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Karen (KT) Thompson 🏹
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Karen (KT) Thompson 🏹 @amazonatty.bsky.social · Jun 20
“Criminalization is how fascism manufactures consent.”

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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
Tweet by Joyce Carol Oates: "wherever he goes, he wants to leave"--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation. QT of @avidreader1000 Wherever he goes, he wants to leave: SA, Canada, ultimately the U.S. in the long run, based on his behavior. This also includes Earth. A continuous disavowal of your home is odd, to say the least. He seems to have no c...
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Sheldon remind me when did Chuck Schumer fight united with the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York
whitehouse.senate.gov Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 20h
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
amazonatty.bsky.social
The way these tweets of his are just in the syntax of dementia is triggering as hell whew
justinwolfers.bsky.social Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 14h
In case it's not obvious, none of this is true. He's either innumerate, or lying.
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: The First Circuit denies DOJ’s stay request in the SNAP case, refusing to stay the Nov. 6 enforcement order.

Justice Jackson’s 48-hour clock started just before midnight Sunday, meaning the administrative stay she issued Friday ends at the end of the day Tuesday.
But the district court did not order the government to use the Section 32 fund until November 6. It did so after it concluded that the government had failed to comply with its October 31 TRO. As a remedy for that noncompliance, the court ordered the government to make the full payment of November SNAP benefits by November 7. Thus, even if we were to stay the second TRO, the government could not obtain the relief that it seeks unless it also meets its burden under the stay factors as to the enforcement order. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the government has failed to meet the stay factors as to the enforcement order, and we deny a stay of that order. In any event, the district court has now found that the government failed to comply with that October 31 TRO, from which no stay was sought and no appeal was taken that would have prevented the order from taking effect during the period of alleged noncompliance. Thus, for present purposes, the question that the government's motion to stay the enforcement order presents is this: Has the government made a strong showing that it is likely to succeed in establishing either (a) that the district court erred in finding noncompliance with the October 31 TRO or (b) that, insofar as it did not err in that regard, it could not order full funding in consequence of that noncompliance? As we have explained, the answer is no. In the single paragraph it devotes in its stay motion to addressing the enforcement order, the government does not make a strong showing of likely success in either respect. And in the only other passage of the stay motion that could be read to address the finding of noncompliance, the government fails to grapple with the actual basis for that finding.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Before I head out, I remember very clearly that some Democrats lost their jobs over the ACA. They did what they thought was right and played the long term game.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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remember tuesday? that was 86 years ago
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Portland Book Festival: In ‘Written in the Waters,’ Tara Roberts weaves a story of shipwrecks and self-discovery www.orartswatch.org/portland-boo...
Portland Book Festival: In ‘Written in the Waters,’ Tara Roberts weaves a story of shipwrecks and self-discovery • Oregon ArtsWatch
The National Geographic podcaster and author’s diving journey led to an exploration of her identity as a Black American descended from Africans seized by slave traders.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
amazonatty.bsky.social
One to take some time with today.

