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Observer that tries very hard to spread peace, love and kindness.

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Exclusive: US intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes, former US officials say
By Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk
November 7, 2025

08.11.2025 05:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We elect 537 peopleβ€”Congress plus the White House. That’s not even enough to fill the bleachers at a small-town JV game. Yet those 537 hold hundreds of millions of us hostage with ideas like β€œtrickle-down.” The power to change this is in our hands.

07.11.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1011    πŸ” 261    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 8
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🚨Damn. Dallas, Texas is paving the way; showing us all that decency is of greater value than money. Bravo Dallas!!! 1/2

07.11.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2351    πŸ” 973    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 67
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linktr.ee/jesseduquette

08.11.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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The difference between France in 1793 and the United States in 2025?

Marie Antoinette was *indifferent* to people starving.

But Donald Trump is using every trick at his disposal to *make sure* they do.

08.11.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2956    πŸ” 847    πŸ’¬ 131    πŸ“Œ 29

Suddenly heads
Pressed together
A bakersdozenplusone
Packed into gutpunch
The long last we
Pickled in pixels
So time is suddenly meaningless
And the little boy
In the uptoolate man
Each feel the difference

08.11.2025 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I live in a very small town and I know what keeps small town grocery stores open:

SNAP.

07.11.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7475    πŸ” 1450    πŸ’¬ 180    πŸ“Œ 37
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Tuberville: β€œWe just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”

07.11.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3791    πŸ” 840    πŸ’¬ 2919    πŸ“Œ 1046

Democrats didn’t cave. They boxed republicans in and made them own the shutdown. Watch.

08.11.2025 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2628    πŸ” 793    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 29
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B.C. premier, First Nations call on feds to continue oil tanker ban along northern coast | CBC News B.C. Premier David Eby stood with members of numerous First Nations from B.C.’s northern coast on Wednesday to support and sign a declaration that asks Ottawa to continue a moratorium on oil tankers i...

B.C. premier, First Nations call on feds to continue oil tanker ban.
Declaration comes amid Alberta premier's pipeline push, Ottawa's effort to fast-track major projects.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

08.11.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mill to shutter in 100 Mile House, B.C., taking 165 forestry jobs with it | CBC News The community’s mayor estimates at least 500 more jobs will be indirectly impacted and says she worries the closure could push people to leave the lumber town.

Thanks to #TrumpTarrifs. πŸͺΆπŸ˜‘πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

08.11.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear Walmart,

Consideeing you have more employees on SNAP than any other company β€” instead of simply having a β€˜cheaper’ Thanksgiving bundle, how about giving your underpaid employees who must rely on SNAP for survival, one for free? It’s the least you can do. And I stress, the LEAST…

β€” America

07.11.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6555    πŸ” 2065    πŸ’¬ 236    πŸ“Œ 87
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech β€” rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?

Character isn't something you tell people about.

It's something you live.

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B.C. RCMP trio violated code of conduct with racist, sexist messages: adjudicator An RCMP adjudicator has found three B.C constables failed to treat people with respect and courtesy when they posted racist, sexist and homophobic comments in a group chat with other officers and on p...

www.sudbury.com/national/bc-...

β€œfind that the messages are clearly racist, sexist and homophobic, given the insulting nature related to a person's race, colour, ethnic origin, sex or sexual orientation," she said.

08.11.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Sandwich Guy Puns Keep Rolling In - Washingtonian In a rare taste of victory for the resistance, a jury acquitted Sean Dunnβ€”eternally our Sandwich Guyβ€”of misdemeanor assault in a DC federal court yesterday. Dunn has become something of a local hero f...

I made the sandwich guy pun *wrap* up! washingtonian.com/2025/11/07/t...

08.11.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1321    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 4
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What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.

To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil

07.11.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5111    πŸ” 1280    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 114
Alberta Separatism is a US-backed PSYOP for Oil | The Goose πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
YouTube video by The Goose Alberta Separatism is a US-backed PSYOP for Oil | The Goose πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

Alberta Separatism is a US-backed PSYOP for Oil | The Goose πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ youtu.be/r2pFskA1QiE?... via @YouTube

08.11.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The talking point they came up with is so lame and pathetic. Yes, insurance premiums are paid to insurance companies. Yes, the subsidies help low and low-middle income people afford to pay them. That’s how the ACA works. Just admit you want to raise premiums on 22 million people.

08.11.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3683    πŸ” 1139    πŸ’¬ 417    πŸ“Œ 72

The restored East Wing.

08.11.2025 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7381    πŸ” 926    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 26
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BREAKING: The USDA tells states funds will be made available later today to pay November SNAP benefits in full.

07.11.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3894    πŸ” 1306    πŸ’¬ 167    πŸ“Œ 266

Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention, Pam Bondi.

08.11.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6812    πŸ” 1787    πŸ’¬ 227    πŸ“Œ 50

if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.

07.11.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 10722    πŸ” 1597    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 47
USA Today: "Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stop order requiring SNAP benefits be paid"

USA Today: "Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stop order requiring SNAP benefits be paid"

Donald Trump is now going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to take SNAP food benefits away from Americans in need.

California won't back down in court from supporting the tens of millions of Americans the Trump Administration seemingly wants to starve.

08.11.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3036    πŸ” 943    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 39
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β€˜Exceeded his authority’: Judge issues injunction blocking Trump from sending National Guard to Oregon β€” OregonLive.com A federal judge Friday issued a permanent injunction barring President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops from any state to Oregon, finding the president exceeded his authority.

This case is destined to go to SCOTUS

Where Justice Alito will no doubt lecture plaintiffs about how the Constitution demands that the president deploy troops to control Portland’s dancing frogs

β€œthe President did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard”
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08.11.2025 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 472    πŸ” 183    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to temporarily withhold some SNAP payments for November Shortly after telling states that the food assistance program would be fully funded, the administration asked the Supreme Court to step in.

NEW: Ketanji Brown Jackson has issued a temporary administrative stay, allowing the block of SNAP benefits while the appeals court considers Trump's application in full. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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β€˜A dangerous time in global affairs,’ Bob Rae says For the past five years, Bob Rae has served as the ambassador and permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations.

www.thewhig.com/opinion/a-da...

My feature exit interview with Ambassador ⁦β€ͺBob Rae‬⁩, Canada’s outgoing Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

β€˜A dangerous time in global affairs,’ Bob Rae says | The Kingston Whig Standard

08.11.2025 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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#PnP-Now Cochrane is saying it wasn’t Pierre Poilievre who β€œdefeated” PM Trudeau. That it was the two losses at the bye-election and Freeland.

It cannot be both. I used to respect him and now he’s as pathetic as Barton. πŸͺΆπŸ™„ #cdnmediafailed

08.11.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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190. SNAP WTF? A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next

This NOW makes so much sense! www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...

08.11.2025 05:22 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This has not gotten much attention, but it should.

Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.

Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.

07.11.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 14426    πŸ” 3515    πŸ’¬ 209    πŸ“Œ 106

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