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retired, former management consultant, professor, world traveller, enjoys fine food, nice wine, good books, golf, an occasional single malt scotch, volunteering with the medical sector, and my exciting grandkids.

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The President Is Not Going to the Super Bowl, and the Jumbotron Wins Again A tale of two halftime shows, and one very fragile relationship with applause.

The President Is Not Going to the Super Bowl, and the Jumbotron Wins Again
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...

05.02.2026 06:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

you must protect the Second Amendment with elegance and poise, even if it clashes with your outfit.

Education about guns is important. Teach the children early โ€” not just how to shoot, but how to pose dramatically in front of the flag while doing it. Patriotism, but make it fashion.

04.02.2026 23:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 170    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

narrator.

the DNC does not anoint presidential candidates.

if you think they do, you need to get over yourself.

04.02.2026 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 555    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 68    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Pressure mounts on Commission as 170 groups back EU abortion initiative | Euractiv Commission faces 2 March deadline on โ€˜My Voice, My Choiceโ€™ initiative

The European Commission must decide by 2 March whether it intends to give legal follow-up to a European Citizensโ€™ Initiative that gathered more than one million signatures in 2025. It would allow EU states to voluntarily fund women's abortion care when they need to travel from another EU state.

05.02.2026 02:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 665    ๐Ÿ” 154    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

My guess is that Sen. Mark Kelly should and probably will run for President. If so, he will be my first choice in the primary.

04.02.2026 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 452    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

05.02.2026 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2474    ๐Ÿ” 1129    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 78    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

I've heard from people in other cities "I'd like to see them try that in __!"

No. No, you wouldn't.

We have guns pointed in our faces in MN. I think you'd change your tune if this was happening to you, your family & your neighbors.

Nobody knows EXACTLY how to do this. This is NEW to all of US.

04.02.2026 03:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7468    ๐Ÿ” 1655    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 274    ๐Ÿ“Œ 59
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Welsh hospice services could reduce without more funding, charity says Hospices caring for people at the end of their lives are at risk because funding is

"The fact they're not funded enough is really sad because they're vital."

9 of 14 hospices in Wales face a financial deficit next year. One has closed. Another is temporarily shut. Services people rely on are at risk because the current funding model is unsustainable.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

04.02.2026 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 253    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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I hate billionaires. I revered the Washington Post. Today is a huge loss for journalism. America desperately needs watchdogs.

But also why the fuck would anyone pay for what legacy media has become?

04.02.2026 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 733    ๐Ÿ” 170    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 85    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Contact Congress today!

Kristi Noem is an absolute disgrace. And if Mike Johnson is too big of a coward to impeach her, we will!

05.02.2026 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2943    ๐Ÿ” 579    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 110    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

Social media tells the public, Starmer (who had zero to do with it) should now go over the Epstein revelations.
Yet Trump stays President & Andrew continues to live like a Prince.
Starmer made a bad choice, that's it.
Prosecute the guilty for the victims.
Don't make political gain out of this.

04.02.2026 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 322    ๐Ÿ” 71    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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When a Journalist Is Arrested, Democracy Is the One in Handcuffs Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert and Ethel Human Rights Center, on the arrest of journalist Don Lemon

"The recent arrest of Don Lemon should alarm every American who still believes in the First Amendment," writes Kerry Kennedy.

05.02.2026 04:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2302    ๐Ÿ” 673    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBSโ€”oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.

They donโ€™t want normal people to see what is happening in America.

04.02.2026 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10134    ๐Ÿ” 3199    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 294    ๐Ÿ“Œ 150
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We've had evidence since Krasnov's first term that he's a Putin asset. How much more evidence do we need?

04.02.2026 21:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 981    ๐Ÿ” 480    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
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Every week it's something new. Epstein, ICE, grift, destroy another American institution. It's fukkin exhausting and it doesn't seem like anyone, R or D is doing a damn thing about it. I think we're gonna have to save ourselves, no one is coming to help. I'll never give up the fight, we can do this!

04.02.2026 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5788    ๐Ÿ” 2131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 274    ๐Ÿ“Œ 80

Smoking that loud that made RFK Jr convert to Rizzlam.

05.02.2026 04:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judge Rebecca Taibleson, finds her name in the Epstein files.

Guess who she clerked for?

Umhmm.
Scalia.

04.02.2026 04:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5915    ๐Ÿ” 2956    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i am trying not to joke about the Epstein stuff because it's so horrible but there's also this ridiculous element where it's like... discovering Dracula is real, he's taken over human society at the highest levels, he's involved in tons of evil and also he's a huge dipshit

05.02.2026 03:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4580    ๐Ÿ” 713    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

t.me/NewsInsideUk...

t.me/c/1966917236...

๐Ÿ”ฅ Unknown drones paid a visit to the Rostov Thermal Power Station!
Russian monitoring channels are reporting a threat of drone attacks in the area of the Rostov Thermal Power Station.

04.02.2026 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

funny how the man who cost the Washington Post hundreds of thousands in subscriptions by canceling the paper's presidential endorsementโ€”almost certainly the most destructive decision in the history of the paper, if not journalism itselfโ€”still has his job

04.02.2026 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6902    ๐Ÿ” 1231    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 78    ๐Ÿ“Œ 56

Renowned man baby and sexual deep fake aficionado Elon Musk turned a social network into an explicit political weapon meant to do harm and undermine democracy all over the world suddenly gets offended when the minimum amount of legal scrutiny is directed at his operation.

04.02.2026 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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JUSTIFIED โ€œFUCK ICEโ€ CHANTS #AEWDynamite

05.02.2026 03:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6678    ๐Ÿ” 1945    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 120    ๐Ÿ“Œ 475
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๐Ÿคฃ Trump: โ€œIt bothers me that theyโ€™re going after Bill Clinton. I like Bill Clinton.โ€

This sounds like a man begging his ole friend Bill not to testify what he knows.

Do it Clinton, tell the truth and drop bombs.

05.02.2026 05:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If ICE agents didn't wear masks, they would be FAMOUS for all the wrong reasons. So if you wanna see mass resignations, prevent them from wearing masks.

That said, abolishing ICE is the only way to truly prevent more violence, harm and murder.

04.02.2026 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4395    ๐Ÿ” 1009    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 125    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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๐Ÿ‘น

04.02.2026 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4627    ๐Ÿ” 1130    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 61
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This email between Epstein and JD Vanceโ€™s tech oligarch benefactor Peter Thiel where they plan to โ€œcollapseโ€ society to create investment opportunities for themselves seemsโ€ฆ not great

(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)

04.02.2026 05:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3806    ๐Ÿ” 1954    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 190    ๐Ÿ“Œ 201

The enemy is attacking the Kyiv region again. Peaceful settlements in our region are under attack by drones from the terrorist country.

05.02.2026 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 408    ๐Ÿ” 164    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Sen. Mitch McConnell Hospitalized With Flu-Like Symptoms, Received โ€˜Positiveโ€™ Prognosis Sen. Mitch McConnell is among the oldest serving senators.

Sen. Mitch McConnell is among the oldest serving senators.

04.02.2026 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 899    ๐Ÿ” 200    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 727    ๐Ÿ“Œ 140

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