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Literally just putting a bio here so people know I'm not a bot. What do you mean that sounds like something a bot would say.
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The number of international college students enrolling in their American schools for the first time decreased by 17% this fall, according to data published on Monday.
New International Student Enrollment Plummeted This Fall, Survey Finds
The overall number of international students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities, including those who enrolled in prior years or who are working after graduation, fell only slightly.
nyti.ms
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The number of international college students enrolling in their American schools for the first time decreased by 17% this fall, according to data published on Monday.
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MAGA voters are starting to notice that Trump doesn't lift a finger to help them while he's bending over backwards for his billionaire buddies and ultra-wealthy friends who can afford to party at Mar-a-Lago www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump defends his MAGA bona fides amid backlash from his base
After GOP election losses and an interview with Fox News, some of Trump's supporters have expressed concerns that the president's priorities aren't aligned enough with his base.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
MAGA voters are starting to notice that Trump doesn't lift a finger to help them while he's bending over backwards for his billionaire buddies and ultra-wealthy friends who can afford to party at Mar-a-Lago www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
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Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
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This is a 19-paragraph article to which 7 journalists contributed; it contains not a single hint that there is any impropriety in the President of the United States directing the Justice Department to investigate his political adversaries.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is a 19-paragraph article to which 7 journalists contributed; it contains not a single hint that there is any impropriety in the President of the United States directing the Justice Department to investigate his political adversaries.
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Trump is a liar. Tear gassing kids in peaceful neighborhoods makes no one safer.
He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
DHS takes credit for crime being down in Chicago. Data shows that was happening before they arrived.
Immigration officials on Tuesday said a drop in crime numbers was thanks to their work. Police data show the decrease was taking place before federal agents arrived in the city.
www.nbcnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump is a liar. Tear gassing kids in peaceful neighborhoods makes no one safer.
He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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THAT IS ALREADY A LAW. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THAT LAW. YOU ARE A FUCKING NEWS REPORTER
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
THAT IS ALREADY A LAW. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THAT LAW. YOU ARE A FUCKING NEWS REPORTER
@peters.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov If we can lose ACA subsidies - or any other major Democratic legislative accomplishments - when Republicans decide to hold SNAP benefits hostage... when judges have ALREADY TOLD THEM they can't do that... then nothing Congress can pass is stable or reliable.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
@peters.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov If we can lose ACA subsidies - or any other major Democratic legislative accomplishments - when Republicans decide to hold SNAP benefits hostage... when judges have ALREADY TOLD THEM they can't do that... then nothing Congress can pass is stable or reliable.
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This is part of the tragedy of a surrender now. It invites more pain and suffering by emboldening the regime. Why should they listen to a weak opposition?
Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is part of the tragedy of a surrender now. It invites more pain and suffering by emboldening the regime. Why should they listen to a weak opposition?
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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'Feed the hungry' is one of the basic, fundamental, direct-order-from-Jesus, tenets of being a Christian, and it's not 'feed the hungry when it's politically expedient to do so or advances your wider agenda'.
You'd think the party full of people claiming to be guided by their faith would be on this
You'd think the party full of people claiming to be guided by their faith would be on this
Donald Trump has asked his employees on the Supreme Court to overrule lower court orders demanding that he fulfill his duties to feed Americans who are due SNAP benefits
AND
He's demanding that states which just rushed to fill the vacuum created by his cruelty "undo" that work.
AND
He's demanding that states which just rushed to fill the vacuum created by his cruelty "undo" that work.
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...
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
'Feed the hungry' is one of the basic, fundamental, direct-order-from-Jesus, tenets of being a Christian, and it's not 'feed the hungry when it's politically expedient to do so or advances your wider agenda'.
You'd think the party full of people claiming to be guided by their faith would be on this
You'd think the party full of people claiming to be guided by their faith would be on this
He hungers in his secret dreams
for the harsh embrace of cold machines
but his lover is not what she seems
and she will not leave a note.
for the harsh embrace of cold machines
but his lover is not what she seems
and she will not leave a note.
Elon has never experienced this and neither have his biggest fans but now they can create these visuals with the help of a computermachine
November 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
He hungers in his secret dreams
for the harsh embrace of cold machines
but his lover is not what she seems
and she will not leave a note.
for the harsh embrace of cold machines
but his lover is not what she seems
and she will not leave a note.
As a general rule, if one side of an issue is "feed hungry people, here is a good legal argument that you have the ability to do so" and the other side is "fight as hard as you can not to feed hungry people, regardless," I feel like the moral side to be on is pretty clear.
The Trump administration moved on Friday to deny swift and full food stamp payments to millions of low-income Americans, as it asked a federal appeals court to halt a judge’s recent order that would preserve those benefits during the shutdown.
Trump Administration Seeks Immediate Halt to Court Order to Pay Food Stamps
The appeal comes one day after a judge sharply attacked the White House for politicizing the anti-hunger program
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As a general rule, if one side of an issue is "feed hungry people, here is a good legal argument that you have the ability to do so" and the other side is "fight as hard as you can not to feed hungry people, regardless," I feel like the moral side to be on is pretty clear.
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The Trump administration is doing everything in its power to deny food assistance to Americans.
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Trump administration is doing everything in its power to deny food assistance to Americans.
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At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
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Sam Corcos, who entered government with DOGE earlier this year, decided to kill DirectFile after one meeting with with tax software lobbyists.
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Sam Corcos, who entered government with DOGE earlier this year, decided to kill DirectFile after one meeting with with tax software lobbyists.
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
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If there were a competent opposition party in this country, the only message we’d get is that a starving, desperate country where your only hope of safety is blind allegiance to a violent, capricious autocrat and prosperity exists for only his inner circle is what GOP governance looks like
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
If there were a competent opposition party in this country, the only message we’d get is that a starving, desperate country where your only hope of safety is blind allegiance to a violent, capricious autocrat and prosperity exists for only his inner circle is what GOP governance looks like
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their plainly stated goal is to starve forty million people until they get what they want, which is to rip health care away from millions more
that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts
that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
their plainly stated goal is to starve forty million people until they get what they want, which is to rip health care away from millions more
that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts
that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts
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More than one million residents in Massachusetts rely on federal food assistance, according to the state. At one grocery store on Saturday, SNAP recipients faced growing fears, dwindling funds and lighter shopping carts.
For SNAP Recipients, Anxiety Over Funding Leads to Hard Choices
At one grocery store in Massachusetts, SNAP recipients faced growing fears, dwindling funds and lighter shopping carts.
nyti.ms
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
More than one million residents in Massachusetts rely on federal food assistance, according to the state. At one grocery store on Saturday, SNAP recipients faced growing fears, dwindling funds and lighter shopping carts.
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Again: If SNAP payments don't go out tomorrow, it's because Trump and the Republicans went out of their way to defy judges' orders so that they could continue to refuse to help keep people alive.
October 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Again: If SNAP payments don't go out tomorrow, it's because Trump and the Republicans went out of their way to defy judges' orders so that they could continue to refuse to help keep people alive.
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Federal Judges have ruled a) that the President does have the authority to release emergency SNAP funds during the shutdown & b) that Trump *Must* do so.
That means if payments don't go out, it's because Trump & the republicans defied the Judiciary to refuse to use their authority to send them out.
That means if payments don't go out, it's because Trump & the republicans defied the Judiciary to refuse to use their authority to send them out.
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Federal Judges have ruled a) that the President does have the authority to release emergency SNAP funds during the shutdown & b) that Trump *Must* do so.
That means if payments don't go out, it's because Trump & the republicans defied the Judiciary to refuse to use their authority to send them out.
That means if payments don't go out, it's because Trump & the republicans defied the Judiciary to refuse to use their authority to send them out.
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This is also the irony, unremarked upon by Peters, that Mamdani's speech about the unfinished project of democracy is deeply rooted in American political rhetoric, and from figures as ideologically diverse as MLK and Ronald Reagan. It is Vance's blood and soil nationalism that is a departure./5
October 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This is also the irony, unremarked upon by Peters, that Mamdani's speech about the unfinished project of democracy is deeply rooted in American political rhetoric, and from figures as ideologically diverse as MLK and Ronald Reagan. It is Vance's blood and soil nationalism that is a departure./5
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”