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Retired. Lake life. Knitter. Sister. Mother. Gramma. Wolverine. Traveler. Survivor.πŸ’™

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Many Hispanics in the SW are likely to have had ancestors who lived in the area before it was taken by this country’s westward push.

05.10.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

The Trump administration has cancelled 4,304 deliveries to food banks so far this year, refusing to deliver 94 million pounds of contracted-for food. Food banks simply can’t feed people enough anymore. Millions of Americans are going hungry as a result.

05.10.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 606    πŸ” 452    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 54
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My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.

05.10.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 15210    πŸ” 4398    πŸ’¬ 800    πŸ“Œ 250

He is not well.

05.10.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now, who will force the government to retreat. So far, Trump simply ignores the courts.

05.10.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have been known to repeat the word Asshat in a moderate, but clear voice. Very satisfying.

05.10.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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U-Haul and Budget vehicles are being used by ICE to carry out raids in Chicago.

Transporting both people and firearms is a direct violation of their rental terms.

Are they okay with their vehicles being used this way?

#uhaul #budgettruckrental #boycott #indivisible #indivisiblechicagonw

04.10.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘ it’s in the DNA

04.10.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Invoke the 25th Amendment‼️
He is mentally unfit to run our country‼️
The US is not his β€œown” company/country or Project 2025’s own country‼️

05.10.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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House republicans are on a 3 week paid vacation to avoid voting‼️

05.10.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThis is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law. Defendants have made a range of arguments that . . risk blurring the line between civil and military federal powerβ€”to the detriment of this nation.” β€” Trump-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut (Oct. 4, 2025).

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The Republican Shutdown Argument is a Giant Lie No, Democrats aren’t trying to fund health care for β€œillegal aliens.”

"Not a single Democrat has talked about wanting to fund care for people in the United States unlawfully. Instead, what Democrats have said is they want to undo Medicaid cuts projected to leave nearly 10 million Americans uninsured." A smidge different.

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Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.

ProPublica and @theassemblync.bsky.social found that in some North Carolina counties, homeowners with the highest incomes received two to three times as much FEMA housing assistance as those with lower incomes after Hurricane Helene.

By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and Ren Larson

05.10.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 435    πŸ” 200    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 16

Nothing says America First like bailing out Argentina while making healthcare unaffordable for 20+ million Americans.

Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies.

Folks, I think America First might be a scam.

04.10.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 15565    πŸ” 5011    πŸ’¬ 535    πŸ“Œ 204
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Stephen Miller accused of 'incitement to violence against judges' with new 'purge' comment U.S. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller Saturday was accused of "incitement to violence against judges."Miller, who has been accused of making his subordinates cry at work, took to socia...

www.rawstory.com/stephen-mill...

04.10.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5
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WE NEED TO TAKE DOWN FAT SATAN AND HIS MINIONS‼️

NOBODY IS GOING TO COME AND SAVE US, WE HAVE TO SAVE OURSELVES‼️‼️‼️

THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THEM IS TO SHUTDOWN COMPLETELY‼️

BYπŸ‘‡πŸ»πŸ‘‡πŸ»πŸ‘‡πŸ»

generalstrikeus.com

04.10.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨🚨🚨 Mamdami is not afraid to face the oppressors despite having been threatened to be deported. Where the hell are our elected leaders?!? People are throwing fits for vet (who have already sacrificed themselves, their families, and their health) to fight for the flag. I expect courage from Dems!

04.10.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2462    πŸ” 973    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 66

The Big Brother Brigade?

04.10.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UPDATE β€” β€œFormer megachurch pastor Robert Morris, once spiritual adviser to Trump, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child… 10-year suspended sentence, ordered to serve six months, register as a sex offender, pay $250,000 in restitution…” www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/2...

04.10.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1026    πŸ” 453    πŸ’¬ 162    πŸ“Œ 89

Arresting Miller* falls on USA or Venezuela, because
America did not join 125 Countries in signing the
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2002

*for ordering execution of boaters in International Waters
(important note: USA does not have death penalty for
Drug-Dealers)

04.10.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

3M 60926 filters. Someone did their homework.

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Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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Dude was never a wrestler

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‡️

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Nope. I don’t believe them.

04.10.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So is that safe weapons handling?

04.10.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mark Kelly: β€œlf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. They’re just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.”

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Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

β€œβ€œThey dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinΓ‡elik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

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@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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