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Scribbler, pilgrim, disappointed, hopeful
Wish my Spanish was better!
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And Vinny Gambini in My Cousin Vinny (1992)
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A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Can America Ever Overcome the Scourge of Racism?
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The President of the United States is openly threatening to 'nationalize' elections, and it's no mistake he intentionally targeted Detroit.
In Michigan, we've led the nation in expanding access to and securing our right to vote. And we won't stop now.
“The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not in the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot…”
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smiling, good looking couple seated on a porch (soft focus garden behind them) elegantly dressed, the lady in a sleeveless dress, patterned top, banded at the waist with a softly pleated long white skirt, the man wearing a light colored suit with white shirt and striped tie - body language relaxed and intimate
Portrait of Michelle
and Barack Obama
former First Lady and
President of the US
📷 Pete Souza
Jasmine Crockett speaking to a crowd from a microphone
Jasmine Crockett: “Most of us already know who Trump is — we already know there are no bounds to how low he’s willing to go. We know that he has no moral compass. We know that he is a disgrace — when will Republicans in Congress condemn his behavior — your silence is complicity & it is very loud”
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Iconic photo - I love it. Debbie Harry (Blondie) + Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie And The Banshees) + Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) + Viv Albertine (The Slits) + Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex) + Pauline Black (The Selecter) #Punkrock #NewWave
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It was probably difficult to foresee that Trump would put the Kennedy Center out of business.
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While this may be “just another Saturday” in Trump terms, it is in no sense normal or acceptable in any functioning democracy. #holdfast
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They don’t go after Don Lemon because he’s weak. They go after him because he’s effective.
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Are we gonna just gloss over the fact two Democrat members of Congress were attacked by Nazi nutjobs in the past week and how that’s not a common thing that happens twice in one week, or…
28.01.2026 06:02 — 👍 841 🔁 216 💬 39 📌 7Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
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Hageman cuts short Casper town hall after contentious exchanges over ICE killings wyofile.com/hageman-cuts...
28.01.2026 19:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
The Immovable Object Is Us
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Here’s what we can do – and are doing – about ICE right now.
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