Layoffs are reaching their highest levels since the pandemic, but America's corporate elite have never been doing better. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?

Our Assessment discusses executive overreach and self-dealing as an autocratic indicator. Trump wine on sale at Coast Guard Exchanges fuses state power with personal profit. The military shouldn’t be a marketplace for the commander-in-chief’s brand. www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

Being on SNAP benefits for 17 years, I've NEVER been told I wouldn't be paid my benefits. NEVER. What is going on is BEYOND cruel. The ppl w/disabilities, ppl w/chronic illnesses & cancer, seniors already isolated, the 16M hh's w/children. WE REFUSE TO BE A NUMBER. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE DIGNITY.

Amazing how the party that claims Christian values is so willing to deny food to their own poor citizens. Must be "for their own good".

We need to make this happen in the US. There need to be consequences.

Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’

Hubby comes into kitchen: “We need to talk about your Italian books, because UPS just sent me a $50 bill.” Me: 1. They were movies. 2. Legally, books and movies can’t be teriffed. 3. Why did UPS send you that bill, because I have my own account. Just saying…

This is why several European countries have stopped sharing intelligence with the US.

CNN: "A brand new report is out showing layoff announcements hit their highest level for October in over 20 years. It's painting a picture of a job market that is really hurting. US-based employers announced 150,074 job cuts in October, more than any October since 2003."

Poor Moms - 🤮

Heartbreaking

My weekly email to my congressman…

Brother Warnock lays it plain.

Texas… it’s not just Grijalva…. #TrumpEpsteinFilesCoverUp

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This is just 1 of several articles I have seen today alone, that illustrated how senile he is. It's exhausting. But also very scary. This guy has his finger on the Nuclear button. And he has Putin itching to push that button. Which maniac can kill the most people the fastest? We're about to find out

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world: 'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..." chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.

NEW: Amid concerns over the Biden administration's regulation of the crypto industry, billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen, a longtime Democrat, donated more than $5 million to groups supporting Trump ahead of the 2024 election. Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out CFPB.

Those “holier than thou” people… they’d crucify Christ all over again for being too woke!

Know your rights when voting today.

Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter. He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance. The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income. They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive. Wanna fix fraud and abuse? Fix that.

This is nice. I wish more people thought this way.

Yet in 2010, Noem—then a congressional candidate—had “20 speeding tickets, three stop-sign violations, two seat-belt violations and a citation for driving with no driver’s license.” She had six court notices for failing to appear, and had two warrants out for her arrest. trib.al/uQSDaqR

1/8 I’ve spent the last 3 days tracking right-wing influencers morning and night. What I found is a machine, not a movement. Every day follows the same rhythm of fear, outrage, and punishment. It’s emotional conditioning disguised as news. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500. Insane

One horrifying aspect of decades of scaremongering against the MMR vaccine specifically that I don’t see mentioned often is the broad range and high prevalence of serious birth defects caused *by rubella*

#ICE nearly hit parents & kids with cars during reckless high speed chase in school parking lot—attempt to pepper spray teacher who is helping students. "They almost hit me and my daughter three separate times," said witness.

I’m looking forward to the trials. I hope this one is televised, because I cannot overestimate my anger at this.

Oh we're just getting started. www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-26...

My favorite independent book store is in San Francisco ♥️ #books #italian #NorthBeach

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.

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Wow! It’s not even close. Food banks can’t keep up with the need… Question: “How long is this sustainable.” Food bank director: “It’s not… for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

NEW: Almost a month into the government shutdown, and some federal workers are barely making it through. One fed, who spoke with @telliotter.bsky.social, is out tens of thousands of dollars waiting to be reimbursed for their husband's cancer care. More here: www.wired.com/story/federa...

There you go folks Barney Fife said what he said

Does anyone stop and think about how idiotic and embarrassing it is that we’re the United States of America, and we have an entire government that spends the whole day trolling, posting, and documenting evidence that will definitely be used at a future trial?

Another big reason to worry about Bari Weiss’ tenure at CBS News www.motherjones.com/politics/202... With the acquisition of Paramount/CBS by Oracle's Larry Ellison and the hiring of uber right ideologue Bari Weiss, no one should bother tuning in to CBS news. It's just another Fox clone

Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.

It’s been really disheartening to see the things people say about those who use SNAP. Many seem to have little understanding of why the program exists in the first place.

Marge, if y'all had a plan, don't you think that surely by now you'd be aware of it? You guys have hated and wanted to gut the ACA for 15 years now. You've had the time to come up with a comprehensive alternative (*cough* universal healthcare *cough*), and have nothing to show for it. Your boss's

And that $215 million is coming from us, those with loved ones inside the prisons and jails.