Still some distance from being able to cover the full cost, but I can't thank those of you who have chipped in and shared this enough. You really have helped more than you can imagine, just by pitching in to make sure this is *one* thing I don't have to worry about right now.

Good news for librarians -- and students and teachers. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

And George Conway is still a trustee for The Heritage Foundation. I hope people remember that when he starts ramping up he efforts to run for office AS A DEMOCRAT. No. Nope. Huh uh. WE'RE NOT DOING THIS.

Make sure you read the part about Black Women’s unemployment rate being at 7.5% now. This is 1 of the reasons l keep stressing that too many people on the left pretend to be allies & expect us to save them in the voting booth…as they allow us to be harmed. Nope. Enough. apnews.com/article/layo...

@juliethecranky.bsky.social You will LOVE this! www.instagram.com/p/DRIg69fjYk...

This is Fendi. He is seen here demonstrating the internationally acknowledged sign language for politely requesting uppies. 13/10 would pick him up immediately (TT: isthat_jojo)

Republicans, from the halls of Congress to the board rooms, from the exurbs to the farmland, are very openly and transparently selling this country to hostile foreign powers. Not a single patriot in the bunch.

79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5. He’s been taken by ICE in Florida. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...

So apparently, my fellow men are suing Uber and Lyft over their “women only” feature, which matches women riders with women drivers, for everyone’s safety. Smh. Sexism against men is like racism against white people—not a thing. It’s up to me and my fellow men to defeat the patriarchy.

I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

As a generally pro-nuclear energy person dealing directly with the strains data centers are putting on the grid I would just like to remark NO OH NO FUCKING NO DO NOT DESIGN NUCLEAR GENERATORS WITH AI Thank you

I absolutely don't want Senate Dems to cave, but some key things: 1. If they do, this gets kicked back over to the House, which has to vote on it again since it would differ from their own version...which I think only runs thru 11/21? 2. That presumably means having to swear in Grjalva.

A pretty one from sunrise October 31. Cascade foothills. Portland Oregon. Have a beautiful day. 🩷💜🧡

Only 7 out of 71 employees at the Los Alamos NNSA field site are working, the rest furloughed. At the Albuquerque site (overseeing Sandia NM), only 7/81. "The furloughs are the [NNSA's] first since its creation in 2000, as none occurred during previous shutdowns" sourcenm.com/2025/10/22/n...

TAPPER: Do you have any numerical idea of how many Americans will not be able to be with their families for Thanksgiving because of this? DUFFY: I think the number is going to be substantial

NYT: The tax cuts come amid “steep cuts to health care for the elderly and food stamps for the poorest Americans.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵 During the antebellum period in the United States, free Black people were required to carry official documents known as Certificates of Freedom, or “Freedom papers". (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory briscoecenter.org/exhibitions/...

Exactly.

We have to remind people JD Vance relied on SNAP and by all accounts his Mama didn’t deserve those benefits

Honestly, I don't care what people seeking assistance at food banks do for a living, whether they work or not, what they drive, etc. People are hungry. Give them food to eat. Plain and simple.

Until SNAP is funded, here’s an ongoing list of Bay Area restaurants where SNAP recipients can receive free food. Just bring your EBT card!

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow 'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'

One in eight Americans relying on SNAP is a wild number. We are not good at being a livable country, friends.

Here’s the deal with SNAP Benefits. Most recipients work. But if they don’t? IDGAF. Got that? I DO NOT GIVE A FUCK IF THEY WORK OR NOT. They’re HUNGRY. Do you think people LIKE asking for food? Asking for help feeding their kids? Do you think they do this for fun? FU! thehill.com/homenews/557...

im sorry you cant have food but we gave all our money to one guy who “invented” 2 day shipping and another thats promising robot butlers so you can see how our hands are tied

1. Last week, there were 3 Trump corruption scandals in 4 days that would define any other presidency. Most people are probably not even AWARE of all three scandals. 🧵

The New York Times editorial board thinks Democrats should “move to the center.” Where the hell is the center between democracy and fascism?

My local food pantry has an Amazon wish list for hygiene products. I know JB is the devil, but I also know my good intentions are stronger than my memory: I set up a delivery subscription.

This is perfect.

Is this the GREAT PART???

Cruelty is always the point with this administration. Always. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

The seeds are being planted to rig the midterms. It’s becoming more explicit. (Also note the gratuitous shot at the NBA, aka Black athletes who oppose him)

Now THIS Here we have the National Guard doing GOOD Thank them Here in California helping the foodbanks #FeedTheShutdown Millions of Americans are in need Please help SUPPORT YOUR FOODBANK If your local foodbank is OK You can help Donate to MD foodbanks Go to mdfoodbank.org TY !!

So they‘re willing to deny people needed food in the service of denying people needed healthcare.

Not having SNAP benefits in November impacts everyone. This regime has ruined America. Every system we’ve come to rely on is broken because of Trump.

Update: The Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. has released a statement calling on "the President and the Secretary of Defense to immediately rescind this action" www.tuskegeeairmen.org/wp-content/u...

My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread

The fact that Republicans get upset about tearing down confederate monuments, but not demolishing the White House, says a lot.

@juliethecranky.bsky.social : If you went and pulled this off without me, I shall be VERY PUT OUT.

Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical. Thinking it isn’t, is.

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

The DNC didn’t lose the election. Voters lost the election. I’m not sure why this is so hard to grasp. If you didn’t want a dictator then your vote should have reflected that. Y’all will blame everyone but yourself but there were only 2 viable choices on your ballot & the DNC wasn’t a choice.

They’re targeting New York Attorney General Letitia James for one reason: she had the courage to hold Donald Trump accountable. This is political weaponization of our courts, plain and simple—and proof that when you stand up to corruption, they come for you.

Kamala Harris: "The Supreme Court made the decision that the president would be immune from any of his conduct while in office. So we went into the election with this individual, Donald Trump, knowing that he would essentially be immune from any consequence for misbehavior while in office."

Someone finally, succinctly, sums up the whole con. If you create shortages… make basic necessities scarce… then you can easily profit, by allowing a select few to control markets… and those select few can reap enormous profits through price gouging, and in turn pay you handsomely for the favor. …

This is beyond disgusting and totally toxic. These states need serious psychiatric help. Unfuckingreal #USDemocracy

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States. Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

I do not understand why television stations are not showing live coverage of how there is literally nothing happening in Portland and Chicago. I mean, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, and Tom Brokaw would each be sitting on a set in those cities telling everyone the white house is lying.

The thing about Banned Books Week is that so many books are being soft censored, too, and we may never know. Schools in whole states are just not buying queer books and books about race, etc