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Retired cat lady-hippie born in New Orleans; have lived on west& east coasts, Colorado, Texas and Minnesota. Worked as a teacher and speech/language pathologist for 40 years. Happily married Mom, Third Act member and music, book, and food lover.

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I would rather have tax dollars used for health care for all than using our tax dollars spent by Trump’s Justice Department to sue because his feeling were hurt when he lost the 2020 election. Impeach him.

12.12.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am so glad he has returned to his family.

12.12.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Truth bomb

12.12.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for calling out Noem’s illegal behavior and lies and for starting the process of impeaching her!

12.12.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great journalism by Nashville local tv news investigator @philinvestigates.com

11.12.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 362    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5

Damn πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

11.12.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2898    πŸ” 628    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 17
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When masked federal agents rappelled into Chicago, residents stood together and successfully pushed back against federal forces’ efforts to create chaos. Read our team's roundup of the 4 lessons for others: https://veritenews.org/2025/12/02/chicago-immigration-border-patrol-new-orleans/

11.12.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Glad he will be released. It is so sickening to see another vindictive prosecution from this cruel and racist Republican regime.

11.12.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mr. Abrego ordered RELEASED from custody A recording from Allison Gill's live video

You can watch @klasfeldreports.com and I discuss the ordered RELEASE of Kilmar Abrego Garcia here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/mr-abrego-...

11.12.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 715    πŸ” 172    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 1

Great to see @gallego.senate.gov absolutely savaging Republicans for helping cover up Trump's illegal killings. As I've been arguing, Dems should be taking *that* approach. Hound Republicans mercilessly until they agree to get to the bottom of all of it:

newrepublic.com/article/2041...

11.12.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1300    πŸ” 390    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 7

Sounds like single payer Rand.

11.12.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NYT Editorial Board Headlines:



Are We Losing Our Democracy?
While the United States is not yet close to a full-on autocracy, the New York Times editorial board outlines some of the warning signs of democratic erosion already taking place, thanks to the efforts of President Trump.


America Pours Billions Into the Military. We Don’t Know Where It All Goes.
Wasteful spending and byzantine regulations keep the U.S. military stuck in a failing status quo.


This Is the 21st-Century Arms Race. Can America Keep Up?
Innovations in A.I., synthetic biology and quantum computing are set to change war.



America Must Prepare for the Future of War
The nature of war has drastically changed. The editorial board argues that the U.S. must reform its military.



Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.

NYT Editorial Board Headlines: Are We Losing Our Democracy? While the United States is not yet close to a full-on autocracy, the New York Times editorial board outlines some of the warning signs of democratic erosion already taking place, thanks to the efforts of President Trump. America Pours Billions Into the Military. We Don’t Know Where It All Goes. Wasteful spending and byzantine regulations keep the U.S. military stuck in a failing status quo. This Is the 21st-Century Arms Race. Can America Keep Up? Innovations in A.I., synthetic biology and quantum computing are set to change war. America Must Prepare for the Future of War The nature of war has drastically changed. The editorial board argues that the U.S. must reform its military. Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.

Is the NYT Editorial Board OK?
It warns that we're sliding into authoritarianism...while also writing an editorial series (Pulitzer bait) urging Trump to work with Silicon Valley to turn the US military into an AI drone force. Palantir and Trump's anti-bureaucracy get positive mentions...

10.12.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 297    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 7

This little post sparked headlines around the world. Thanks for blowing it up to global proportions!
Joe Lonsdale is now the "Public Hangings Palantir" guy. Strangely, he seems to have moved on from the topic...at the peak of public attention.
Guess he didn't think it through.

09.12.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 1

you know who else blamed a minority group for every problem in their nation instead of addressing the issue?

10.12.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1697    πŸ” 433    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 15

They are too busy making billionaires rich to worry about us regular folks and health insurance.

09.12.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An Abundance of Popularism 🧐

Still waiting for that NYT masthead editorial about how recent election results decisively indicate that the other party is denying political reality at its peril & is distracted from moderate, unifying solutions πŸ€”

09.12.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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FDA Slow Walking a Long-Awaited Abortion Pill Safety Study The Food and Drug Administration has delayed a promised review of safety data for the abortion drug mifepristone at Commissioner Marty Makary’s request to put it off until after the midterm elections,...

The best reading of this article: Trump is going to use FDA to restrict medication abortion, but he wants to wait until after the midterms so the Republicans don't experience blowback. But that just makes the midterms more important. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

08.12.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 902    πŸ” 531    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 36
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Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy

The persecution of huge numbers of brown people and even the mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy. It’s coupled with an attack on reproductive rights that is sometimes openly intended to make white women have more babies....

06.12.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 330    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6
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U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.

The Trump-Vance administration’s withholding of congressionally appropriated funds is unlawful β€” and they know it.

We're glad to see that IMLS has reinstated millions in grants after months of legal pressure.

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He is developmentally like a three year old. Actual three year olds are much kinder, smarter and fun to be around.

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The FIFA trophy for Trump, gold hands reaching up to a gold planet....

The FIFA trophy for Trump, gold hands reaching up to a gold planet....

The desperate hands of the global south seek to take back an overheated world. Seriously, what's next? The McHamburglar trophy in gourmet cooking? The Pol Pot Human Rights medal? The Jeffrey Epstein childcare grant? The Vladimir Putin democracy fellowship? The Weinstein-Cosby feminism prize?

06.12.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 592    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 14
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Ukrainian History Global Initiative The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction

We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...

06.12.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1963    πŸ” 491    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 19

We don’t need no stinking ballroom.

06.12.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He looks like a toddler who needs to poop!

05.12.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Black men who were fired from key transportation boards accuse Trump of a pattern of discrimination Two Black men who were fired by President Donald Trump from the National Transportation Safety Board and the U.S.

Racial discrimination has no place in independent government agencies meant to serve all people. We’re honored to represent Mr. Brown and Mr. Primus as they seek accountability and defend equal protection.

05.12.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Since when does he care about fuel efficiency?

05.12.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Incoming pardon…3, 2, 1.

05.12.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Newsom understands how to humiliate someone who absolutely hates being humiliated. And Dems need a whole lot more of this. Trump cannot stand when people highlight exactly who he is in a way he can’t spin or outrun. If you’re planning on running for president, this is the skill set you better master

05.12.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1317    πŸ” 346    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 18

Bears repeating that one of Russia’s first major social media influence campaigns in the US promoted antivax views. Why? For it’s a way to do clear material harm to the country.

And here we are.

04.12.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 559    πŸ” 249    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 7
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally β€” almost certainly incomplete β€” includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

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