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Trump's retaliatory firing of my constituent Ellen for exercising free speech is egregious & dangerous.
That’s why I’m fighting for Ellen & every federal worker unjustly fired.
USDA must immediately reinstate her & allow her to continue serving our communities and country.
That’s why I’m fighting for Ellen & every federal worker unjustly fired.
USDA must immediately reinstate her & allow her to continue serving our communities and country.
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Trump's retaliatory firing of my constituent Ellen for exercising free speech is egregious & dangerous.
That’s why I’m fighting for Ellen & every federal worker unjustly fired.
USDA must immediately reinstate her & allow her to continue serving our communities and country.
That’s why I’m fighting for Ellen & every federal worker unjustly fired.
USDA must immediately reinstate her & allow her to continue serving our communities and country.
The left desperately needs a culture of competency
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The left desperately needs a culture of competency
its on sight
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
its on sight
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New most universally despised Boston resident just dropped.
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
New most universally despised Boston resident just dropped.
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A federal SNAP employee who warned the public about the nation’s hunger crisis now faces termination, launching a rally in Boston on Friday Nov 14. Federal workers & allies are rallying to call for reinstating Ellen Mei, restoring staff + funding at FNS offices & protecting federal workers’ rights.
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A federal SNAP employee who warned the public about the nation’s hunger crisis now faces termination, launching a rally in Boston on Friday Nov 14. Federal workers & allies are rallying to call for reinstating Ellen Mei, restoring staff + funding at FNS offices & protecting federal workers’ rights.
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I attended a meeting yesterday and it reminded me that every single organizer needs to get training on how to facilitate meetings. Truly. You lose more people through terrible meeting facilitation than I can express.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I attended a meeting yesterday and it reminded me that every single organizer needs to get training on how to facilitate meetings. Truly. You lose more people through terrible meeting facilitation than I can express.
"pedo president" is so easy to run with how are @democrats.org so bad at this
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"pedo president" is so easy to run with how are @democrats.org so bad at this
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Did I go to the bar and make a Lisa Frank-themed social media ask for an organ? Yes.
benefits to donating:
- temporary break from work and responsibilities as you convalesce
- badass scar
- you grow your own organ back, that’s kinda cool
- good karma
- you save my life
(please share)
benefits to donating:
- temporary break from work and responsibilities as you convalesce
- badass scar
- you grow your own organ back, that’s kinda cool
- good karma
- you save my life
(please share)
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Did I go to the bar and make a Lisa Frank-themed social media ask for an organ? Yes.
benefits to donating:
- temporary break from work and responsibilities as you convalesce
- badass scar
- you grow your own organ back, that’s kinda cool
- good karma
- you save my life
(please share)
benefits to donating:
- temporary break from work and responsibilities as you convalesce
- badass scar
- you grow your own organ back, that’s kinda cool
- good karma
- you save my life
(please share)
where the etsy witches at
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
where the etsy witches at
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People need to be ON THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' asses in so-called "progressive" cities. These people continue to SELL OUT their cities in multiple ways. Get acquainted with your council member and stay on their ass.
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
People need to be ON THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' asses in so-called "progressive" cities. These people continue to SELL OUT their cities in multiple ways. Get acquainted with your council member and stay on their ass.
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the longer we soldier on without the bund’s ’wherever we live is our homeland’ the more obvious the need for it becomes!
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
the longer we soldier on without the bund’s ’wherever we live is our homeland’ the more obvious the need for it becomes!
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NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL.,
Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
October 31, 2025
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc.
No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated
below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that
Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested
on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants
to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report
back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiczapq36myqhzcrdp4jfodg5rkso7nuvlta4e5b5r4l5upce7b3le@jpeg)
![As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP
benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4];
Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of
SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138
Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L.
No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature
of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available
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Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT
Document 26 Filed 10/31/25
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through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve
account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at
93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiac7aa6icx44x5xjkilpwj7il5oriyttttnrslzrhkwvw6b32cbnm@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
going as hunger for halloween because thats all i can think about!
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
going as hunger for halloween because thats all i can think about!
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This brain-dead discourse is *everywhere* and it drives me insane.
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This brain-dead discourse is *everywhere* and it drives me insane.
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Louisiana, New Mexico, Vermont, Illinois, and DC have all done this. Again, Massholes, we have to publicly embarrass @massgovernor.bsky.social into action.
Call her office right now. (617) 725-4005.
Find your legislators here and call them, too.
This is about food for a million people!
Call her office right now. (617) 725-4005.
Find your legislators here and call them, too.
This is about food for a million people!
October 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Louisiana, New Mexico, Vermont, Illinois, and DC have all done this. Again, Massholes, we have to publicly embarrass @massgovernor.bsky.social into action.
Call her office right now. (617) 725-4005.
Find your legislators here and call them, too.
This is about food for a million people!
Call her office right now. (617) 725-4005.
Find your legislators here and call them, too.
This is about food for a million people!
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wow! Let's go @willieburnleyjr.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
wow! Let's go @willieburnleyjr.bsky.social
given that the majority of SNAP recipients are seniors, folks with disabilities, or CHILDREN, i think this talking point needs an update about how capitalism isn't working for any of us.
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
given that the majority of SNAP recipients are seniors, folks with disabilities, or CHILDREN, i think this talking point needs an update about how capitalism isn't working for any of us.
"the payments are going to miss at once" is misinformation - SNAP in MA is disbursed through the first 14 days of the month. providing state dollars to the EBT vendor is the way states can do this, there is precedent in some states that provided a step-down for pandemic-era increased SNAP.
1) it's about 8 billion dollars
2) all of those payments are going to miss at once
3) it is roughly evenly distributed everywhere
simply figuring out who needs it is more or less impossible on a week's notice. if you had 8 billion dollars you couldn't distribute it with this little lead time.
2) all of those payments are going to miss at once
3) it is roughly evenly distributed everywhere
simply figuring out who needs it is more or less impossible on a week's notice. if you had 8 billion dollars you couldn't distribute it with this little lead time.
October 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"the payments are going to miss at once" is misinformation - SNAP in MA is disbursed through the first 14 days of the month. providing state dollars to the EBT vendor is the way states can do this, there is precedent in some states that provided a step-down for pandemic-era increased SNAP.
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Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
Or democratic states could step up and fund SNAP and next year run on “I put a turkey on your thanksgiving table”
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Or democratic states could step up and fund SNAP and next year run on “I put a turkey on your thanksgiving table”
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USDA is legally required to use the contingency funds on SNAP benefits for November.
In July, President Trump and Congressional Republicans enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history.
The reason they aren't planning on providing SNAP benefits is that they don't want to.
In July, President Trump and Congressional Republicans enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history.
The reason they aren't planning on providing SNAP benefits is that they don't want to.
October 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
USDA is legally required to use the contingency funds on SNAP benefits for November.
In July, President Trump and Congressional Republicans enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history.
The reason they aren't planning on providing SNAP benefits is that they don't want to.
In July, President Trump and Congressional Republicans enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history.
The reason they aren't planning on providing SNAP benefits is that they don't want to.