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Disgraced former Rep. George Santos, recently released from prison with his Trump pardon, says he’s leaving NYC after Mamdani was elected, so the mayor-elect is already cleaning up crime in the city before he even takes office. - Ron Filipkowski#uspol

#Trump is not my President, he is an evil dictator and my enemyInstead of bowing to the crown, I’ll smash it off his head :nkoHammer: #USPol

@SRLevine Yeah. And his podcast guests are beyond questionable. He's a political creature for sure. He wants to be president so bad. I'm hoping someone better (who has a real chance at getting the nomination) will emerge.I probably would hold my nose if it came to it, but I"d keep looking for ways to mitigate damage.

Lots of good news tonight with election results. My choices for school board won, which I'm ecstatic about. The person I really wanted to get a commissioner seat lost by a slim margin (seriously, it was fewer than 50 votes, I think). So that was dissappointing, but not unexpected. I really hope she will run again in the next commissioner race. I think she would be amazing.But yeah, good news from lots of elections across the country. And this has mainly gotten lost in the noise, but something happened in my state that I didn't expect - they don't have enough votes to call a special session and gerrymander the dickens out of us.Oh, they'll keep trying, but for now, they have had to give up. I love that for us. We have ONE Democrat in our entire federal delegation, and they want SO BADLY to take her seat. And for now, they have realized they don't have the votes to do it. I hope we can continue to hold strong on this. There are some good ads about it. Probably the one that is most effective is the one with a real regular-looking guy, slight drawl, who complains that if they combine the richest county in Kansas with the rural folks, then the rural folks will lose their voice because everything will go the rich folks' way. That's how we beat the constitutional amendment they were trying to pass previously - ads that pointed out the loss of privacy that could mean for everyone, and how government was trying to get in your personal business. They pivoted away from the classic rhetoric and made it about personal freedom and privacy, and that worked.As long as we can keep being smart about how we present the issues, we can keep winning here. I have to believe that. We can get back to a state that values rationality and taking care of our neighbors, rather than whatever Christofascist mess they've been trying to make us into.https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/04/kansas-redistricting-push-trump-00636758#uspol

Man, days like today give me some hope for the US. Between NYC, VA, NJ, the PA Supreme Ct, Prop 50, and even those statewide races in GA.#USPol

@AngelaPreston Ahh, ok -- I saw that post earlier, but your comment seems to be disconnected from it. (Maybe the OP got deleted? Or something?)But yeah, agreed. ^.^

@haploc At this point I highly doubt they even can read

Things that I think are helping: There are restaurants in my town offering free meals to kids and reduced-price meals for adults. The food drive we contributed to on Sunday was a huge success - the pictures they posted showed a tremendous outpouring of support.And now at least people will get half of what they should be getting, rather than nothing, as a court ordered the funds to be released.I'm still having a lot of anxiety about people with food insecurity, but I feel like at least where I am, people are working together to try to help. That gives me hope.I just kind of freaked out when our local pantry said "We need food more than we need money right now." I have never seen them say that before. And when I went to their site to see what was most needed, they had a huge pop-up saying it was EVERYTHING. That made me so afraid for folks around here.But I think it will be a little better this week. We have several free meals provided by churches throughout the week already, and from what I saw at the food drive, there are a lot of folks stepping up to provide food for people who need it. I am not as afraid now that people will literally starve to death, or that children will miss important nutrients during their development that will affect them forever.Our election is Tuesday and I'm really hoping that my favorites win their spots on the school board and city commission. We don't have anything else on the ballot this time, no Representatives or Senators. Just local stuff, but that is vital and every vote matters. I hope my town will turn out and make some choices that will help the most people. We have (what I would consider) a problem with landlords in this town, and we also have commissioners who keep giving out sweet tax deals to businesses who leave as soon as those tax deals expire - we need some change here.#uspol

