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In no specific order, here are all the issues with this requirement that come to mind in like 2 minutes before my break ends:
1. Requiring all recipients to reapply will need to happen over time not all at once to have a chance at not crushing state office's. Watch closely how it plays out
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1. Requiring all recipients to reapply will need to happen over time not all at once to have a chance at not crushing state office's. Watch closely how it plays out
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Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
The move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the nation’s largest anti-hunger program and get rid of “fraud.”
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In no specific order, here are all the issues with this requirement that come to mind in like 2 minutes before my break ends:
1. Requiring all recipients to reapply will need to happen over time not all at once to have a chance at not crushing state office's. Watch closely how it plays out
1/?
1. Requiring all recipients to reapply will need to happen over time not all at once to have a chance at not crushing state office's. Watch closely how it plays out
1/?
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This is chilling. And it doesn't exist anymore except on the Internet.
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is chilling. And it doesn't exist anymore except on the Internet.
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CALIFORNIA: Talk to your neighbors about passing Prop 50 to unrig the midterm maps. Trump is trying to grab permanent control of the House, and California has a key role to play in leveling the playing field. Our tool makes it very easy to talk to your neighbors: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb6...
October 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
CALIFORNIA: Talk to your neighbors about passing Prop 50 to unrig the midterm maps. Trump is trying to grab permanent control of the House, and California has a key role to play in leveling the playing field. Our tool makes it very easy to talk to your neighbors: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb6...
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Resharing because this is such a great, comprehensive list of resources that is continually being added to as we learn about more resources Feds can access while we are working without pay 👇👇👇
The Civil Servants Coalition, which authored the letter asking Congress to support a shutdown if the legislation to end it did not include reigning in the illegal actions of the administration, has put together this Google doc of resources. Please share it widely so Feds can hold the line longer!!✊✊
Shutdown Assistance
docs.google.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Resharing because this is such a great, comprehensive list of resources that is continually being added to as we learn about more resources Feds can access while we are working without pay 👇👇👇
I think Dante's Inferno may be my #RomanEmpire.
October 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I think Dante's Inferno may be my #RomanEmpire.
Imagining Dante's wife discovering his emasculation kink when she realizes JUST how often he's written in scenes where he swoons around Virgil and needs rescuing.
October 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Imagining Dante's wife discovering his emasculation kink when she realizes JUST how often he's written in scenes where he swoons around Virgil and needs rescuing.
Like can you imagine being Dante's friend when he goes "DUDE I FIGURED OUT HOW I'M GONNA END IT," and then proceeds to explain how he and Virgil are gonna climb Satan's pubes out of the underworld?
October 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Like can you imagine being Dante's friend when he goes "DUDE I FIGURED OUT HOW I'M GONNA END IT," and then proceeds to explain how he and Virgil are gonna climb Satan's pubes out of the underworld?
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In honor of Taylor's new album, Russ Vought is in his "Look What You Made Me Do" phase of the shutdown.
He's making decisions he’s always wanted to make & blaming Democrats for forcing him to make them. It’s just as unpopular as DOGE was; the public is smart enough to see (and abhor) Mafia tactics.
He's making decisions he’s always wanted to make & blaming Democrats for forcing him to make them. It’s just as unpopular as DOGE was; the public is smart enough to see (and abhor) Mafia tactics.
The ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ Phase of the Shutdown
Russ Vought has no authority during the shutdown to implement DOGE 2.0 to extract political pain from Democrats. In fact, he’s admitted that outright.
prospect.org
October 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In honor of Taylor's new album, Russ Vought is in his "Look What You Made Me Do" phase of the shutdown.
He's making decisions he’s always wanted to make & blaming Democrats for forcing him to make them. It’s just as unpopular as DOGE was; the public is smart enough to see (and abhor) Mafia tactics.
He's making decisions he’s always wanted to make & blaming Democrats for forcing him to make them. It’s just as unpopular as DOGE was; the public is smart enough to see (and abhor) Mafia tactics.
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The federal government is shut down because Republicans insist on ripping away our healthcare and handing Trump another blank check for his illegal power grab.
