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Retired gypsy math teacher and former writer of a couple of short stories. I do not chat. I block anyone who sends me an unsolicited message, anyone who tries to sell me something, and Bible thumpers. I just don't want them on my feed.

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Trump sours on Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar after issuing pardon (Politico) Presiden...

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Trump takes swipe at Jimmy Kimmel's talent while honoring Kennedy Center recipients in Oval Office (Fox News) President Donald Trump once again swiped at late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Saturday as he honored the Kennedy Center honors recipients in the Oval Office on...

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Top Armed Services Dem says Sept. 2 strike video would show GOP’s description β€˜false’ (ABC News) The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said Sunday that surveillance video of U.S. military strikes targeting an alleged drug trafficking ves...

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Iran continues crackdown on dissent with human rights lawyer found dead, arrests and disappearances (Jerusalem Post) Published: Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:15:42 GMTUpdated: Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:22:29 GMT

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The K-shaped Christmas: wealthy few drive holiday spending splurge while many struggle to get by (The Guardian) Entering Printemps in downtown New York City feels like an escape. A slight s...

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07.12.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump says tariffs made America strong, but governors say households are still struggling. Here’s what the data shows (Moneywise) President Donald Trump is calling tariffs an economic triumph. When he came into office for a second time, he implemented sweeping tariff refo...

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β€˜The Mamdani effect’: wealthy New Yorkers show renewed interest in Miami’s Billionaire’s Beach (The Guardian) There is a short stretch o...

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07.12.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hegseth won't commit to releasing video of second strike on alleged drug boat (CBS News) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday refused to say whether the Pentagon would release v...

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Immigration courts thrown into chaos as Trump administration purges dozens of judges (Politico) NEW YORK β€” A massive purge of judges has le...

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Those nasty billionaires compared to women. Let's just hang people isn’t the advancement they think.

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Trump Is Repeating One of Biden’s Big Mistakes (The Atlantic) Donald Trump recaptured the White House in part by relentlessly exploiting Joe Biden’...

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Trump Administration Announces $5,000 β€˜Apprehension Fee’ for Unauthorized Border Crossers (The New York Sun) The Trump administration has put in place a new financial penalty targeting illegal immigration, consisting of a $5,000 fee to be charged to individuals who ...

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Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted.
Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.

Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted. Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.

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Hegseth declares end of US 'utopian idealism' with new military strategy (Politico) SIMI VALLEY, Ca...

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Supreme Court weighs overturning landmark ruling protecting independent agencies (Scripps News) Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court 's conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency, starting well befo...

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Judge blocks prosecutors’ access to James Comey’s lawyer’s emails and data (Politico) A federal judge dealt a setback S...

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Trump administration plays up pipe bomb suspect's arrest. Jan. 6 violence goes unmentioned (Associated Press) Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel look at each other during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in W...

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Here's Why Bill Gates Blames Donald Trump's 'Gigantic Mistake' For Surge In Child Deaths (Benzinga) Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, has criticized the Trump administration for the alarming increase in child mortality rates. Gates attributes this rise t...

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Despite their β€˜no limits’ friendship, Russia is paying a nearly 90% markup on sanctioned goods from Chinaβ€”compared with 9% from other countries (Fortune) In early 2022, Russia and China famously declared their friendship had β€œno limits,” right before Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. M...

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Trump defends rising cost of β€˜much bigger and more beautiful’ ballroom amid criticism (The Hill) President Trump on Saturday defended high costs associated with his White House ballroom project, telling critics that the space will be β€œmuch bigger and mor...

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Texas removes women and minorities from Historically Underutilized Business program for state contracts (The Texas Tribune) Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback.The state Comptroller’s office ann...

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New US seed ban risks driving cannabis genetics underground, growers warn (The Guardian) Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Imag...

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Joe Biden slams Republicans for turning transgender rights into β€˜political football’ (The Guardian) Joe Bidenhas criticized Republ...

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Survivors of Sept. 2 boat strike were waving before second attack, sources say (CBS News) Two people who survived an early September U.S. attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean...

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HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait (NPR) As you walk down a particular hallway on the seventh floor of the Humphrey Building in Washington, D.C., you'll find a line of photographic portraits of all ...

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National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump's birthday (USA Today) In 2026, Americans will get free admission to national parks on President Donald Trump's birthday but no longer on Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day,...

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Latvia Says They’re Running Out of Men (eBaum's World) Single guy looking for a partner? If you’re willing to live in the cold, you may have options: the country of Latvia currently has so few men that women have...

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Pete Hegseth Is Seriously Testing Trump’s β€˜No Scalps’ Rule (The Atlantic) The suspected drug traffickers,the lone survivors of a U.S. airstrike, were sprawled on a table-size piece of floating wreckage in the Car...

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President Donald Trump Wants the NFL to Change Its Name β€” Here’s Why (Parade) President Donald Trump thinks the National Football League should change its name. While attending the FIFA World Cup drawΒ in Washington, D.C. o...

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β€˜Blatant lawlessness’: Judge decries another β€˜unlawful’ deportation (Politico) Migrants wearing face masks and shackles on their hands and feet sit on a military aircraft at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, Jan. 30, 2025, awaiting their de...

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