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SNAP helps American farmers big time. Lots of small farmers, especially. Families can use their SNAP benefits at farmers markets too. The DOGE tech boys want to go after food stamps now. Every $1 in SNAP benefits helps generate an estimated $1.50 in economic activity. Hands off, punks. 🍅

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As seen on social media

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Republicans refuse to say they will not cut Social Security and Medicare. They are already going after Medicaid. “I’m not going to tell you I will never touch Social Security,” Pete Sessions said. “I don’t know what they’re proposing.” Wait for it, America. They are coming for YOUR MONEY.

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From Miles Allen: “If Elon is finding all this money , why do they need to raise the debt ceiling 4 TRILLION??? YA'LL BEING PLAYED”

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Trump’s purge of the military and replacement with white men who pledge fealty, sets the stage for massacres of civil protesters. Doing away with the JAGs sets the stage for officers and troops to ignore the Geneva Conventions. Will another Kent State ignite the masses? Watch out, America.

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New suggestion for renaming.

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@stanzman.bsky.social and now animated with song…

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"Unfortunately, rather than be shocked by each time Trump or one of his closest allies utter something openly authoritarian, we need to take a step back and realize that the Republican Party has become an authoritarian political party."

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Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to [email protected]. Ideas below, copied from social media.

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The horrors never stop. Trump threatening to cut off internet services to Ukraine? Blackmail most foul.

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This is what a real hero looks like. America desperately needs a Zelensky. open.substack.com/pub/viktorkr...

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Donald Trump's hunger for power was clearly displayed Friday in a brief exchange with Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine). But of course, his "we are the federal law" is a big change from his many, many years of campaigning on "states' rights."

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An ethical person would turn down such an appointment, knowing they did not meet the requirements. Taking the position knowing this makes him eminently unqualified.

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The dismissal of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff came as part of a broader shakeup that has rattled national security officials, who fear they could be next, report @shaneharris.bsky.social and @jonlemire.bsky.social: theatln.tc/fPpdXnEs

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The Trump administration halted defunding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after the city of Baltimore and a nonprofit filed a lawsuit.

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This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

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A federal judge in Baltimore preliminarily halted the Trump administration from enforcing portions of the president’s sweeping executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that it considers illegal and discriminatory.

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Blatant racism and misogyny. It has been there all along; bred to the bone. Thry really dont care who knows. They really don’t care it shows. They really just don’t care. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that he was firing Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to rise to the Navy’s top job of Chief of Naval Operations, and would be looking for her replacement.

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Wait, what? Like this? youtu.be/XJ9DMRKv8-k?... www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

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From WIRED, the DOGE wrecking crew. The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. None have responded to requests for comment from WIRED. Representatives from OPM, GSA, and DOGE did not respond to requests for comment.

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I need to remind myself of this. Especially now.

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"They're putting persecuted Christian refugees in camps in the jungle" sounds like something Glenn Beck would accuse the Obama administration of doing and yet now it's a pillar of the Republican agenda.

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Craziness. The US is now in the hands of the crazies.

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youtu.be/RyeYFQTUsjc

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substack.com/@krassenstei...

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The toll of climate disasters is a direct consequence of decades of disinvestment in the communities most vulnerable to crises. @zacariasm.bsky.social reports on how many disabled & elderly residents were abandoned during California wildfires. prismreports.org/2025/02/19/d...

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I am embarrassed to be an American.

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Corporations openly supporting Project 2025. Boycott on February 28. No purchases will send a big message!

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These incompetent fools.

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Flat tax starting at $75k. No exemptions. Balance the budget.

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‘Bout sums it up.

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“Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.” ― Joseph Goebbels

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Borrowed meme not sure of creator

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