Robin Englehart-Bagley
@rubyinsd.bsky.social
South Dakotan, reader, dog lover, communications professional, pragmatist.
Being the head of DHS has given Noem a larger pot of #taxpayer dollars to spend on friends. I'd say staggeringly corrupt, but it's Noem so it's to be expected. But that doesn't mean it should be tolerated. Also - on a horse at Mt Rushmore...🧀 🙄 southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/11/14/f...
Firm tied to Kristi Noem secretly got money from $220 million DHS ad contracts • South Dakota Searchlight
Noem has hailed the more than $200 million, taxpayer-funded ad campaign as a crucial tool to stem illegal immigration.
southdakotasearchlight.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Being the head of DHS has given Noem a larger pot of #taxpayer dollars to spend on friends. I'd say staggeringly corrupt, but it's Noem so it's to be expected. But that doesn't mean it should be tolerated. Also - on a horse at Mt Rushmore...🧀 🙄 southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/11/14/f...
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Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE today. Don't cross the picket line! And donate to their strike fund.
Across 25+ cities, Starbucks baristas have launched an open-ended strike. They are making the hard choice to stand up for better working conditions. Please consider making a donation in solidarity.
coworkerfund.org/support-work...
coworkerfund.org/support-work...
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE today. Don't cross the picket line! And donate to their strike fund.
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“Before the war, when I heard the rain, I used to lie in bed feeling warm & happy. Now, when it rains, I jump up to check the tent, to make sure the water isn’t coming in.”
With their homes reduced to rubble, many Palestinians in Gaza prepare for another difficult winter, Esraa Abo Qamar reports.
With their homes reduced to rubble, many Palestinians in Gaza prepare for another difficult winter, Esraa Abo Qamar reports.
Gaza prepares for another difficult winter despite the ceasefire
With their homes reduced to rubble, many Palestinians in Gaza remain displaced in tents that pose significant hazards as winter approaches
prismreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“Before the war, when I heard the rain, I used to lie in bed feeling warm & happy. Now, when it rains, I jump up to check the tent, to make sure the water isn’t coming in.”
With their homes reduced to rubble, many Palestinians in Gaza prepare for another difficult winter, Esraa Abo Qamar reports.
With their homes reduced to rubble, many Palestinians in Gaza prepare for another difficult winter, Esraa Abo Qamar reports.
What the hell is this??? A “clean CR” this is not! I hope both parties raise hell over this. #shutdown #corruption
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
What the hell is this??? A “clean CR” this is not! I hope both parties raise hell over this. #shutdown #corruption
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
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 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
The amortization will kill ya. Bet the banks love this idea.
‘Band-aid,’ ‘distraction’: Experts slam Pulte, Trump 50-year mortgage idea
‘Band-aid,’ ‘distraction’: Experts slam Pulte, Trump 50-year mortgage idea
The proposal comes after Trump directed Pulte to leverage Fannie and Freddie to ramp up the country’s stalled housing production.
dlvr.it
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The amortization will kill ya. Bet the banks love this idea.
😂
Anyone who thinks a 50 year mortgage plan is a good idea, let me introduce you to this Herbalife product I have been selling.
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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More #SNAP confusion. If you're having a hard time following this continuing story, so is everyone else. Fund partial, fund total, take it all back, fund partial? This is not how government is supposed to function. #hunger
The latest memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service said states should fund 65% of benefits for users of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or #SNAP, often called food stamps.
Via @statesnewsroom.com
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Via @statesnewsroom.com
buff.ly/EHlAJPV
States told by Trump administration to 'undo' full SNAP benefits paid for November • South Dakota Searchlight
A Saturday memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service said states should fund 65% of benefits.
southdakotasearchlight.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The threats! These folks have been working for 41 days without pay. How about some empathy??? apple.news/A9vRwTxvZQAS...
Trump tells air traffic controllers: 'Get back to work, NOW' — ABC News
Another 3,480 flights were expected to be delayed on Monday, FlightAware said.
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The threats! These folks have been working for 41 days without pay. How about some empathy??? apple.news/A9vRwTxvZQAS...
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Nonprofits in Wyoming are struggling to meet spiking demand amidst federal cuts, the government shutdown and shrinking resources. People are struggling to heat their homes or put food on the table. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/it-sucks-so-...
'It sucks so bad': Social workers scramble to meet surging needs in wake of shutdown - WyoFile
Nonprofit social-service organizations struggle to meet spiking demand amidst federal cuts, the government shutdown and shrinking resources.
wyofile.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nonprofits in Wyoming are struggling to meet spiking demand amidst federal cuts, the government shutdown and shrinking resources. People are struggling to heat their homes or put food on the table. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/it-sucks-so-...
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The administration had asked the justices last week to intervene and temporarily halt the requirement to fully fund SNAP, but that move ultimately didn’t change the outcome.
Trump administration cannot withhold full funding for food aid, US appeals court rules
A federal appeals court late on Sunday allowed a judge's order to stand that directs U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to fully fund this month's food aid benefits for 42 million low-income Americans during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The administration had asked the justices last week to intervene and temporarily halt the requirement to fully fund SNAP, but that move ultimately didn’t change the outcome.