Our job is to hold the GOP accountable and encourage Democrats to keep protecting our healthcare: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
Our job is to hold the GOP accountable and encourage Democrats to keep protecting our healthcare: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
Federal government shuts down after Senate fails to pass funding measures
Congressional leaders pointed fingers at one another over the course of the day leading up to the votes.
abcnews.go.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The federal government is shut down because Republicans insist on ripping away our healthcare and handing Trump another blank check for his illegal power grab.
Our job is to hold the GOP accountable and encourage Democrats to keep protecting our healthcare: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
Our job is to hold the GOP accountable and encourage Democrats to keep protecting our healthcare: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
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Trump and Congressional Republicans are holding government funding hostage to rip healthcare from millions and jack up premiums for everyone else. If they wanted to end the shutdown, they could end it today. Whether your MoCs are Republicans or Democrats, fight back: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
STOP THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN
indivisible.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Trump and Congressional Republicans are holding government funding hostage to rip healthcare from millions and jack up premiums for everyone else. If they wanted to end the shutdown, they could end it today. Whether your MoCs are Republicans or Democrats, fight back: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
Brooo not me flirting with someone who is claiming to be a relationship anarchist, only for them to tell me they've been doing it for TWO MONTHS 💀🤦
September 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Brooo not me flirting with someone who is claiming to be a relationship anarchist, only for them to tell me they've been doing it for TWO MONTHS 💀🤦
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Realizing that the endpoint here is probably massively scaling back screening for autism spectrum disorders, limiting resources for people who need them, but leading to a decline in cases & declaration of victory.
"If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any."
"If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any."
September 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Realizing that the endpoint here is probably massively scaling back screening for autism spectrum disorders, limiting resources for people who need them, but leading to a decline in cases & declaration of victory.
"If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any."
"If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any."
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September 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Happy September and enjoy your musical loot! 🎧 #MusicFinds #SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/J65Q76N7pfUF...
on.soundcloud.com/J65Q76N7pfUF...
DJ Dump August 2025
Scientist. Dancer. DJ.
soundcloud.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Happy September and enjoy your musical loot! 🎧 #MusicFinds #SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/J65Q76N7pfUF...
on.soundcloud.com/J65Q76N7pfUF...
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WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
September 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
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why on earth would anyone want Newsom when JB Pritzker exists
Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
why on earth would anyone want Newsom when JB Pritzker exists
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"Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)".
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says
The world's leading genocide scholars' association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)".
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
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wow
Nation’s largest RN union: Time for HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to go
the wake of the latest scandal he has perpetuated, National Nurses United, the nation’s largest nurses union and professional organization, today called for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of He...
www.nationalnursesunited.org
August 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
wow
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this paragraph here is the perfect summary of why we don't see safety in this smarmy jagoff…just a different, more insidious kind of danger
![a screenshot of the linked article. it reads as follows, with the text in brackets highlighted in yellow for emphasis:
“Some may argue, as they often do when transgender people raise concerns about Gavin Newsom, that the alternative would be worse. And in many respects, Trump or whatever Trump-like candidate emerges in 2028 would be worse than Newsom on a host of issues. But even here, for transgender people, the calculation is not so straightforward. Right now, the community has one thing going for it: one major political party still passes protective legislation and has not joined the litany of anti-trans policies escalating in red states. [If that fragile dichotomy collapses—if Democrats too decide that transgender people can be sacrificed for political gain—the result will not be a lesser evil.] It will be a political consensus that our rights are gone, and that outcome could be even worse.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4ukhwc2uxzmdcccts6vlp23j/bafkreiao7ckt5xvfvy4qvxuratpr5hibgj6taitoutvqcrfkn27hfbtbme@jpeg)
September 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this paragraph here is the perfect summary of why we don't see safety in this smarmy jagoff…just a different, more insidious kind of danger
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The very 30s experience of having your chiropractor just TOUCH your shoulder and go "Ohhhh boy." #HypermobilityIsFun
August 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The very 30s experience of having your chiropractor just TOUCH your shoulder and go "Ohhhh boy." #HypermobilityIsFun