ICE is still being paid. Congress is still being paid. Private jets are still being bought. The White House is still being renovated. In the most prosperous country in the history of the world... This.👇

With Zohran Mamdani's inspiring victory, Republicans are yet again fearmongering about "socialism." But conservatives always yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people. It's nothing more than an old scare tactic. https://youtu.be/xq02yuY4wDQ?si=akvbkf8GSClBEHLt

"These breaks come in addition to the roughly $4 trillion package of tax cuts that President Trump signed into law in July..." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

“At City Hall, all 150 seats were filled as people began to stand and gather along the back and side walls…” elginobserver.com/23645/news/c...

(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡 @zacheverson.com www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

Speaker Johnson is violating the Constitution. Time to remove him. "Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting." Art. I § 5.

Indeed. One of those times when it’s counterintuitive - I’d imagine most of us would default to purchasing food. Cans of soup, peanut butter, pasta, rice. Actually better to donate and let the experts allocate wisely based on need. Be lazy, donate cash.

SNAP benefits are under attack during this government shutdown and food banks are picking up the slack. But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:

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The god damn DNC and it's members better be paying attention... Don't make 2026 about trump, make it about the PEOPLE. Could the formula be any simpler.

Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani is STILL out chatting it up with the people. He was trying to do content but the voters kept popping up.🥹

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.

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

#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.

UPDATE: Justice Jackson temporarily blocks SNAP benefits order to allow appeals court to rule. DOJ asked SCOTUS for a stay as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments. Jackson's order came a little past 9 p.m. Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...

Here's the promised longer explainer: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

I think I am fully up to speed on both appeals, and I have no idea if USDA has actually cleared the procedural hurdles that were showing partial SNAP payments. If not, all of this is going on while the government is not complying with the unchallenged district court order.

The same guy who "doesn’t want to hear about affordability" posted about his new marble bathroom 7 times last week.

I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.

Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨

No major flu deaths surge expected in Scotland after 80% vaccine uptake and in cleaner hospitals talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/07/n...

How sad is it that the richest country on Earth has a government that has to be forced to feed families with hungry children? SNAP benefits shouldn’t be a courtroom battle. People shouldn’t have to beg for basic humanity. But here we are.

someone (i think here) suggested USDA employees would bear the risk of defying the order?

In the GOP budget bill are provisions that would effectively make substantive cuts to SNAP in terms of future purchasing power—and SNAP already lacks automatic COLA-linked increases, being calculated as it is based on the price of a set group of goods. I’m only surprised USDA began complying at all.

BREAKING--We took Trump’s USDA to court—and we won a ruling, now upheld on appeal. 600,000 Coloradans will get the food assistance they’re owed.
Because the rule of law—and human decency—matter and we will keep fighting for them. coag.gov/press-releas...

I don’t want theories for where the money went. I want a judge to ask them where the money is. Where is the 13 Billion US tax dollars Americans paid to fund SNAP for November and the emergency fund?

There is no doubt at all that the Trump Administration spent the emergency USDA SNAP fund and they may have even spent the regular SNAP funds. In this article they claim USDA would have to dig in couches for something that isn’t there. Where is the SNAP money? www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...

Republicans just rejected a Democratic proposal to end the longest government shutdown ever by reopening the government in exchange for a 1 year extension of ACA subsidies. Republicans again refuse to stop health insurance premiums from skyrocketing.

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This has not gotten much attention, but it should. Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE. Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.

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Bannon is right. When Republicans lose in 2026 and 2028 many will go to prison. Not for retribution or revenge but for the many crimes they are committing. Not only will Miller, Noem, Patel and Bondi be jailed, but so will ICE agents and anyone who enabled the Regime’s crimes. #ProudBlue

Some good news.

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Listen to Nathan’s story, his premium for health care from the ACA is going from $28/month to $733/month all because Trump and Republicans prioritize billionaires over health care. Republicans need to work with Democrats to extend tax credits and end the #GOPHealthCareShutdown

Reporter: On the Walmart thanksgiving meal, it is cheaper but it also contains less Trump: I haven’t heard that. Who are you with? Reporter: NBC Trump: Fake news

#Pinks #ProudBlue KUDOS to AJ Owen who went viral, sharing a video of a small food pantry on his front lawn to fight food insecurity amid SNAP benefits cuts. He received anonymous donations and it had quite the ripple effect. Read More: abcnews.visitlink.me/kl5N9B

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

Showing that she fits right in with the new direction of the GOP, Elise Stefanik defended her friends in the New York Young Republicans after they sent racist texts and praised Hitler So I’m sure her gubernatorial campaign will go splendidly

Elise Stefanik called J6 insurrectionists “hostages,” voted to strip healthcare from 1.5M New Yorkers, and backed Trump’s cuts to our hospitals and counterterrorism funds. Now she wants to bring that extremism to Albany. NY deserves better than Trump’s self-described “top ally.”

USDA just released a statement saying they will issue full SNAP benefits tonight for everyone. Meanwhile, the orange monster sent his lawyers to court today to file an appeal and request a stay of the judge’s ruling. He was fine giving Argentina $40 billion, but wants Americans to starve.

fun thing is that it doesn’t matter what the white house hollers about, the usda has a bunch of people at a bunch of levels that would go to jail if they didn’t do this

Are they finally catching on to his eternal grifting and gaslighting?

Nothing says ‘fit to lead’ like napping through your own medical endorsement. Get Grandpa Don to bed. 🤦🏽‍♂️

🚨BREAKING: More than 200,000 Missourians have signed a petition supporting a referendum to block Republicans’ new gerrymandered congressional map. But GOP officials are working to thwart them at every turn. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

www.afar.com/magazine/wil... Here are the 40 airports That will cut flights It's gonna be awful Trumps Shutdown

No, no, it's **Rebecca** who was great. And, indeed, now it's a radio show! The second (54 minute) link here: www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/... or Spotify link here: open.spotify.com/episode/5nlK... or Apple podcast link here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...