https://archive.is/HGO0P

Rollins has made a case for sweeping changes to SNAP by asserting her agency uncovered "massive fraud" in state data the agency demanded, and has emphasized statistics suggesting wrongdoing without providing the underlying data or details.

I would love to see the evidence they've gathered.

I may even use foiabuddy to ask for it. I suppose that'd make me a target.

https://archive.is/bGOcM

According to the final agency decision, the President may now fire female federal workers like Ms. Nemer — because of their sex — and the law would have nothing to say about it

The 𝓯𝓾𝓬𝓴 he can!

Archive link: http://archive.today/WKAfF

For too long, Americans were fed a false narrative that they should feel individually guilty about the climate crisis. The reality is that only a handful of powerful individuals bear the personal responsibility. The nation’s worst polluters managed to evade accountability and scrutiny for decades as they helped the fossil fuel industry destroy our planet. The actions of these climate supervillains have affected millions of people, disproportionately hurting the vulnerable who have done the least to contribute to global emissions. Working- and middle-class people must stop blaming themselves for the climate crisis. Instead, it’s time to band together to seek justice and hold these profiteers accountable. Only in calling out their power and culpability is it possible to reclaim the world that belongs to all of us, together.

I am filled with disgust.

The Supreme Court is temporarily blocking a judge’s order requiring Donald Trump’s administration to fully fund a critical food assistance program that has stranded millions of Americans and their families after the government failed to keep it afloat at the start of the month.

And a nontrivial amount of confusion

But the administration is simultaneously telling states that it will immediately begin funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after a weeklong lapse — the first in the program’s 61-year history.

I'm wondering how they're going to use this opportunity to continue to prioritize cruelty.

Edit: I am no longer filled with disgust about this particular choice as I see that in doing this, Justice Brown has, quite counterintuitively, most likely made it so that people get food sooner.

Explainer here: https://piefed.world/comment/2443735

That's not going to happen...

WASHINGTON — A Rhode Island federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to find enough money to restore full funding for SNAP benefits by Friday.

In failing to fully fund the food assistance program that covers 42 million low-income Americans, U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell Jr. said the government "failed to consider the harms individuals who rely on those benefits would suffer."

"Failed" ...was calculated cruelty. Calculated

The ruling Thursday afternoon comes in response to a challenge filed by cities and nonprofits after the administration said it would halt funding for the program on Nov. 1. McConnell and another federal judge in Boston ordered the government to use emergency funds to keep SNAP funding flowing, but Trump administration officials said it was only able to partially cover the payments.

And they say they can't because of the rules. The rules... So when it benefits them, sure deport citizens to El Salvador, ignore the courts, but now, when it suits them, NOW the rules matter.

And at the same time we've got Fox being even more racist than normal about snap benefits... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1XjTR_Tr9s

As I understand it, Mike Johnson has halted all proceedings, effectively performing a coup.

No Epstein investigation (or any other), no government reopening, no accountability for ICE...

This is bad.

Here's a FB post (sorry) with some disturbing, and I fear accurate, analysis of the situation: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14Kw1FCe5dC/

https://pastebin.com/4mATNWFf I pasted it here. Check out the OP https://whiteroseresistance.org/

Had to use the archive address because frankly the site just will not load anymore. The page says: "The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people."

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Here's a recent post regarding a related NPR article: https://beehaw.org/post/22445210

I've heard but can't yet verify that x and reddit are exempt. Still bluesky is still doing this. Enough to make me seriously question their motivations.

I don't see how this could be seen as anything but a violation of privacy and an attempt to chill free speech.

I had no idea there was a federal law regarding this!

This is a talk that was in the voting village at defcon in 2025. It details how voting machine software was stolen by Republicans and also some other compelling evidence. I was in the room for this. It still has me a bit shook

An interesting development, but I doubt it'll be a good thing, especially at first. This looks like the kind of thing that will be an entirely new threat vector and a huge liability, even when used in the most secure way possible, but especially when used in a haphazard way that we'll certainly see from some of the early adoptors.

Just because you can do a thing, does not mean that you should.

I almost feel like this should have an NSFW tag because this will almost certainly not be safe for work.

Edit: looks like the article preview is failing to load... I'll try to fix it. ... Nope. Couldn't fix.

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