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Lifelong Democrat hoping for a better world for my grandchildren. πŸ’™πŸ¦‹πŸŒŠ #ReadingEnthusiast #VoteBlueforProgress #ResistFascism #StopGunViolence #SaveThePlanet #DOGE is a criminal organization

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Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated With Election Denier in Trump White House

Knowing the federal government can physically seize and rummage through election records, long after the election has been certified, will predictably chill voter participation and undermine voters’ confidence in the security and secrecy of their ballots,” he said.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

10.02.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Newly Unbound, Trump Weighs More Nuclear Arms and Underground Tests

Newly Unbound, Trump Weighs More Nuclear Arms and Underground Tests www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
*uck Trump!

10.02.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I agree it is a mental illness, just as racism is a symptom of mental illness.

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🏈🏈🏈🏈

08.02.2026 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8474    πŸ” 2908    πŸ’¬ 188    πŸ“Œ 111
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ICE killers have not been arrested and investigations have been shut down before they started.
This is the ultimate proof of Trump’s boast that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it.

Two American citizens who were not guilty of or accused of any crime were shot dead, on video.

08.02.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what Hess said: β€œIt brings up mixed emotions to represent the US right now. I think it’s a little hard. There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of. Just because I wear the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the US.”

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Morning.

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How TrumpRx drug prices compare to generic alternatives Patients could save more buying non-branded copycat drugs, even if they don't have insurance.

More than half the drugs on the TrumpRx siteΒ have a cheaper generic version on the market.

Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.

A generic version is on GoodRxΒ for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugsΒ for $16.65.

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Kash Patel stopped Renee Good investigation in order to protect Trump’s assessment on the shooting: Report In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, President Trump falsely claimed Good β€˜viciously ran over’ ICE officer Jonathan Ross

RENEE NICOLE GOOD ...

MURDERED BY NAZI ICE GESTAPOS!

NO INVESTIGATION ...
JUST TRUMPSTEIN'S CLAIMS!

tRumpstein's FBI Director Kash Patel, stopped federal agents from carrying out an investigation ...

FEARING A PROBE WOULD UNDERMINE tRumpstein’s CLAIMS about Good’s death

PROTECTING tRUMP'S LIES!

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McGregor was found liable for sexual assault in 2024 and the jury ordered him to pay the victim $257,000. He lost all his appeals.

08.02.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 17072    πŸ” 5907    πŸ’¬ 1359    πŸ“Œ 451
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Perfect

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Can’t verify this but frankly it explains a lot.

07.02.2026 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3908    πŸ” 1036    πŸ’¬ 611    πŸ“Œ 211

The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.

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Young girls "were viewed as disposable people." Epstein files reveal not just crimes, but how elite society actually works The women "were viewed as disposable people." The files reveal not just crimes, but how elite society actually works.

The CHILDREN?

"There was very much a class aspect to this.

A lot of the YOUNG GIRLS came from broken homes and poor backgrounds.

Some of them had been abused in their own families.

CHILDREN WERE VIEWED, BASICALLY, AS OBJECTS … THEY WERE VIEWED AS DISPOSABLE CHILDREN."

AUCTIONABLE CHILDREN!!

06.02.2026 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4816    πŸ” 2377    πŸ’¬ 312    πŸ“Œ 135

I don’t understand why folks want to blame immunizations for autism, when children and infants are at the most risk for inhaling dangerous levels of PFAs by playing on carpet.

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The toxic legacy of Georgia’s carpet empire The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.

Weeks earlier, 3M Company announced it would reformulate its signature stain-resistance brand under pressure from the Environmental Protection Agency because of human health and environmental concerns.

apnews.com/projects/pfa...

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Better to let him self-implode.

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β€˜I didn’t vote for this’: As DOGE guts a $1.2 trillion industry, rural Trump voters and tourists are paying the price (Moneywise) Terry Zink has spent his entire life in the woods. As a 57-year-old third generation houndsman from Marion, Montana β€” a town tucked into the Flathead Nati...

Another FAFO

β€œYou won’t meet anyone more conservative than me, and I didn’t vote for this,” Zink told Politico. β€œYou cannot fire our firefighters. You cannot fire our trail crews. You have to have selective logging, and water restoration, and healthy forests.”

l.smartnews.com/p-76nYWwpO/a...

06.02.2026 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Treasury Sec Admits Americans Are on the Hook for Trump’s $10B Lawsuit (The New Republic) Donald Trump’s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns, if he were to win or get a settlement, would be paid entirely by U....

Donald Trump’s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns, if he were to win or get a settlement, would be paid entirely by U.S. taxpayers.

l.smartnews.com/p-76Koj3zO/R...

06.02.2026 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Just Gave Us the Worst January Since the Great Recession (The New Republic) Donald Trump’s economy has led to the worst January in job cuts since the Great Recession in 2009. U.S.-based employers laid off 108,435 employees last month...

Donald Trump’s economy has led to the worst January in job cuts since the Great Recession in 2009.

l.smartnews.com/p-76JfCxdC/w...

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Former US officials warn of impending 'widespread collapse of American agriculture': 'Our farmers and ranchers … can't compete with the world' (The Cool Down) Major players in the agricultural industry are sounding an economic alarm in a joint letter, according to The New York Times.What's happening? A bipartisan g...

Seems tariffs aren’t a good idea. Who knew?

"Our farmers and ranchers can compete with the world, but they can't compete with the world with a chaotic set of policy circumstances.”

l.smartnews.com/p-76uuXf1K/f...

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Expert Trump hired to prove voter fraud says every single claim was 'false' (AlterNet) President Donald Trump has called on the federal government to "nationalize the voting" across the United States, baselessly claiming that major cities in sw...

β€œEvery one of the 20 claims they asked me to evaluate, I was able to show that they were false. We did find small amounts of voter fraud, but never did we find enough voter fraud to have been able to change the outcome of any of the swing state elections in 2020."

l.smartnews.com/p-76o7UiVG/k...

06.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Prescription Drug Website Exposed as a Big Fat Scam (The New Republic) TrumpRx, the website launched by the Trump administration Thursday to sell discounted prescription drugs directly to consumers, is offering a whole lot less ...

Trump claims that TrumpRx will lower the cost of inhalers from $458 to $51. Clicking on the link on TrumpRx redirects you to the manufacturer’s website to see if you qualify for hardship discounts which are available regardless of whether TrumpRx is involved.

l.smartnews.com/p-776D1WWl/q...

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Children in South Carolina are developing rare brain swelling complications after measles outbreak (The Independent) South Carolina children who have contracted cases of the measles virusin recent months have also been affected by a worrying and sometimes deadly complicatio...

β€œDr. Linda Bell told reporters that any time people develop the known complication of measles β€œthere can be long-term consequences, things like developmental delay and impacts on the neurologic system that can be irreversible.”

l.smartnews.com/p-76JhdKgN/b...

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Federal judge rules DOJ can β€˜no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

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Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station, Dulles for Trump

Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station, Dulles for Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

Isn’t this extortion?

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Social Security Funding - Raise or Eliminate the Cap

In 2025 the cap for social security earnings is $175,000.

That means that only income up to and equal to $175,000 is taxed for social security. Income greater than $175,000 is not taxed for social security.

06.02.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

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