Notices by Tony, Pretty Much (tonystark@progressivecafe.social)

The GOP was always going to take our healthcare away (and abortion rights and food assistance and everything else) and a whole bunch of people want to blame the Dems for that now.

Blame your cousins and coworkers and neighbors who voted for a child molester instead or intentionally chose to sit it out.

There is a lot of good news this week, so let’s focus on all of it, especially where there are massive seat flips. Results like this are pretty consequential.

Congratulations to the Mississippi Dems. Help them keep building the party by donating to them instead of random PACs and flashy candidates.

#LibbingOut

Democrats flip two seats in deep red Mississippi, break GOP supermajority - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-mississippi-vote-gop-supermajority-10994762

One of the biggest lies ever told was it wasn’t worth voting to save the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court allows Trump to limit passport sex markers for trans and nonbinary Americans | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/supreme-court-passport-sex-markers-transgender

Two judges appointed by Obama had to step in and try and save SNAP benefits for the entire country.

Democrats always have to save the day because of evil stuff Republicans do and hardly anyone gives them credit and then people wonder why so many voters wrongly believe Democrats don’t do anything for them and/or that elections don’t matter.

Judges order the Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/snap-shutdown-lawsuits-deadline-4af8b0dec6cd31cddd023cc99c131b73

Wonder how the “drop out Biden” media is feeling about Donald Trump announcing a resumption of nuclear testing less than 24 hours after tweeting not just incoherent garbage, but evidence of a literal stroke.

Surely they’re all writing about nothing other than full-throated calls on Trump to resign, right?

Big box stores like Walmart and other major chain grocery stores will absorb the loss and simply raise their prices. Smaller grocery stores and mom and pop stores and such are going to really feel it after a few weeks.

Everyone with any relationship to food sales manufacturing and transportation will be heavily impacted.

Everyone knew the endgame here.

But this country is too racist to have voted otherwise.

SNAP food aid cut will also impact small grocery stores: NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/30/nx-s1-5587926/snap-food-aid-wic-shutdown-grocery-stores-walmart

That our own media flipped it when Biden forgot a word yet has a near complete disinterest over our nearly 80 year old President's health when he has permanent bruising on his right hand, swollen ankles, facial drooping, disappeared for days from public view twice in the last 2 months, just had an unexplained MRI, and is making unhinged rants overseas is something else.

Trump interrupts Asia trip to go on new Tylenol and childhood vaccines rant | The Independent:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-tylenol-malaysia-trip-china-b2852792.html

I will reiterate, as I have in the past, that I am essentially unbulliable on the internet. I think a lot of us are at this point.

I don’t really care about your trolling uninformed bigoted point and I’ll just laugh and block you and never think about you again.

I have my own instance and I’m not maintaining it to listen to morons.

Should have voted for Kamala Harris, part 3:

Cargill to lay off 80 workers in Minnesota, more globally | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/cargill-lay-off-80-workers-minnesota-more-globally-2025-10-29/

Should have voted for Kamala Harris.

UPS cut 48,000 jobs so far in 2025 | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/ups-cut-34000-jobs-first-nine-months-2025-2025-10-28/

Should have voted for Kamala Harris part 2:

GM to cut EV, battery production and 1,200 jobs at Detroit plant | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/gm-cut-over-1200-jobs-ev-plant-detroit-news-reports-2025-10-29/

Facing threats, political pressure and a Supreme Court that has frequently not had their backs, lower court judges are still doing vital work to keep the Trump administration within bounds.

This judge was appointed by Bill Clinton. With many areas having off-year elections next week for people who will both choose and become court judges, let’s remember elections matter.

Judge blocks Trump cuts, restores $34 million in anti-terror funds for New York City transit system:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/judge-blocks-trump-cuts-restores-34-million-anti-126587993

Planned Parenthood provides vital, life-saving healthcare services.

Newsom invests $140 million to bolster Planned Parenthood amid Trump defunding push:
https://krcrtv.com/news/nation-world/newsom-invests-140-million-to-bolster-planned-parenthood-amid-trump-defunding-push

People were ready to give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize a few weeks ago and a few people criticized me for calling that a bit premature.

Netanyahu orders ‘powerful’ strikes in Gaza, as Israel accuses Hamas of violating ceasefire and staging hostage discovery | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/middleeast/israel-military-strikes-gaza-latam-intl

Trump handed 50 chemical plants a free pass to poison communities with cancer-causing pollution.

Now environmental groups have to sue him to try and stop him. Sure would have been easier to stop him with a vote.

Community, Health, and Environmental Groups Sue to Stop President Trump’s Unlawful Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions:
https://www.nrdc.org/press-releases/community-health-and-environmental-groups-sue-stop-president-trumps-unlawful-toxic

No thanks to a Nazi adjacent guy who uses homophobic slurs.

Graham Platner admits to past antigay Reddit posts:
https://www.advocate.com/politics/graham-platner-homophobic-posts

Food banks are going to need money if you have it, food if you have it, and hands and feet to feed people. There's one in every community. You can call 211 where I live and many other places or ask your neighbors or in my case local elected officials organize, too.

So much of this could have been stopped by the simple act of casting a vote for a qualified woman.

SNAP recipients told to buy shelf-stable food as funding deadline looms:
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/snap-benefits-funds-run-out-nov-1-rcna239432

I earnestly tried to convince people in 2016 that if they were on the left in any form even mildly but also very that even if they didn't like Hillary Clinton (for whatever Russian disinfo-inspired reasons they had swallowed), they still had to vote Dem to save SCOTUS.

I got screamed at: "Don't try to shame me into voting!"

Like children.

SCOTUS Seems Ready to Scrap Fair Elections, Greenlight Racial Discrimination and Hand House Control to GOP - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/scotus-seems-ready-to-scrap-fair-elections-greenlight-racial-discrimination-and-hand-house-control-to-gop/

By the way, any Republican governor could help their constituents and join up with these Democrats but not one will.

Anyway, are both parties the same today? Still a no!

Democratic governors form public health alliance in rebuke of RFK Jr., Trump : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/15/g-s1-93582/governors-public-health-alliance-democrats-rfk-trump-hhs-cdc

As a Jew, I will be modifying your weather and there is nothing you can do to stop me.

/s, or is it?

Florida attorney general asks public to report weather modification activity at airports – NBC 6 South Florida
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-attorney-general-asks-public-to-report-airport-weather-modification-activity/3703267/