Finally watched Zohran Mamdani's victory speech and I almost fuckin cried. I got real goosebumps. This is what we need. Stop listening to the loudest and most out-of-touch pundits screaming about moving to the centre. Be bold and unrelenting in caring about each other. TURN THE VOLUME UP!

“Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!” — Leia Kahl, as she was overwhelmed by immigration agents’ tear gas. Leia’s age: 2. Via @natashakorecki.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.

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.

According to the USDA, each $1 spent in SNAP generates as much as $1.54 in economic activity, including increased GDP.

November of the first year, this term is already a horrific disaster on every level. That should be the story.

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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.

The immigration system is a civil system, not a criminal one. But this administration isn’t treating it that way, and they’re militarizing our communities and terrorizing people of all statuses in the process.

Ooooo, simply and perfectly stated!

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I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink. I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.

"Democrats need to stop assuming voters will automatically side with sanity. They won’t; not unless we remind them, daily, what’s at stake" Michael Cohen

'Christians Who Don't Want to Feed People—Aren't Jesus Christians' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...

Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!

Because everything the Orange Nazi does is illegal.

It is breathtaking how much of what was painstakingly built up over 250 years has been destroyed in ten months. From the economy to civilian/military relations to our foreign alliances to the DOJ to civil rights and on and on.

I was part of the internal Trump administration team trying to convince the president to end the shutdown in 2018 - 2019 — for 35 days — before people went hungry, workers lost pay, and government services collapsed. Here’s what I learned: he doesn’t give a shit.

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.”

A fifth-grade teacher and her family — despite her valid work authorization — were taken into custody by ICE after a routine check-in, leaving her classroom unexpectedly vacant.

#MoronsAreGoverningAmerica - MAGA

DHS czar Kristi Noem testified: "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country." Nope. Habeas corpus protects each of us from unlawful imprisonment & guarantees we can go to court to review our detention.

Ya know who grew up receiving nutritional assistance provided by the federal government – JD Vance. Now, he’s ripping SNAP away from tens of millions of hungry kids. Growing up in poverty isn't a crime, JD – just ask your Jesus.

Just so you know…. SNAP Helps 1.2 Million Veterans With Low Incomes, Including Thousands in Every State | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Imagine choosing to allow your citizens- Babies Children The elderly Veterans The sick The disabled AMERICANS- To to go hungry in the wealthiest country in the history of mankind.

813 billionaires are Americans. They hold $5.7 trillion in assets. If they wanted the USA's hungry children to be fed, they would be fed.

There's money available to feed poor people. The Trump regime has deleted that fact from a government website, but it's still a fact.

That barista who makes your coffee just right. The cook at your favorite diner. Your kind neighbor who is on deployment. They all have jobs. They all need SNAP to make ends meet. When Trump & the GOP deride those who need some help, understand who they are talking about. It’s people like you.

Unfortunately, it seems to be who we are becoming.

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

I. Do. Not. Believe. That. Donald. Trump. Thinks. The. People. On. The. Boats. He. Is. Blowing. Up. Are. Drug. Traffickers. I do not. I believe he is just murdering people, carte blanche...for political purposes.

For maga who chose trump to reduce the debt