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Retired lawyer, educator and media communicator, married to a retired newspaper editor. Die-hard Dem. RV-travelers who read, visit presidential libraries, research our genealogies & follow baseball. 🚫DMs, 🚫Ads, 🚫Crypto or other sales of anything, 🚫Porn

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Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say

Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

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Screenshot of a tweet from The Spectator Index on X.com that reads: “JUST IN: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has started serving his 27-year prison sentence.” Below is a portrait of Jair Bolsonaro standing in front of a blurred background with a Brazilian flag.

Screenshot of a tweet from The Spectator Index on X.com that reads: “JUST IN: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has started serving his 27-year prison sentence.” Below is a portrait of Jair Bolsonaro standing in front of a blurred background with a Brazilian flag.

Why can’t we have nice things, too?

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Jimmy Cliff, Reggae Icon, Dies at 81

RIP, Jimmy - your music brought great joy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...

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Strong by what measure? Russian only, clearly. How horrendous and another strong indicator to leaders around the world not to trust America or its vicious wannabe dictator

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Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment

Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

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What a photograph.

“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”

Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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All MAGA Wanted Was the Epstein Files. Now They're Ignoring Them For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging.

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Chuck Schumer Signed Off On Provision That Could Pay Republican Senators Millions The new law lets senators sue for major damages if the Justice Department obtains their phone records without telling them.

www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...

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Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes

Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

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He lies every time he opens his mouth.

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Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month

We see it here in AZ: Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

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Lines at the Food Pantry, Billionaires at the White House

Lines at the Food Pantry, Billionaires at the White House www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

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Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct

Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

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And who tracks it and what are the consequences of breaking it? I can’t even conceive of the machinery necessary to enforce it!!! What counts as a ‘benefit’?

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Not one but two exclamation points - jfc incompetent and vile; disgusting and embarrassing.

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Agree- not up for reelection? Feel free to cave.

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The only silver lining to last night’s cave.

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Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election

Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

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Incompetence reigns in every department and agency run by Magats

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