#USDA says NO #food #aid benefits will be issued next month

The #US Dept of Agriculture said Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing #government #shutdown.

The shutdown is now in its 25th day, w/ #Republicans refusing to negotiate w/ #Democrats in #Congress.

#SNAP #FoodStamps #Trump #RFKJr #PublicHealth #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-department-agriculture-says-no-food-aid-benefits-will-be-issued-next-month-2025-10-26/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

"Donald Trump has leveraged the presidency to boost his personal worth by $3 billion since returning to office, and his favor-seeking donors have contributed $300 million for a garish White House ballroom. Millions of taxpayer dollars are being used to arm ICE with military-grade weaponry, but Trump’s cuts to USAID are expected to kill millions of children around the globe."

#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #HealthInsurance #PopeLeo #EconomicElites #children #USAID #ballroom #ICE
/8

"Will [Pope] Leo’s message be received? As of this writing, 154,000 New York City schoolchildren are homeless. The richest 10 percent of Americans account for half of all consumer spending, while many of their fellow citizens struggle to pay for food and shelter."

~ Commonweal

#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices #HealthInsurance #PopeLeo #EconomicElites #children
/7

https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-dilexi-te-editorial-francis-pope-catholic-poor

As places where #Republican-majority legislatures are unwilling or unable to heed #Trump, it’s made the 2 states outliers in the #redistricting rush.

Lawmakers in the 2 states still may be persuaded, & the White House push, which has included an Oval Office meeting for #Indiana lawmakers & 2 trips to Indianapolis by VP #JDVance, is expected to continue. But for now, it’s a rare setback for Trump & his efforts to maintain a compliant #GOP-held #Congress after the 2026 #midterms.

#law #Kansas

For most of #Trump’s 2nd term, #Republicans have bent to his will. But in 2 Midwestern states, Trump’s plan to maintain control of the US #House in next year’s election by having Republicans redraw congressional districts has hit a roadblock.

Despite weeks of campaigning by the White House, Republicans in #Indiana & #Kansas say their party doesn’t have enough votes to pass new, more #GOP-friendly maps.

#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #rigged #elections
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-indiana-kansas-trump-pressure-2026-election-506c874ec90c7f68167e0683b207dc41

"And yet, at the same time the Department of Agriculture says it cannot spend its $6 billion in reserves to address the $8 billion needed for SNAP in November, the administration easily found $20 billion to prop up right-wing Trump ally Javier Milei in Argentina.

What are we doing here?”

#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices #Argentina #HealthInsurance
/6

“Not only will the loss of SNAP create more hunger in the richest country on earth, it will also rip a hole in local economies just as people’s health insurance premiums skyrocket."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices #Argentina #HealthInsurance
/5

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-25-2025

"Forty-two million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which could soon run out of funds.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration refuses to use emergency funds to help."

#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices
/4

“'Food lines like we saw during COVID are back,' I reported. 'Hunger in America is on page one of multiple news outlets.' In Tennessee alone, 690,000 people are facing a lapse in food assistance. In Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel warns that 700,000 could lose access to the state’s FoodShare program. In Massachusetts, one million residents risk losing their food aid."

#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices
/3

"Food lines stretch from Boston to Milwaukee. We haven’t seen images of food lines like this since, well, the last time Trump was president. And while families wonder how they’ll put dinner on the table, Trump is off ranting about tariffs and lying about Ronald Reagan from 35,000 feet.

According to CNN, 1.4 million federal employees are currently either on unpaid leave or working without pay. Across the country, hunger is rising."

#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices
/2

"In the dead of night, Donald Trump slipped out of the White House and boarded Air Force One for a trip to Asia. Twenty-four days into a government shutdown of his own making, Trump became the first president in American history to leave the country during an active shutdown. Millions of federal workers remain furloughed or unpaid."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices
/1

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/breaking-saturday-afternoon-news

#Talking badly about #capitalism amounts to #domestic #terrorism ?

President #Trump & #USPol

The detention by #immigration authorities of a #Chicago man whose 16-year-old daughter is undergoing treatment for advanced cancer is illegal, & he must be given a bond hearing by Oct. 31, a federal judge has ruled.

#law #DueProcess #Trump #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-man-daughter-cancer-2a7a78244d9df47cebe6a561e02861c9

6. And, right on cue, to prove my point, this pops into my feed.

You retard is about the best these folks have got. And it says much about them that they have no clue what issuing these lame, silly taunts says about THEM.

