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Epstein files rife with uncensored nudes and victims' names, despite redaction efforts Nude photos. The names and faces of sexual abuse victims. Bank account and Social Security numbers in full view.

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Can the #TrumpRegime get anything right?

Does Music Make You Happy? Does Music Make You Happy? Music makes me happy – mostly. But sometimes it is just stress release. Lately, the news creates the need for a lot of stress release. From Ringo Starr’s It Don’t Come Ea…

Does Music Make You Happy?

Music makes me happy – mostly. But sometimes it is just stress release. Lately, the news creates the need for a lot of stress release. Especially at times like these with the grift goes on, and on, and on, and on….

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#Music

Sh*t

As ICE Terror Forces People Inside, Calls Grow for Eviction Moratorium in MN Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz upheld an eviction moratorium during the pandemic. Why won’t he issue one now?

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By Dennis Goris.

The first full-length animated feature film, it took three years and $1.5 million—six times its original budget—to make, and it required 400 additional employees...

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PS Can you name the seven Dwarfs?

Trump wants a weaker dollar, but economists aren’t so sure A less-powerful dollar can make imports more expensive but also boost gold

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Weaker dollar, higher costs; higher costs, Americans more angry. Angry Americans, party is power gets the boot.

#UP

It can be, but the fines will help scare some away. For instance, if 100 people say a rich bloke gave them 1500 to donate 1000 each, that is a conspiracy - not so hard to prove.

Somali Communities Are Building Collective Power in the Face of Trump’s Attacks Minnesota’s Somali community has organized mutual aid and neighborhood patrols amid Trump’s campaign to crush them.

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#UP

Thank God for Melania Trump Imagine the harm her husband could do with an Evita by his side

Pat Nixon called being First Lady “the hardest unpaid job in the world”. But the role carved out by Melania Trump doesn’t appear especially taxing. And Amazon reportedly paid her at least $28m for an advertisement—ahem, documentary—about herself.

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Women Who Woke Up the Law: Thoughts

Karin Wells has written an interesting and compelling book about the law in Canada: “Women Who Woke up the Law: Inside the Cases that Changed Women's Rights in Canada”.

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#RestorativeJustice #Justice #WomenRights

I prefer making it punishable by 100x the amount over - and 1000x if a conspiracy!

Trump's war on history As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.

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Trump is placing his tiny handprints all over the anniversary festivities, turning what is supposed to be a bipartisan celebration of America’s pluralistic virtues into an extended party for himself.

Share How About a Mint Fee?

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Mint Fee: Persistence Ah, if only society could afford this. Here is a secret, IT CAN!

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People like their health. But it seems, that until they have a health issue, that wealth takes precedence. SIGH. Money, money, money

This man murdered Alex Pretti. Jesus Ochoa aka "Jesse". Make him famous.

How to Get Rid of "Citizens United" We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.

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Individual states — either through their legislators or their citizens wielding ballot initiatives — have the authority to limit corporate political activity & dark money spending, because they determine what powers corporations have.

And Another Thing: The Fatman Builds a Mountain

Chapter 11: And Another Thing, #TheCounter by
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That is the thing about Chris, even when he was wrong, he had useful insights!

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#MountReal #Cinar #Norshield

‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send

ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.

Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.

The cruelty is endless.

What Did Mount Real Do? The Counter by Lino P. Matteo

What Did Mount Real Do?

We will attempt to understand what Mount Real did from the perspective (primarily) of Thomas P. Muir.

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Oh, my, my!

10 Crucial Things You Can Do in 2026 Your activism will be even more important this year

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4. In November’s midterms, help Democrats and Independents take back control of Congress.

Men of Honour The Counter, Chapter 7: Men of Honour: Tom, Dick and Harry

Men of Honour
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Seriously, what is a human being? Corporations aren’t. AI is not. But immigrants and Venezuelans definitely are.

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What is a human being?
Corporations aren’t. AI is not. But immigrants and Venezuelans definitely are.

Slovakia PM's national security adviser resigns over Epstein links Miroslav Lajčák steps down after newly released exchanges showed him discussing girls and diplomacy with the late sex offender.

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The AI revolution is here. Will the economy survive the transition? The man who predicted the 2008 crash, Anthropic’s co-founder, and a leading AI podcaster jump into a Google doc to debate the future of AI—and, possibly, our lives

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The man who predicted the 2008 crash, Anthropic’s co-founder, and a leading AI podcaster jump into a Google doc to debate the future of AI—and, possibly, our lives

Beach House Chapter 8: Beach House, The Counter by Lino P. Matteo

Beach House
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YouTube video by Dean Martin Dean Martin - Mambo Italiano - Lyrics

Dean Martin - Mambo Italiano - Lyrics youtu.be/z1UXbhZ3ysc?... via @YouTube

Mambo Italiana On Tuesday mornings, I go to a dance fitness class for older people at a community center on Minnetonka Boulevard.

Mambo Italiana:

“It’s all in the hips”
An 80-year-old describes the joys of dancing, even when the steps elude her.

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