The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.

A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims [From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]

Red, white, and blue Manx-inspired log cabin quilt blocks arranged in the Barn Raising pattern, voile banner with gold/orange sparkle lettering that reads, "Any jackass can kick down a barn". 100% hand sewn; quote attributed to Sam Rayburn. Tearing the fabric for the logs was nicely cathartic!

Lutnick’s “generational factory jobs” pitch is just a reboot of the caste system with better lighting. Your family fixes the robots forever, while someone else’s kids build empires. No mobility. No exit. It's patriotism in a jumpsuit.

My latest quilt: Bílli'ya (forever). Shot cottons, wool batting, cotton thread. Hand pieced, needle-turn appliqué, hand quilted. Prairie point winged banners in the corners are embroidered with copper thread reading, “Oblaashaash + Himmaka’ + Onnakma̱.” (Yesterday, Now, Tomorrow in Chikashshanompa.)

New Oklahoma social studies standards that include false claims of 2020 election “discrepancies” are set to go into effect — the most recent effort by state Superintendent Ryan Walters to inject far-right ideology into public education. oklahomavoice.com/2025/04/29/n...

Work deserves dignity. A living wage. A home. Health care. Security in hard times. FDR called these basic rights — not luxuries. youtube.com/shorts/Ox_dP...

WATCH: “You’re saying you revere a time when their ancestors were in bondage.” In NC, @davidjoy.bsky.social powerfully explains why it’s wrong to remove a “compromise plaque” without public input, and why revering the confederacy is offensive. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DI9vdzA...

Sea level rise projections depend on our level of commitment to prevention. Predictions range from 7 ft by 2100 - 13 ft by 2050! 😳 (Experts warn we're underestimating glacial melt.) So what would that look like? Use this interactive tool to find out! #EarthDay 🌎 coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast...

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"46% of Head Start funding goes to rural areas, often in places without any other child care option..." www.axios.com/2025/04/16/h...

If you still haven’t found a good reason to boycott Amazon forever, here’s another one for you.

Abrego Garcia is innocent, should be released TODAY. Plus, the Supreme Court already ordered Garcia to be released, so...??? bluevirginia.us/2025/04/mond... h/t @RepRaskin @RepDonBeyer

Please pay more compliments to your friends and family. Nobody has it completely together and you never know when they can use those good words. A meaningful compliment from someone out of the blue can go a long way.

One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months. I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.

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Prediction: ten years from now there will be a lot fewer people learning English as an additional language

Universal healthcare would make America great. Universal pre-k would make America great. Tuition-free college would make America great. A guaranteed living wage would make America great. A housing guarantee would make America great.

I hate to be the one to say it, but this has been missing from nearly all the commentary– Gang members deserve due process rights as much as anyone else. Disappearing them is as much a crime against humanity as disappearing unaffiliated men.

BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

Over 30,000 people in Denver showed up to a rally spearheaded by 2 democratic socialists, but both parties will keep pretending that Americans aren't hungry for a real change

The distance between a legal resident who's not a citizen being deported without due process and a citizen being deported without due process is a hell of a lot shorter than many folks seem to believe, and when it does happen to a citizen, just remember it started here and who was quiet in response.

The FBI is trying to criminalize Habitat for Humanity for receiving climate grants from the EPA. Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for the poor. This is targeted harassment and clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

Individual Border Patrol agents knew they were doing this, and a supervisor signed off on it.

The same argument could be made for anyone who criticizes U.S. foreign policy - supporting Ukraine, opposing Russia, opposing threats to Canada, opposing drone strikes in Mexico, you name it.

Agencies from Social Security to the IRS store sensitive data on millions of Americans. Here's what the government knows about us – and what's at risk as DOGE seeks access to the data.

Fascism is here. The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich. 🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Anti science. Anti history. Anti math (anti economic and statistical truth). Anti civics. Anti fact. Anti education. As much as it is pro greed or pro power or pro racism or pro misogyny or pro Russia, this administration is the most openly pro ignorance, anti knowledge in our history.

War heroes and military firsts are among 3,500 images flagged for removal in the Pentagon's purge of DEI content.

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

Finished! "The Road from Oklahoma." The title is a riff on the block pattern, "Road to Oklahoma," from the 1800s. I really struggled with accepting how different the Cs are from each other... and then realized that's part of the point I'm making, so I just sat with my discomfort.

The Supreme Court's first and only opinion today is San Francisco v. EPA. The majority substantially weakens the Clean Water Act's limitations on raw sewage discharge. It is 5–4 in relevant part, with Barrett, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissenting. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

There is no way to understate what is happening in America – a sinister alliance between a demagogue, the world’s richest man, and right-wing activists is remaking the federal government.

Making decisions about how best to finish this piece Facing or binding? Add more quilting in the corners? Might be time to switch projects and let this simmer... but I'm so close to being done with it! Aghghghh! #QuiltSky

A reminder.

I'm on a year-long no buy except for necessities and art, but tomorrow - NOTHING.

You know what was working? Calling them weird. Start calling them weird again. That chainsaw thing? Weird. What a bunch of weird assholes.

Since Trump has claimed Elon doesn’t run DOGE, we wanted to make sure you know who is running our government. This list has been updated with 15 names.

This quilt is at #QuiltCon2025 - so it seems like a good time to share its inspiration. I attended a lecture in 2023 that I had high hopes for. Learning about the quilting history of Native Americans is challenging, an effect of systemic oppression of women and people of color. Continued..

Senate Republicans just launched an all-night voting spree to rip apart Medicaid and starve kids—all so they can hand more cash to billionaires like Elon Musk. They’re doing this while most people aren’t watching. Absolutely disgraceful.

This is your reminder to download your kindle books onto a device where you can keep hold of them if Amazon decides to remove them. They'll be removing that option on the 26th of this month. 5 days. So back up your library!

It's one of the few powers we have.

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.