Nicole Guenther Discenza
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
@oldenoughtosay.com, I feel like you could make some contributions here with your recent threads
what we need is an rpg with realistic wildlife where cows are killing people
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
@oldenoughtosay.com, I feel like you could make some contributions here with your recent threads
Well said!
Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Well said!
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NEW: Jeffries is talking about a discharge petition in the House for the ACA subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: Jeffries is talking about a discharge petition in the House for the ACA subsidies.
I'm furious at the Democratic senators who caved.
But don't forget who put us in this position and who is STILL trying to take away SNAP benefits. Don't let the Trump administration and the Republicans who have sided with them the whole time off the hook.
But don't forget who put us in this position and who is STILL trying to take away SNAP benefits. Don't let the Trump administration and the Republicans who have sided with them the whole time off the hook.
Starting now: Press conference announcing a motion for a temporary restraining order challenging USDA's unlawful attempt to withhold SNAP benefits, featuring Attorneys General of CA, NY, MN, NJ and leaders from City Harvest, Food Action Research Center and No Kid Hungry.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I'm furious at the Democratic senators who caved.
But don't forget who put us in this position and who is STILL trying to take away SNAP benefits. Don't let the Trump administration and the Republicans who have sided with them the whole time off the hook.
But don't forget who put us in this position and who is STILL trying to take away SNAP benefits. Don't let the Trump administration and the Republicans who have sided with them the whole time off the hook.
*I* would be a better senator than Durbin.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
*I* would be a better senator than Durbin.
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
While people are going without food, Trump is busy pardoning people who tried to overthrow democracy.
"Trump's move is largely symbolic, however, since pardons only apply to federal crimes and all of the recipients were charged by state-level prosecutors only."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Trump's move is largely symbolic, however, since pardons only apply to federal crimes and all of the recipients were charged by state-level prosecutors only."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump pardons Giuliani and others accused of plot to overturn 2020 election
He also pardons his former White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows in a proclamation vowing to "end a grave national injustice".
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
While people are going without food, Trump is busy pardoning people who tried to overthrow democracy.
"Trump's move is largely symbolic, however, since pardons only apply to federal crimes and all of the recipients were charged by state-level prosecutors only."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Trump's move is largely symbolic, however, since pardons only apply to federal crimes and all of the recipients were charged by state-level prosecutors only."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
In Florida and many other states, you need to be registered with a party to vote in the primary, and the primaries are where we can make a real difference in districts that usually lean D.
Don't leave the party in Florida. Keep your primary votes and USE THEM WELL.
Don't leave the party in Florida. Keep your primary votes and USE THEM WELL.
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
In Florida and many other states, you need to be registered with a party to vote in the primary, and the primaries are where we can make a real difference in districts that usually lean D.
Don't leave the party in Florida. Keep your primary votes and USE THEM WELL.
Don't leave the party in Florida. Keep your primary votes and USE THEM WELL.
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The Senate deal is a colossal mistake and I will vociferously oppose it.
My neighbors are counting on me to stand up for them. They deserve better than a health care crisis inflicted on them by Trump and Republicans to fund tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. Can’t say it enough!
My neighbors are counting on me to stand up for them. They deserve better than a health care crisis inflicted on them by Trump and Republicans to fund tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. Can’t say it enough!
My statement on the spending legislation and Republican healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The Senate deal is a colossal mistake and I will vociferously oppose it.
My neighbors are counting on me to stand up for them. They deserve better than a health care crisis inflicted on them by Trump and Republicans to fund tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. Can’t say it enough!
My neighbors are counting on me to stand up for them. They deserve better than a health care crisis inflicted on them by Trump and Republicans to fund tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. Can’t say it enough!
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
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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.
Do NOT twist the sense here. What has been happening in Gaza is horrific. I don't see this clip minimizing the genocide in Gaza, and I am not minimizing it.
Sudan is even worse.
"They're killing everyone that moves."
Sudan is even worse.
"They're killing everyone that moves."
My God.
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Do NOT twist the sense here. What has been happening in Gaza is horrific. I don't see this clip minimizing the genocide in Gaza, and I am not minimizing it.
Sudan is even worse.
"They're killing everyone that moves."
Sudan is even worse.
"They're killing everyone that moves."
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
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I wrote this a year ago. I wrote about Trump’s campaign of raci anxiety when he won the first time as did others. Look to see who is being platformed in this America that many of us predicted, and who has been disappeared. That will reveal a lot about this moment and what power wants us to believe.
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I wrote this a year ago. I wrote about Trump’s campaign of raci anxiety when he won the first time as did others. Look to see who is being platformed in this America that many of us predicted, and who has been disappeared. That will reveal a lot about this moment and what power wants us to believe.
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I just received an email from a SNAP recipient I spoke to for my story who lives in a state where full benefits came through on Friday in a full panic about what USDA means when it tells states to "undo" work fulfilling full benefits. This is how broken this government is. I wish I had any answers.
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I just received an email from a SNAP recipient I spoke to for my story who lives in a state where full benefits came through on Friday in a full panic about what USDA means when it tells states to "undo" work fulfilling full benefits. This is how broken this government is. I wish I had any answers.
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I've added this update to my story about the ongoing torture of SNAP recipients:
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I've added this update to my story about the ongoing torture of SNAP recipients:
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Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
GIFT ARTICLE: WHILE Trump does all this, they're fighting to starve people—not just failing to act, ACTIVELY FIGHTING to TAKE AWAY FOOD MONEY.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
GIFT ARTICLE: WHILE Trump does all this, they're fighting to starve people—not just failing to act, ACTIVELY FIGHTING to TAKE AWAY FOOD MONEY.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
My favorite story today:
NPR usually posts transcripts of their stories within a day, but it's certainly worth the six-minute listen.
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
NPR usually posts transcripts of their stories within a day, but it's certainly worth the six-minute listen.
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
A new book applies advice from Renaissance-era nuns to modern life
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to scholars Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita about their new book on nuns, "Convent Wisdom," and what we can learn from them.
www.npr.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My favorite story today:
NPR usually posts transcripts of their stories within a day, but it's certainly worth the six-minute listen.
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
NPR usually posts transcripts of their stories within a day, but it's certainly worth the six-minute listen.
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
My second favorite story of the day:
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My second favorite story of the day:
"a woman sat in the passenger seat of a car, bouncing an infant girl. The girl was silent, her eyes damp and bloodshot. Next to the car, a man screamed and stripped off his shirt. Another woman spoke to him in Spanish, telling him to let her put water on his head.
The man and the baby had both been
The man and the baby had both been
The @chicagotribune.com has updated its story to clarify that the baby was exposed to pepper spray, not tear gas
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"a woman sat in the passenger seat of a car, bouncing an infant girl. The girl was silent, her eyes damp and bloodshot. Next to the car, a man screamed and stripped off his shirt. Another woman spoke to him in Spanish, telling him to let her put water on his head.
The man and the baby had both been
The man and the baby had both been