Below are some headlines we may have missed. Please feel free to share your finds as long as they are not from some Fake News cesspool.
Updates:
Trump administration tells judge it will partially fund SNAP benefits using contingency funds
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Agriculture Department must disburse funding for SNAP, also known as food stamps.
The Trump administration said in court filings Monday that it would use contingency funds to provide partial SNAP benefits in November after a judge on Friday ordered the Department of Agriculture to disburse funding for the program.
The administration said that it would use all $4.65 billion in contingency funds, which will cover about half of each eligible household’s benefits this month.
Michigan terrorism suspects were plotting to attack Ferndale, feds say
Three days after announcing their arrests on social media, the federal government brought criminal charges against two metro Detroit men, alleging they plotted to carry out a terror attack over Halloween weekend in Ferndale, except the FBI got to them first.
According to a criminal complaint filed on Monday, Nov. 3, Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud are both charged with receiving and transferring, and attempting and conspiring to transfer, firearms and ammunition to commit terrorism. They both were due to appear in federal court for initial appearances at 1 p.m. on Nov. 3.
The defendants have been described by one defense lawyer as being video gamers and recreational gun enthusiasts who were engaged in puffery, nothing else.
But the FBI tells a different story, alleging the men were part of a bigger group that shared extremist and ISIS-related materials in encrypted chats and on social media, discussed and encouraged terror attacks, bought AR-15 rifles and loads of ammo, held numerous gun training exercises over three months, and scouted out locations in Ferndale as potential targets for their alleged attack.
Congress:
Jeffries: "The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program. That's the reason they refuse to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) November 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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The Economy:
With Trump’s focus elsewhere, the economy shows signs of trouble
One Trump voter told NBC News that while she believes Trump “deep down” wants to boost the economy, “he is busy out of the country” and focused on “demolishing the White House.”
Along with the loss of SNAP benefits and the disruption of other social service programs for millions of people, the government shutdown has resulted in federal employees going without pay. Many of them have turned to food banks and unemployment benefits to get by.
The Gestapo:
Applying for a job at I.C.E.? Here are some tips to help nail your interview!
— The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) November 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Employee of Trump-Supporting Superstore Fired for Filming Brutal Immigration Raid
A security guard working at a superstore owned by an ally of Donald Trump was fired after filming a brutal Department of Homeland Security immigration raid in its parking lot.
Ricardo Mendez was positioned at the door of Menards—a chain of midwestern home-improvement stores whose billionaire owner, John Menard Jr., is a GOP megadonor—in the Chicago suburb of Cicero, Illinois, when agents deployed by DHS arrived on Tuesday afternoon.
The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:
Trump denies grocery prices are up and then says people will be fine because "their 401ks are up." (Nearly half of Americans have no retirement savings)
— The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) November 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Ewww!:
This statement about “young children” being something under 14 seems particularly detestable given Trump’s close personal relationship with Jeffery Epstein. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles youtu.be/BbiXMQwBEaA?…
— Mario Nicolais (@marionicolais.bsky.social) October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Craven Assholes:
Mike Johnson lies shamelessly: "The president is desperate for SNAP benefits to flow to the American citizens who desperately rely on it … the SNAP situation has legal impediments."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) November 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Johnson doubles down on his filibuster-bypass pushback.
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) November 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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“I Know Nothing!:”
Unbelievable. As in, literally, not credible.
— Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal.bsky.social) November 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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