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Taxpayer dollars being used to block nutrition assistance. 👇Administration Live Updates: Trump Appeals Ruling That Orders Fast and Full SNAP Payments www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Musk gets a trillion dollar package while America’s children, vets, elderly and disabled are deprived of food, healthcare and safe housing. Every Tesla purchased is support for depravity. There are other EV options. He’s a filthy rich monster.

Family-owned and operated farms accounted for 95% of all U.S. farms. How are cuts to SNAP, no 2025 Farm Bill, and the shutdown impacting them? Find out when you listen to @mrbimpact.bsky.social w/@farmaid.org Hannah Tremblay and Caitlin Arnold Stephano. https://tinyurl.com/4mzdpaz5

Early birds. New episode today. Can you make it a point to support a family farm? We talked to @farmaid.org about why this is urgently needed. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Sure was nice to be on a @rururbbridge.bsky.social zoom today - cameras on, smiling faces. Every day I'm reminded about the power of community, be it the communities we join virtually or those we support locally. Build your bench. Resiliency is calling.

IRS Direct File is gone. Simple premise- you should not have to pay money to get your tax refund. Trump killed it off so his corporate buddies do not have to compete with it. Spare me the discussion on whether to be moderate or leftist. Just elect people who deliver. Vote out the Trumps who do not.

We're on day 35 of a government shutdown. While politicians in D.C. are as divided as ever, rural leaders are doing the work, building relationships and trust across political differences to address local needs. Discover how they're getting it done! https://tinyurl.com/5dewd27u

Hunger does not care about red or blue and it does discriminate-targets the poor, young, old, vets, urban & rural, people of color marginalized by billionaires w/no appetite for decency to protect even those with disabilities. The cowardice and callousness of this moment will forever be remembered.

Completely off the charts lies. Totally expected. No affinity to any facts. | Fact-Checking Trump’s Claim About SNAP and Partisanship www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

There's no more urgent time to bridge community divides. Listen to  @mrbimpact.bsky.social   and Meredith Dean, National Director of the @rururbbridge.bsky.social 's Community Works, discuss where to start the conversation and with whom. https://tinyurl.com/5dewd27u

Please read and share. www.ruralhealth.us/nationalrura...

Live Updates: Hurricane Melissa Turns Toward Jamaica, Bringing 175 M.P.H. Winds and Catastrophic Rains www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

How I spent the afternoon: At a very inspiring "teach-in" on the National Mall. www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/a-his... But I didn't know those soldiers were behind me! Let's hope this movement spreads as rapidly as the teach-ins long ago.

Rural News Clips, Oct. 24, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/ruralorg...

Put your personal conveniences aside and boycott and make sure everyone who knows who these companies, these traitors are!

Bovino and the rest of them are nothing but dangerous terrorists hopped up on power and a belief that none of the crimes they commit against humanity can be punishable. Prove them wrong. Round him up give him due process.They will be found guilty. Then lock them up and throw away the key forever.

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Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.

🚨One day left to register for Hill Day at the 2025 GIH Health Policy Exchange! 🚨 Join us November 18 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC with policymakers, staff, and funders. Registration closes Friday, Oct 24. Select Hill Day when registering for the Health Policy Exchange to secure your spot!

Instead of directing states to issue partial SNAP payments to cover the gap, the feds told them to shut the system off. Starting Nov. 1, SNAP EBT cards won’t reload and after Oct. 31, any unused benefits will be frozen. Please make sure those who rely on them know.

Today, we focus on COMMUNITY and the power of finding common ground to address local needs. @mrbimpact.bsky.social welcomes Meredith Dean, Community Works Director @rururbbridge.bsky.social, to talk about how to build relationships and trust across political differences. https://tinyurl.com/5dewd27u

"We will be cutting some very popular Democrat programs that aren't popular with Republicans, frankly, because that's the way it works. They wanted to do this, so we will give them a little taste of their own medicine." This is a quote from Donald J. Trump. He's talking about healthcare and food.

On tonight’s @rururbbridge.bsky.social Community Works Summit. Watch / listen to Director Meredith Dean on a new episode of @ruralimpactpodcast.bsky.social 10/23!

It cannot be sugar coated. HR1 does NOT, I repeat DOES NOT strengthen Medicaid or lower premiums, and it certainly did NOT improve healthcare. It's the opposite and no matter how many times he or other say it, it will never be true. youtu.be/xcmrfPZsbpw

Many thanks to @onecountryproject.bsky.social, Heidi and Joel Heitkamp for inviting me to join them for this episode of #HotDish Podcast. Anytime I have an opportunity to talk about #rural health, I'm 100% there!

When she wants me to ask her if she’s comfortable.

Seriously. My pup must have all of your attention.

She’s unaware of the situation. Thankfully!

These birds this year have brought me so much peace. They have no care in the world except where their next meal will come from. We’re happy oblige.

I’ve been reposting all of the crowd videos of today’s NO KINGS rallies because at some point they’ll try to say it didn’t happen.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

Leavitt must be removed. She is a one woman dangerous disinformation machine out of control is the best way to describe whatever that is that’s happening and sick.

@mrbimpact.bsky.social sat down with three experts from @georgetownccf.bsky.social who laid out the facts and realities of the difficult challenges that lie ahead for states and the domino effect for health providers and patients.   Listen. Share. Join the Conversation! https://tinyurl.com/43myhja2

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy. We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets. If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

What if we gave teachers $50k signing bonuses, $100k salaries, and $60k in student loan forgiveness. You know, the same as ICE agents get.

This is a really good story by two good Ohio reporters. It shows, as The Hospital (my book) showed, why healthcare is irredeemably broken. This is a winning issue for any party willing to tell the truth.

Corruption, deeply flawed and shamefully compromised. That is 6 of 9 at this time. | Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

He must go!

Outrage is undermining the function of local government and public service, but it doesn't have to be that way. Listen to @mrbimpact.bsky.social and City Manager/author Brooks Williams discuss how to address manufactured fury successfully.

New episode: @mrbimpact.bsky.social sat down with researchers and health policy analysts from @georgetownccf.bsky.social to discuss whether states are ready to implement HR 1 and Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements. Listen anywhere or here: https://tinyurl.com/43myhja2

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year. The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

Michigan Avenue right now.

To every single person who voted for him. You own this utter disgusting madness.

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

It’s the expand your rural curiosity challenge: What Do Vacancies Tell Us About Rural Housing Costs? It’s Complicated. dailyyonder.com/what-do-vaca...

If you’re interested to learn how to get off the outrage train and start healing community. This is a wonderful conversation to begin.