A U.S. appeals court Sunday night denied the Trump administration’s efforts to stop the release of full funding for November’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (#SNAP) payments as ordered by a lower court judge.

Consolidation in health care is driving up prices, harming patient outcomes, and decreasing choice. Study: six years after a merger, #hospitals had raised prices by 12.9%, with hospitals that engaged in multiple acquisitions raising their prices by 16.3%.

NEW -- When the going gets tough, the president goes golfing. Using $3.4 million of your tax dollars. While 700k federal workers remain furloughed and another 700k are forced to work without pay. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."

Healthcare is a basic human right. The US is the only Western country that doesn't get that. Neither does the GOP, and apparently some of the Senate Dems as well.

Gregory #Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Ex-Rep. Dan Bishop, R-NC, has been confirmed as U.S. attorney for the Greensboro-based Middle District of North Carolina. Jeff Jackson defeated him for NC attorney general in 2024. #ncpol

SF Gate, reported that US tech company job cuts are at their highest levels since 2020. For October, the analyst notes that layoffs haven’t been this high since 2003. Not even the global financial crisis was this much of a bloodbath.

Facts: Eligibility is based on income limits, and #SNAP participants have reporting rules and work requirements. Unauthorized immigrants are ineligible for the program, and some 90 percent, are native-born Americans.

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A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.

If you’re feeling anxious, take a moment to pause before pouring that glass of wine | Diane Young

"The far right in America sees women as a national—as well as natural—resource, a means of reversing the mass tide of migration that they think has taken their country from them." www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...

“If you’re Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package and Trump gives you a huge tax break,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said. “If you’re a poor kid on #SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.”

See this post? This was the full "America" meme pic that someone made. Half has now been blacked out. 👇 "Someone" blacked it out. I tried to find the full video of this & SOMEONE cut them ALL off right after Trump looks forward. "They've " censored every video of this that I could find.

Gregory #Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

America’s 10 richest billionaires have gotten even richer under Donald Trump, with their collective wealth increasing by nearly $700 billion in the past year, according to a new report by Oxfam America.

​Lisa Jarvis: When many people struggle to afford groceries, it's hard to imagine anything short of a much steeper discount - or, ideally, broad insurance coverage - making the drugs genuinely accessible, particularly for the most vulnerable. #ACA www.newsobserver.com/opinion/us-v...

#UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts said "There are some parts of the compact that we are already doing and there are some parts that would be difficult or impossible. There's no way we can sign the compact as written and we don't plan to.” www.wral.com/news/educati...

The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for all Americans.

Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia, who missed the World Series because of what the team said at the time was a "deeply personal family matter," said on Friday his daughter, Sterling, has died. https://cnn.it/3WLVsQD

Trump team is secretly handing out tax breaks to wealthy corporations: report

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New article in @usatoday.com published today about universal basic income that I was interviewed for by its author. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

JAMA: Premature deaths among 18-to-64-year-olds rose 27% between 2012 and 2022. Among Black adults, the increase was about 10% higher than Whites. WV, NM, MS had the nation’s highest premature-mortality rates while MA and MN fared best. #publichealth

Lisa Jarvis: When many people struggle to afford groceries, it's hard to imagine anything short of a much steeper discount - or, ideally, broad insurance coverage - making the drugs genuinely accessible, particularly for the most vulnerable.

Barr is running as a Republican because it’s “the only way that makes sense within the jacked up system that power-hungry politicians have built. This is about holding corrupt leaders accountable, no matter what letter they have next to their name.”

Well definitely going to be subs for lunch today.

Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’

A federal judge, citing a violation of the First Amendment, orders the US Department of Education to change its automated email messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough. 25/47

#UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts said "There are some parts of the compact that we are already doing and there are some parts that would be difficult or impossible. There's no way we can sign the compact as written and we don't plan to.” www.wral.com/news/educati...

#USDA official informed states that they “will complete the processes necessary” to fully issue #SNAP benefits for the time being. The funds could be available later Friday, the memo said. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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The three-judge panel considering a legal challenge to the newly drawn congressional district in northeastern NC will hold a hearing on a preliminary injunction on Nov. 19. The new GOP map aims to oust two-term Democratic Rep. Don Davis. ncnewsline.com/briefs/feder...

The Washington Post found that entries were "inconsistent and often contradictory." The same provider would appear as both in and out of network; the tool would initially show that a provider is in-network, but on other pages that provider was not. www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Some 5,000 #fossilfuel lobbyists were allowed to participate in the annual climate negotiations where states are meant to come in good faith and commit to ambitious policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. #COP25 #climatevhange #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NC Gov. Josh Stein wants legislators to return to Raleigh on Nov. 17 for a special session to shore up #Medicaid funding in order to reverse cuts that his administration put in place Oct. 1.

Some $6.5 billion in hospital #medicaldebt has been erased for 2.5 million by the initiative that includes all of North Carolina’s 99 acute care hospitals. The program leverages #Medicaid funds to reimburse the 99 participating hospitals.

Pew: Low-income seniors are more likely to experience mental confusion, spend less time pursuing hobbies, and face difficulties with everyday tasks such as climbing stairs and grocery shopping, . And just 21 percent are highly confident of having enough money in retirement. wapo.st/4hGUWwQ

The makers of #Zepbound and #Wegovy, will lower the price for eligible patients on #Medicare, #Medicaid and for eligible users of the planned "TrumpRx"  website. The price will be $245 to $350 a month on average, The cost now is as high as $1,350.

By cutting and freezing #publichealth funds, in particular, Trump undercut efforts to provide medical care, outbreak response, housing assistance, and research across the U.S. @ncnewslihe.com

When you desperately want to starve Americans:

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By its own admission, the USDA had ample funds to continue the #SNAP program. But it took the intervention of two federal courts, including an order by Judge McConnell, before Mr. Trump’s deputies moved to restart food stamp payments. @ncpovertywatch www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...