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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
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Ooooo, simply and perfectly stated!
November 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Ooooo, simply and perfectly stated!
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The full transcript is worth the read. Yikes. A firehose of lies and grievances. No plans. No policy. His dangerous failings on full display. Link below.
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The full transcript is worth the read. Yikes. A firehose of lies and grievances. No plans. No policy. His dangerous failings on full display. Link below.
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The Trump administration announced it will provide only partial SNAP payments in November.
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Trump administration announced it will provide only partial SNAP payments in November.
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There are no national media outlets in Durango, CO - 8 hours from Denver - like there are in Chicago or LA. Grateful to have local journalists + the Durango Herald covering the latest ICE thuggery.
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
There are no national media outlets in Durango, CO - 8 hours from Denver - like there are in Chicago or LA. Grateful to have local journalists + the Durango Herald covering the latest ICE thuggery.
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“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
May 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
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Here's some good news.
Trump's administration has a 93% failure rate in court.
That’s almost as high as his business failure rate.
Trump's administration has a 93% failure rate in court.
That’s almost as high as his business failure rate.
April 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Here's some good news.
Trump's administration has a 93% failure rate in court.
That’s almost as high as his business failure rate.
Trump's administration has a 93% failure rate in court.
That’s almost as high as his business failure rate.
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Thanks to everyone joining the sit-in!
April 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thanks to everyone joining the sit-in!
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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
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They neglected to mention that The Bible Belt is also the pornography belt and the welfare belt.
I live at the left side of that t
Yikes!
I live at the left side of that t
Yikes!
April 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
They neglected to mention that The Bible Belt is also the pornography belt and the welfare belt.
I live at the left side of that t
Yikes!
I live at the left side of that t
Yikes!
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Happy 92nd birthday to the one and only Carol Burnett!
April 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Happy 92nd birthday to the one and only Carol Burnett!
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April 26, 2025
April 26, 2025
Early yesterday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent three U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
April 26, 2025
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An Earth Day message from the late Pope Francis: “‘God always forgives; we humans sometimes forgive, and sometimes not; the earth never forgives.’ The earth does not forgive: if we have despoiled the earth, its response will be very ugly.”
April 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
An Earth Day message from the late Pope Francis: “‘God always forgives; we humans sometimes forgive, and sometimes not; the earth never forgives.’ The earth does not forgive: if we have despoiled the earth, its response will be very ugly.”
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The indie bookstore around the corner had this sign. So I went inside and bought 2 books from the banned book section. Support local small businesses. Read banned books. Drink your Ovaltine.
April 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The indie bookstore around the corner had this sign. So I went inside and bought 2 books from the banned book section. Support local small businesses. Read banned books. Drink your Ovaltine.
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A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America.
April 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America.
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The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
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Pope Francis, who died today at 88, was the antithesis of a strongman. “He was the model of the world leader as a shrewd, searching, and practical man who faced hard choices in vexing circumstances, and responded humbly,” @paulelie.bsky.social writes.
The Down-to-Earth Pope
In a historic moment characterized by autocrats and would-be autocrats, Francis was the antithesis of a strongman.
www.newyorker.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Pope Francis, who died today at 88, was the antithesis of a strongman. “He was the model of the world leader as a shrewd, searching, and practical man who faced hard choices in vexing circumstances, and responded humbly,” @paulelie.bsky.social writes.
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I’m honored to be named Advocate of the Year for the 29th Annual Webbys!
Every day, I fight to make sure our communities are seen, heard, and protected—so to be recognized for that work at the Webbys means the world. Follow along on Monday, May 12 at #Webbys.
Every day, I fight to make sure our communities are seen, heard, and protected—so to be recognized for that work at the Webbys means the world. Follow along on Monday, May 12 at #Webbys.
April 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I’m honored to be named Advocate of the Year for the 29th Annual Webbys!
Every day, I fight to make sure our communities are seen, heard, and protected—so to be recognized for that work at the Webbys means the world. Follow along on Monday, May 12 at #Webbys.
Every day, I fight to make sure our communities are seen, heard, and protected—so to be recognized for that work at the Webbys means the world. Follow along on Monday, May 12 at #Webbys.
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Americans deserve an explanation, what is the threshold of malfeasance to finally trigger dismissal?
April 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Americans deserve an explanation, what is the threshold of malfeasance to finally trigger dismissal?
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Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are letting people die.
NYT: “Like the other 11 children, Abdo starved to death in weeks after Trump froze all U.S. foreign assistance, said local aid workers & a doctor… 🇺🇸-funded soup kitchens in Sudan had been the only lifelines for tens of thousands besieged by fighting.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...
April 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are letting people die.
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Marco Rubio just became the latest Trump official to walk back a supposed Executive Order...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
Rubio denies that Trump will politicize the Foreign Service and slash embassies
State Department says a draft executive order, which would have created new loyalty requirements for career staff and eliminated many offices, is fake. A reorganization of the department is still expe...
www.govexec.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Marco Rubio just became the latest Trump official to walk back a supposed Executive Order...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
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We’re being tested. These are not mistakes.Young Latino Men are most at risk now. Young Black men have always been.
LGTBQ people are next. Then anyone opposing the government. MAGA are willing to break our Union and their families and as long as they “win”. They will not stop unless we stop them.
LGTBQ people are next. Then anyone opposing the government. MAGA are willing to break our Union and their families and as long as they “win”. They will not stop unless we stop them.
A 19-year old U.S. citizen was traveling from Albuquerque to Tucson. He was arrested and detained by ICE for 10 days, before his family showed a judge his identification & he was finally released. news.azpm.org/p/news-artic...
U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days
news.azpm.org
April 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We’re being tested. These are not mistakes.Young Latino Men are most at risk now. Young Black men have always been.
LGTBQ people are next. Then anyone opposing the government. MAGA are willing to break our Union and their families and as long as they “win”. They will not stop unless we stop them.
LGTBQ people are next. Then anyone opposing the government. MAGA are willing to break our Union and their families and as long as they “win”. They will not stop unless we stop them.
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Amazing that another human being would make a decision to halt funding to feed starving children, rather than practice personal austerity, not charge the American people & government for his frequent, multi-million dollar weekend golf excursions, and perhaps direct those funds for better uses…
April 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Amazing that another human being would make a decision to halt funding to feed starving children, rather than practice personal austerity, not charge the American people & government for his frequent, multi-million dollar weekend golf excursions, and perhaps direct those funds for better uses…
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Today in Hector NY. About 200 people in a rural, mostly Republican county, with other demonstrations in nearby towns. Lots of support from cars driving by! @hcrichardson.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com #handsoff
April 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Today in Hector NY. About 200 people in a rural, mostly Republican county, with other demonstrations in nearby towns. Lots of support from cars driving by! @hcrichardson.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com #handsoff