#Trump #MAGA #trolling #NoKings #ApprovalRatings #WhiteHouse #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EastWing #Canada #tariffs
/6

Alt...

A posting to my feed today calling me a retard for reporting on MAGA fury and MAGA trolling

4. Finally, oh, Canada! Doug Ford has trolled Trump big-time with his anti-tariff add with video clips of Reagan talking, and:

"Airing it during a major sports event being watched by millions of Americans may further aggravate Trump.

'We've achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences at the highest levels,' Ford said.

~ Tim Reid

#Trump #MAGA #trolling #NoKings #ApprovalRatings #WhiteHouse #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EastWing #Canada #tariffs
/5

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ghost-oval-office-how-reagan-looms-over-trump-presidency-2025-10-25/

3. Then there's Trump's ever-cratering approval rating, with disapproval at 56% compared to 39% approval in a graphic issued yesterday by The Economist.

More MAGA fury. More trolling of social media feeds, since bullying and trolling is all these folks know how to do.

#Trump #MAGA #trolling #NoKings #ApprovalRatings #WhiteHouse #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EastWing #Canada #tariffs
/4

https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker

Alt...

Results of a poll by The Economist showing Trump with a 56% disapproval rating compared to 39% approval in a graphic issued yesterday

Instead, a large percentage of Americans are furious about the teardown of the east wing and the plans to construct a Trump (and Epstein) ballroom, and this response is triggering MAGA.

So they're all over social media issuing immature taunts to anyone daring to share photos of the teardown and express dismay about it.

#Trump #MAGA #trolling #NoKings #ApprovalRatings #WhiteHouse #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EastWing #Canada #tariffs
/3

2. No Kings was followed by Trump demonstrating his contempt for and trolling a majority of Americans with his AI excrement video, and then his teardown of the east wing of the White House to build a honking big, vulgar shrine to himself.

Trump is trolling a majority of Americans by doing this, and MAGA apparently thought we'd respond with silent fury.

#Trump #MAGA #trolling #NoKings #ApprovalRatings #WhiteHouse #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EastWing #Canada #tariffs
/2

MAGA's triggered right now. It's being reported that social media feeds are being swarmed by MAGAs slinging insults at anyone who dares to question the majesty of and sagacity of Donald.

What has them triggered:

1. The big turnout for No Kings, which they've tried to pretend was a tiny turnout of paid agitators.

#Trump #MAGA #trolling #NoKings #ApprovalRatings #WhiteHouse #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EastWing #Canada #tariffs
/1

#Trump announces 10% increase in #tariffs on #Canada

Trump said on Saturday he was increasing tariffs on Canada an additional 10% "above what they're paying now," just days after ending trade talks with #Ottawa over what Trump described as a misleading ad.

#petty #narcissist #economy #inflation #recession #trumpcession
https://www.reuters.com/business/trump-announces-10-increase-tariffs-canada-2025-10-25/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

"All we have is Pete Hegseth’s word for it — and Trump’s — and let’s be honest, neither carries much credibility anymore. It’s less national security than stagecraft, designed to sell strength where there’s only showmanship."

#Trump #Venezuela #military #murder
/9

"Let’s not kid ourselves. This isn’t a war on drugs; it’s a war on optics. Trump’s trying to look strong, disciplined, and in control while his administration quietly bleeds credibility. So far, no credible evidence has been shown to the American people that any of these so-called 'narco-terrorist' strikes actually hit vessels carrying drugs, or even capable of making it anywhere close to America’s shores."

~ Michael Cohen

#Trump #Venezuela #military #murder
/8

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/the-narco-war-no-one-believes

Landry Ayres offers three short video clips commenting "on how Trump has stripped America’s institutions of their ethical core."

#Trump #ethics
/7

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/what-kind-of-country-is-trump-turning

(continued from /3)

"and also room for people who belong to a militarized hate group like the Republican Party, who are actively engaged in excluding and terrorizing and killing all those other sorts of people, or (more likely) in hiring people to do it for them, so they can feel safe while they wait for heaven."

