@wpaulfarmer.bsky.social
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
Education Department takes a major step forward in the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle it
The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
trib.al
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
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"These breaks come in addition to the roughly $4 trillion package of tax cuts that President Trump signed into law in July..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"These breaks come in addition to the roughly $4 trillion package of tax cuts that President Trump signed into law in July..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Obama was once asked about DJT’s animosity toward him. And Obama’s answer? Something like, “Well, we just never seemed to get along, growing up together in Kenya.”
His "concept" of a Healthcare Plan is finally revealed. It involves eliminating the Insurance Industry & people purchasing their OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE. Unrelated, note his obsessive envy of Obama, historically rated 1 of our finest presidents, who he still believes was born in Kenya.
#sad 🤣
#sad 🤣
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Obama was once asked about DJT’s animosity toward him. And Obama’s answer? Something like, “Well, we just never seemed to get along, growing up together in Kenya.”
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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Air travel during the Trump administration:
"Photos from Houston's Bush Intercontinental airport show TSA lines at Terminal E extending outside the building and down the sidewalk Sunday night.
At 6:15PM, new photos showed the same long lines hours later..."
www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...
"Photos from Houston's Bush Intercontinental airport show TSA lines at Terminal E extending outside the building and down the sidewalk Sunday night.
At 6:15PM, new photos showed the same long lines hours later..."
www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Air travel during the Trump administration:
"Photos from Houston's Bush Intercontinental airport show TSA lines at Terminal E extending outside the building and down the sidewalk Sunday night.
At 6:15PM, new photos showed the same long lines hours later..."
www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...
"Photos from Houston's Bush Intercontinental airport show TSA lines at Terminal E extending outside the building and down the sidewalk Sunday night.
At 6:15PM, new photos showed the same long lines hours later..."
www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...
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In case facts still matter
October 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In case facts still matter
I would add only one, additional concern. The need for a large and reliable electricity supply means a large and reliable water supply. That usually means underground sources that are plentiful, take a thousand years to create but can be exhausted within decades. That’s an 800 pound gorilla.
In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I would add only one, additional concern. The need for a large and reliable electricity supply means a large and reliable water supply. That usually means underground sources that are plentiful, take a thousand years to create but can be exhausted within decades. That’s an 800 pound gorilla.
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“[T]he donation appears to be a potential violation of the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits federal agencies from spending money in excess of congressional appropriations or from accepting voluntary services.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“[T]he donation appears to be a potential violation of the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits federal agencies from spending money in excess of congressional appropriations or from accepting voluntary services.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
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The scope is growing: Trump is now calling for the criminal prosecutions of perceived political foes Christopher Wray, Jack Smith, Merrick Garland, and Lisa Monaco — mischaracterizing records and falsely claiming they'd rigged the 2020 election.
October 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The scope is growing: Trump is now calling for the criminal prosecutions of perceived political foes Christopher Wray, Jack Smith, Merrick Garland, and Lisa Monaco — mischaracterizing records and falsely claiming they'd rigged the 2020 election.
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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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10 months in and…
Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt. Shoppers say they are cutting back on purchases, stockpiling certain foods or exploring more-affordable stores. www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt. Shoppers say they are cutting back on purchases, stockpiling certain foods or exploring more-affordable stores. www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt.
Shoppers say they are cutting back on purchases, stockpiling certain foods or exploring more-affordable stores.
www.wsj.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
10 months in and…
Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt. Shoppers say they are cutting back on purchases, stockpiling certain foods or exploring more-affordable stores. www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt. Shoppers say they are cutting back on purchases, stockpiling certain foods or exploring more-affordable stores. www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
Mr. Speaker, did you have a really bad day. Your memory seems to show that your cognitive decline is severe. DJT and your party staged a violent insurrection against our constitution and the front-line officers protecting our democratic leaders, including you, as the mob tried to kill VP Pence.
Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Mr. Speaker, did you have a really bad day. Your memory seems to show that your cognitive decline is severe. DJT and your party staged a violent insurrection against our constitution and the front-line officers protecting our democratic leaders, including you, as the mob tried to kill VP Pence.
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."
October 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."
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If James visits the home regularly then it is available to her for personal use, which means it is not a “rental investment property” as defined by the mortgage rider…and therefore negates the central claim of the indictment
NYT reports that Letitia James’s great niece lives in the home that is the subject of the indictment.
The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
October 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If James visits the home regularly then it is available to her for personal use, which means it is not a “rental investment property” as defined by the mortgage rider…and therefore negates the central claim of the indictment
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“Trump’s remarks were not…merely among the most disturbing or dangerous ever delivered by a US president. None, even during civil war or other moments of unrest, has so openly and hostilely targeted their own civilians.” @djrothkopf.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-gener...
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-gener...
Trump’s Generals Speech Proved to Be Dumb, Deluded... and Dangerous
President Trump and Pentagon Pete seem determined to declare war on America itself.
www.thedailybeast.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“Trump’s remarks were not…merely among the most disturbing or dangerous ever delivered by a US president. None, even during civil war or other moments of unrest, has so openly and hostilely targeted their own civilians.” @djrothkopf.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-gener...
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-gener...
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“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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Neguse: "I would challenge anyone to make sense of the rantings and ravings you just heard from the president. These are not serious people tweeting out offensive videos last night on Truth Social ... I think it's important for all of us to acknowledge what we see with our own eyes"
September 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Neguse: "I would challenge anyone to make sense of the rantings and ravings you just heard from the president. These are not serious people tweeting out offensive videos last night on Truth Social ... I think it's important for all of us to acknowledge what we see with our own eyes"
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Democrats are standing united, ready to fund the government and save Americans’ health care.
Republicans left town, refused to negotiate, and would rather shut down the government and rip health care away from millions more Americans.
Republicans left town, refused to negotiate, and would rather shut down the government and rip health care away from millions more Americans.
September 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Democrats are standing united, ready to fund the government and save Americans’ health care.
Republicans left town, refused to negotiate, and would rather shut down the government and rip health care away from millions more Americans.
Republicans left town, refused to negotiate, and would rather shut down the government and rip health care away from millions more Americans.
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Vaccines don't cause autism. What does? Mostly genes.
The number of people diagnosed with autism as screening has improved and the definition of autism has been expanded.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The number of people diagnosed with autism as screening has improved and the definition of autism has been expanded.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Vaccines don't cause autism. What does?
Scientists say most brain changes that contribute to autistic traits occur before birth.
www.nbcnews.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Vaccines don't cause autism. What does? Mostly genes.
The number of people diagnosed with autism as screening has improved and the definition of autism has been expanded.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The number of people diagnosed with autism as screening has improved and the definition of autism has been expanded.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...