The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

if you are struggling to find free food right now - please DM me! I will help you find your local place to go with zero judgment. I have been involved with Food Not Bombs and similar organizations for almost 20 years. FNB is GLOBAL so even if you're outside the USA you can check them out!

This is going to be my prayer for the next ever

🚨BREAKING: Democrat Marisa Sweeney has won her race for State Assembly in the 25th district in New Jersey, flipping the Morris County-based seat for the first time since 1977.

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

Have we considered that Johnson is blocking the Epstein files vote because he's in them? #MikeJohnson #ReleasetheFiles #EpsteinFiles #Shutdown

There were 13 elections last night for a statewide office. Democrats swept all 13. That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular). They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.

I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it. So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.

Can confirm, excellent Inbox journalism. #InboxJournalist

“While we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together,” Zohran Mamdani declared in his victory speech in New York City. Mamdani, speaking of “a new era of leadership,” will be New York City’s next mayor. On Dems, Debs, and DSA's big night:

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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

—NY Dems flip Onondaga County & Dutchess County legislature, first in decades —Dem mayors in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincy... —Seattle GOP city attorney trails big —MN Dems defend state Senate —Dems flip legislative seats in MS —Dems defend swing legislative seats in NY, WA

What we know, 12:10am [Now in 2 parts] —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG —Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House —Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly —Dems win NJ+VA trifectas —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win supreme court —ME vote-restricting measure loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —Krasner & Bragg win

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

Some thoughts on Dick Cheney and his legacy.

Mamdani beating Cuomo by double digits will be...ooof....glorious.

As much as I love and respect @hcrichardson.bsky.social , even her letters are getting harder and harder to read. I so appreciated Rep Neguse's response, but reading about the obscene amount of waste, destruction, and corruption, as people are losing $187/mo is nauseating.

The Oregonians interviewed a guy who Republicans have accused of running an “Antifa safe house.” The levels of MAGA derangement about Portland are truly off the charts.

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

Republican leaders have shut down the government rather than work with Democrats to fix the health care crisis. WATCH for a rundown on what's happening and why ⬇️

People blaming Dems for the halting of SNAP benefits but don't mention the $186B cut that will destroy SNAP benefits in the Republican Murder Budget that started this whole thing.

f*cking f*ckity f*ck

A remarkable, and ominous, satellite snapshot this evening of Hurricane #Melissa as it continues to move very slowly westward just south of #Jamaica. The storm will likely further strengthen into a Category 5 storm before turning northward & making landfall in Jamaica on Tue.

Your art challenge cheat sheet for Oct 27 to Nov 2! NEW: #NightmareNov The host list and posts from hosts are in the comments. #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt

Here are the art challenge hosts and creators that I know of. Everything is in the alt text.

I would really like everyone to stop referring to them as federal agents or officials. We have no idea who these masked thugs actually are, why are we accepting their framing and using their language? @propublica.org

Finally able to direct some creative space back to art #ArtSky #Artist #Illustrator #BlackAndWhite #Drawing #HeartArt #Hearts

“So you’re saying we should bully companies that use AI?” “Yes absolutely.”

a) for the record, i dont know if this is a crab b) can't believe how long this footage turned out! I was shooting from a monopod and did a solid 120 degrees of rotation

I have a million photos & videos from today’s amazing #NoKings in #Portland, but I’m pretty sure nothing will top the frogs dancing to “Peace Train” on the packed Portland waterfront #NoKingsPDX

“I want people to know that what’s happening in Portland – the creativity, the irreverence, the refusal to be intimidated – that’s replicable,” she says. “Every city has artists. Every community has weirdos.“

Here's one side of the street of some of the protestors in Salem Oregon ❤️🐸

When you use an Oxford comma, you're doing your part to make the world beautiful, meaningful, and understandable.

Downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota, home of Senate Leader John Thune. Don’t let anyone tell you we’re not fighting in the red states. #NoKings

@meidastouch.com Anchorage, Alaska!!!

Sometime around late September people began talking about it. It has only grown since then. This month Blackout the System began to take hold. A national call to boycott Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

LET US LIVE 🏳️‍⚧️ ❤️

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

People, Power, Change

Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”

I guess all the nonviolent, peaceful, joyful protesting made them itchy.

I took part in a small town protest today in very very red rural Missouri. Initially, a few days ago 43 people were "going". Turned out to be 640 of us in a tiny town square! I was beyond exhilarated.

We showed out y'all. Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.

Boise Idaho #NoKings 10k people said enough

Mayor Johnson: There are those in this country that have decided, at the behest of this president, to declare war on Chicago and American cities across this country. They have clearly decided that they want a rematch of the Civil War. We will not submit to the authoritarianism that is coming down.

#Amphiba #PortlandFrog

Is it a hall of mirrors? Nope, it's resistance in full inflatable #NoKings #Resist #PortlandFrog