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Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for November 3, 2025.

Michigan Progressive House candidate for the state's 7th Congressional District, William Lawrence, held a vigil and and food drive for his fellow working class citizens, who had their food benefits ended on November 1st, thanks to the MAGA Republican Government Shutdown. 

Current MAGA Congressman for the 7th District, Tom Barrett, refused to help-out during the vigil, and instead cried about "vandalism" after someone wrote some non-offensive words in chalk on his district office building in Lansing. 

While Barrett complains about chalk while rubber-stamping Dear Leader Trump's entire economic failings, over a million Michiganders--and over 40-million Americans--are in danger of losing their food benefits. 

We're in the new Gilded Age, but this time, it's backed by an authoritarian government. 

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NOTES:

"Congressional candidate hosts food drive and vigil outside Rep. Tom Barrett’s Lansing office." By Katherine Dailey of Michigan Advance

"Trump administration must restart SNAP benefits by Wednesday, judge rules." By Jane Norman of Michigan Advance

"Food assistance for 1.4M in limbo: 'I never thought America would be this.'" By Nushrat Rahman, Beki San Martin, Clara Hendrickson, and Todd Spangler of The Detroit Free Press