We just dropped off our donation for the local breadbasket. I may have gone overboard because we had to get our folding wagon out to get it from the car to the drop-off point. Cans and jars are heavy. And I just kept thinking of different scenarios, like people who need formula, or who have babies who are on baby food, or folks who need gluten-free stuff. So I kept adding stuff.We're blessed to be in a position where we can do this. It looked like others in my town were also doing a good job chipping in (there were a lot of donations when we went by). I also realize that I'm blessed that The Husband is with me on this. It would be a lot harder if he thought we needed to hoard our good fortune, or if he put limits on what we would do. But he was right with me today. And our boy pulled the wagon.I don't know if they're having the drive again next weekend, but I know our church is collecting food to take to the breadbasket, so if they don't have a collection point set up next week we can take it there. I'm working when the pantry is open so it's a big help to have someone else take it.It makes me so angry that the Republicans are just letting people (kids!) go hungry so they can have their way. I really do think there is some truth to the idea that Trump is hoping this will increase the chances of riots. He wants people to get violent so that he can use it as justification to send in troops. It breaks my heart to think of parents who can't feed their kids. It's horrific that our government is just fine with cutting off food support from American Citizens of any age. And because I live in the Heartland, this is another kick to the farmers while they are down - part of the way we provided food to people was the USDA bought things from farmers and those things went to food insecure people. That has ceased. If you go to the TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) there is a notice on their website blaming Democrats for their shutdown.We need to vote these ghouls out as quickly as we can. #uspol

https://theonion.com/ice-agent-7-year-old-both-wearing-same-military-commando-halloween-costume/ #TheOnion #Humor #Satire #Halloween #USPol

@KrissyKat reminds him of a fine leather couch.

@GottaLaff @mastodonmigration It turns out that you have to follow @bsky.brid.gy in order to follow bridged accounts, in case you see anyone else with a similar issue!

This week's comic on the US government shutdown#cartoon #comic #uspol #ACA #healthcare #economy

Nooooow c'mon! Let's go!Reopen the house, pay your staff and swear in the Democrat to release the Trumpstein filesWe'll go from there, I have some ideas#USPol #Trump

@AngelaPreston Yeah. It's a Big Problem. We have to recapture the media, or this BS will keep happening. We can do so much better than this.

I fully support putting ICE agents on the web with their face There should be a risk for those who wanna join the Gestapo#USPol

Squeaker of the House, Mike Johnson is making up all kinds of bs reasons not to swear in Democrats newest congresswoman to prevent her from signing the release of the Trumpstein filesNow the Squeaker is getting sued over itHa!#USPol

@stux I marched with my brother, his kids, his best friend and their partner, and several thousand people. There were 4 masked goons trying to intimidate the crowd, young men dressed in black with masks pretending to be ICE. They were surrounded by No Kings organizers to protect the crowd.But how can we stop this when Republicans use the "law" to hurt us? I live in Chicagoland. Trump's goons are everywhere, snatching people with no warrants. Teargassing & pepperballing, arresting citizens.

https://theonion.com/kristi-noem-looms-in-background-during-entire-episode-of-90-day-fiance/ #TheOnion #Humor #Satire #USPol

Now that it is over, I will say that I did attend a completely peaceful protest in my town. I wore a Statue of Liberty crown and had a sign that said, "Liberty and Justice for All Means ALL." I found my friend (we did not arrive together) and I even got to say hello to someone I had met here on Mastodon, which was cool. I saw a couple of other folks I knew, and I talked to a lot of folks I didn't know, which is always pretty cool. I am so bad at it. I am shy in person, and I always feel so awkward. But I did it anyway.There were a lot of people. I am hoping we broke 1,200 but we'll have to see. There was also a lot of community support from cars that were driving by. One SUV had a couple of kids who were holding signs they had drawn themselves on printer paper. They were so happy to be a part of it.I am tired but glad I got to attend. Thankful that The Husband dropped me off nearby and picked me up after. I would like it better if we all went together, but it's probably not safe for him due to his profession. I'm proud of my town for doing this today. I hope that everyone of voting age who was there today gets out and uses their ballot at every opportunity.#uspol