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Saying the quiet part out loud as the Authoritarian attempts to control the truth.

#25thAmendmentNOW

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We love our parks! And, this one is particularly meaningful—built as a memorial for Albuquerque Police Officer Daniel Webster. We were so honored to join other city leaders, officers, family, and students from Hawthorne Elementary this week to cut the ribbon on this beautiful park.

Go parks! 🌲❤️

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10 hours ago
B/w photograph of Mary Seacole. Her hair is braided and she is wearing an attire with a lace collar and a string of pearls. She is staring directly at the viewer with a strong and kind expression. Seacole's Times Obituary

May 21, 1881: The trustees of the fund established some time since in behalf of Mrs Mary Seacole wish it to be known that she died on the 14th inst. 
The deceased, it will be remembered, greatly distinguished herself as a nurse on the battlefield and in hospitals during the Crimean war. A Creole, she was born in Jamaica early in the present century, and from childhood was instructed by her mother in the art of nursing. In 1855, after it had been announced that no more nurses were required in the Crimea, she established a mess-table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers at Balaclava, landing there in the month of February. She was present at many battle, and at the risk of her life often carried the wounded off the field. Before Sebastopol she was a patient nurse among those stricken with cholera, and when she returned to England after the peace she was ruined in fortune and injured in health. 
The fund already referred to was then started, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Duke of Cambridge being patrons. In 1857 she published an autobiography, entitled “Wonderful Adventures in Many Lands,” the preface being written by Dr W. H. Russell. 
“I have witnessed,” he writes, “her devotion and her courage; and I trust England will not torget one who nursed her sick, who sought out her wounded to aid and succour them, and who performed the last offices of her illustrious dead.” 
The sum raised for Mrs Seacole enabled her to end her days in comfortable ease. Strange to say, she has bequeathed all her property to persons of title.

On Mothering Sunday thinking about Mary "Mother" Seacole (1805- 1881)

Medical practitioner who used her sophisticated knowledge of pharmacology to nurse those wounded in the Crimean war.

Author of the first autobiography by a woman of African descent in Britain.

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1 day ago

Same as Germany dealt with Nazis fans. You keep them as far away from power as possible, make sure everyone knows how wrong their twisted views are by educating the young, and let the old ones die out.

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6 hours ago
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US response to Epstein files faces criticism as global investigations expand Global investigations into Epstein files expand, but US authorities face criticism for failing to pursue other implicated individuals.

www.freedomunited.org/news/us-crit...

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1 day ago
A lino print of an oak tree in black and white

This is my Oak Tree lino print. For 4 out of 5 years of selling my art online, this has been my best seller, by a MILE. It's also been on TV :) It depicts how we view oak trees, looking up at them through the branches.

#linoprint #oaktree #printmaking

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1 day ago

The president is the most arrogantly stupid leader we have ever had in the history of America.

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6 hours ago
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🇨🇦 Prime Minister Carney says "Canada is not participating in the offensive operations of Israel and the United States and will not ever."

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10 hours ago
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🎯🎯

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6 hours ago

We’ve seen enough of the #Epstein files to start the Epstein TRIALS.

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9 hours ago
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Imagine that everything he promised his base turning out to be a lie. Shocking. Just shocking.

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10 hours ago
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Take the complete and utter lack of empathy and couple it with "walking around without legs" and you clearly have a President who is not capable of performing his job. Not that he was ever capable, but if the R's weren't so corrupt, he would have been 25th'd a long time ago.

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The Sunday Morning Wrap-Up Here’s the highlight reel of last week’s posts and events.

Here’s the highlight reel of last week’s posts and events from my newsletter, Civil Discourse. Grab a cup of coffee and get ready to catch up on anything you may have missed. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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17 hours ago

I swear there are like 50 people tops that cause like 95% of the worst shit that happens in the world today.

Get rid of those people, make it super hard for others of the same ilk to fill the power vacuum left behind, and humanity might actually have a future.

Sadly tho I think we are fucked.

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12 hours ago

Now ask yourself why the rest pf the world thinks the US is immoral and misguided!

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20 hours ago
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So dark. Kushner raises billions for his fund while the family of a soldier killed in Truml’s war gets help on Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/major-alex...

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F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters’ Licenses Over War Coverage

I wrote about this, and what it means for the First Amendment, last night. Get the history & the analysis here: joycevance.substack.com/p/attacking-...

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/w...

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11 hours ago
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Happy Sunday! Today we had something completely different at sunrise – overcast clouds that splayed out and allowed a range of colors to sift through. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

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8 hours ago
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani hit the court at Marcus Garvey Park, sinking a three with Knicks’ Mohamed Diawara after sharing Iftar at Harlem’s beloved Senegalese spot, Keur Yayeu Dara

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9 hours ago
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Pretty Ruffles & Sweet Love..
Common Crane Courtship display..
#wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #photography #birds #naturelovers #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #animals #travel #bird #photooftheday #birdwatching

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10 hours ago
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Should be:

Ex Multis Stultis (One Of Many Stupid)
#Murica

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11 hours ago
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What the actual fuck?

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1 day ago
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The History Teacher Who Outwitted the Gestapo | HISTORY Meet the history teacher-turned-Resistance heroine who outwitted the Gestapo and rescued her husband (more than once)...

A WW II "One Battle After Another" movie waiting to be made. Thank God for the fearlessness of women.

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US response to Epstein files faces criticism as global investigations expand Global investigations into Epstein files expand, but US authorities face criticism for failing to pursue other implicated individuals.

US response to Epstein files faces criticism as global investigations expand www.freedomunited.org/news/us-crit...

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19 hours ago
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Get LOUD!!!

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

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11 hours ago

Y'all. Please call your representatives and tell them no to the SAVE act. If the save act passes... That's it.

Like, I don't know how else to make folks care about their futures and freedoms anymore.

I'm exhausted from warning people for the majority of my adult life.

This millennial is tired.

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10 hours ago

There are 3 items that should not pass…The Save act, funding for DHS/ICE and support (funds and munitions) for Israel. No representative should receive money from AIPAC.

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14 hours ago

Every single President since the 1980’s would have been told by knowledgeable generals to avoid a war with Iran at all costs.
That Iran had been preparing for asymmetric warfare for decades.
That starting a war with Iran would be too costly economically and militarily.

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