Cody K.
@codykinski.bsky.social
If ever there was any force
I wish I'd never met
I'll tell you without hesitation:
It's the internet
Living the nightmare: Old, autistic, lost in the Connecticut woods, ten years past my sell-by date: a Case-Deaton case.
Bread for all...roses, too.
I wish I'd never met
I'll tell you without hesitation:
It's the internet
Living the nightmare: Old, autistic, lost in the Connecticut woods, ten years past my sell-by date: a Case-Deaton case.
Bread for all...roses, too.
Got awfully cold real quick this evening but give me a nice pot of macaroni with meatballs, red pepper and onions and I'm good to go.
Recommended.
Recommended.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Got awfully cold real quick this evening but give me a nice pot of macaroni with meatballs, red pepper and onions and I'm good to go.
Recommended.
Recommended.
They really will stop at nothing to make people as miserable as they want:
Latest on SNAP: The Trump admin said the US Supreme Court should keep $4 billion in food aid on hold, vowing to keep waging a legal fight to reduce or delay assistance to millions of low-income families -- even as there's movement in Congress to reach a deal to reopen the government buff.ly/mdtC1NU
Trump Officials Vow to Renew Food-Aid Fight at Supreme Court
The Trump administration said the US Supreme Court should keep $4 billion in food aid on hold, vowing to keep waging a legal fight to reduce or delay assistance to millions of low-income families.
www.bloomberg.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They really will stop at nothing to make people as miserable as they want:
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Yep:
"Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."
"Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."
Yup, and the damage isn’t so much in the story as in the proof of weakness. Trump now knows he has new torture tools to make Dems do what he wants. It’s why at least one of the 7 capitulators oughta be run out of office now, mid session. Get that number down to 6. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Yep:
"Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."
"Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."
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Surrender monkeys
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Surrender monkeys
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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I'm not mad, just disappointed. No, wait, I'm really mad too.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I'm not mad, just disappointed. No, wait, I'm really mad too.
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At least Republicans learned a valuable lesson:
If they hold out long enough, Democrats will always cave.
If they hold out long enough, Democrats will always cave.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
At least Republicans learned a valuable lesson:
If they hold out long enough, Democrats will always cave.
If they hold out long enough, Democrats will always cave.
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2/2
You think Dem voters would have turned out in the numbers, and with the enthusiasm, they did JUST FIVE DAYS AGO if they thought the party was going cave like this? Jesus
You think Dem voters would have turned out in the numbers, and with the enthusiasm, they did JUST FIVE DAYS AGO if they thought the party was going cave like this? Jesus
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
2/2
You think Dem voters would have turned out in the numbers, and with the enthusiasm, they did JUST FIVE DAYS AGO if they thought the party was going cave like this? Jesus
You think Dem voters would have turned out in the numbers, and with the enthusiasm, they did JUST FIVE DAYS AGO if they thought the party was going cave like this? Jesus
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The agreement to hold a vote on ACA subsidies is not a concession. It's worth literally nothing. It should be ignored when evaluating the merits of the deal
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The agreement to hold a vote on ACA subsidies is not a concession. It's worth literally nothing. It should be ignored when evaluating the merits of the deal
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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This is why we need proportional representation.
Senate reaches deal to extend government funding in major sign shutdown is poised to end | CNN Politics
A critical group of at least eight Senate Democratic centrists has reached a deal with Senate GOP leaders and the White House to reopen the government in exchange for a future vote on extending enhanc...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is why we need proportional representation.
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The real choice, no matter how much Senators wish it weren't:
"Unfortunately, making things better for the American people coming out of this shutdown is probably not an option. Either Trump makes things worse with Democratic affirmation, or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic opposition."
"Unfortunately, making things better for the American people coming out of this shutdown is probably not an option. Either Trump makes things worse with Democratic affirmation, or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic opposition."
