anti-hunger advocate. cisbi guy (he/him). tweets my own.
Anchorage, AK
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Luke Elzinga retweeted
CBO weighs in on Senate R farm bill: The permanent future SNAP cut exceeds the cost of a 1-year cost shift delay & other investments, so there's an overall cut to nutrition programs. But billions in un-offset spending in other titles means the bill as a whole adds to the deficit.
Estimated Budgetary Effects of S. 5526, the Agricultural Act of 2026
cbo.gov/publication/62881
Luke Elzinga retweeted
Russell Brand’s trial is devastating. Testimony describes him as a rabid animal, demanding sex every few hours from whoever happened to be around, and taking it regardless of consent
Brand’s defense is that women knew he was a degenerate maniac, so they should have expected it by being in a room with him (several allege he attacked them in public and tried to drag them into bathroom stalls)
This is separate from FIVE disturbing allegations in Channel 4 Dispatches. Brand has zero regard for women as human beings - I can’t even imagine how many victims there truly are
Blows my mind that so many people peddle his lunacy portraying him as a truth-telling martyr being smeared by the establishment - and buy his newfound religious hucksterism
Makes sense he’s leapt into the movement of sexual offenders and pedophiles, where he belongs (other than prison)
Luke Elzinga retweeted
RFKs racist rant against Arabs was despicable. It was personally offensive since Alex Azar and myself —both Arab Americans —were his predecessors. I am proud of my Arab heritage. He is a bigot and a racist.
Luke Elzinga retweeted
Lisa Murkowski endorses Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, the Democratic candidate for Alaska governor
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NEWS: @hasanthehun is suing @ScottJenningsKY for defamation in DC district court, over Jennings claim that Piker endorsed lynching.
Piker asking for $27.5m in compensatory damages, $45m in punitive damages.
Luke Elzinga retweeted
It cannot be overstated how much red tape Republicans added to the process of getting Medicaid and SNAP.
Millions of people who literally qualify for these programs are being kicked off them, despite qualifying, because of all the red tape Grassley voted to add to them.
Luke Elzinga retweeted
he’s half right. dems have abandoned the working class. but not by moving left, but by moving right. i wish americans had a better political education because they can see problems but can’t properly ID them
Luke Elzinga retweeted
WaPo reports that a woman featured in a $1 million Republican ad warning that an Iowa Democrat running for congress is “dangerous” for children previously pleaded guilty to child endangerment after driving drunk with her two young kids in the car. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Luke Elzinga retweeted
MAGA says Ilhan Omar isn't using her real name.
Melania Trump was born Melanija Knavs.
Ted Cruz was born Rafael Edward Cruz.
JD Vance was born James Donald Bowman.
Nikki Haley was born Nimarata Nikki Randhawa.
Mike Johnson's real first name is James.
Rand Paul is Randal Paul.
Newt Gingrich was born Newton Leroy McPherson.
But suddenly MAGA wants a congressional investigation into names?
Luke Elzinga retweeted
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Trump says he ordered the Justice Department lawsuit over Alaska's US Senate race: 'I'm the one that said do it.'
Luke Elzinga retweeted
This USDA spokesperson is correct that the number of individuals receiving SNAP benefits is constantly changing. The problem is that for over a year that number has been changing in one direction & one direction only — down — while economic conditions haven't improved.
ALT “The number of individuals receiving benefits is constantly changing and is not representative of any one policy,” a department spokesperson said in a statement, adding that “multiple states saw declines far before the enactment of H.R. 1.” The spokesperson said households can leave SNAP after recertification because of a job or other changes in circumstances.
The number of people enrolled for federal food assistance has decreased by 13% since Republicans overhauled the program last July, to what one analysis says is the lowest number since 2009. washingtonsun.com/agencies/s…
Luke Elzinga retweeted
“In late spring 2020, a source I knew to be reliable called me with a story,” writes Matthew Cole. “The Dutch government had hacked into Jared Kushner’s phone and monitored him as he accessed a Dubai-based bank account. What was odd, the source said, was that the money in the account—hundreds of millions of dollars—had come from a bank in Azerbaijan. Most importantly, Kushner appeared to have transferred significant amounts of money from the Dubai account to other individuals, including a warlord, a mercenary and a one-time hit man. The story sounded preposterous, I told my source. And yet.
Six months later, I found myself speaking with someone else about the UAE government and their use of mercenaries in conflicts around the Middle East and Africa when I asked, on a whim, whether they knew anything about Kushner and bank transfers from a UAE account. My acquaintance grew quiet. Then they replied, ‘Yes.’” Kushner’s lawyer denied the bank account existed.
Read an exclusive excerpt from Cole’s book, ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’: vanityfair.visitlink.me/Q5_W…
Luke Elzinga retweeted
SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions. axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…
Luke Elzinga retweeted
They broke Eisenhower’s globe because they didn’t want to wait for a team of specialist historians to move it.
I cannot think of a more apt metaphor for Pete Hegseth’s DoD.
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A lot is happening
Lt. gov. candidate Derek Wulf's parents claim he owes them $275,000 desmoinesregister.com/story/…
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#BREAKING US embassy staff and families ordered to leave Saudi Arabia, with families of embassy staff in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain also ordered to leave, diplomatic source tells AFP
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She got $50 million ! For arranging a pardon!! $50 million. $50 million.
$50 million.
A billionaire wanted a pardon. His family gave a $50 million deal to Alina Habba, a lawyer with close ties to President Trump. nyti.ms/4zNq59Z
Luke Elzinga retweeted
These speeches have now devolved into little more than competing extortion threats.