This is banana pants. Does this apply to states that were funding it themselves? US Senators don’t know either. This isn’t governance.
Wow! The lengths Trump will go to just to make Americans starve. His administration has ordered states to “immediately undo” any steps taken to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families.
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is banana pants. Does this apply to states that were funding it themselves? US Senators don’t know either. This isn’t governance.
The latest memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service said states should fund 65% of benefits for users of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or #SNAP, often called food stamps.
Via @statesnewsroom.com
buff.ly/EHlAJPV
Via @statesnewsroom.com
buff.ly/EHlAJPV
States told by Trump administration to 'undo' full SNAP benefits paid for November • South Dakota Searchlight
A Saturday memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service said states should fund 65% of benefits.
southdakotasearchlight.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I have been emailing them about this issue with no response. None. Would be great if they gave a damn about our Armed Forces members. They seem to take people’s lives lightly
Writing about deadly strikes on ocean vessels, Rick Snedeker says "South Dakota’s all-Republican congressional delegation, with the possible exception of Rep. Dusty Johnson, hasn’t gotten very exercised about this very questionable Trump grab of congressional power."
Commentary:
Commentary:
South Dakota members of Congress stand by as Trump's deadly strikes continue • South Dakota Searchlight
Apparently, South Dakota’s all-Republican congressional delegation, with the possible exception of Rep. Dusty Johnson, hasn’t gotten very exercised about this very questionable Trump grab of…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I have been emailing them about this issue with no response. None. Would be great if they gave a damn about our Armed Forces members. They seem to take people’s lives lightly
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Christmas isn't a possibility for many this year. Trump's response? "I don't want to hear about the affordability."
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Christmas isn't a possibility for many this year. Trump's response? "I don't want to hear about the affordability."
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I hope they’re training more ghosts for this Christmas Eve
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I hope they’re training more ghosts for this Christmas Eve
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While the federal government shutdown threatens #SNAP food assistance benefits, three South Dakota counties have some of the highest percentages of federal food assistance participation in the country.
Three of the nation’s most SNAP-dependent counties are in South Dakota • South Dakota Searchlight
Three South Dakota counties have some of the highest percentages of federal food assistance participation in the country.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Thinking again how perverse it is that Musk was given a $1T salary as his cuts to USAID has led to 600,000 deaths. What a shameful world.
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thinking again how perverse it is that Musk was given a $1T salary as his cuts to USAID has led to 600,000 deaths. What a shameful world.
There is some justice in this world! The best part: "The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause injury." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u... #sandwichguy
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There is some justice in this world! The best part: "The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause injury." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u... #sandwichguy
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And this is what I heard @mikiesherrill.bsky.social say:
We have "to try to address the things that are scaring people, to try to make your life a little bit better, to try to just bring some rationality and sanity to a world that right now isn’t making a lot of sense.”
We have "to try to address the things that are scaring people, to try to make your life a little bit better, to try to just bring some rationality and sanity to a world that right now isn’t making a lot of sense.”
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
And this is what I heard @mikiesherrill.bsky.social say:
We have "to try to address the things that are scaring people, to try to make your life a little bit better, to try to just bring some rationality and sanity to a world that right now isn’t making a lot of sense.”
We have "to try to address the things that are scaring people, to try to make your life a little bit better, to try to just bring some rationality and sanity to a world that right now isn’t making a lot of sense.”
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“We want to turn the page past the divisiveness, the angriness, and just focus on brass tacks, good policy, and governance"
That was how @abigailspanberger.com began her campaign. From last year:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
That was how @abigailspanberger.com began her campaign. From last year:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Democrats’ Patriotic Vanguard
A small group of lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds prefigured Harris’s overtly patriotic campaign.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“We want to turn the page past the divisiveness, the angriness, and just focus on brass tacks, good policy, and governance"
That was how @abigailspanberger.com began her campaign. From last year:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
That was how @abigailspanberger.com began her campaign. From last year:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A win! A federal judge has ruled that the White House must once again provide American Sign Language interpreters during press briefings. The U.S. District Judge Amir Ali emphasized that these briefings inform Americans about critical
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A win! A federal judge has ruled that the White House must once again provide American Sign Language interpreters during press briefings. The U.S. District Judge Amir Ali emphasized that these briefings inform Americans about critical
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We have plenty of evidence that carbon capture doesn't work. Our government is wasting all this money on a scam.
Waste and Fraud in the Billion-Dollar Carbon Capture Tax Credit
Despite a long history of failure and fraud, U.S. leaders are cranking open the 45Q cash spigot for the carbon capture c
www.foodandwaterwatch.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We have plenty of evidence that carbon capture doesn't work. Our government is wasting all this money on a scam.
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Another win! 🎉 Mikie Sherrill has won the New Jersey governor’s race!
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Another win! 🎉 Mikie Sherrill has won the New Jersey governor’s race!
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“We — as his eldest son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren — believe that now is the time to follow in his footsteps and stand for the values he truly wished to share with us and all Americans: compassion, inclusiveness and justice for all,” they wrote. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
“We — as his eldest son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren — believe that now is the time to follow in his footsteps and stand for the values he truly wished to share with us and all Americans: compassion, inclusiveness and justice for all,” they wrote. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...