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33 years in news. General assignment, people stories, police, courts, heroes. Retired. Enjoy journeys, animals, literature, photography. Husband. Critical thinker. Veteran.πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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That's a damn good question.. #politics #media #fascism

09.10.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 291    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 8
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Autumn in The Crown of the Continent

#ColorADay #YellowThu #GlacierNationalPark #Montana #RockyMountains #Fall #Autumn #Foliage #Aspens #SaveOURParks #PublicLand #ParkChat #LakeLife #NaturePhotography

09.10.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

Oh look...fascism.

NPR - Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon

The Pentagon says those who fail to obey the new policy will lose their press credentials, cutting off access to the headquarters of the largest department in the U.S. Government.

20.09.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Bolsonaro’s Conviction is a Win for Democracy and Accountability Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers.

Bolsonaro’s Conviction is a Win for Democracy and Accountability
RUTH BEN-GHIAT
SEP 18

open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

18.09.2025 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ben Cohen, wearing a blue and white shirt, with Jerry Greenfield, wearing a grey baseball hat and a brown shirt. Both are holding cups with ice cream. A headline reads: "Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s Resigns, Saying Company’s Activism Has Been β€˜Silenced’"

Ben Cohen, wearing a blue and white shirt, with Jerry Greenfield, wearing a grey baseball hat and a brown shirt. Both are holding cups with ice cream. A headline reads: "Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s Resigns, Saying Company’s Activism Has Been β€˜Silenced’"

One of Ben & Jerry’s founders, Jerry Greenfield, has resigned from the ice cream company, saying that its independence had been lost and its social activism β€œsilenced” under the control of its parent company, Unilever. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

17.09.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 678    πŸ” 204    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 30
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RIP, Robert Redford.

16.09.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7722    πŸ” 1599    πŸ’¬ 295    πŸ“Œ 171
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Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.

Airlines sell 5 billion plane ticket records to the government for warrantless searching

Read this important (and alarming) story by @josephcox.bsky.social for free, thanks to @404media.co’s commitment to dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and support them by subscribing if you’re able).

15.09.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 202    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 10
Civil War? The REALITY You NEED to Understand
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger Civil War? The REALITY You NEED to Understand

For those that cosplay and yearn for a civil war: they have no clue. Half of them would die from not having insulin

Civil War? The REALITY You NEED to Understand
youtu.be/YqAqYMHe6Gk

16.09.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6103    πŸ” 1689    πŸ’¬ 438    πŸ“Œ 135
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How Originalism Killed the Constitution A radical legal philosophy has undermined the process of constitutional evolution.

How Originalism Killed the Constitution | A radical legal philosophy has undermined the process of constitutional evolution.

@theatlantic.com

#ConLaw
#LawSky
#SCOTUS

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

12.09.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Atlantic’s October Cover Story: Jill Lepore on How the Radical Legal Philosophy of Originalism Has Undermined the Process of Constitutional Evolution None

For The Atlantic’s October cover story, β€œHow Originalism Killed the Constitution,” Jill Lepore argues that the Constitution is not a β€œdead” document as originalists contendβ€”but rather, that the Fou...

10.09.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sen Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) provided the one-vote margin by which the Senate Republicans beat back a mandate to release the Epstein files. Keep that in mind.

11.09.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
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In other news, Lisa Murkowski could have voted to release the Epstein Files, bringing the vote to 50-50 and forcing JD Vance to cast a tie-breaking vote.

Instead, she caved to Trump and the GOP leadership.

Again.

10.09.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 376    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 15
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Lisa Murkowski is beyond pathetic.

11.09.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 29640    πŸ” 10106    πŸ’¬ 3566    πŸ“Œ 1263
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Authoritarians thrive on your silence β€” be loud β€” for America.

07.09.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 33327    πŸ” 9396    πŸ’¬ 533    πŸ“Œ 399
A hoard of people march in the streets with protest signs. Even in heels, I am too short to properly show the massive scale of the crowd.

A hoard of people march in the streets with protest signs. Even in heels, I am too short to properly show the massive scale of the crowd.

The streets of Chicago are full with tens of thousands of people standing up to ICE and Trump.

Join us.

06.09.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 40930    πŸ” 8356    πŸ’¬ 667    πŸ“Œ 326

Drowning prevention advocates are working hard this Labor Day. The CDC isn't. (Alissa Magrum/MSNBC)

Main Link | memeorandum Permalink

01.09.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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House Members Will Meet With Epstein Victims Next Week, Report Says The reported meeting is part of the House Oversight Committee’s broader investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein case.

The reported meeting is part of the House Oversight Committee’s broader investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein case.

29.08.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2999    πŸ” 959    πŸ’¬ 300    πŸ“Œ 77
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Garcia: We finally got word from the Epstein estate. They're going to be providing the actual Epstein book… the estate is actually going to actually now get us that book and a bunch of other documents that they have that's actually not been reported yet.

29.08.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 16911    πŸ” 4831    πŸ’¬ 790    πŸ“Œ 429
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Opinion | Trump wants to end vote-by-mail. My state won't give it up easily. The last time someone tried to end mail-in voting in Oregon, public comments broke the state Legislature's website.

Trump wants to end voting by mail. My state won't give it up easily.
The last time someone tried to end mail-in voting in Oregon, public comments broke the state Legislature's website www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

23.08.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Getting their forever loving homes and pet humans…. ❀️
I wish I had some tissues when I watched this…. 😭πŸ₯Ή

16.08.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6480    πŸ” 1128    πŸ’¬ 268    πŸ“Œ 167

My law firm is currently litigating 50 voting and election cases in 22 states. Here are the states with the most cases: GA, AZ, FL, NC, LA, MT, NV, WI.

The fight for free and fair elections is the fight for democracy. Please, pay attention.

17.08.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 16354    πŸ” 4772    πŸ’¬ 363    πŸ“Œ 176
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Trump Cuts Off Medical Visas from Gaza After Laura Loomer Meltdown Donald Trump stopped all visas from Gaza, including for humanitarian and medical aid, after Laura Loomer freaked out about children getting care.

Trump cuts off medical visas from Gaza after Laura Loomer freaked out over a video showing several children being permitted to come to the U.S. for medical care www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

16.08.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1203    πŸ” 668    πŸ’¬ 210    πŸ“Œ 327
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Border collie gently building ducklings into a puddle… πŸ₯ 🐢
#bluesky #duck #dog

11.08.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S. ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...

NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.

Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.

12.08.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8897    πŸ” 5229    πŸ’¬ 437    πŸ“Œ 488
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Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away

My column: The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...

04.08.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 250    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 12
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A British crow is asking passersby if they're alright.

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In beloved national parks, summer crowds throng despite budget cuts We visited four of the country’s β€œcrown jewels” and found deep concern for the park system’s future among Americans of all political persuasions.

"In beloved national parks, summer crowds throng despite budget cuts" β€” unsurprisingly, national parks are extremely popular and an uncontroversial use of federal funds.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...

02.08.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE raids leave abandoned pets and property in their wake https://www.axios.com/2025/07/31/ice-raids-abandoned-pets-cars-lawmowers
#axios #news #usnews

31.07.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cherished kids, and now beloved pets separated all due to the cruel policies of this admin. When will enough be enough? #Deportations

15.07.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE raids leave abandoned pets and property in their wake https://www.axios.com/2025/07/31/ice-raids-abandoned-pets-cars-lawmowers https://www.axios.com/2025/07/31/ice-raids-abandoned-pets-cars-lawmowers

31.07.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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