does is fly around with his girlfriend on private jets, cover up the Epstein files, and take credit for the investigative work of field agents. And he even regularly fucks that up.

And there it is... Announcement is made that the US House will be out of session again next week They haven't voted since mid-September

Uh-oh…it turns out JP Morgan Chase has flagged $1 billion in “suspicious” transactions involving Jeffrey Epstein and prominent Wall Street figures, and notified the Trump admin back in 2019.

Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office. Why the delay from Mike Johnson? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.

I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.

“.. for those of us who, in our younger years, revered America as a shining city upon a hill, .. this is quite a painful period. “..’America has lost its moral bearings; as a result, it has also lost its moral standing in the world.” @peter-wehner.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste

The US House of Representatives committee calendar for October 2025 It's .... quite something

More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.

This really illustrates Trump’s lack of interest in both history and character, and his commitment to the enshittification of everything. This looks like what people imagine a “rich” hotel bathroom is, while simultaneously echoing one of those bath fitter things on TV they do in an afternoon.

NEWS The coalition of states "are likely to succeed" on their claim that the Trump admin's suspension of SNAP benefits is illegal. NYAG James notes "the court has made clear that the law requires those benefits to continue." Ruling ag.ny.gov/sites/defaul...

We all need to channel this Chicago man’s utter contempt

Jeffries: "Understand, until Donald Trump tells them what to do, Republicans in the House and Senate are going to be unwilling to find a bipartisan path forward because this version of the Republican Party, they don't work for the American people. They work for Donald Trump."

Rep. Adam Smith: "This country has not agreed to have the death penalty for drug smuggling. If we want to have that policy conversation, we can have that policy conversation, but the president has unilaterally decided that lethal force is going to be applied. It's an enormous expansion of power."

He publicly "wished" his Hindu wife embraces Christianity...at a Charlie Kirk event. They make a spectacle of themselves and now we're all talking about it. And word on the web is that their 2026 engagement is inevitable. A manufactured fascist romance in the making. I'd feel sorry for Usha, but...

The nyt editorial board only TODAY questioning whether we’re losing our democracy is some Susan Collins-level concern trolling

He's building a gold-guilded ballroom to host the foreign officials who come to bribe him, while denying millions of hungry kids food. Just how thuddingly obvious, how over-the-top, how florid & theatrical does this story have to get before the media starts honestly telling it?

Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.

Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

FBI: "We didn't zip tie children." REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old." FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."

Bald eagle after the torrential rains. Merritt Island, FL. #WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #Eagles #EaglePhotography

Independents blame Trump and the GOP for the shutdown by a 2:1 margin. Trump’s approval with people under 30 has completely cratered. 63% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s management of the federal government. #GOPShutdown

China bought 27 million metric tons of soybeans from US farmers in 2024. But somehow this “deal” to buy significantly less is a huge victory.

Who could have foreseen Trump taking maximum advantage of the Supreme Court granting full immunity to presidents who sell pardons to the highest bidder and commit crimes? Now the only remedy is impeachment, which he knows Republicans will never do no matter what he does.

Banana republic shit.

I honestly have no idea why people continue to report his big announcements when they always turn out to be bs.

Every country in the world has figured out that all they have to do is give Trump some amazing sounding false promise to announce so he can take credit for a “win” and they can get whatever they want in return. He craves personal credit and fluffery - substance is irrelevant.

More bad news from Trump's government shutdown: "Air traffic controllers are working their jobs without any pay amid Day 29 of the government shutdown. The 14,000 controllers across the country received $0 deposits to their bank accounts just yesterday."

Red-Bellied Woodpecker. Merritt Island, FL. #Photography #WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Woodpeckers

Marge calls BS on Mike Johnson’s claim that Republicans have a healthcare plan.

It's been 35 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

Trump Org’s income in the first half of 2024 was $51 million. In the first half of 2025 it rose to $864 million. A massive percentage came from foreigners. It should be the biggest scandal in the history of American politics. But few even care. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Trump has spent months talking about the construction of an ornate White House ballroom. Trump has solicited private donations to make the project possible. Many of the donors are corporations that, less than five years ago, pledged not to support politicians who undermine the democratic process.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."

Let the Trump admin argue in court the legal technicalities on why people should starve. Great optics for them.

I haven’t seen any, but I don’t think the Curator’s Office would have allowed anything to happen to the artwork and furnishings - they’re responsible for maintaining all of that, and they take that job very seriously.

Meiselas: Scott Perry says that Democrats join the military just so they can run for office — and that Democrats hate the military. Deluzio: Just an unbelievable load of bullshit. I’d dare him to go say that in front of the Democrats in his district who are veterans — there are thousands of them.

Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk. I had it exactly backward.

That AZ lawsuit to force Grijalva's swearing in looks stronger by the day. The basic argument: AZ is entitled to be represented for the entire two year term the Constitution sets forth. No one has the right to shorten it. Especially when her swearing affects the votes to challenge Speaker's power.

It’s been over 2 weeks since AOC said Stephen Miller was weak and puny. Fox is still talking about it.

Of course this all comes immediately after Petro accused the US of murdering an innocent Colombian fisherman causing Trump to rage on Truth Social and issue threats.

Every day, it seems like we tick a little bit closer to midnight. Would be great if the GOP Congress would quit sleepwalking through this.

Fetterman has nothing to say when Mike Johnson & House leadership calls millions of Democrats protesting at No Kings communists, Hamas supporters & antifa who hate America, but if you suggest Trump might be ruling like an autocrat he is quick to run back on Fox to condemn it.