The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.

I’ll be supporting all primary challengers for senate.

chuck schumer cannot be replaced as party leadership quickly enough

Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

Yep Here’s the problem for Demcorats By voting to fund the government without the subsidies, they’re voting for it, too Merely securing an opportunity to put Republicans on the record isn’t enough. They were already on the record when they voted for Trump Big Fugly Mess

And this is the part that Blue MAGA doesn't get. This isn't about Trump, who was never more than a truly terrible symptom of the disease.

CALL ALL OF THEM. SAY PRIMARY. "Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Gary Peters (Mich.) &Dick Durbin (Ill.) were among the Democrats who participated in secretive negotiations to end the shutdown & are considered possible “yes” votes for the deal."

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.

There’s glitter all over everything in the bathroom at Michael’s. Because of course there is. 🤣

Last night in Tampa, cops used a controversial and risky technique called a PIT maneuver while chasing a driver who'd sped away from a street race The PIT maneuver failed. The driver sped away, losing control, and crashing into an LGBTQ+ bar killing 4 people and injuring 13

So here's where we are, Sunday morning: Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases. So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care. Dystopian.

Do you ever just sit and think about the technological advances that have happened through the course of your marriage? Smartphones didn't exist when I married @mindcryme.bsky.social, and wouldn't for another 5 years.

There's a video of two stallions sparring and they ask "Is this a real fight? Would you intervene?" And look, I ain't no professional wrangler, but I've spent a day or 1000 on a ranch and if those big boys are fighting, I'm letting them fight. A human skull is no match for a stallion hoof.

The Satanic Temple has launched a nationwide food drive (called the Devil's Pantry) to help those affected by the loss of SNAP benefits and rising good costs. Okay ... so now we live in a world where Satanists are more Christ-like than Christians?! Someone tell me how we ended up in Bizarro World!!

But man, I can't live if I'm fearing life I've stood to the side for so long, it seems right When it comes to self-loathing, I've put in my time #music #Acroma

ICE is still being paid. Congress is still being paid. Private jets are still being bought. The White House is still being renovated. In the most prosperous country in the history of the world... This.👇

Nikalie is blowing up on TikTok. She is calling churches all over the country to see if they would help feed a starving baby. She has a 2 month old crying in the background and asked for one can a formula. Most. Say. No.

I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point

Just an FYI bc the headlines have been intentionally unclear: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson did not decline to force the govt to pay SNAP. The case is already before the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals. She essentially paused the SCOTUS case until that court makes their ruling.

Hopefully after this week we’ll be done with tests for Priss and can get Bash in for a physical and his rabies shot.

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

The cats really love Christmas trees. We don't usually put up our big tree until the day after Thanksgiving (M's a stickler) but I want to make sure Priss has the best and longest Christmas ever, so we're going to start working on it this weekend.

I’m better this morning than yesterday, but I am still not okay. We’re working on a plan but everything is so expensive. We’ll know more about her prognosis next week. If I survive the wait. I’ve never felt this frayed. (Yes, this is about my cat.)

A police officer in New York shot himself and falsely claimed a "dark-skinned" assailant did it to impress his ex-girlfriend. A manhunt was underway for a suspect who didn't exist. Thomas Mascia, 28, was given 6 months in jail, 5 years' probation, and a $290k restitution.

November 8th marks Intersex Day of Remembrance. Intersex Day of Remembrance is a day to remember those who are no longer with us and highlight issues that the Intersex community face. We stand in solidarity with our Intersex siblings, team members and supporters! #IntersexDayOfRemembrance

It is insane to me how many conservatives didn’t know most fantasy is a comment on racism and hating groups of people for dumb reasons until mainstream media started making fantasy series. Now they’re big mad that Cirilla has a girlfriend. #TheWitcher

Aging sucks. I’d like to unsubscribe my household, please.

Priss’s bloodwork came in. She has late stage kidney disease. The only thing to be done is manage it. I’m not ready for this.

Donald Trump is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children. This is who he is.

Strength training is political. We have a right-wing which has taken over physical fitness spaces, and hijacked “warrior culture”. We need a muscular progressivist visions. We need to be strong to build the world we want. Building my guns for the revolution. 💪🏾✊🏾 #Swoletariat #ResistanceTraining”

No charges yet in the shooting death of Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez, a housekeeper and mother of 4 who mistakenly knocked on the wrong door in Whitestown, Indiana. abcnews.go.com/US/cleaning-...

Ohhh these coffees are interesting. It took me a minute to dial in the measurements. I like my coffee as dark as my depression and Vanta Black lives up to that. So well, in fact, that I had to reduce the amount of grinds I use. The Strangers, though...The Strangers is perfect.

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol's pay in 2024 = $95.8 MILLION Median Starbucks barista pay in 2024 = $14,674. That's $1000 LESS than US poverty level, 2025. We don't have a Starbucks closer than 30 mins away here in rural Maine, I won't buy from them anyway, and fully support a Starbucks Strike.

Super relevant today since we're again calling for a Starbucks boycott over their treatment of employees and union busting as if they somehow stopped doing those things between this post and now. 8 months. It's been 8 months. Maybe never stop boycotting Starbucks.

Finally sleeping for once so of course Priss decided it was time for me to get up. These cats are gonna find themselves sleeping in the basement if they don’t get used to the time change soon. Lol

renewing my boycott subscription

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

I just…don’t like Liam Hemsworth. #TheWitcher

Oh, we’re calling for a boycott of a company we were already supposed to be boycotting again? Good times.

There you have it. Susan Collins reportedly waits till the last minute to see if Trump needs her vote to let him keep killing people indiscriminately without due process; it turns out he DOES need it; so she provides it. A pretty simple system! (Not so great for Maine. Or fishermen.) #MEpolitics

WIN: An Arizona appeals court tossed a GOP-backed lawsuit pushing for full hand counts of ballots. The ruling reaffirms that Arizona’s elections will continue to rely on trusted and certified voting machines — not election denial conspiracies.

Does anyone know what happened to the non-verbal (deaf?) man that ICE kidnapped in Chicago today? Is there a fund? www.instagram.com/reel/DQvBER7...

Organized by refusefascism.org, thousands of Handmaids march through DC on the anniversary of Trump's win in a "Trump Must Go Now" protest. ✊🏼

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he would not guarantee Democrats a vote on extending enhanced tax credits for those with coverage through the Affordable Care Act. https://to.pbs.org/4oDzqf2

BREAKING: Federal judge issues critical injunction limiting use of force by immigration agents, saying tactics “shock the conscience.”