Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance. The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income. They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive. Wanna fix fraud and abuse? Fix that.

Ooooo, simply and perfectly stated!

The full transcript is worth the read. Yikes. A firehose of lies and grievances. No plans. No policy. His dangerous failings on full display. Link below.

The Trump administration announced it will provide only partial SNAP payments in November.

There are no national media outlets in Durango, CO - 8 hours from Denver - like there are in Chicago or LA. Grateful to have local journalists + the Durango Herald covering the latest ICE thuggery.

“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones. Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.

Here's some good news. Trump's administration has a 93% failure rate in court. That’s almost as high as his business failure rate.

Thanks to everyone joining the sit-in!

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

They neglected to mention that The Bible Belt is also the pornography belt and the welfare belt. I live at the left side of that t Yikes!

Happy 92nd birthday to the one and only Carol Burnett!

April 26, 2025

An Earth Day message from the late Pope Francis: “‘God always forgives; we humans sometimes forgive, and sometimes not; the earth never forgives.’ The earth does not forgive: if we have despoiled the earth, its response will be very ugly.”

The indie bookstore around the corner had this sign. So I went inside and bought 2 books from the banned book section. Support local small businesses. Read banned books. Drink your Ovaltine.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America.

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

Pope Francis, who died today at 88, was the antithesis of a strongman. “He was the model of the world leader as a shrewd, searching, and practical man who faced hard choices in vexing circumstances, and responded humbly,” @paulelie.bsky.social writes.

I’m honored to be named Advocate of the Year for the 29th Annual Webbys! Every day, I fight to make sure our communities are seen, heard, and protected—so to be recognized for that work at the Webbys means the world. Follow along on Monday, May 12 at #Webbys.

Americans deserve an explanation, what is the threshold of malfeasance to finally trigger dismissal?

Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are letting people die.

Marco Rubio just became the latest Trump official to walk back a supposed Executive Order... www.govexec.com/management/2...

We’re being tested. These are not mistakes.Young Latino Men are most at risk now. Young Black men have always been. LGTBQ people are next. Then anyone opposing the government. MAGA are willing to break our Union and their families and as long as they “win”. They will not stop unless we stop them.

Amazing that another human being would make a decision to halt funding to feed starving children, rather than practice personal austerity, not charge the American people & government for his frequent, multi-million dollar weekend golf excursions, and perhaps direct those funds for better uses…

Today in Hector NY. About 200 people in a rural, mostly Republican county, with other demonstrations in nearby towns. Lots of support from cars driving by! @hcrichardson.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com #handsoff

Democrats should be leveraging the 250th, especially next year's Independence Day anniversary, for the midterm elections. The language of resistance, rights, and freedom is tailor-made for the present moment. Embrace it!

The interesting thing is that according to our own Justice Department, MS-13 began restricting tattoos (c. 2015) on its members precisely bc law enforcement was using them to ID them. Members have to get permission, which means fewer people would have them over last decade

The Supreme Court seems to have an inkling of the fix they’ve put themselves in, with Trump trying to accumulate power at the courts’ expense. Just after 1 a.m. Saturday morning, a majority of the Court (unsurprisingly minus Justices Alito and Thomas) told Trump he couldn’t deport more Venezuelans.

The American people get it, their combined voice is getting louder & louder, showing up as often as needed sends a clear message…

We just wanted to keep you all updated estimates are now approaching 4 million. Incredible job pulling this off on a holiday weekend! It was tough to get accurate counts today because small towns showed up in force. Some states had record-breaking turnout we didn’t expect this includes

Has anyone noticed that the Republican discourse about North Carolina’s storm recovery vanished after the election? Nothing. Not a peep from them. Probably because they don’t want you to know THEY LITERALLY DENIED FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEK! Crazy how that works!

Wonderful

25th Amendment time?! 👇 Whatcha thinkin’?! 🤔

We the people are PISSED!📍NYC / April 19 Join the People’s Movement at www.FiftyFifty.one. #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 #NYC @polrev.bsky.social @meidastouch.com

Thousands turned out in NYC today to stand for justice, democracy, and the Constitution. We don’t crown criminals—we prosecute them. No kings in America. No thrones for tyrants. Just millions of us, standing up and saying: this is what patriotism actually looks like.

States like Indiana, Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and more drew even bigger crowds than on 4/5. We’re in awe of you, America. You know you did something right when even Fox News is covering it. Wow!! We love you!

Today was truly inspiring. Something happened that we’ve never seen before, you made noise in places that rarely see protests like this. Communities across traditionally conservative areas hosted historic turnouts.

An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor. A 93-year-old woman who never protested before. They're mad as hell at what Trump is doing to America, as they joined about 80 others in their senior complex in Haverford, Pa. for a "No Kings!" protest like no other My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Put a light in your window for democracy. @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Heather Cox Richardson Speech - 250 Year Lantern Anniversary - Old North Church

@hcrichardson.bsky.social want to cry?read @ USAID-how peanut butter mix literally brought starving children from brink of death.T canceled it along w/stop payment to pay manufacturer-shut down T 1st week food purchased-millions of dollars of food allowed to rot. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Trump justifies his war on foreign students with false accusations of antisemitism. It's a lie. They are kicking out people for speeding tickets and frog embryos. Vance gave the game away by saying foreign students are "bad for the American dream." www.salon.com/2025/04/17/j...

NEWS: Hong Kong has suspended postal service for all goods being sent to the United States, saying the U.S is "unreasonable, bullying, and imposing tariffs abusively."

Hey Secretary Rollins, you can claim whatever you want on Fox News. That doesn’t make it true. You cut $1B in food assistance. Shipments at the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley have already been cancelled. If it’s truly “fake news,” come join me and tell the hungry kids yourself.

Join your local protest on April 19th. Spread the word.

Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

The President of the United States is an Enemy to the People (of the United States). #AutocratWannabe #TraitorToDemocracy