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Retired lawyer, former chair of La Plata County (Colorado) Democrats, once-upon-a-time AZ Dem congressional candidate, loving wife, mother & grandmother, patriotic American who loves our country and respects the Constitution, dog lover.

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Opinion | Trump Is Not a Nationalist. Heโ€™s Something Worse.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...

31.01.2026 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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End Gerrymandering: Stop letting partisan politicians silence voters State legislatures are trying to enact dangerous, gerrymandered maps.

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: End Gerrymandering: Stop letting partisan politicians silence voters. Sign here: act.commoncause.org/petitions/en...

30.01.2026 04:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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โ€œAbove all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.โ€
โ€• Fyodor Dostoevsky

24.04.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New signage in NYC states that all dog poop must be placed into the nearest cybertruck. ๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿšฎ

09.03.2025 07:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2078    ๐Ÿ” 605    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

MAGA really wants to wipe out the majority of humans.

13.03.2025 03:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The next time anyone tries to argue that this administration is cutting wasteful spendingโ€ฆ

13.03.2025 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 878    ๐Ÿ” 252    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Why are members of the GOP called "Republicans" when they seem intent on destroying our Republic?

05.03.2025 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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24.02.2025 02:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Message to Joy Reid from Meidas By Ben Meiselas

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24.02.2025 02:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | I was a Jan. 6 juror. What I learned surprised me. Trumpโ€™s pardons of virtually all of the Jan. 6 rioters left me dejected. Am I safe?

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23.02.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good luck! I wish that were so.

23.02.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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America is experiencing a constitutional crisis Musk/Trumpโ€™s extraordinary abuse of power attempting to unilaterally cut trillions from our budget is frightening. These actions not only ignore the fact these funds have been allocated by Congress, b...

www.durangoherald.com/articles/ame...

13.02.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.

Please share this everywhere:
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07.02.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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05.02.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No one in Congress took a pledge to a tyrant . They took an oath to the constitution. They need a reminder

05.02.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She warned us a Trump administration would bring chaos and retribution!

05.02.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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339K views ยท 13K comments | Politics Chat, February 4, 2025 | In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics.... | By Heather Cox Richardson | Facebook In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics....

Everyone MUST watch this: facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/videos/1310543573481136

04.02.2025 22:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

โ€ผ๏ธMake your voice heard. 5 Calls is the easiest and most effective way for U.S. constituents to make a political impact.

Call today and share โ˜Ž๏ธ
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04.02.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 427    ๐Ÿ” 271    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

It appears our government has mostly always been a gentleman's agreement, backed by an oath of office. Guess what, trump is not a gentleman and the right wing seems to have shed all pretense and put on its Nazi jack boots and Klan robes.

The 4th Reich began at noon on Jan 20, 2025

04.02.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 118    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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One Response to Trumpโ€™s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S. A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration erects a higher fence around its global commerce.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/b...

04.02.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The GOP is complicit in every crime against our country that is being committed in Trump's name.

04.02.2025 04:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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5 Calls: Contact Your Congress - Apps on Google Play The latest political news, automatically connected with your House, Senate reps

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04.02.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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03.02.2025 05:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

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Democracy doesnโ€™t mean whoever wins a slight plurality in the national vote gets to rewrite every American institution to satisfy their own whims. The president is not an elected king. If we let him become one, the project of American democracy is over.

31.01.2025 05:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4512    ๐Ÿ” 800    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

"Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. ...Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find their parents have disappeared."
Anne Frank, published 1947

02.02.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rep. Connolly (D-VA):

โ€œSince Trump handed Musk the keys to our government, Musk has set up private servers that risk a cybersecurity nightmare, sent out unsanctioned and untrustworthy resignation offers, and locked career officials out of agency systems. (This)will have disastrous consequences.โ€

01.02.2025 04:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Governor Pritzker- Illinois -  has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.

Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.

๐Ÿ† Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.

31.01.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82407    ๐Ÿ” 14267    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2307    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2184

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