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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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'Sunshine'
by Delita Martin,
contemporary US artist #WomensArt
Print and mixed media artwork featuring a black woman with short hair, patterned top, head and shoulders, looking up as if feeling the warmth of the sun
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
amazonatty.bsky.social
Screenshot of cover of Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership The Conservative Promise Screenshot of page 298 of Project 2025 Move the Work of the Food and Nutrition Service. The USDA implements many means-tested federal support programs, including the largest food assistance program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, also known as food stamps), and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Food Program. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) oversees these programs and other food and nutrition programs, including the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, which handles the USDA's work on the "Dietary Guidelines for Americans" (Dietary Guidelines). Food nutrition programs include: SNAP; WIC; the National School Lunch Program (NSLP); the School Breakfast Program (SBP); the Child and Adult Care Food Program; the Nutrition Program for the Elderly; Nutrition Service Incentives; the Summer Food Service Program; the Commodity Supplemental Food Program; the Temporary Emergency Food Program; the Farmer's Market Nutrition Program; and the Special Milk Program. The next Administration should: • Move the USDA food and nutrition programs to the Department of Health and Human Services. There are more than 89 current means-tested welfare programs, and total means-tested spending has been estimated to surpass $1.2 trillion between federal and state resources.54 Because means-tested federal programs are siloed and administered in separate agencies, the effectiveness and size of the welfare state remains - 298 Screenshot of page 299 of Project 2025: There are means-tested food-support programs in the USDA (specially FNS), whereas most means-tested programs are at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). All means-tested anti-poverty programs should be overseen by one department-specifically HHS, which handles most welfare programs. Reform SNAP. Ostensibly, SNAP sends money through electronic-bene-fit-transfer (EBT) cards to help "low-income" individuals buy food. It is the largest of the federal nutrition programs. Food stamps are designed to be supplemented by other forms of income-whether through paid employment or nonprofit support. SNAP serves 41.1 million individuals-an increase of 4.3 million people during the Biden years. In 2020, the food stamp program cost $79.1 billion. That number continued to rise—by 2022, outlays hit $119.5 billion. 56 The next Administration should: • Re-implement work requirements. The statutory language covering food stamps allows states to waive work requirements that otherwise apply to work-capable individuals- that is, adult beneficiaries between the ages 18 and 50 who are not disabled and do not have any children or other dependents in the home.57 Even in a strong economy, work expectations are fairly limited: Individuals who are work-capable and without dependents are required to work or prepare for work for 20 hours per week. The work requirements are then implemented unless the state requests a waiver from the USDA's Food and Nutrition Services.5º Waivers from statutory work requirements can be approved in two instances: an unemployment rate of more than 10 percent or a lack of sufficient jobs.6 The Trump Administration bolstered USDA work expectations in the food stamp program. In February 2019, FNS issued a modest regulatory change that applied only to able-bodied individuals without dependents-beneficiaries aged 18 to 49, not elderly or disabled, who did not have children or other dependents in the home (ABAWD) Department of Agriculture Although the 2018 farm bill instructed FNS to update the Thrifty Food Plan by 2023 and every five years thereafter, every previous Thrifty Food Plan has been always cost-neutral (just an inflation update) —exactly what CBO estimated as cost of the 2018 farm bill.?* The Biden Administration may have skirted regulations and congressional authority to increase the overall cost of the program. In fact, Senate and House Republicans requested that the Government Accountability Office investigate the legal authorities and process that the USDA undertook to arrive at such an unprecedented increase.'5 • Eliminate the heat-and-eat loophole. States can artificially boost a household's food stamp benefit by using the heat-and-eat loophole. The amount of food stamps a household receives is based on its "countable" income (income minus certain deductions). Households that receive benefits from the Low-Income Heat and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) are eligible for a larger utility deduction. In order to make households eligible for the higher deduction, and thus for greater food stamp benefits, states have distributed LIHEAP checks for amounts as small as $1 to food stamp recipients. The 2014 farm bill tightened this loophole by requiring that a household must receive more than $20 annually in LIHEAP payments to be eligible for the larger utility deduction and subsequently higher food stamp benefits. Nonetheless, states continue to inflate their standard utility allowances. Under the Trump Administration, the USDA proposed a rule, which was not finalized, that would have standardized the utility allowance."
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
amazonatty.bsky.social
One side effect of this appeal, which might also be intentional from Justice Jackson, is that it forces the media to say exactly and plainly that Trump is responsible for this and that he went to court to fight to not release those funds. There is no way to reinterpret this.
captmarkkelly.bsky.social Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 2d
President Trump needs to fund SNAP. 

Stop using hungry kids as leverage and do the right thing so parents can put food on the table.
November 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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jamellebouie.net
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
gordondarroch.bsky.social Gordon Darroch @gordondarroch.bsky.social · 2d
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
nrc.nl NRC @nrc.nl · 4d
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I BELIEVE THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE but actually
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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More than 4.8M tonnes of debris left by hurricane Melissa across western Jamaica – UN Development Programme analysis
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More than 4.8M tonnes of debris left by hurricane Melissa across western Jamaica - UN Development Programme analysis - Caribbean News Global
Satellite data shows 480,000 truckloads of rubble, vegetation and household waste blocking roads, schools and markets. USA / JAMAICA – Hurricane Melissa has caused significant loss of life and widespr...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Like honestly, legal or not, letting people starve is a fucking choice
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
amazonatty.bsky.social
It is so fascinating to me that folks have been in each other’s armpits for 400 years and we know chapter and verse about White people and white people:
erichaywood.bsky.social Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 3d
Um, @variety.com?

That’s…not what that means. 😳 variety.com/2025/music/n...
Screenshot from a Variety article: “Kendrick Lamar, the man who put the phrase ‘they not like us’ into the lexicon, will now have to admit: They like him, they really like him.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
amazonatty.bsky.social
The man won a Pulitzer. C’mon on now.
erichaywood.bsky.social Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 3d
Um, @variety.com?

That’s…not what that means. 😳 variety.com/2025/music/n...
Screenshot from a Variety article: “Kendrick Lamar, the man who put the phrase ‘they not like us’ into the lexicon, will now have to admit: They like him, they really like him.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
amazonatty.bsky.social
It’s been a powerful week of promise and decency. I am also looking forward to the reckoning.
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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A Border Patrol agent bragged about shooting someone, texts show - @motherjones.com

(He said, and I quote: "Sweet. My fifteen mins of fame. Lmao.”)
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A Border Patrol agent bragged about shooting someone, texts show
"Sweet. My fifteen mins of fame. Lmao."
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November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
amazonatty.bsky.social
True, important, and I hope one of the many changes that is being ushered in.
jazzreads.bsky.social JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 5d
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November 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.

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November 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
amazonatty.bsky.social
Allllll energy has to be directed at Hochul to not be an impediment to Zohran’s plans for parity.
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Everyone is hope scrolling now
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM