["friday shooting spree: 9 shot in D.C. during 4-hour period"]
By Grand Rapids Anonymous
saturday, october 25, 2025 at 12:48:00 a.m. edt
Thugs have to make up for the time the guard shut them down for 30 days in, what was it, august?
--GRA
By Grand Anonymous Anonymous
saturday, october 25, 2025 at 5:28:00 a.m. edt
A witness told D.C. news now he was with his cousin when the shooting broke out.
“'all we heard was yelling,' he said. 'we can’t do nothing in D.C. … this happens every time there’s a function in D.C., especially homecoming. D.C. [is] dangerous.'”
--GRA
N.S.: Back when I was writing for Ted Pappas at Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture (1992-1999), Ted typically cut at most two words out of a 2,000-word ms. Once, when I was talking about D.C., the only words Ted cut were "Chocolate City," which I'd learned from a black d.c. female who'd submitted some poems to me at my literary-political magazine, A Different Drummer.
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Live in "chocolate city" and you don't gain weight from all the chocolate that permeates the area,you lose it from blood loss.
--GRA
VIRGINIA DECLARES "STATE OF EMERGENCY" OVER SNAP BENEFIT STOPPAGE NOVEMBER 1ST
(ZH) Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency in Virginia on Oct. 23 to provide relief for residents at risk of losing federal food benefits next month.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his annual State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond on Jan. 13, 2025. Steve Helber/AP Photo
The ongoing government shutdown will cause low-income residents in the state to lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits starting Nov. 1 if lawmakers are unable to reach an agreement to pass a budget bill and reopen the government.
Over 850,000 residents in the state could lose benefits, according to the governor, a Republican, who blamed Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown.
“This is an extraordinary action and is only necessary because of the shamelessness of congressional Democrats,” Youngkin said in a statement.
The declaration allows Youngkin to spend state emergency funds to protect the “health, welfare, and safety of Virginians,” according to the governor.
Virginia’s poverty rate is about 10 percent, according to the latest census. The national rate is 12.4 percent.
The federal nutrition program provides monthly payments to eligible low-income households, allowing them to buy food. The average monthly payment is about $332 per household, with most living at or below the poverty level. Households with children receive an average of $574 per month, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
GRA:I wonder why?
--GRA
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