Opinion | Democrats shouldn’t bail out Trump as the shutdown drags on
The best time for the opposition to take a stand, rather than settle for untrustworthy promises, is right now.
www.msnbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The real choice, no matter how much Senators wish it weren't:
"Unfortunately, making things better for the American people coming out of this shutdown is probably not an option. Either Trump makes things worse with Democratic affirmation, or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic opposition."
"Unfortunately, making things better for the American people coming out of this shutdown is probably not an option. Either Trump makes things worse with Democratic affirmation, or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic opposition."
They'll stop at nothing to ensure that people will lack food. It's that "fight, fight, fight!" ethos in action: obey Trump's whims or be destroyed.
NYT - USDA telling states to “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
They'll stop at nothing to ensure that people will lack food. It's that "fight, fight, fight!" ethos in action: obey Trump's whims or be destroyed.
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Is the Trump administration going to have ICE go house-to-house demanding low-income families hand over any food they bought with SNAP benefits?
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SNAP update. Insane one. So USDA is now saying on a huge lag:
- issue partial payments using a bad-math formula;
- CLAW BACK full issuances that any state sent *properly* under last week's guidance;
- if you don't CLAW BACK benefits, we won't pay the federal share of SNAP administrative costs (??)
- issue partial payments using a bad-math formula;
- CLAW BACK full issuances that any state sent *properly* under last week's guidance;
- if you don't CLAW BACK benefits, we won't pay the federal share of SNAP administrative costs (??)
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Is the Trump administration going to have ICE go house-to-house demanding low-income families hand over any food they bought with SNAP benefits?
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This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
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$2,000 "tariff dividend"
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
$2,000 "tariff dividend"
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Trump threw another lavish party as his DOJ asked the Supreme Court to stop it from being forced to pay food stamps for 40 million Americans.
Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...
Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...
Trump Throws Decadent Opera and Truffles Rager at Mar-a-Lago
The president’s ragers show no sign of slowing down even amid the government shutdown.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Trump threw another lavish party as his DOJ asked the Supreme Court to stop it from being forced to pay food stamps for 40 million Americans.
Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...
Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...
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At the same time Trump is bringing back confederate statutes and base names, he is erasing attention to persons of color in American military history. From earlier this year:
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Whitewashing American history
The Trump Presidency as a project of erasure
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
At the same time Trump is bringing back confederate statutes and base names, he is erasing attention to persons of color in American military history. From earlier this year:
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
It's Sunday morning, which means MAGA evangelicals are congregating again as they do every week to recite together absurd pieties like "America is being punished for turning away from God" while refusing to consider for a moment that if that were true, maybe TRUMP is the punishment.
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It's Sunday morning, which means MAGA evangelicals are congregating again as they do every week to recite together absurd pieties like "America is being punished for turning away from God" while refusing to consider for a moment that if that were true, maybe TRUMP is the punishment.
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We are the song death takes it own time singing
In the sweetness, in the bitter
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Funny that this was their way of sidestepping away from the original headline because the phrase “conservative feminism” is so funny. Everyone involved in the conversation is beyond stupid but conservative feminism is just patriarchy but championed by women, apparently.
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Funny that this was their way of sidestepping away from the original headline because the phrase “conservative feminism” is so funny. Everyone involved in the conversation is beyond stupid but conservative feminism is just patriarchy but championed by women, apparently.
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Republicans waged a relentless, decades-long campaign to privatize Medicare and Medicaid
They fought even mild efforts to expand public insurance
Now they are objecting to extending extra ACA subsidies, supposedly because money flows to private insurers
We are supposed to take this seriously?
They fought even mild efforts to expand public insurance
Now they are objecting to extending extra ACA subsidies, supposedly because money flows to private insurers
We are supposed to take this seriously?
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Republicans waged a relentless, decades-long campaign to privatize Medicare and Medicaid
They fought even mild efforts to expand public insurance
Now they are objecting to extending extra ACA subsidies, supposedly because money flows to private insurers
We are supposed to take this seriously?
They fought even mild efforts to expand public insurance
Now they are objecting to extending extra ACA subsidies, supposedly because money flows to private insurers
We are supposed to take this seriously?
Real talk.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Real talk.