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #ChristianNationalism #authoritarianism
/

A.R. Moxon, whose parents were Christian missionaries, writes,

"I do wonder at what point churches will realize that there can't possibly be room in their pews for both Jesus—that is, for the prisoner and the sick and the stranger and the outcast—"

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #ChristianNationalism #authoritarianism
/3

https://www.the-reframe.com/america-haters/?ref=the-reframe-newsletter

Often, the money arrived after little courtship or warning. When #TimothyMellon donated >$50 million in securities to help #Texas build a #BorderWall, Gov. #GregAbbott’s political aides were surprised by the gift…. (Mellon wrote that he liked to donate to government entities in part because the gifts are tax-deductible.)

#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #ConspiracyTheories #billionaires #law #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited

#TimothyMellon’s contributions rose dramatically around 2018: He gave millions to support congressional races. He poured about $20 million into #Trump’s failed 2020 re-election bid without ever having met him. And he has donated millions to the political committee of the #HeritageFoundation, the #conservative think tank that has become an engine of #Trumpism.

#WhiteSupremacy #ConspiracyTheories #billionaires #law #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited

As his political views hardened, his donations became intermittent & relatively modest — until recently. #TimothyMellon donated just a couple thousand dollars to the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush & John McCain. But in 2010, he gave $1.5 million for a fund Gov. Janet Brewer of #Arizona set up to defend the state’s harsh #immigration enforcement law in court.

#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #ConspiracyTheories #billionaires #law #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited

"A lot of people around the world are dying because of Donald Trump’s policies. The entire budget of USAID, an agency that existed in part to feed starving children and make sure they didn’t die from preventable diseases, was less than the $40 billion being allocated to Argentina. But USAID was dismantled in the name of efficiency and children are dead because of that decision."

#Trump #Argentina #Milei #authoritarianism #economy #shutdown #beef #agriculture #ranchers #farmers #groceries
/5

…in the 1980s, #TimothyMellon wrote in his memoir, he came to resent “citizens dependent upon government largess,” whom he called “slaves of a new Master, Uncle Sam.”

“Black people, in spite of heroic efforts by the ‘Establishment’ to right the wrongs of the past, became even more belligerent & unwilling to pitch in to improve their own situations,” he wrote.

#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #ConspiracyTheories #billionaires #law #AntideficiencyAct

"'If I can help them survive in a free world, I happen to like the president of Argentina. I think he’s trying to do the best he can, but don’t make it sound like they’re doing great. They are dying. All right, they’re dying.'

The misogynistic condescension is always a nice touch, but the idea that Donald cares that Argentina is 'dying' is a bridge too far."

#Trump #Argentina #Milei #authoritarianism #economy #shutdown #beef #agriculture #ranchers #farmers #groceries #prices #food
/4

"'Argentina’s fighting for its life? Young lady, you don’t know anything about it. They’re fighting for their life. Nothing’s benefiting Argentina. They’re fighting for their life. You understand what that means? They have no money. They have no anything. They’re fighting so hard to survive.'"

#Trump #Argentina #Milei #authoritarianism #economy #shutdown #beef #agriculture #ranchers #farmers #groceries #prices #food
/3

"So, in the middle of our government shutdown and our own struggling economy, Donald has decided to give $40 billion of our money to a foreign country simply because the Argentinian president likes him and is quite adept at kissing his ass. When asked about this bizarre turn of events and its potentially negative impact on American cattle ranchers, Donald said:"

#Trump #Argentina #Milei #authoritarianism #economy #shutdown #beef #agriculture #ranchers #farmers #groceries #prices #food
/2

"NBC News reports that Donald is doubling the amount being given to Argentina to $40 billion. The plan is apparently meant to stabilize the struggling Argentinian economy and bolster Milei to help keep him in power."

~ Mary Trump

#Trump #Argentina #Milei #authoritarianism #economy #shutdown #beef #agriculture #ranchers #farmers #groceries #prices #food
/1

https://www.marytrump.org/p/make-argentina-great-again

… #TimothyMellon rarely engages with the news media & did not respond to interview requests. Even some of the candidates who accept his checks have little contact with him. The most detailed accounting of his life comes largely from two sources: an autobiography Mellon first published in 2014 & the paper trail he has left in court.

#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #law #AntideficiencyAct

2024 NYT article:

Interviews with his associates, along with a review of court documents & other public records, reveal an ideologically driven conservative with a combative streak….

Over time, #TimothyMellon’s politics shifted far to the right.

