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Oh, I thought 42 million people losing the ability to buy groceries was "just" collateral damage of the shutdown, I didn't realize that there is $ available for exactly this situation but the government is refusing to use it because they want people to go hungry
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Trump Administration Won’t Use Emergency Funds for Food Stamps During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Oh, I thought 42 million people losing the ability to buy groceries was "just" collateral damage of the shutdown, I didn't realize that there is $ available for exactly this situation but the government is refusing to use it because they want people to go hungry
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
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It looks even worse by video 😢
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It looks even worse by video 😢
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"If enacted, this would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history."
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The House Republicans' Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich
The House Republican budget plan would eviscerate Medicaid and food assistance and shift resources toward the wealthiest Americans.
www.americanprogress.org
May 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"If enacted, this would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history."
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family
On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.
popular.info
April 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
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lmao Hannity's Trump accomplishments ticker got even more pathetic
April 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
lmao Hannity's Trump accomplishments ticker got even more pathetic
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worth every second
April 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
worth every second
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COURAGE. STRENGTH. INSPIRATION.
Joseph Peters has autism and lives independently in Hackensack, New Jersey. He lives in his own apartment, assisted by an aide.
Medicaid is absolutely vital to Joseph.
Cuts of any kind would be utterly devastating to Joseph’s quality of life, and to the…
Joseph Peters has autism and lives independently in Hackensack, New Jersey. He lives in his own apartment, assisted by an aide.
Medicaid is absolutely vital to Joseph.
Cuts of any kind would be utterly devastating to Joseph’s quality of life, and to the…
April 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
COURAGE. STRENGTH. INSPIRATION.
Joseph Peters has autism and lives independently in Hackensack, New Jersey. He lives in his own apartment, assisted by an aide.
Medicaid is absolutely vital to Joseph.
Cuts of any kind would be utterly devastating to Joseph’s quality of life, and to the…
Joseph Peters has autism and lives independently in Hackensack, New Jersey. He lives in his own apartment, assisted by an aide.
Medicaid is absolutely vital to Joseph.
Cuts of any kind would be utterly devastating to Joseph’s quality of life, and to the…
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Newsom: In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more to the federal government than we received back.
And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
April 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Newsom: In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more to the federal government than we received back.
And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
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Pete Hegseth just ordered the installation of a makeup studio at the Pentagon for him to prepare for his television appearances, which will cost thousands of taxpayer dollars to build.
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.
www.cbsnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Pete Hegseth just ordered the installation of a makeup studio at the Pentagon for him to prepare for his television appearances, which will cost thousands of taxpayer dollars to build.
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What about the "leaks" and National security concerns around use of a group chat on Signal to text a journalist actual war plans? 👊🇺🇸🔥 @altdod.bsky.social apnews.com/article/hegs...
Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry 'baseless attacks'
Three former senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are decrying what they called “baseless attacks” after each was escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks.
apnews.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
What about the "leaks" and National security concerns around use of a group chat on Signal to text a journalist actual war plans? 👊🇺🇸🔥 @altdod.bsky.social apnews.com/article/hegs...
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History always has a lesson.
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
History always has a lesson.
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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
April 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
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Honestly, me too.
April 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Honestly, me too.
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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
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PAYING THE GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR TO KEEP HIM AT CECOT
Van Hollen says that he asked the VP of El Salvador why his government continues to hold Abrego Garcia even though he’s not charged with any crime and there’s no evidence that he’s MS-13.
“His answer was that the Trump administration is paying the government of El Salvador to keep him at CECOT”
“His answer was that the Trump administration is paying the government of El Salvador to keep him at CECOT”
Senator Chris Van Hollen is speaking live from El Salvador, where he just met with the Salvadoran VP: www.youtube.com/live/pYZPzHy...
April 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
PAYING THE GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR TO KEEP HIM AT CECOT