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Plato’s_Cave _Shadows retweeted
Food stamp advocate SELF-DESTRUCTS as Rep. Brandon Gill presses her on why taxpayers pay for Coca-Cola.
She tries to dodge the question. Then Gill pulls out the receipts, and she sits there in stunned silence.
GILL: “Should SNAP dollars be spent on sodas?”
WITNESS: “I am happy to talk about hunger and nutrition, but not dictate what Americans should or should not eat or may have access to.”
GILL: “I’m asking if tax dollars should be used to pay for sodas.”
“Do they need sugary sodas to survive?”
WITNESS: “Some of them do…”
GILL: “You think they need Coca-Cola to survive?”
“I’m giving you the opportunity to say yes or no.”
WITNESS: “I will not answer for individuals and their… choices.”
GILL: “What does SNAP stand for?”
WITNESS: “It’s a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.”
GILL: “What’s nutritional about Coca-Cola?”
WITNESS: “I am not a nutritionist.”
Then Gill asks who’s paying her, and she freezes like a deer in headlights.
GILL: “Is your organization funded by organizations that make money from food stamps?”
[awkward silence]
GILL: “Do organizations who profit off of food stamps fund your organization or businesses?”
WITNESS: “I mean, in the, in the, I, I can’t comment to that.”
GILL: “Does General Mills fund your organization?”
WITNESS: “I don’t have access to that information.”
GILL: “I do. It’s right here. They do fund your organization. […] Yes, and they’re profiting off of your advocacy. Do you think that that’s a conflict of interest?”
[more silence]
GILL: “I think most people think that’s a conflict of interest. I know you don’t want to answer.”
Always follow the money.
CONTEXT: USDA’s own study found soft drinks were the #1 purchase in SNAP households, beating milk, ground beef, and everything else in the store.
Plato’s_Cave _Shadows retweeted
This is the definition of insanity, and it shows how far the @UN has fallen.
The video shows a fire at the vacant former Convent of Mercy building in Downpatrick on June 28, 2026. Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service treated it as deliberate (suspected arson). It is next to St Patrick’s Church in the town, but it is not Saint Patrick’s traditional burial site.
The actual burial site (a marked grave at Down Cathedral on the hill above the town) was unaffected and is roughly half a mile away. The same false claim and video have circulated online since July.
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Plato’s_Cave _Shadows retweeted
Isn’t your 200M net worth enough, @RoKhanna? You have to cheat the system too?
Was this sale to help pay for your new 10 million dollar house in Virginia as you prepare for your very, and I mean very, short presidential run?
Well, well, well
Rep. Ro Khanna sold $NVDA right before Nvidia's CEO admitted to having a Chinese spy side piece
He's a member of the following:
- Strategic Competition between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party Committee
- Taiwan Caucus
- High Tech Caucus
Apparently, federal agents informed some lawmakers last year that Jensen Huang might be the target of a foreign intelligence operation
He avoided a ~26% dip
V'Ger?
Object heading toward Earth is mysteriously accelerating as scientist claims it is a long-lost spacecraft
trib.al/iBojFDP 🔗
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Only to those with misplaced empathy. Can’t wait for the $60 trillion debt level — gonna be fun times😖
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I have zero issues with tightening SNAP qualifications.
The main pandemic-related SNAP benefit extensions were temporary Emergency Allotments (EAs) and broader waivers/flexibilities for work requirements (especially for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents, or ABAWDs). These have largely ended, with further tightening of eligibility and work rules occurring under 2025 legislation and related proposals.
These pandemic-era waivers and flexibilities ended as the emergency declarations expired. The July 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) further tightened the rules, with implementation continuing into 2026:
• Age range subject to the time limit expanded from 18–54 to 18–64.
• Caregiver exemption narrowed (now mainly for those caring for a child under 14, down from under 18).
• Prior exemptions for veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and certain former foster youth were removed.
• Waiver criteria became much stricter: states can generally only obtain geographic waivers for areas with unemployment above 10% (the prior “lack of sufficient jobs” option was eliminated; limited temporary exceptions for Alaska and Hawaii). Most prior waivers were terminated or expired.
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Aren’t those relaxed qualifications pandemic related and were “temporary” — just like the tax credits?
Nothing the government does is ever temporary.
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“…a non-majoritarian body…”?
Buahahaha 😂🤦🏻♂️ Tell that to the incoming Democrat majority, fool.