…By 2014, he was posting comments in an online chat room comparing #ClimateChange scientists to ISIS & worrying that terrorists could attack America using “donkeys coming over our Southern border.”

#Trump #ConspiracyTheories
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/28/us/politics/donald-trump-2024-campaign-timothy-mellon.html?unlocked_article_code=1._00.dTtQ.adwSSBSrosHR&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

#TimothyMellon, a wealthy banking heir & railroad magnate, is a longtime backer of #Trump ….

A grandson of former Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon, Mr. Mellon was not a prominent Republican donor until Trump was elected. But in recent years, he has poured HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars into supporting Trump & the #Republican Party.

#PrivateMilitary #law #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited #ConspiracyTheories

Holy crap it was this completely insane freak who gave #Trump $$ supposedly for the #military.

#TimothyMellon, a reclusive #billionaire & a major financial backer of Trump, is the anonymous private donor who gave $130 million to the US government to help pay troops during the #shutdown, according to two people familiar with the matter.

A while ago I posted a thread about him.
I’ll boost it.

He is scary.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/politics/timothy-mellon-donation-troops.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"A broad range of specialists in laws governing the use of lethal force have called Mr. Trump’s orders to the military patently illegal. They say the premeditated extrajudicial killings have been murders — regardless of whether the 43 people blown apart, burned alive or drowned in 10 strikes so far were indeed running drugs."

~ Charlie Savage

#Trump #Venezuela #military #murder #media #normalization #sanewashing
/6

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/white-house-boats-law.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wE8.W7Fo.gIdJYpFOSgO2&smid=url-share

"They’re a saber-rattling precursor to an increasingly likely attack against Venezuela, whose president Trump is eager to topple…."

"He gets to kill people on his say-so. He seems to enjoy the prospect."

"And a special bonus: The attacks devalue the lives of brown people…."

#Trump #Venezuela #military #murder #media #normalization #sanewashing
/6

"The attacks -- which, one needs to acknowledge right from the start, amount to extrajudicial executions, or murder -- have little or nothing to do with combatting the flow of deadly drugs from cartels into the United States. ...

So what are Trump’s real motives for attacking these boats? I think there are three obvious attractions to Trump here, that satisfy his deep needs."

#Trump #Venezuela #military #murder #media #normalization #sanewashing
/5

"Ever since Donald Trump began his campaign of blowing up boats off the coast of South America early last month, journalists covering the story have been too accepting of his obviously bogus rationale."

~ Dan Froomkin

#Trump #Venezuela #military #murder #media #normalization #sanewashing
/4

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/no-trumps-murder-spree-on-the-high?triedRedirect=true

"Friday brought several new violations of the Constitution and the norms of democracy—never before experienced in the history of our republic. They include ...

Deploying a US naval battlegroup to international waters off South America without reporting to or consulting with Congress under the War Powers Resolution, and murdering six people aboard a boat that Pete Hegseth said was smuggling drugs."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #Venezuela #military #murder
/3

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/lets-teach-trump-a-lesson-voter-suppression

"OK? We’re going to kill them. You know? They’re going to be, like dead. OK?'”

#Trump #Venezuela #military #murder
/2

"When a reporter asked him yesterday why he didn’t ask Congress for a declaration of war against those South American drug cartels he claims are at war with the United States, Trump answered: 'Well, I don’t think we’re gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war, I think we’re just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #Venezuela #military #murder
/1

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-24-2025

Ruth Ben-Ghiat responds to Bannon's claim that Trump is "a vehicle of divine providence":

"This is one of the oldest scams in the history of authoritarian propaganda. ...

The more corrupt and violent those leaders are, the more they have a need to be surrounded by an aura of holiness."

#Trump #MAGA #SteveBannon #religion #ChristianNationalism #authoritarianism
/2

https://www.threads.com/@ruthbenghiat/post/DQNlyRsDcSX

“'President Trump will be the president of the United States and the country needs him to be president of the United States,' [Steve Bannon] said [to the Economist]. 'We have to finish what we started and the way we finish it — through Trump … He’s a vehicle of divine providence. He’s an instrument.'"

~ Hunter Walker

#Trump #MAGA #SteveBannon #religion #ChristianNationalism #authoritarianism
/1

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekender/steve-bannon-and-the-plan-for-a-neverending-age-of-trump