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The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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There are gonna be disabled folks who can't contribute anything to The Cause. They have no money, no energy, no physical ability, no time. They will need to receive and will never be able to give back. You gotta save them, too. Especially them.
Please don't leave disabled people behind in your revolution. Please do not see us as sacrifices for the greater good, or dead weight. Please see our lives as worth saving, too.
November 9, 2024 at 11:27 PM
There are gonna be disabled folks who can't contribute anything to The Cause. They have no money, no energy, no physical ability, no time. They will need to receive and will never be able to give back. You gotta save them, too. Especially them.
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Somebody should definitely go "Isn't having the name Jesus currently grounds to be detained by ICE?"
Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Somebody should definitely go "Isn't having the name Jesus currently grounds to be detained by ICE?"
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Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...
June 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...
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Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.
April 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.
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Only after further photos were posted did they admit to these officers having "long range firearm" and being there to provide "overwatch support"
www.thelantern.com/2024/04/univ...
www.thelantern.com/2024/04/univ...
Lantern confirms officers on Ohio Union’s roof had firearms once arrests began
A version of this story was published Thursday at 8:55 p.m., and has since been removed following updated information. Around 8:15 p.m. Thursday, university spokesperson Ben Johnson said there were no...
www.thelantern.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Only after further photos were posted did they admit to these officers having "long range firearm" and being there to provide "overwatch support"
www.thelantern.com/2024/04/univ...
www.thelantern.com/2024/04/univ...
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One year ago today, Ohio State University had snipers aimed at students protesting for Palestine on the South Oval and lied to the media about it when I drew attention to it on xhitter.
April 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
One year ago today, Ohio State University had snipers aimed at students protesting for Palestine on the South Oval and lied to the media about it when I drew attention to it on xhitter.
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“Bonus” that the ruling also defines intersex people out of existence. So thanks so much for putting your fandom obsession before REAL people the author is using your money to target. Yes, I am pissed. You should absolutely feel bad. And find a new non-shitty fandom.
April 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“Bonus” that the ruling also defines intersex people out of existence. So thanks so much for putting your fandom obsession before REAL people the author is using your money to target. Yes, I am pissed. You should absolutely feel bad. And find a new non-shitty fandom.
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
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There's actually a Nazi version of this joke:
Rabbits from Germany are trying to cross the boder to the Netherlands.
- Why, asks the customs officer
- The Gestapo is persecuting all giraffes as enemies of the state.
- But you are rabbits.
- You tell the Gestapo
Rabbits from Germany are trying to cross the boder to the Netherlands.
- Why, asks the customs officer
- The Gestapo is persecuting all giraffes as enemies of the state.
- But you are rabbits.
- You tell the Gestapo
March 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
There's actually a Nazi version of this joke:
Rabbits from Germany are trying to cross the boder to the Netherlands.
- Why, asks the customs officer
- The Gestapo is persecuting all giraffes as enemies of the state.
- But you are rabbits.
- You tell the Gestapo
Rabbits from Germany are trying to cross the boder to the Netherlands.
- Why, asks the customs officer
- The Gestapo is persecuting all giraffes as enemies of the state.
- But you are rabbits.
- You tell the Gestapo
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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Each of us needs to ask ourselves if we're aiming for the abolition of capitalism, imperialism, colonialism, and cishetereopatriarchy, or if we simply want a return to a more polite imperialism. Ask if your current actions are consistent with your aims.
April 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Each of us needs to ask ourselves if we're aiming for the abolition of capitalism, imperialism, colonialism, and cishetereopatriarchy, or if we simply want a return to a more polite imperialism. Ask if your current actions are consistent with your aims.
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Dear university presidents:
There’s no appeasing this administration or the rabid American right.
They hate and resent you and everything you represent. They want to destroy you and your institutions.
If they succeed, all is lost.
Do you god damn job and stand the fuck up for your students.
There’s no appeasing this administration or the rabid American right.
They hate and resent you and everything you represent. They want to destroy you and your institutions.
If they succeed, all is lost.
Do you god damn job and stand the fuck up for your students.
March 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Dear university presidents:
There’s no appeasing this administration or the rabid American right.
They hate and resent you and everything you represent. They want to destroy you and your institutions.
If they succeed, all is lost.
Do you god damn job and stand the fuck up for your students.
There’s no appeasing this administration or the rabid American right.
