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I'm a veteran, I 'm widowed. I love pets, photography, astronomy, traveling. Have lived all over the US. There's so many things I care about and love to do. I do love my country and believe that it has always been great.

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Definitely is, but
not fast enough, though...

18.02.2026 03:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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CALL TO ACTIVISM (@calltoactivism) ๐ŸšจBREAKING: A massive banner of Alex Pretti has been reported in Times Square. In the image, heโ€™s wearing scrubs - honoring his parentโ€™s wishes to show the world how Alex lived - not just how he died. ...

Shame to have lost a wonderful nurse who cared for veterans ๐Ÿ˜ข
substack.com/@calltoactiv...

18.02.2026 04:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Police assessing Stansted Airport flights over Epstein ties Essex Police says it is assessing information in relation to private flights into and out of the airport.

Police assessing Stansted Airport private flights over Epstein ties www.bbc.com/news/article...

17.02.2026 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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L O L G O P (@thecause) Tuesday night, protesters packed the City Council meeting in Surprise, Arizona over a proposed ICE detention center. You need to hear what this man told the Council.

We should all think about what this means!
substack.com/@thecause/no...

17.02.2026 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.

#BrutalButAccurate

17.02.2026 20:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29565    ๐Ÿ” 8552    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 828    ๐Ÿ“Œ 447

Hope someone adopts this poor baby ๐Ÿ˜ข

17.02.2026 23:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trump CAUGHT in Affadavit SCANDAL
YouTube video by Talking Feds with Harry Litman Trump CAUGHT in Affadavit SCANDAL

BOMBSHELL Unsealed Docs REVEAL Trump's Affadavit SCANDAL youtu.be/5bcE6OYFv1g

17.02.2026 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Hibernating ladybirds waiting for spring on a wall

Hibernating ladybirds waiting for spring on a wall

Day 1328 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and even the ladybugs are now having meetings, asking how long it is until spring ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿž๐Ÿž๐Ÿžโค๏ธ #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild

17.02.2026 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5571    ๐Ÿ” 531    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 150    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41
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Revealed: Now You Can Search the Whole Epstein Files A new Epstein database, CBS responds to Colbert, and the National Park rangers fight back against Trump

open.substack.com/pub/rawstory...

17.02.2026 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Raw America (@rawstory) THIS IS GREAT: Sir Ian McKellen destroys Trump on Colbert last night by performing a Shakespeare monologue from Sir Thomas More. Fits the historical moment exactly. Make sure this gets around!

Brilliant ๐Ÿ‘
substack.com/@rawstory/no...

17.02.2026 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Africa leads growth in solar energy as demand spreads beyond traditional markets, report says A report shows that Africa has emerged as the world's fastest-growing solar market even as global growth slowed last year, driven by a 60% surge in imports of solar panels from China.

Solar exploded across Africa in 2025:

apnews.com/article/sola...

14.02.2026 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6612    ๐Ÿ” 1556    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 194    ๐Ÿ“Œ 111
Remembering James Van Der Beek: Wife Shares Moving Cover of Dawson's Creek Theme
YouTube video by Entertainment Tonight Remembering James Van Der Beek: Wife Shares Moving Cover of Dawson's Creek Theme

Wonderful actor who will be missed. My symphany to his family and friends.
youtube.com/watch?v=rVBe...

16.02.2026 04:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Welcome to the Billionaires Gilded Age brought to you by Team Trump and the Old White Oligarchs at Mar-a-Largo!

11.02.2026 02:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Should Have Been Done Yesterday!

15.02.2026 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We need to keep doing this continuously until they listen and do their job which they were elected to do!

15.02.2026 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s theft and the Supreme Court approved it, those Supreme Court justices who facilitated Americaโ€™s destruction should be held accountable

11.02.2026 06:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Interesting!

15.02.2026 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good Question, Sure Republicans Won't Say. Let Check Their Bank Accounts!

15.02.2026 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump wants to be as rich as Musk. 99% of Trump's businesses fail so he has to steal the money somehow.

10.02.2026 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 101    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Trump era!

15.02.2026 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It will take years and legions of forensic auditors to get to the bottom of how much fraud has taken place... between this, selling pardons for drug traffickers, the bit coin BS and all these projects that oligarchs are underwriting there will be quite a few surprises....

10.02.2026 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 268    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

When will they wake up or are they in on it?

15.02.2026 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Remembering James Van Der Beek: Wife Shares Moving Cover of Dawson's Creek Theme
YouTube video by Entertainment Tonight Remembering James Van Der Beek: Wife Shares Moving Cover of Dawson's Creek Theme

So sad, he will be missed ๐Ÿ˜ข ๐Ÿ’”
youtube.com/watch?v=rVBe...

15.02.2026 07:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’ฏ True, back in the 70s's he didn't want to pay his casino workers fair wages. They had to go to court and they won considering most were females.

13.02.2026 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An insidious terminology has taken root in the United States: it distinguishes heritage Americans from the rest of us. It's a euphemism for white Anglo-Saxon Protestants and, increasingly, for evangelical nationalists as well. This language is being deployed systematically. In practice, the U.S. Supreme Court has legalized a machinery of control in which ethnicityโ€”even how someone speaks, dresses, or what they do for a livingโ€”can be used as justification for federal officials, quasi-military forces like ICE, to stop someone and demand, โ€œYour papers, please.โ€

In Minnesota, right now, ICE's actions have become state terrorโ€”raids, arrests, fear in immigrant neighborhoods, and public protestsโ€”and have included lethal force, with the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents. But this is also happening elsewhere, through new, silent, and publicly invisible processes.

An insidious terminology has taken root in the United States: it distinguishes heritage Americans from the rest of us. It's a euphemism for white Anglo-Saxon Protestants and, increasingly, for evangelical nationalists as well. This language is being deployed systematically. In practice, the U.S. Supreme Court has legalized a machinery of control in which ethnicityโ€”even how someone speaks, dresses, or what they do for a livingโ€”can be used as justification for federal officials, quasi-military forces like ICE, to stop someone and demand, โ€œYour papers, please.โ€ In Minnesota, right now, ICE's actions have become state terrorโ€”raids, arrests, fear in immigrant neighborhoods, and public protestsโ€”and have included lethal force, with the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents. But this is also happening elsewhere, through new, silent, and publicly invisible processes.

The email used the calm language of administration. Was it, as they said, a โ€œroutine internal reviewโ€ applied to everyone? The important phrase was simple: โ€œThis step must be completed by submitting original and acceptable documentsโ€ฆ Copies are not accepted.โ€

University staff told me I wasnโ€™t being singled out. But none of the heritage Americans in my History Department, with Anglo-Saxon and German surnames, were asked to come in and physically prove their citizenship. I was: Martรญnez-Dรกvila. And a colleague in my departmentโ€”an employee for more than 25 yearsโ€”was also required to submit her papers; yes, she also had a Spanish surname. What are the odds? 100% in the United States.

The email used the calm language of administration. Was it, as they said, a โ€œroutine internal reviewโ€ applied to everyone? The important phrase was simple: โ€œThis step must be completed by submitting original and acceptable documentsโ€ฆ Copies are not accepted.โ€ University staff told me I wasnโ€™t being singled out. But none of the heritage Americans in my History Department, with Anglo-Saxon and German surnames, were asked to come in and physically prove their citizenship. I was: Martรญnez-Dรกvila. And a colleague in my departmentโ€”an employee for more than 25 yearsโ€”was also required to submit her papers; yes, she also had a Spanish surname. What are the odds? 100% in the United States.

Spaniards knowโ€”in a way that Americans don'tโ€”how quickly identity hardens with paperwork.

Under Franco, the State activated the
"obligation to present" the
national identity card and implemented the requirement to prove one's identity in order to move about in ordinary life. I'm not saying that the United States is Francoist Spain. I am saying this: when institutions normalize documentary requirementsโ€”and when those requirements fall unevenly on certain surnames and certain facesโ€”history issues a warning.

In the United States, we're "fine" for now... Until we aren't.

That's the lie we tell ourselves until the day we can't anymore.

Last year, I began the process of obtaining Spanish citizenship not only for practical reasons, but also for deeply personal ones. As a professor of medieval Spain and Spanish colonial America, I have dedicated my life to finding and reconstructing that

Spaniards knowโ€”in a way that Americans don'tโ€”how quickly identity hardens with paperwork. Under Franco, the State activated the "obligation to present" the national identity card and implemented the requirement to prove one's identity in order to move about in ordinary life. I'm not saying that the United States is Francoist Spain. I am saying this: when institutions normalize documentary requirementsโ€”and when those requirements fall unevenly on certain surnames and certain facesโ€”history issues a warning. In the United States, we're "fine" for now... Until we aren't. That's the lie we tell ourselves until the day we can't anymore. Last year, I began the process of obtaining Spanish citizenship not only for practical reasons, but also for deeply personal ones. As a professor of medieval Spain and Spanish colonial America, I have dedicated my life to finding and reconstructing that

Spain cont:
Super recommend in El Paรญs: a professor in Colorado whose ancestor was at Alamo asked after 16 years to prove citizenship. Notes Spaniards know how quickly one can lose rights: โ€œwhen institutions normalize document requirements โ€ฆ history issues a warning.โ€

elpais.com/internaciona...

07.02.2026 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sickening

12.02.2026 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sheehy signs on to brief arguing for end to birthright citizenship Montana U.S. senator among 28 federal Republicans joining effort led by Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Jim Jordan.

Montana U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy has added his name to an amicus brief supporting the Trump administrationโ€™s effort to challenge the United Statesโ€™ longstanding policy of granting citizenship to nearly any child born in the country as the matter is heard before the U.S. Supreme Court.

04.02.2026 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Pam Bondi lying under oath!

12.02.2026 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not yet, her time will come.

12.02.2026 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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