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He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
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The Dems who voted to confirm Brooke Rollins:
Baldwin (WI)
Bennet (CO)
Booker (NJ)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Klobuchar (MN)
Ossoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Rosen (NV)
Schiff (CA)
Shaheen (NH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warnock (GA)
Welch (VT)
Baldwin (WI)
Bennet (CO)
Booker (NJ)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Klobuchar (MN)
Ossoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Rosen (NV)
Schiff (CA)
Shaheen (NH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warnock (GA)
Welch (VT)
Brooke Rollins calls food stamps "a broken and corrupt program" and says, "guess what? There's a new sheriff in town. His name is Donald Trump."
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Dems who voted to confirm Brooke Rollins:
Baldwin (WI)
Bennet (CO)
Booker (NJ)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Klobuchar (MN)
Ossoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Rosen (NV)
Schiff (CA)
Shaheen (NH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warnock (GA)
Welch (VT)
Baldwin (WI)
Bennet (CO)
Booker (NJ)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Klobuchar (MN)
Ossoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Rosen (NV)
Schiff (CA)
Shaheen (NH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warnock (GA)
Welch (VT)
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This is exactly the right legal analysis.
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
Page 11 of 15
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 6:25 PM
This is exactly the right legal analysis.
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NEW: The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later. "What a sick world."
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later
"What a sick world." And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
NEW: The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later. "What a sick world."
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
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I made a feed, it's an ongoing collection of things Mike Johnson haven't seen or heard about.
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Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com
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Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I made a feed, it's an ongoing collection of things Mike Johnson haven't seen or heard about.
bsky.app/profile/numb...
Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com
bsky.app/profile/numb...
Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com
Brilliant, deep systemic review of circumstances of klein/kirk symptom. Mourn, or Else www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Opinion | Mourn, or Else
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Brilliant, deep systemic review of circumstances of klein/kirk symptom. Mourn, or Else www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
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It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
Hegseth: "If the words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink, they you should do the honorable thing and resign."
September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
How to Tell the Difference Between a Lone Wolf and a Coordinated Effort by the Radical Left www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
How to Tell the Difference Between a Lone Wolf and a Coordinated Effort by the Radical Left
If a Democratic lawmaker and her husband are gunned down, it’s an isolated incident carried out by a lone wolf.
If a right-wing activist is gunned ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
September 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
How to Tell the Difference Between a Lone Wolf and a Coordinated Effort by the Radical Left www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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This administration’s staggering corruption is dangerous beyond belief. And it’s a complete slap in the face to every single family working hard to put food on the table.
September 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This administration’s staggering corruption is dangerous beyond belief. And it’s a complete slap in the face to every single family working hard to put food on the table.
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Just last month the FBI forced out its top agent in Salt Lake City, a Pakistani American woman whom a former FBI agent describes as a “legendary case agent who was involved in some of the most significant national security cases of the last two decades.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...
September 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Just last month the FBI forced out its top agent in Salt Lake City, a Pakistani American woman whom a former FBI agent describes as a “legendary case agent who was involved in some of the most significant national security cases of the last two decades.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...
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“When you look at the factors weighing down Democrats, it’s not crime or trans rights or wokeness. It’s the deep-seated belief among independents and Democratic voters that Democrats are weak and feckless.”
The Dem Senate leadership's unbelievable negotiating position is that they will give Trump everything he wants except that they demand: an extension of Obamacare subsidies so that they expire right after the midterms, not before. This sounds like political malpractice on several levels.
There’s a New Budget Showdown. Senate Dems’ Current Plan Is Bullshit
I agonized for a bit about the point I’m about to discuss....
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“When you look at the factors weighing down Democrats, it’s not crime or trans rights or wokeness. It’s the deep-seated belief among independents and Democratic voters that Democrats are weak and feckless.”
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This dovetails with @brianbeutler.bsky.social's topic in his latest post—how the Right weaponizes bad faith as a means to an end.
www.offmessage.net/p/how-libera...
www.offmessage.net/p/how-libera...
July 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This dovetails with @brianbeutler.bsky.social's topic in his latest post—how the Right weaponizes bad faith as a means to an end.
www.offmessage.net/p/how-libera...
www.offmessage.net/p/how-libera...
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AIPAC has done untold damage to democracy and has rolled back the fight against antisemitism by decades.
July 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
AIPAC has done untold damage to democracy and has rolled back the fight against antisemitism by decades.
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Nearly one in three people in Gaza are going multiple days without eating, according to the UN.
More than 1,000 have been killed by Israeli forces while trying to get food at aid sites.
By continuing to supply Israel with military aid, the U.S. is complicit in this bloodbath.
More than 1,000 have been killed by Israeli forces while trying to get food at aid sites.
By continuing to supply Israel with military aid, the U.S. is complicit in this bloodbath.
July 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Nearly one in three people in Gaza are going multiple days without eating, according to the UN.
More than 1,000 have been killed by Israeli forces while trying to get food at aid sites.
By continuing to supply Israel with military aid, the U.S. is complicit in this bloodbath.
More than 1,000 have been killed by Israeli forces while trying to get food at aid sites.
By continuing to supply Israel with military aid, the U.S. is complicit in this bloodbath.
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Now contrast this story with Agriculture Secy Brooke Rollins suggestion that Medicaid recipients work the fields.
July 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Now contrast this story with Agriculture Secy Brooke Rollins suggestion that Medicaid recipients work the fields.
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More information about the lawsuit with @aclu.org, @aclu-nh.bsky.social, @aclumaine.bsky.social, @legaldefensefund.bsky.social, @asianlawcaucus.org, and Democracy Defenders Fund:
Groups File Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over Trump Birthright Citizenship Order
Immigrants rights’ advocates filed a new nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
www.aclum.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
More information about the lawsuit with @aclu.org, @aclu-nh.bsky.social, @aclumaine.bsky.social, @legaldefensefund.bsky.social, @asianlawcaucus.org, and Democracy Defenders Fund:
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sorry I can't get over how cynical this is. dude *just* voted for a bill that was pushed by the crypto lobby and left out any protections against Trump's corruption. *now* he's claiming to address the issue with a bill that will never pass? this is galling even by modern Dem standards
Donald Trump and other senior administration officials have made a fortune off of crypto schemes.
Today, I'm introducing the COIN Act to put a stop to this corruption in plain sight.
youtu.be/4zOtklEunwE
Today, I'm introducing the COIN Act to put a stop to this corruption in plain sight.
youtu.be/4zOtklEunwE
We Can Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption – Today I'm Introducing a Bill to Do It
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
youtu.be
June 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
sorry I can't get over how cynical this is. dude *just* voted for a bill that was pushed by the crypto lobby and left out any protections against Trump's corruption. *now* he's claiming to address the issue with a bill that will never pass? this is galling even by modern Dem standards
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Easy prey, of course. ICE continues to scrupulously avoid all those drug dealers and human traffickers Trump promised—those people are armed and dangerous!
But a day laborer rebuilding a community is unarmed and compliant. Easy, safe way to hit your quota at the cruelty factory.
But a day laborer rebuilding a community is unarmed and compliant. Easy, safe way to hit your quota at the cruelty factory.
It feels particularly wicked, I have to say, to snatch day laborers in a place where you can see dump trucks roll up and down the streets, throughout the workday, to clear the wreckage from a wildfire that destroyed thousands of homes.
Donate to Help Carlos Osorto, a Day Laborer Abducted by ICE, organized by National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Carlos Alexander Osorto has lived in the United States for 14… National Day Laborer Organizing Network needs your support for Help Carlos Osorto, a Day Laborer Abducted by ICE
www.gofundme.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Easy prey, of course. ICE continues to scrupulously avoid all those drug dealers and human traffickers Trump promised—those people are armed and dangerous!
But a day laborer rebuilding a community is unarmed and compliant. Easy, safe way to hit your quota at the cruelty factory.
But a day laborer rebuilding a community is unarmed and compliant. Easy, safe way to hit your quota at the cruelty factory.
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The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
June 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
Excessive wealth is maintained through our political system. The excessively wealthy shape the narratives and political priorities that perpetuates their ability to accumulate wealth at the expense of people and the planet.
www.excessivewealth.org/excessive-we...
www.excessivewealth.org/excessive-we...
June 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Excessive wealth is maintained through our political system. The excessively wealthy shape the narratives and political priorities that perpetuates their ability to accumulate wealth at the expense of people and the planet.
www.excessivewealth.org/excessive-we...
www.excessivewealth.org/excessive-we...
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Update: immigration court in sacramento was shut down and all our families made it out safely despite the huge ICE ramp up in presence in the court today.
WE HAD PEOPLE LITERALLY SHAKING, so fearful to go in to court— but going anyways because they want to follow the “right” procedure.
WE HAD PEOPLE LITERALLY SHAKING, so fearful to go in to court— but going anyways because they want to follow the “right” procedure.
June 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Update: immigration court in sacramento was shut down and all our families made it out safely despite the huge ICE ramp up in presence in the court today.
WE HAD PEOPLE LITERALLY SHAKING, so fearful to go in to court— but going anyways because they want to follow the “right” procedure.
WE HAD PEOPLE LITERALLY SHAKING, so fearful to go in to court— but going anyways because they want to follow the “right” procedure.
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Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
June 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
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Comptroller Lander joined court-watchers at 290 Broadway and walked immigrants away from their court appearances to deter ICE agents from abducting them.
"I felt more useful for the last hour than I have felt at any time since Donald Trump was elected."
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"I felt more useful for the last hour than I have felt at any time since Donald Trump was elected."
hellgatenyc.com/lander-accom...
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander Walks With Immigrants Outside Court to Shield Them From ICE: 'I Would Urge New Yorkers to Do This'
Lander helped escort three families out of court and safely to the nearby subway station, even as ICE officers lingered nearby the courtrooms.
hellgatenyc.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Comptroller Lander joined court-watchers at 290 Broadway and walked immigrants away from their court appearances to deter ICE agents from abducting them.
"I felt more useful for the last hour than I have felt at any time since Donald Trump was elected."
hellgatenyc.com/lander-accom...
"I felt more useful for the last hour than I have felt at any time since Donald Trump was elected."
hellgatenyc.com/lander-accom...