They hate and resent you and everything you represent. They want to destroy you and your institutions.
If they succeed, all is lost.
Do you god damn job and stand the fuck up for your students.
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So, which is it?
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
March 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So, which is it?
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
Silly thought...
Are there any Non-Governmental Organizations around the globe whose initials are B. I. ???
🤔🤔🤔
Because if so, they would be the B. I. N-G-O
[starts singing the childhood song 🎶 ...]
Are there any Non-Governmental Organizations around the globe whose initials are B. I. ???
🤔🤔🤔
Because if so, they would be the B. I. N-G-O
[starts singing the childhood song 🎶 ...]
March 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Silly thought...
Are there any Non-Governmental Organizations around the globe whose initials are B. I. ???
🤔🤔🤔
Because if so, they would be the B. I. N-G-O
[starts singing the childhood song 🎶 ...]
Are there any Non-Governmental Organizations around the globe whose initials are B. I. ???
🤔🤔🤔
Because if so, they would be the B. I. N-G-O
[starts singing the childhood song 🎶 ...]
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A great idea! Pass it on. 🇨🇦
March 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A great idea! Pass it on. 🇨🇦
Every Republican and conservative is a murderer, and loves murder.
They just love other people to do their dirty work for them, via policies that CAUSE death, rather than proximal stuff like actually pulling a trigger, for instance
Housing inaccessibility when vacant homes exist *IS* violence
They just love other people to do their dirty work for them, via policies that CAUSE death, rather than proximal stuff like actually pulling a trigger, for instance
Housing inaccessibility when vacant homes exist *IS* violence
February 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Every Republican and conservative is a murderer, and loves murder.
They just love other people to do their dirty work for them, via policies that CAUSE death, rather than proximal stuff like actually pulling a trigger, for instance
Housing inaccessibility when vacant homes exist *IS* violence
They just love other people to do their dirty work for them, via policies that CAUSE death, rather than proximal stuff like actually pulling a trigger, for instance
Housing inaccessibility when vacant homes exist *IS* violence
February 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Final* count for 2024
2024 has officially set a new record for total police shooting fatalities with 1,173. This unseats 2023's 1,164.
On average, that is one person shot and killed by police every 7.5 hours.
A person in mental health crisis was shot and killed every 2.1 days.
*Subject to update
2024 has officially set a new record for total police shooting fatalities with 1,173. This unseats 2023's 1,164.
On average, that is one person shot and killed by police every 7.5 hours.
A person in mental health crisis was shot and killed every 2.1 days.
*Subject to update
January 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Final* count for 2024
2024 has officially set a new record for total police shooting fatalities with 1,173. This unseats 2023's 1,164.
On average, that is one person shot and killed by police every 7.5 hours.
A person in mental health crisis was shot and killed every 2.1 days.
*Subject to update
2024 has officially set a new record for total police shooting fatalities with 1,173. This unseats 2023's 1,164.
On average, that is one person shot and killed by police every 7.5 hours.
A person in mental health crisis was shot and killed every 2.1 days.
*Subject to update
January 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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And true to form: Party City has been owned by a private equity group since 2005 - which is actually a long time for a store to remain in business once some equity group buys it.
Private equity "money to make money" companies are a cancer on retail.
Private equity "money to make money" companies are a cancer on retail.
December 20, 2024 at 6:15 PM
And true to form: Party City has been owned by a private equity group since 2005 - which is actually a long time for a store to remain in business once some equity group buys it.
Private equity "money to make money" companies are a cancer on retail.
Private equity "money to make money" companies are a cancer on retail.
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Today, the city of Columbus evicted six houseless encampments. Tonight is set to be the coldest night of the year so far. 50+ unhoused people have had to scramble to find other arrangements for shelter and safety with the help of dedicated mutual aid volunteers.
December 18, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Today, the city of Columbus evicted six houseless encampments. Tonight is set to be the coldest night of the year so far. 50+ unhoused people have had to scramble to find other arrangements for shelter and safety with the help of dedicated mutual aid volunteers.
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Now is a great time to start masking again.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first case of severe bird flu in the United States: A patient hospitalized in Louisiana
CDC confirms 1st case of severe bird flu in US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of severe bird flu in the U.S. on Wednesday.
abcnews.go.com
December 18, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Now is a great time to start masking again.