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Suzanne Benton

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Retired - taught English lit & creative writing at UC Berkeley & elsewhere; Golden retriever aficionado & dog sports enthusiast; walker & traveler; writer of Haiku; lover of Mother Nature; Northern California social democrat/progressive. I BLOCK DMs!

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ICE Attacks Car Full of Kids, Leaving 6-Month-Old Baby Unconscious ICE’s brutal crackdown on Minnesota is growing more terrifying each day.

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Login • Instagram Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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2026 Will Test Our Resolve And it’s only the first week…

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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

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Boycotting CBS for good now.

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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

The CECOT segment on CBS 60 Minutes that was pulled from the most recent broadcast. Shown in Canada.

www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

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Australia’s Mass Shooting Response Compared to America’s Says It All The difference is stunning.

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The Dangerous Ones (@thedangerousones) This is FIRE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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What happened to her? This is outrageous!

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Roll Call Factba.se - Speech: Donald Trump Addresses the McDonald’s Impact Summit - November 17, 2025 Full transcript of Donald J. Trump: Speech: Donald Trump Addresses the McDonald’s Impact Summit - November 17, 2025

For anyone out there who doesn’t already know for a certainty how completely unhinged and demented the main man in the White House is, please read this transcript.

rollcall.com/factbase/tru...

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What are we going to do about this? The house is on fire.

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1.1M views · 21K reactions | The clip that best sums up the spirit driving the American government right now… -The Tennessee Holler | The Resistance The clip that best sums up the spirit driving the American government right now… -The Tennessee Holler.

Miller has always been an entitled fascist.

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Gynger St Clare (@gynger) This is a good read. I believe serious and unbending efforts toward Blue state secession is the only way to end MAGA and save America, politically. Culturally? Thats the real change that needs to h...

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Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims The conservative network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election los...

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