About half of what it was going to cost to fully fund SNAP in November during the shutdown.

I think I’m gonna be sick. Every day we sink lower and lower into the darkest depths of depravity. No one with even the slightest bit of a conscience can watch this and not be horrified. If you support this you are a psychopath. There’s no debate. This is psychopathic behavior plain and simple.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻@longtimehistory.bsky.social · 11mo ago

ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler. "He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!" Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child. Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.

Cutting flights because of the govt shutdown is a stunt, plain and simple

Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.

BREAKING: Plaintiffs must now be referred to by their biological descriptor, "asshole," because to call them otherwise would convey a falsehood.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11mo ago

BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit, in a 10-7 en banc decision, holds that an Ohio school district's anti-bullying policy that requires students to use children's preferred pronouns is likely unconstitutional on these facts. Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.

Greetings from beautiful New Mexico, where 21% of our population--mostly children, seniors, and disabled folks--rely on SNAP for basic food needs. Unless you would look a 5 year-old or an 85 year-old in the face and say they should starve, lean on your Members of Congress to fund SNAP.

So we're just disappearing folks who protest.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 12mo ago

A Portland mother was violently pushed to the ground and has since been transported across state lines. Her husband has no idea when they’ll hear from her again. trib.al/89dsyj8

something something religious liberty, amirite?

RNS@rns.org · 12mo ago

Every Friday for the past 19 years, a group of Catholics has prayed the rosary outside an ICE detention facility in Illinois, having largely cordial interactions with the agents. But ICE’s demeanor began to change earlier this year, then shifted dramatically roughly two months ago.

"I'm scrapping my car because it no longer runs ever since the day I syphoned out all of the gas." -- Vought

Reuters@reuters.com · 12mo ago

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

Super Mario

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · last yr.

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

Public Statement from the Chief of PR for Antifa™️: We at ANTIFA have reviewed all evidence, eye-witness accounts and legal documents pertaining to the United States' Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. It is our determination that we must designate "ICE" as an illegal terrorist operation.

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day from beautiful New Mexico, where 11% of our population are members of 19 Pueblos, 3 Apache tribes, and the Navajo Nation.

Y'all, Columbus was such a shit explorer that he wrecked one of his ships, and only then found out he was two whole continents away from his intended destination. SAD!

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

This GOP move does several things: + No votes in the House until at least October 14 + No swearing-in for Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ + No 218th signature from Grijalva on the Epstein Files discharge petition + Continues the House 'jam' of the Senate on the CR

Jamie Dupree@jamiedupree.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨🚨The House reading clerk just read a letter from House Speaker Mike Johnson where he declares a 'District Work Period' from October 7 to October 13. That would mean no votes in the House until mid-month.

Among all of the terrifying examples of our emerging authoritarian state, this one is particularly terrifying. A journalist was legally authorized to remain in the US and work. BIA reopened his case and allowed him to be deported--all because he reported on ICE detention practices.

CNN@cnn.com · last yr.

The reporter was arrested while reporting from a “No Kings Day” protest in June and was deported on Friday — a major blow to press freedoms, say groups including the ACLU.

Today in life under competitive authoritarianism

Hamed Aleaziz@haleaziz.bsky.social · last yr.

ICE had made only 85 arrests in Washington from Jan. 20 through the end of July. But from early August until mid-September, ICE made around 1,200 arrests, according to officials with knowledge of the data. We detail how that happened: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...

Serious question: has the Fed govt ever arrested so many elected officials in such a short period of time, across multiple cities, and not for legit corruption reasons? This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.

I think he knows the depth of resistance he will encounter in Chicago, and is counting on that as justification for a brutal crackdown. Chicagoans will not go quietly into this good night

PBS News@pbsnews.org · last yr.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “dangerous cities” could be “training grounds” for troops. https://to.pbs.org/3ILrLfb

“Hamas” seems to just mean “the people who live in Gaza” at this point.

Before this administration, presidents had deployed the military to quell civil unrest or enforce the law only 30 times in the nation’s entire history. As of yesterday, President Trump has done so three times (with a fourth in the works) in just over eight months. 1/5

There's going to be national grief and outrage, televised speeches from the decedents' families, lowered flags, and prayers on the House floor for these people, right? RIGHT?

Brandy Schillace@bschillace.brandyschillace.com · last yr.

BREAKING: Further confirmation that the shooter targeted immigrant detainees, not #ICE agents. All three #shooting victims were people ICE was holding and processing at the center. The shooter died of a self inflicted would and has been described as a white male www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-...

Tillis is one of just a few Republicans speaking out against the divisive, often violent, rhetoric in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. trib.al/MRbqqPP

Thom Tillis Trashes MAGA’s Response to Charlie Kirk’s Death

Tillis is one of just a few Republicans speaking out against the divisive, often violent, rhetoric.

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It'd be nice if there was a moment of reflection from the many cis people who just witnessed the WSJ attempt to initiate a pogrom against trans Americans at the behest of a fascist influencer. But I won't hold my breath.

/4 The other thing is this: I don't particularly buy the notion that being willing to go anywhere and say shitty things to anyone makes you a hero. Does it make you better than someone willing to go anywhere to beat anyone up? Yeah I guess.

Today, we mourn the memory of those we lost on September 11, 2001. We also come together to honor the brave heroes, like our first responders, who risked their lives that tragic day to save countless others. Their sacrifice can never be repaid. We will never forget.

They are not reporting the words or symbols. We have no idea what constitutes “trans and antifascist ideology” because they haven’t revealed pics of the bullets or even what the symbols/words are. This story is going viral nonetheless and will no doubt become common knowledge.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · last yr.

Ammunition engraved with transgender and antifascist ideology was found inside the rifle authorities believe was used in Kirk’s shooting, sources say.