Ann Werner Writes Great Novels

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It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

Our job is not to throw 15 million people off health care and double insurance premiums for more than 20 million.

Our job is not to shutter community health centers, nursing homes and rural hospitals.

Our job is to fix a broken system and guarantee health care to all.

Indeed!

Doctor shines a light through Trumps ears

Fortunately the brain scan came back negative

I’ve had advanced imaging and it wasn’t during a “regular” check up. And they say I write unbelievable fiction. They being Maga.

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

The US has finalized its $20 billion bailout for Argentina.

Too bad it only benefits one American: a billionaire hedge fund manager, who has placed large bets on the future of the Argentine economy.

‘We took the freedom of speech away’: On First Amendment, Trump says quiet part out loud A week after the White House boasted that Trump “is a strong supporter of free speech,” the president’s legal gibberish pointed in the opposite direction.

Remember when his former pal Elon ran around with big signs about free speech? Remember when it was a big talking point for MAGA? They were talking about whatever they want to say, while they want the opposition silenced. #Fascism

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Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of CDC Officials - NewsBreak WASHINGTON — Dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — including “disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists and the entire

The 🍊💩 got his COVID shot the other day. In a variation of Let them eat cake, his message is Let them eat dirt because he doesn’t care if you live or die. He cares about one thing only - himself.

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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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The Beginning of the Fall of Russia The empire that came to bury us has begun to bury itself

There’s only one way to deal with a bully. The people of Ukraine provide us with a shining example of what can be accomplished in the midst of chaos and hardship.
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Tonight's #VAGov debate in less than a minute — It's clear which candidate has the temperament to be governor.

We’re All Socialists — But Only Trump Acts Like a Communist As Americans lose faith in capitalism, Trump’s economic nationalism looks less like free enterprise and more like state control…

Food for thought. Particularly when you realize that most people don’t know the difference between socialism and communism. Nor do they understand what capitalism really is.

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#Antifa

She was Antifa

The face of Evil.

wizard frog is insane

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

If you come for my people, you come through me.

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

The Portland mayor will have more support than Kristi Noem and the Trump administration when it comes to federalizing and occupying cities.

She’s safely on top of a building looking down at reporters and a guy in a chicken suit. Mayor Wilson is standing up for Portland. She’s against them!

The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism

Roberts "has consistently shown hostility towards civil rights, trade unions and environmental protections, approaching the law with the rigidity of a right wing ideologue."

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Senate confirms Herschel Walker as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas The former NFL player, who unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in 2022, will be the first ambassador to the Bahamas in nearly 15 years.

Yet another embarrassment for the United States.

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Independent journalist Marisa Kabas was first to report on Borges’ resignation and his email’s disappearance in posts on Bluesky

Fuck yeah @marisakabas.bsky.social

Vaccine Shedding Is Real — But Not What You Think The science behind who actually needs to worry (spoiler: probably not you)

Let’s dispel a myth.

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Noem says she and DHS officials denied restroom access in Illinois city hall Noem said that she, along with other law enforcement officials, were denied entrance into a city government building in Illinois.

Doesn’t feel so good when the shoe is on the other foot does it?

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THIS is the energy we’ve been waiting for. Credit where credit is due.

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

I guess the First Amendment is now used as toilet paper in our current administration. THIS IS NOT NORMAL!
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