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Elizabeth Whitney

@ebethwhitney.bsky.social

Retired environmental scientist

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Historic preservation laws don't require Trump to restore White House East Wing In fact, the White House has one or two exemptions from the nation's historic preservation laws.

Historic preservation laws don’t require Trump to rebuild the demolished White House East Wing. The rumor circulating online started as satire. www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

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Frog and Toad look on as birds fly away with the cookies.

From "Cookies"
In *Frog and Toad Together*

Frog and Toad look on as birds fly away with the cookies. From "Cookies" In *Frog and Toad Together*

β€œNow we have no more cookies to eat,” said Toad sadly. β€œNot even one.”

β€œYes,” said Frog, β€œbut we have lots and lots of will power.”

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Trump’s Mar-a-White House The president is desecrating a symbol of liberal democracy and replacing it with a tacky, bloated eyesore.

One of Trump's most successful cons is that he is a patriot. The bitter truth is that Trump is an antipatriot. He destroys things that make America worthy of love and admiration. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-...

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Author Michael Wolff:

β€œThe fear is that Ghislaine Maxwell can tie Trump to the details of what Trump & Epstein called the pu**y Committee. The pu**y Committee consisted of Trump and Epstein in their efforts to get girls for Prince Andrew”

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The White House might be happy with increasing inflation, but the American people sure aren't.

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The Fred Trump treatment. Give him a fake job while Miller draws up missile strike plans on fishermen.

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If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

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I'd make a bad news interviewer, because I'd crack up upon hearing "this is interference in US sovereign matters," like when an absurdist joke catches you off guard.

Canadian commenting on US policy towards Canada is unfair? And after the US president says Canada shouldn't be sovereign? Come on.

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This is what they voted for. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...

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Donald Trump and Stephen Miller's immigration agenda isn't about going after the worst of the worst.

If that was what they were doing, they wouldn't be terrorizing entire neighborhoods and hardworking folks β€” including U.S. citizens β€” at car washes and Home Depot parking lots.

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"Winning the next election will be about whether Democrats will offer a vision that matches the scale of voters’ frustration with a system they increasingly see as corrupt & unresponsive." 5/

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The Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S. Department of Agriculture holds in reserve to fund SNAP. The government shutdown means that states have run out of funds to distribute to the more than 42 million who rely on SNAP to put food on the table.

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He's just like the Green Acres guy, come on

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Gonna wear a suit, tie and glasses for Halloween and tell everyone I’m dressed as a soybean farmer / treasury secretary.

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Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

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Bet365 CEO Denise Coates paid herself Β£277,000,000 this year, and Β£410,000,000 in 2020.

This was more than 20,000x the Minimum Wage that she paid most of her workers.

The betting industry needs to be taxed, heavily.

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Folks, Jordan Wood is running for the U.S. Senate in Maine in 2026.
He’s a Democrat. He’s 36 years old. He’s a progressive.

His campaign emphasizes anti-corruption, standing up against corporations and wealth, and pro-democracy reform.

Check him out…
@jordanwood.bsky.social

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Extraordinary resurfaced video shows very different and talkative Melania

Melania Trump once appeared on the Rachael Ray show to discuss her jewelry line, presenting a very different image than what fans are accustomed to today.

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'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.

How can you be Pro Life and starve 42 MILLION Americans?

They say they cannot use emergency funds, but they can send billions to Argentina and build a gaudy ballroom.

How is that AMERICA FIRST??

www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...

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When you’re King you don’t need a legislative branch.

Oligarchs get richer and Americans are priced out of healthcare.

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Scott Bessent owns $25m of rent-seeking soybean property that he promised-- and failed-- to divest. I cannot imagine another farmer considering that actively being a "farmer." I'm fairly certain Jimmy Carter wouldn't.

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The GOP spent millions at Trump hotels to stay in his good graces. They call it loyalty. The rest of us call it money laundering in daylight. #GOPCorruption #AllTheyDoIsLie

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Rand Paul on Trump's strikes on boats: "I would call them extrajudicial killings. This is akin to what China does, what Iran does with drug dealers -- they summarily execute people without presenting evidence to the public. So it's wrong."

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He really really cares about veterans.

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While we’re on the subject of Ronald Reagan.

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Trump dancing in Malaysia

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The money is already there. His cruelty and revenge is the only reason children and the helpless will not receive it. You should have known when he mocked the disabled reporter. Why didn't you?

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Never imagined our law enforcement would look like this.

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Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?

Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.

They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.

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