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Gen X, retired attorney, beagle lover, opinionated, Nashville, blue dot ๐Ÿ”ต in a very red state, believer that everything the government does should abide by the Constitution. The Welsh word โ€œhiraethโ€ describes my mindset about the country and the world now.

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โ€œ.. flights are being delayed this evening at Nashville International Airport due to โ€œstaffing,โ€ with average arrival delays of 126 minutes as of 5:30 p.m.โ€

@politico.com #shutdown
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

07.10.2025 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 319    ๐Ÿ” 114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

07.10.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16069    ๐Ÿ” 5884    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 964    ๐Ÿ“Œ 440
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Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth โ€” this is the best big city in America.

07.10.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10992    ๐Ÿ” 3093    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 373    ๐Ÿ“Œ 218

Trump is now saying he'll force civil servants to work through the GOP shutdown without backpay. He'll steal their paychecks to try and force Democrats to cave on ACA credits.

This is not the time to back down. Not while they threaten workersโ€™ pay AND your healthcareโ€”all to help billionaires.

07.10.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The music had me dying ๐Ÿ˜‚

07.10.2025 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We ALL know an Ethan ๐Ÿ™„

07.10.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

07.10.2025 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15003    ๐Ÿ” 4769    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 751    ๐Ÿ“Œ 198
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Leavitt: โ€œYou guys are framing this like the president wants to do the exact thing he says he wants to do.โ€

07.10.2025 03:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6326    ๐Ÿ” 1748    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 453    ๐Ÿ“Œ 127
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Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

07.10.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1723    ๐Ÿ” 562    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 728    ๐Ÿ“Œ 761
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Trump and Republicans up for reelection in 2026 are much weaker than they look right now. Rick Wilson has a message for Dems: do not budge one bit.

07.10.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 955    ๐Ÿ” 288    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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BONDI: The National Guard is on the way right now as we speak. You're sitting here grilling me and they're on their way to Chicago to keep your state safe.

DURBIN: It's my job to grill you

07.10.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7164    ๐Ÿ” 1782    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 662    ๐Ÿ“Œ 185
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NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

07.10.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6275    ๐Ÿ” 2112    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 661    ๐Ÿ“Œ 467
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COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

07.10.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4975    ๐Ÿ” 1692    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 515    ๐Ÿ“Œ 202
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From the front lines of the Portland War Zone.

06.10.2025 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18132    ๐Ÿ” 4072    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 716    ๐Ÿ“Œ 259
The image is an X post by David French (@DavidAFre
) from 1 day ago, stating: "Does a Fox correspondent not know that we can stop boats at sea, search them, seize any drugs we find, arrest the crew, try them, and imprison them โ€“ while also questioning them to help investigate the cartels? The choices aren't between execution and permission." It includes a reply by Charles Gasparino (@CGA
) from 1 day ago, asking: "Why would anyone be against using US forces to stop drugs from coming into this country? Because international stipulates that we need to poison our kids? x.com/DavidAFre..."

The image is an X post by David French (@DavidAFre ) from 1 day ago, stating: "Does a Fox correspondent not know that we can stop boats at sea, search them, seize any drugs we find, arrest the crew, try them, and imprison them โ€“ while also questioning them to help investigate the cartels? The choices aren't between execution and permission." It includes a reply by Charles Gasparino (@CGA ) from 1 day ago, asking: "Why would anyone be against using US forces to stop drugs from coming into this country? Because international stipulates that we need to poison our kids? x.com/DavidAFre..."

Acting as judge, jury, and executioner against civilian vessels would lead to war crimes charges with nearly any other countryโ€™s leader.

06.10.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3018    ๐Ÿ” 760    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 135    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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NEWS: U.S. manufacturing contracted in September for the seventh straight month, as factories felt the devastating impact of Donald Trumpโ€™s tariffs.

06.10.2025 20:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2535    ๐Ÿ” 847    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 140    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50
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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nationโ€™s third-largest cit...

"U.S. citizens, immigrants with legal status and children have been among those detained in increasingly brazen and aggressive encounters..."

apnews.com/article/chic...

06.10.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6051    ๐Ÿ” 2866    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 452    ๐Ÿ“Œ 166
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๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

06.10.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Republicans like to claim they aren't actually cutting Medicaid.

Which is an easily disproven lie.

05.10.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4060    ๐Ÿ” 1070    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 92    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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โ€œ.. Their new mantra: Just wait until next year.โ€

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

05.10.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1033    ๐Ÿ” 283    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 220    ๐Ÿ“Œ 83

We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities.

Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.

Itโ€™s illegal and un-American.

05.10.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10633    ๐Ÿ” 3064    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 743    ๐Ÿ“Œ 147

But it sure would affect how we live ours

05.10.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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PEGGY NOONAN: โ€œ.. You know why people say somethingโ€™s wrong with this guy? Because it appears something is wrong with this guy.โ€

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

05.10.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7648    ๐Ÿ” 2115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 410    ๐Ÿ“Œ 131
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Gov. Newsom says Trump administration has deployed California National Guard troops to Oregon The move comes one day after a federal judge blocked the president's plan to deploy Oregon National Guard troops in Portland.

Welp. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

05.10.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 724    ๐Ÿ” 249    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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This is now a part of Kristi Noemโ€™s caravan.

05.10.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

lol! I was like just get another one. This isnโ€™t right. Little did I know ๐Ÿ˜‚

05.10.2025 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

05.10.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please buy another catnip banana. This is just wrong ๐Ÿ˜‚

05.10.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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