wtf?

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happy holidays, everyone!

Your Thursday matinee with Cassandra.

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reposting this because the governor has yet to address the issue of WV sending taxpayer money to OH and KY. I spoke to the person in charge of constituent services and was unable to get definitive proof that WV money would be spent only in (a tiny part of) WV. first-draft.com/2025/10/29/p...

new from me: don’t put Republicans in charge of anything. the WV governor’s response to the impending SNAP shut down is fatuous, frivolous, and possibly fraudulent. first-draft.com/2025/10/29/p...

Note: This is me — I asked this question. You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.

maybe if you're a nazi.

co-signed

The latest post from my First Draft colleague Cassandra.

new from me: don’t put Republicans in charge of anything. the WV governor’s response to the impending SNAP shut down is fatuous, frivolous, and possibly fraudulent. first-draft.com/2025/10/29/p...

@wowk13news.bsky.social he is sending WV state tax money to people in KY and OH. why is he doing this and why aren't you reporting on it?

I speak for all of us who have an auntie who’s just your grandma’s next door neighbor.

hi, Polish-American here. i had a bunch of aunts (and uncles) growing up who weren't related to me by blood but were part of my family and whom I referred to as "aunt" and "uncle". trying to make this some kind of damning issue against him only makes you look like you had a sad, lonely childhood.

reposting

just thinking about history i am sure it’ll be ok to cut funds to feed people, some of whom are in the military.

ffs

I have a very bad feeling about this...

here's the best way to handle this: IGNORE IT. do not encourage him to talk about it. stop pretending he is mentally competent to answer real questions. he is limited to 2 terms. when he talks about a third, tell him he can't run and change the subject.

this party of Maryland voted for trump. expect ever more older white people at the next set of national demonstrations.

is anyone from the national press going to say that the president has dementia?

If you have more time than money and still want to help, please consider volunteering at your local food bank. They are going to be overrun in the coming weeks and will be desperate for extra hands. You have no idea how much good you can put back into the world with just a few hours of your time.

just thinking about history i am sure it’ll be ok to cut funds to feed people, some of whom are in the military.

"Andy Ngo and other far right extremists have been targeting Avalos since at least as early as July and trying to paint her as violent and a 'member of Antifa.' On court record, Ngo has admitted that his social media posts can lead to violence." It's projection from the right. All the way down.

FYI: it’s, uh, *not nothing* that the head of an entire Christian denomination — here Rev. Karen Georgia A. Thompson of the United Church of Christ — issued a statement decrying DHS agents for shooting one of her pastors in the face with a pepper round, adding, “No one is safe from tyranny."

Feed: "FIRST DRAFT" By: cassandraisright on Saturday, October 25, 2025

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The architectural equivalent of six fingers.

Per @chicagotribune.com, the pajama-pants-guy is a former county prosecutor. And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...

🍽️🍜 the last bit of cooking I'm going to do for a few days: grilled NY strip with salt, pepper, and some Penzey's Chicago Steak seasoning, and creamed spinach with garlic and sherry.

🍽️🍜 brown butter bourbon blondies with dark chocolate mega chips and toffee pieces for my church's annual chili cook off and the annual bake off tomorrow (from Smitten Kitchen). they smell incredible (and they taste pretty good, too).

and they run away every time they are confronted by unarmed angry citizens.

Hope is not a sentimental optimism that things will somehow work out; hope is the subversive conviction that injustice and death will not have the final word and acting on that belief. Hope is not passive waiting it’s active persistence. Hope prays, peacefully protests, weeps, and keeps showing up.

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Given that 42 million people are about to lose their SNAP benefits, that is to say assistance with the most basic of human needs, I’d recommend donating money to your local food pantry or a mainline clergyperson’s discretionary fund if you have any cash to spare.

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that works too.

they hate women. they destroyed the East Wing because that's where the modern era First Ladies had their office.

The Trump administration is threatening to cut off funding to SNAP — the critical nutrition program — in one week. That could force nearly 900k Arizonans to go hungry. Congress has set aside $6 billion in contingency funding so the program can continue even through emergencies.

but this administration lurves to talk about Jesus.

NO WAY!!!

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

Last night In Athens, GA, a 33 year old named Kenneth Leland Morgan was arrested for aggravated assault after dressing like a Nazi and hitting a glass over a woman's face at a bar people were forcing him out of. The only people who want to dress like Nazis for Halloween are Nazis.

🍽️🍜 chicken wings grilled with a rub of salt, black pepper, red pepper, brown sugar, and Penzey's Northwoods Smoke seasoning. served with a tomato and avocado salad.