Mike from PA
mike717pa.bsky.social
Mike from PA
@mike717pa.bsky.social
Mainly here for pics of cats and other animals, but I'm also into football 🏈 and Democracy

Stephhead from South Central PA.

#StephMillerShow
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My account has falsely been labeled as spam.

I have appealed.

I'm off this app until the spam label is removed.

I'm going back to Elon's s___hole app.

Might try one of the other apps, such as Post or Mastadon or whatever.

Bye for now 👋
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry.

From The Guardian 11/2/25
November 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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The most spectacular costume of 2025? That honor belongs to…
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Also as of my last check, 35% of all military families (1-2 actively serving adult servicemembers who are married or domestic partners + any dependents) rely on SNAP benefits, which is up 10% in the last 10 years.
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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“70% of wage-earning adults who rely on government programs like SNAP and Medicaid work full-time, many at hugely profitable companies like Walmart and McDonald’s whose low wages are effectively subsidized by tax dollars without any of the blame or paternalistic lectures.”
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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In 2023:
-39% of SNAP users were Americans under the age of 18
-19% of SNAP users were 60 or older
-60% of SNAP benefits went to families with children
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.

In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.

In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
So there were some AI-generated videos that purported to show Black women ranting about SNAP benefits, and... Fox News is reporting on this like these are real people. They're not! They're AI!

This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...
November 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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So there were some AI-generated videos that purported to show Black women ranting about SNAP benefits, and... Fox News is reporting on this like these are real people. They're not! They're AI!

This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...
October 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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HOW CAN WE AFFORD TO INVADE VENEZUELA IF THERE'S NO MONEY FOR SNAP???
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The richest administration in American history and they’re keeping snap hostage
November 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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The richest administration in American history and they’re keeping snap hostage
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
No Money For SNAP Benefits, but
For Chump,Always Time To Grift....
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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No Money For SNAP Benefits, but
For Chump,Always Time To Grift....
November 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Page One in Milwaukee

#SNAP
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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This is why the pitchers in Toronto are a class act who empathize with what Vesia’s family must be going through. Also another reason I donated to Sick Kids of Toronto children’s hospital as a Dodger fan, www.sickkidsfoundation.com.
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www.sickkidsfoundation.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Gonna be thinking for a very long time about the guy in the men’s room at the bar last night who bet $300,000 on the Jays to win, and was brandishing a bottle of Grey Goose during the 10th
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Thank you #BlueJays for a fantastic baseball season. What a team. And what heart. The Jays lost by a series of razor thin (& questionable) calls, including the so-called “lodged ball”. But in the end, Yamamoto was an absolute beast of a pitcher.

The Jays still deserve a parade. #WorldSeries2025
a blue jays logo with a red maple leaf on it
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media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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I’d have liked that season more if the Jays had won that game, sure. But kind of in the same way that I’d have liked a filet mignon more if it had one more bite. It was still pretty fucking good!
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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November 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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I really hate how the internet has turned all written word news articles into a scavenger hunt because they bury the actual point at least five paragraphs down so you have to scroll through ads. Like Baker & Taylor, book distributor, being killed by private equity. The news site paywalled the name.
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM