Do not look away.

Looking at earnings at a point in time doesn't tell you much about SNAP participants' work status—because many people apply because they just lost a job & need help while they look for work. But nearly all SNAP households with a non-elderly, non-disabled adult work within a year.

The top five egg producers own roughly half of all U.S. laying hens. The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago. Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.

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Sometimes I feel like people just don't believe that the majority of adults on Medicaid are currently working, and that nearly all the rest of them don't for good reason. But its true!

A White House EO on D.C. crime & public safety signals a return to outdated & counterproductive approaches that threaten to disproportionately harm communities of color, ppl who immigrated to the U.S., ppl w/ low incomes, & ppl experiencing homelessness. cbpp.org/blog/dc-public…

In what universe does a 60 million dollar opening for an original studio movie warrant this headline?

🚨 Trump's latest #ExecutiveOrder, "Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement," is both appalling and a dangerous step backward. This EO won't make communities safer. Instead, it will shield officers who abuse their power and undermine the credibility of those who

House GOP are saying that the SNAP program has gone unchecked. WRONG! USDA publishes state error rates. That’s literally the definition of checking the program. States find errors & correct them. Recipients pay back mistakes. Funds aren’t wasted. cbpp.org/research/healt…

We still don’t even final estimates for: -how many people lose health insurance -how many people lose SNAP -who wins/loses and by how much -total Medicaid cuts -total health care cuts -total SNAP cuts Because knowing that didn’t matter to the people who supported it

1. Ok so let's talk about socialism, aka the state taking over from private industry. Here are some examples you haven't heard of - Kentucky and Ohio - replacing their pharma pricing middlemen with state agencies.

An analysis of indexing capital gains for inflation in 2018 found that literally 99% of the benefits flowed to the top 20% with almost 90% flowing to the top 1%.

“Even if we cut every single thing in the state, we don’t have the money to backfill all these cuts.”

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin reportedly plans to terminate $7 billion in grants obligated to states, tribes, and territories meant to help over 900,000 low-income and disadvantaged households access solar energy. nytimes.com/2025/08/05/cli…

Recent USDA memo confirms some of the deepest #SNAP cuts from the harmful Republican megabill will take effect starting this fall. It also leaves many unanswered questions. cbpp.org/research/food-…

fundamentally the right doesn’t care about “free speech” or “comedy”. the right cares about the ability to make disparaging comments about marginalized people without consequence as a way to assert superiority.

Donald Trump is certainly not the first person to reject Jesus’ teaching about forgiveness, but it is especially troubling that he has been able to reject Jesus while at the same time convincing so many people that he is a champion of Christianity. substack.com/@williamjbarbe…

USDA guidance makes intentionally hostile and cruel food policy MORE hostile and cruel.

Pope Leo is saying that there’s a difference between genuine Christianity and Christian Nationalism. "Jesus says very clearly at the end of the world, we're going to be asked, you know, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him and welcome him or not?”

Open enrollment for #ACA marketplace plans has begun, and without congressional action to extend premium tax credit enhancements, millions are facing steep premium increases for 2026.