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Ancestry 1740 era Irish immigrants. Let’s do better. Try to save democracy. Work to save the planet. Fight disinformation. Read. Be kind. Delight at the complexity of aqour universe. Endurance.
WAPO Page One:
“.. Americans broadly disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling his job, and a majority say he has gone too far in exercising the powers of his office ..”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
New York Marathon. American Spirit.
02.11.2025 18:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Newsom: I cannot wait for all the punditry. Historic victories all across the United States of America. Proposition 50 winning by double digits. A new governor of New Jersey, a new governor in Virginia.
I’ll end as I began: thank you for giving a damn.
👇Tone Deaf.
01.11.2025 21:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0May the odds be ever in your favor
01.11.2025 18:02 — 👍 11143 🔁 4660 💬 1461 📌 562Cool optics bro
01.11.2025 13:55 — 👍 10146 🔁 4052 💬 1299 📌 677World Class Delusion.
01.11.2025 20:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@altcdc.altgov.info
01.11.2025 18:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0When JPMorgan alerted the Trump administration to the existence of $1 billion in funds Epstein held which were clearly connected to child trafficking, Trump responded by suppressing the information. Why?
01.11.2025 04:30 — 👍 383 🔁 219 💬 12 📌 1515 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
31.10.2025 22:04 — 👍 27064 🔁 9331 💬 2329 📌 794So tone deaf, that you need another word for it.
01.11.2025 02:17 — 👍 232 🔁 58 💬 34 📌 7Here is the actual peace deal Mr Trump has accomplished - between China and South Korea.
This is 2h ago, at a banquet at a hotel in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea.
If you know, you know.
Sorry I added a wrong post.
Here's the one from Leavitt. And also, a photo of the toilet - that is still the same one.
“Ukraine just TOOK OUT the "Ring" fuel pipeline in Moscow region. All 3 lines DOWN—gasoline, diesel, jet fuel for Putin's army GONE. Anti-drone nets appeared to be useless. 400km pipeline fed by 3 major refineries. Yearly: 3M tons jet fuel, 2.8M diesel, 1.6M gas.”
(Via fmr Chief of national bank)
Once more the Ds were right on the law; Trump and Johnson lied. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
31.10.2025 18:46 — 👍 51 🔁 20 💬 2 📌 0A federal court has ruled the Trump administration must use contingency funds on SNAP during the government shutdown.
31.10.2025 18:47 — 👍 68 🔁 20 💬 3 📌 2FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.
That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.
It looks a lot more like preparation for war.
Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.
Survivors — and family of survivors — of Epstein and Maxwell's abuse are urging Mike Johnson to swear-in Adelita Grijalva:
"Every day you stall is another day survivors are denied justice, and the American people are denied the truth. Swear in Representative Grijalva and let democracy speak."
☠️😭
31.10.2025 03:33 — 👍 8766 🔁 2168 💬 206 📌 92👇
31.10.2025 12:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."
30.10.2025 14:53 — 👍 14595 🔁 4394 💬 641 📌 258Tick-Tock, Mike
30.10.2025 22:00 — 👍 5364 🔁 1697 💬 294 📌 88Riddle me this: why pay taxes to a Wanna-Be-King with no congressional/legislative or judicial oversight? Why pay taxes to a man who refuses to disperse monies we all paid to a democratically elected government that did have checks and balances but now no longer exists? How did this work?
30.10.2025 18:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"If we had a contingency fund."
You mean like this contingency fund the Trump Administration just deleted off their website? The one they are legally required to use to keep SNAP funded?
www.notus.org/trump-white-...