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BREAKING: Federal Judge McConnell orders the Trump administration to provide full SNAP payments to states for November, finding that the administration did not comply with his order. Judge raises Trump's Truth social post as evidence that he intended to defy the order.

The Emancipation Proclamation still left many persons enslaved. Delaware and Kentucky did not end slavery until the ratification of the 13th Amendment in December of 1865. Freedom came by federal law, not a moral conscience. 63 days til Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountdowntoSRD

Seeing people emphasize the "peaceful" aspect of No Kings, so some reminders: 1. White ppl get an assumption of nonviolence, Black and brown organizers don't. 2. The State doesn't see any protest as "peaceful". 3. Most protests that aren't "peaceful" are because cops riot. Language is important.

Reminder the President is spending $25-40 million on a parade today after cutting $12 million from school lunch programs in MA and $20 million to improve air quality in Springfield, MA, which has one of the highest asthma rates in the US. Marie Antoinette had nothing on this guy.

Tambourines. Trumpets. "Blasting horns so the little fuckers had a terrible sleep.” Demonstrators outside LA-area hotels—where ICE agents are believed to be sleeping—are employing creative methods to keep those agents awake. @annamerlan.bsky.social writes on "No sleep for ICE."

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

Gestapo impersonating immigration officers.......

April 28, 2025

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In his latest post on The Crucial Years, @billmckibben.bsky.social identifies the "one immediate and overwhelming emergency" and lets us know that our actions matter. billmckibben.substack.com/p/what-is-an...

Getting reinstated to WH events is, in itself, at best irrelevant and at worst bad for AP’s coverage — WH events are propaganda events — but fighting the decision in court, and winning, was extremely important to show that Trump is not all-powerful and rolling over is not the only way to respond.

One sign showed Smokey Bear and read, “Only you can prevent forest fires. Seriously. We’ve been defunded. It’s just you now.”

Here's the entirety of today's #HandsOff march down Broadway in San Diego — 98 minutes compressed to a little over 2 minutes. Stop video at any time to view signs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltut... Story to come on Times of San Diego. @maddow.msnbc.com Marchers per minute = about 20,000.

Gainesville, GA, today. The town square was packed, deep in MAGA land. No pix of the crowd but some signs…

Sucks to be you, small businesses

If you're protesting this weekend, know your rights when interacting with law enforcement, including immigration agents.

Kennedy says he’s “realigning” toward chronic health issues. He’s going to have a hellava lot more of them to fix by eliminating care that works to assure healthy childhoods. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ready for today. Will be in Gainesville, GA.

I can't believe people still say San Diego has never won a sports national championship:

Musk is going to rack up some historic mass-murder numbers by the time he's done.

Donald Trump’s order dismantling the Dept. of Education is yet another attack on our children’s future. This isn’t about empowering states—it’s about gutting protections for students, slashing resources for public schools, + abandoning families who rely on federal support as a pathway to prosperity.

FYI criticizing Israel is not antisemitic, but supporting Israel only because you’re waiting for the Rapture to happen so all the Jews burn in Hell is.

This is a US court of law, refusing to bar illegal actions of the Executive branch out of an explicit concern that its agents will react with deadly force.

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NEWS: After an emergency meeting of Indivisible groups across the country, Indivisible is officially calling on Senate Minority Leader Schumer to step down from his leadership position. indivisible.org/statements/i...

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If this happens I will become a villain

In addition to the patients that would be affected by these cuts, seems like tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of jobs of those who provide the services stand to be lost. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

“The court concluded that the new policy from the Trump administration likely violates the faith groups' rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the First Amendment.” apple.news/A04OS6jusQc2...

Working class Americans live 6 years shorter lives than the wealthy. Doctors believe economic stress is a major factor in that disparity. I asked Americans to describe how stress impacts their lives & well-being. The responses were heartbreaking. Here are some of them:

If you take Canadian oil out of the equation, Canada actually has a trade deficit, and the U.S. has a surplus — of $58 billion. We supply cheap oil to the USA to ensure North American energy independence, so North America can never again be held hostage by OPEC countries. #Canada #Trump #cdnpoli

Maybe this will have an impact on some red voters. I think that until things do, it will be hard to change the momentum. thecurrentga.org/2025/02/10/u...

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Exclusive: FDA memo bans the words ‘woman,’ ‘disabled,’; White House calls it an error - www.reuters.com/world/us/fda...

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Good day to give some money to the ACLU

r.e. Lynch, I'm with @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social "In the arts, the torture and death of a beautiful...or young woman...was forever...portrayed as erotic, exciting, satisfying...the desire was enshrined in the films of...Hitchcock, De Palma, David Lynch,...Tarantino." & repeated IRL. Enough.

Very inspiring words from Pete Buttigieg.

Congrats to Florida! #1 in book censorship #47 in SAT scores. Way to go! #floriduh

If your mom has to step in to help you out, you probably aren’t up to the job. Just saying.