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Lucky in life. Opinionated old school lefty. Artistically oriented. Strong maternal instincts, most days happy to be alive.

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The Five ingredients of Zorhan's Secret Sauce Anyone who wants to lead America out of the Trumpian darkness can do so with these

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30.10.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s speech to the generals and admirals: I don’t even know where to begin β€œUnhinged” is one word I heard on the news shows describing Trump’s speech this morning.

Trump’s speech to the generals and admirals: I don’t even know where to begin
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A majority of US children rely on Medicaid or CHIP, new study finds β€’ Kansas Reflector A majority of children in the United States rely on Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program at some point by their 18th birthday, and many experience periods of coverage loss, according to...

A majority of US children rely on Medicaid or CHIP, new study finds kansasreflector.com/2025/09/27/r...

28.09.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Warning to you and your loved ones None of us is safe when Trump acts as judge and jury.

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25.09.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kimmel's Thoughtful Monologue And the darkness of Trump

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25.09.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is the Jimmy Kimmel Saga a Sign that the Tide is Turning? Why we may not be Russia or Hungary

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Trump’s Plot to Kill State Government Republicans call it β€œbeautiful.” Voters will call it what it is: sabotage that guts health care, starves families, and bankrupts the states.

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08.09.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sitting All Day Can Cause Dead Butt Syndrome (Published 2024)

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Great headline.

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Breaking News: Dead Kennedys Schedule Press Conference at Arlington FROM THE GRAVE WE CRY: HOW DID OUR FAMILY BLEED FOR JUSTICE ONLY TO GIVE BIRTH TO THIS FOOL?

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05.09.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Holy Smokes! THIS Is How You Do an Ad
YouTube video by The Bulwark Holy Smokes! THIS Is How You Do an Ad

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03.09.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They hate voters and jurors and, you know, people who make their own fucking choices.

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There is no shame worse than poor teeth in a rich world | Aeon Essays If you have a mouthful of teeth shaped by a childhood in poverty, don’t go knocking on the door of American privilege

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Damn got read…..

01.09.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

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He Asked Tiffany Trump to Marry Him. Then the Deals Started Coming.

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Grifters

21.08.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICEing the U.S. Economy Mass deportations will hurt more than people realize

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Trump's Adoration Of Putin Zelensky's trip to Washington, with major support

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18.08.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kansas lawmakers in D.C. would rather work the refs than answer tough questions back home β€’ Kansas Reflector Republicans across the country want to persuade voters that they have delivered. Unfortunately for them, the bill polls terribly.

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Sunday thought: America without a president Friends,

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Eric Cartman, Welcome (for Now) to the Resistance

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Ultraprocessed Foods Make Up More Than 50% of American Calories But the CDC says people are eating fewer than in the past.

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Ugh!

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Thomas Chatterton Williams on the Age of False Certainty Yascha Mounk and Thomas Chatterton Williams explore what the summer of 2020 showed about America.

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06.08.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump illegally froze 1,800 NIH medical research grants, Congress’ watchdog says β€’ Kansas Reflector President Donald Trump’s freeze on $8 billion of congressionally appropriated funding to the National Institutes of Health was illegal, the Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday.

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Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima | Photographs | Media Gallery This collection of photographs shows the damage to Hiroshima after the atomic bomb. On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber named the Enola Gay, left the island of Tinian for Hiroshima, Japan. This...

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Never forget….

06.08.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The US Military Is Raking in Millions From On-Base Slot Machines The Defense Department operates slot machines on US military bases overseas, raising tens of millions of dollars to fund recreation for troopsβ€”and creating risks for soldiers prone to gambling addicti...

While not everyone who plays the slots struggles like Yeager did, evidence indicates that veterans and service members are more likely to struggle with gambling disorders than civilians, says Shane W. Kraus, an associate professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world.

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Opinion | What to Do When the President Acts Like a Five-Year-Old?

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