🤡🌏
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Useful idiots.
zerohedge.com/ai/meet-woman-…
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Plato’s_Cave _Shadows retweeted
MORE: The scale of these deployments suggests that the PLA is conducting a major exercise that simulates isolating Taiwan. The number of vessels involved and the geographic range of their deployment are greater than the PLA’s most recent exercise around Taiwan — Justice Mission 2025.
The coordination of surface forces from the Eastern, Northern, and Southern Theater Commands is rare. Major PLA exercises targeting Taiwan since 2022 have largely centered around the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command, the organization primarily responsible for Taiwan-focused operations.
The presence of four major surface groups beyond the first island chain from three separate theater commands could represent an effort to coordinate the principal surface combatants of all three coastal theater commands in a single far-seas operation.
The positioning of major PLAN combatants in the West Pacific, between Guam and Taiwan, and combined PLAN and CCG forces conducting a closer encirclement of Taiwan also follow patterns from previous PLA exercises. Strait Thunder 2025a, for instance, involved an “inner” encirclement of Taiwan alongside a carrier strike group operating between Taiwan and Guam.
The recent PLAN maneuvers could improve the PLA’s ability to effectively deter or prevent outside forces from reaching Taiwan during a contingency by preparing its coastal theater commands to coordinate their forces during such an operation.
NEW: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) may be conducting a major, unannounced military exercise simulating surrounding and isolating Taiwan. This exercise is greater than the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s Justice Mission 2025 exercise around Taiwan and includes forces from the Eastern, Northern, and Southern Theater Commands, possibly representing an effort to coordinate surface combatants from all three coastal theater commands into a single far-seas operation. (1/2)
An interesting architecture is emerging.🤔
SpaceX is making moves to become the first AI carrier $SPCX
• Current cell towers are still mostly “dumb” radios. The Qualcomm deal is about making them AI-native.
• Edge inference at the tower, like an updated Akamai for AI
• Starlink Direct-to-Cell and V3 satellites alongside the terrestrial build
Qualcomm’s CEO said the SpaceX agreement is finalized — not an engagement. SpaceX will build the base stations. Qualcomm supplies the silicon and the RAN accelerator for a terrestrial network he called one of the largest 5G deployments in the United States, with an AI-native architecture.
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In less than 10 years, there will be a majority of “Ketanji Brown Jacksons” on the SCOTUS bench. 😢
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Plato’s_Cave _Shadows retweeted
A Free Press reporter asks New Yorkers if socialism is good for America.
They all say yes.
Then she brings out Daniel Di Martino, who fled Venezuela, and they get a firsthand horror story they weren’t ready for.
NEW YORKER: “I think socialism is actually really good for society.”
DI MARTINO: “Are you familiar with how socialism worked out in other countries historically?”
NEW YORKER: “Just because it didn’t work out so well in other parts of the world doesn’t mean it won’t work out well for New York.”
Di Martino’s family lived through the promises these voters are buying.
DI MARTINO: “My family went from making $2,000 a month 20 years ago to $100 a month in 2016. That was because the government gave everything you can imagine for free.”
“We went from being a normal middle-class family with a car and then no electricity, no water.”
Asked if they support “government grocery stores,” the answer is just as confident.
NEW YORKER: “Of course I do.”
So Di Martino explains what grocery shopping looked like under socialism.
DI MARTINO: “There was very little supply of chicken, toilet paper. It was a line for blocks and blocks for a grocery store.”
NEW YORKER: “What happened in Venezuela isn’t going to happen here. The policy is more focused on helping people out.”
A man describes lines stretching for blocks just to buy chicken and toilet paper, and a Mamdani voter waves it away. Because THIS time, they’re sure it will work.
REPORTER: “You know, they have tried that in the Soviet Union from where my parents and my grandparents are from. All they remember of grocery stores is empty shelves.”
DI MARTINO: “The DSA went to Venezuela just last year to support the dictator and say that he won the election that he didn’t.”
NEW YORKER: “I had no idea. I did not know.”
DI MARTINO: “Government rent control. It’s going to stop people from renting apartments because they’re not going to be able to profit. There are going to be fewer apartments for rent.”
NEW YORKER: “That’s a good point. I agree with that. Okay. I understand more about socialism now for sure.”
Socialism always sounds good to people who’ve never had to live under it.
Those who have never want to live under it again.