Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

Hard, but true. And I love Shapiro for being so direct.

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I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.

BREAKING: The USDA tells states funds will be made available later today to pay November SNAP benefits in full.

After learning that their earlier pushback consisted of a series of easily provable lies, the DHS suddenly went silent in response to press queries on this combination assault, carjacking and child kidnapping by its agents.

Democrats asked for ONE THING today to reopen the govt: Keep health insurance subsidies where they are at now for one year. That is IT. Nothing else. Republicans said no. So all the lies they tell every day about things Dems are asking for is BS. Republicans OWN this shutdown.

Another recent account

Lawsuit about Broadview conditions filed last week

This account also feels in line with some of what other people that have been in Broadview have shared.

This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility. Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.

MSNBC: Where's the urgency to end this shutdown in Washington? JEFFRIES: That's a great question. It should be asked of Mike Johnson. Where's the urgency in actually bringing the House back into session? They have canceled votes for the last 6 weeks.

Fourteen suburban mothers formed a silent circle outside the Broadview ICE facility, refusing to move until the deputies forcibly removed them. 11/07/2025

oh snap

Fox goes with real-world math over WH gaslight.

Trump insisted Thursday “the Democrats ‘affordability’ issue is DEAD!”

No, Trump cannot send “anyone he wants” into our cities. Assembling a National Guard “reaction force” of more than 20,000 troops across all 50 states “could corrode the military’s core mission by turning U.S. troops into foot soldiers fighting the president’s war of political grievance.”

Wow: Trump is pardoning a convicted agent of the Chinese Communist Party

A federal judge in Oregon ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration failed to meet the legal requirements for deploying the National Guard to Portland after the city and state sued in September to block the deployment.

Trump is worried that if he feeds the hungry and he didn’t have to, that he won’t be able to get the money back. Our money. Appropriated by Congress. To feed the hungry.

What happened today in the Senate:

The most corrupt America Last President in history. Every day a new pardon worse than one the day before.

As a lawyer who advised and represented international financial institutions making loans and guarantees on major investment projects in Uzbekistan for 15 years, I can say with 100% certainty that Uzbekistan does not have $135 billion to invest in the US, or anywhere else outside of Uzbekistan.

Trump on SNAP: “Our country has to remain very liquid because of problems, catastrophes, wars… We have to remain liquid. We can’t give everything away.” REMINDER: Trump just have $40 billion away to Argentina.

Crockett: Why don't you at least try to look like you're serious about your job and look like you are doing the work of the people and not look like a petulant child and swear her in.

Authorities said they are investigating the matter after two buildings at the military airbase had to be evacuated after someone opened a “suspicious package.”

#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits. The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.

This is acting like a pure money laundering operation. They reported losing another $54 million last quarter. It has never made money. Investor money is just flying out the back door faster than in comes in to enrich a lot of shysters and grifters.

Senate Democrats have a common-sense compromise: Let’s extend the ACA enhanced tax credits at the current levels for a year, and start a bipartisan working group to find real, long-term solutions to our country’s health care crisis.

NEW: Ketanji Brown Jackson has issued a temporary administrative stay, allowing the block of SNAP benefits while the appeals court considers Trump's application in full. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

BREAKING: Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments. I have the latest. Sorry for another Friday email, this is major. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

I’m just saying, but if I had just gotten completely shellacked on Tuesday, I wouldn’t be asking SCOTUS to let me starve millions of people 3 days later.

Breaking Tonight: Donald Trump, in a last ditch effort, turned to the Supreme Court to block an order demanding he fully fund SNAP payments. Sen. @coons.senate.gov responds on The Weeknight.

Just let that sink in. An American president asks the Supreme Court to support his edict and allow citizens to go hungry - right before Thanksgiving. This , after taking jobs from thousands and then not paying federal employees who are either furloughed or are still working during the shutdown!

Donald Trump is now going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to take SNAP food benefits away from Americans in need. California won't back down in court from supporting the tens of millions of Americans the Trump Administration seemingly wants to starve.

Crockett: When you go and you hit those booths come the midterms, think about which party decided that it was okay to literally be on vacation while people were going hungry in the streets of America.

$40 billion to Argentina. No Epstein files. Record-high prices. No SNAP funding. Health premiums to spike. Threats of war against multiple nations. MAGA!

Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.” The result was “institutionalized hunger.” @kristencrowell.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

BREAKING: Federal Judge Immergut in Portland rules Trump admin CANNOT deploy National Guard to Oregon. Grants state & city a PERMANENT injunction, barring troops indefinitely.

“It’s kind of a shocking number." The median age of first-time home buyers in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40 in 2025, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. nyti.ms/4hKc58V

And there it is….. Announcement is made that the U.S. House will be out of session AGAIN next week Two full months since their most recent vote

They can't hide from the Epstein files forever. I have some new information about them that I'll reveal on this Sunday's Breakdown over on @meidastouch.com at 3:30 PM PT.

Trump: - Doesn’t want to talk about prices or employment. - Is asking SCOTUS *right now* to let him stop funding SNAP so he can use hunger as a weapon. - Is still lying about trillions of dollars in tariffs. All while he builds a ballroom and remodels the White House.

This morning's front page.

Great ruling from a judge who has said Trump cannot make furloughed federal civil servants say it's the Democrats' fault. www.rawstory.com/trump-court-...

After voting to give billionaires tax breaks and making health care more expensive, Derrick Van Orden has refused to hold a town hall to talk to the voters he works for in a face-to-face conversation. So, I'm heading to Wisconsin to help give the people he's supposed to represent a voice.

This is a really fantastic piece of breaking news reporting from @jmetr22b.bsky.social on the injunction a federal judge issued on immigration agents in the Chicago area yesterday. Read the whole thing (gift link) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...