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Could it be that someone has #MarbleMania? What would Honest Abe say about putting a Marble Bathroom in the WH while people go painfully #hungry? Is #Trump trying to reassure himself that he's not #LosingHisMarble(s) by putting it everywhere?! Too bad you can't eat marble.

Thank you, #AdamKinzinger, for continuing to speak out, and so cogently! #Trump only know how to "solve" problems that he's created. Too bad he's so good at creating them!

Thank goodness for the courage of people like #BrendanNyhan and journalism orgs like #ProPublica. propublica.org/donate Their stories bring reality into the light. Please keep speaking out, Mr. Nyhan! You help not only the U.S., but all of us who are deeply frustrated but have little media reach.

Preciosa!! I hope she - and yous - had fun! 🎃

ASKING for Info: If anyone reading this knows an EASY (but good) platform for making MEMES, pls LMK. Thanks so much!

Thank you, #GovernorMoore, for this type of governing: crucial information paired with #caring. We could us that in #NorthCarolina!

The DEMS have wasted this past year bickering over why we lost & over strategy ... instead of coming out w/a coherent message & learning to communicate it effectively. That's 101 of successful politicking. GET IT TOGETHER, DEMS! We are-quite literally-at the mercy of a worsening #mentalillness.

#Trump has what he wants: a nonfunctional Congress. Why would he try to solve the shutdown? He can be the only leader now.

Happy Cat Day, Poppy! 🐾

At this point, with #SNAP benefits soon to stop and assistance with utility bills affected, the best healthcare is adequate nutrition and shelter ... I truly want way better healthcare for people, but this shutdown is hurting too many people.

Those Who Prevail Honoring first ladies past, present and future

#Media dropped the ball on thh East Wing, not following up as to why the relevant protective associations weren't loudly protesting everyday. Read marianplace.substack.com/p/those-who-...

Those Who Prevail Honoring first ladies past, present and future

Are you feeling offended as a woman by the demolishment of the #EastWing? You'll want to read this ... including a #Ballroom Prayer.
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Why are #media so surprised about this? We knew weeks ago #Tump hadn't consulted the appropriate organizations. Media & the orgs dropped the ball; the #EastWing was leveled. #PBSNewsHour did a lousy job reporting on this during Walters-Keith-Bennett segment - comments w/some smiles - no idea why.

If we need any clearer sign that #Trump simply doesn't give a ****, the #destruction of the #EastWing is it. No thought of whether he has the right ... the history of the building (love the misogyny of destroying where #FirstLadies worked) ... of how out of proportion it is to WH residence...

No Kings Alliance — No Kings Authoritarianism thrives on silence. The No Kings Alliance exists to make capitulation impossible—and resistance unstoppable.

I'm very pleased to see that www.nokings.org/alliance has started a "rapid response" arm of the #NoKings movement. If mass x velocity = momentum, velocity has been sorely missing, despite great efforts. Responses to autocratic acts need to occur w/in days. Sign up w/this site if you haven't already.

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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A #ballroom big enough to sleep #Trump's overinflated, fragile ego. Typical: he raised $250M from ... let's guess ... and chose to put it to this instead of food banks or a fund for subsidized #healthcare. Think he's leaving in 2029 and leaving this toy...?

Opinion | Trump Posted a Video of Himself Dumping Excrement on Our Cities. It’s a Glimpse of His Deepest Drives.

Goldberg's piece nails it. The #MAGA urge to defile, also seen on #Jan6, and in #Trump's spraying-feces-AI resembles a v. young child smearing feces on the wall above his crib ... The only difference here is the hostility embedded in the AI. As to developmental age...
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Even #NYT is bored with these long-planned marches. We need a web of citizens organized to demonstrate w/in days after an action by #Trump & with FEELING (NOT violence). Current marches r like block parties. Europe may like us better for a day, but... Better to call Congress, help elect Dems, etc.

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

#Trump assembles his own police force ... perhaps even his own army.

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Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...

I urge people to support propublica.org They are doing some important stories, including one about #RussellVought as the other "commander-in-chief" at the #OMB. All spending - or, more to the point, lack of spending - funnels through him.

www.propublica.org/article/russ...

Hate to say it, but putting "trust" & #Trump in the same sentence is a hope that may well founder. #Hamas must have been so consumed by the war in #Gaza that they are out of touch with who Trump really is - it's not a pretty tale. May innocent #Palestinians not suffer further b/c of Trump.

The Art of Love What Thursday's ICE raid reminds us about love

This is appalling, preying on the innocence of children. Thank you, #NPR, for highlighting this. In the end, as I say in my Substack piece, The Art of Love, #ICE officers will come to a reckoning.
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The Art of Love What Thursday's ICE raid reminds us about love

And here's what we can learn - or be reminded of - from Thursday night's #ICE raid in #Chicago.

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A lot of people are going to refuse to own those #Trumpcoins. Better print more dollar bills.

The Art of Love What Thursday's ICE raid reminds us about love

Drawing hope, powered by #love, from #ICE's gruesome rain on #Chicago on Thursday night....

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The Art of Love What Thursday's ICE raid reminds us about love

When all the world feels like darkness has invaded the good, you may want to read my latest post.
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#Trump and his #Co-PresidentRussellVought and #Co-PresidentStephenMiller don't "do" legal lines. They only do round-ups & mass layoffs.

When will the Dems, incl. you and me & elected officials begin to use that term #Co-President? NO way Trump cd have pulled off ALL that's happened in 8.5 months.

What a courageous story - for Gail to follow her deep wish and then put her experience out there. Bravo, Gail, and keep going, however you decide to do that!

#BadEscalator is totally fitting for #Trump. He's the #BadEscalator of lying, tariffs, economic weakness and division.

And #Patel and Laura Loomer have named #Tylenol as a Domestic Terrorist ... ... The sad state of affairs under #Trump, Patel and Loony, is that I bet some folks read the first statement here and believed it for an instant. Crazytown!