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I am a 67 year old stroke survivor from Monterey Peninsula . No DM’s please I won’t respond!!! I will also block you! I MEAN NO DM’S!!!!!! I will block you I don’t care who you are!

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For Alex Pretti 

Because his last words were for a woman;
because he asked,
are you ok, are you ok;
because had learned to say it 
by standing each night beside the dying; 
because sometime he held their hands; because he had only lived long enough as the scent of childhood in an album; because he was a son; 
because he sang once; 
because of all of it, 
because of all of it, 
because of all of it
tell it, tell the story;
a breath has left; 
a country is dying; and a man laid his face
on its pavement today 
as though he were listening 
to a patient's heart-
even then, even at the ending-
to do what he was there to do: heal. 

-Joseph Fasano

For Alex Pretti Because his last words were for a woman; because he asked, are you ok, are you ok; because had learned to say it by standing each night beside the dying; because sometime he held their hands; because he had only lived long enough as the scent of childhood in an album; because he was a son; because he sang once; because of all of it, because of all of it, because of all of it tell it, tell the story; a breath has left; a country is dying; and a man laid his face on its pavement today as though he were listening to a patient's heart- even then, even at the ending- to do what he was there to do: heal. -Joseph Fasano

Sad and beautiful - thank you @josephfasano.bsky.social

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TAPPER: They're asking for voter roll information after the death of Alex Pretti. What was it like to see that letter?

SIMON: It was really deeply disturbing. Literally hours after the second killing of a citizen in Minneapolis by ICE agents, there's this ransom note

26.01.2026 23:26 — 👍 3086    🔁 1047    💬 124    📌 49
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This asshole too!

27.01.2026 01:39 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Industry Minister Mélanie Joly and Ontario Premier Doug Ford comment after meeting YouTube video by cpac

Premier Melanie Jolie is excellent. She's an insightful and strategic member of our gov't. This video is another example of how strong she and others in Carney's gov't. are. www.youtube.com/live/nbeds7x...

27.01.2026 01:50 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 United States of America v. Oregon Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Hours after holding a hearing about DOJ letter threatening Minnesota, Federal judge in Oregon DISMISSES DOJ lawsuit to access state voter rolls.

Another win for our clients and voters. Another loss for Trump and Bondi. www.democracydocket.com/cases/oregon...

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NEW: The United States and Europe are finalizing security and economic guarantees with Ukraine that aim to deter future Russian aggression and rebuild Ukraine’s post-war economy.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 26, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar012626

Other Key Takeaways: ⬇️🧵(1/6)

27.01.2026 01:44 — 👍 33    🔁 16    💬 3    📌 2
Yes, liberals have guns too.
You don't hear much about it because we treat
fb.com/Gir/DuJour
our guns the same way Republicans treat their abortions: We have them, we just don't
talk about them.
@MartinLDart
ANTIFASCIST ACTION

Yes, liberals have guns too. You don't hear much about it because we treat fb.com/Gir/DuJour our guns the same way Republicans treat their abortions: We have them, we just don't talk about them. @MartinLDart ANTIFASCIST ACTION

26.01.2026 22:33 — 👍 373    🔁 134    💬 10    📌 4
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a man in a suit is sitting in the driver 's seat of a car and making a funny face . Alt: Tick tock mother fuckers

Hey MAGA, they might not be coming for your guns, but if you’re actually carrying it, well uh, “you are raising the risk of force being used against you.” So tick tock mother fuckers

26.01.2026 22:50 — 👍 61    🔁 28    💬 0    📌 1
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The administration is hoping for Frampton Comes Alive numbers.

27.01.2026 01:45 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I was looking at listings for my local movie theatre and was appalled to see that one of the options was this dross.

Boo cinemark.

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I think most people will just wait until next year for the 40th anniversary showings of "Ishtar".

27.01.2026 01:40 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

If I get an urge to see that movie, I’ll schedule a root canal instead. It will surely be more fun.

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Boris?

27.01.2026 01:43 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Honestly I think the only people going to view Melania, received a pardon

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Curios I checked on an upcoming showing. Look how small the theater is. No seats sold at all 🤣🤣🤣🤣

27.01.2026 01:39 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

Will the number of people going to see the Melania movie exceed the number of Fox viewers who are aware of Trump’s pardons?

27.01.2026 01:38 — 👍 558    🔁 56    💬 64    📌 3

WSJ playing good cop again.

FOX is the bad cop.

Neither is interested in getting rid of trump. It's all a show.

26.01.2026 21:28 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

They still described the incident incorrectly. The woman had been shoved multiple times across the street and ended up in the snowbank. It wasn't foolish for him to help her, and it was THEN they were pepper sprayed. So WSJ editorial is still a conservative rag.

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‘Moral and Political Debacle’: The Wall Street Journal Nukes Trump Over Alex Pretti Shooting The Wall Street Journal took the Trump administration to task in an editorial decrying both the death of Alex Pretti and the reaction to it on Sunday.

Call for him to resign. That’s the response.

www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...

26.01.2026 20:48 — 👍 509    🔁 155    💬 31    📌 3

Bovino got demoted. Does that mean he got smaller???

27.01.2026 01:41 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 4    📌 0

Mclaughlin denies it bsky.app/profile/kati...

27.01.2026 00:41 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Bovino and El Centro are made for one another: bsky.app/profile/loud...

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May he never know a day of peace for the rest of his rotted existence.

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from the atlantic: Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a DHS official and two people with knowledge of the change.

from the atlantic: Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a DHS official and two people with knowledge of the change.

obviously this is far from over but forcing this hateful hobgoblin into retirement is not nothing

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His grave in Renton,Washington.

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The inly national anthem I wanna hear is the jimi hendrix version until further notice

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Robert Garcia is clear. ICE is not welcome in Long Beach. Communities deserve safety, dignity, and accountability, not intimidation and federal dragnet policing. Congress must stop funding abuse and listen to the people on the ground. #FundHealthcareStopICE

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Trump's "later" is always "never".
Deny, divert, delay. And repeat forever until everyone gets worn down and forgets about it.

Like the Trump-Epstein files.

100% effective.

26.01.2026 19:26 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

"I'll have to look into it and then never get back to you."

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