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Amy McLaughlin
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Painter. Lover of nature and art. Happiest outdoors or in a museum. Believes in democracy. Human and animal rights. The sovereignty of good. Deep blue. PwME since 1987. No DMS, please.
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Oh wow. Who could've ever seen this coming?

"Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies"

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Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies
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November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Well, we got six nice days.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Here’s the list of the eight Democrats who caved:

⚫️ Catherine Cortez Masto
⚫️ Dick Durbin
⚫️ John Fetterman
⚫️ Maggie Hassan
⚫️ Tim Kaine
⚫️ Angus King
⚫️ Jackie Rosen
⚫️ Jeanne Shaheen

Their excuses don’t hold water. They betrayed all Americans who were counting on them to stand firm and keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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President Trump has issued pardons for Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Christina Bobb, Boris Epshteyn, and dozens of GOP electors and others tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Do not help your opposition is politics 101. Do not help fascists who have turned government into a weapon against our people is human 101. So is, don't draw a line you claim represents your unwavering principles and hurl yourself across it.
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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PAY ATTENTION: In this video I expose the next phase of Trump and the Republicans' voter suppression playbook — and what we must do now to defend democracy and feee and fair elections in 2026. youtu.be/7rSwJPz2MRo?...
8 Ways Republicans Will Subvert The 2026 Election
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Donald Trump’s war on SNAP.
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
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November 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Powerful people are working overtime to keep poor people from eating.
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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There is no reason to fund this government as it starves millions of Americans, invades U.S. cities, disappears people, strangles universities, acts as a pay-for-pay operation for the president, guts environmental rules, commits war crimes, kills foreign aid, and dismantles public health.
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Block Ruling Ordering It to Pay Full Food Benefits
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Block Ruling Ordering It to Pay Full Food Benefits
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November 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Trump administration in disarray: USDA complies with a federal court order while DOJ takes its desire to withhold food from Americans all the way to SCOTUS.
BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS trying to stop a district court order that USDA pay out full SNAP benefits this month.

The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.

DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.

If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.

It’s trials w real punishments.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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The SNAP contingency fund holds around $6 billion.

Trump refuses to spend it on the American people.

The same guy who just fast-tracked $40 billion to Argentina.

Trump thinks Argentina deserves our money while he lets Americans starve.
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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I don't believe this.

I can't believe this.

It's unbelievable.
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Billionaire, Sam Altman, begging for money while children in this country go hungry.

Self-centered psychopath.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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On a basic level, I just do not think people are enraged enough about how there is not a single member of congress actively working to remove Trump from office.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Food banks, pantries see surge in demand after SNAP benefits halted - ABC News

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Food banks, pantries see surge in demand after SNAP benefits halted — ABC News
Nearly 42 million Americans were affected by the halt in SNAP benefits.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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The woman in this video had just had kidney surgery.
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.

Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.

She was later released with NO CHARGE.

A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.

You decide…
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Trump has staked out three contradictory positions on payment of SNAP benefits in just 36 hours.
November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM