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Darlene
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Cruel for no reason
The Trump admin says it won’t tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits if the shutdown continues, according to an agency memo

That means roughly 42 mil Americans will not receive critical food assistance from SNAP in November
Trump administration won’t use contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits | CNN Politics
The US Department of Agriculture says it will not tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month, according to an agency memo obtained by CNN. That means that roughly...
www.cnn.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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I might play this as my alarm every morning for the next month
September 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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This is class solidarity.

In case you’re at all confused.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The absence of mourning is not equal to the presence of celebration, and it’s strange how many people have conflated the two over the last day.
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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America did not bank on Black people collectively saying “y’all got it.”

I keep seeing an attempt to make us angry, but what are you guys gonna do to us or say to us that we haven’t seen before? In the words of our good sis Kamala, same old tired playbook, next.
September 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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They need to put an extra day between Saturday and Sunday because this is getting ridiculous
August 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
You are not serious people
July 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I would never have worked this hard in school if I knew a name like “big beautiful bill” could actually be taken seriously in congress.
July 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Americans believe we are exceptional, while regurgitating fascist talking points and applauding police-state tactics.
July 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Are wired and rolling stone magazine the only decent US news publications left?
July 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Stunned that America is at war. The more things change the more they stay the same.
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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I’m going to ask everyone, not to engage in red herring arguments about Harris, when the issue is the CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, not if the actions of a hypothetical candidate would have been the same.

We don’t have time for this.

Thank you.
June 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
There are so many good reasons to not give our coins to Starbucks.
April 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Working GMT +1 makes me feel like I have a personal life again. I love the space in the mornings.
April 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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….we really supposed to wake up and just keep going to work in the midst of all this.

I’m TIRED, bro!
April 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Kamala Harris: There were many things that we knew would happen.. I’m not here to say I told you so
April 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
One time for the moms who’ve had a full day before work even starts. TGIF
April 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Vaccine effectiveness data is established and clear.
Found it.
Although there are hundreds of graphs of cases v yr which are just as impressive:
(Oh, and someone said 'Do you have one for polio?')
March 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
It’s somber in our house as we pray for the people of Palestine.
March 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Breonna Taylor
It was five years ago today that Breonna Taylor was murdered in her bed while sleeping by the Louisville, Kentucky police during a botched no knock warrant raid on the wrong home.
Rest in Power, Breonna
Breonna Taylor, 2020, by artist Amy Sherald
#BlackLivesMatter #BlackHistory
March 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
@supernovaparenting.org happy birthday!!!
March 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
US Virgin Islands has this requirement for years
March 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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The first places in America where Black people had fair opportunities to work for the same pay and benefits as white Americans was the federal government. Still today, in places with high Black populations, many government employees are Black.
February 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
SMH, KY asked for this in 2016 and again in 2024.
My statement on President Trump's tariffs:
February 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Why isn’t Elon working on teleportation instead of rifling through the treasury?
February 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM