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Studio portrait of Nancy Wake in uniform, showing her parachute badge. She is a white woman with dark hair.

Studio portrait of Nancy Wake in uniform, showing her parachute badge. She is a white woman with dark hair.

Very early #OnThisDay, 30 April 1944, New Zealander Nancy Wake parachutes into occupied France to be a courier for the Special Operations Executive.

Nick-named 'the white mouse' by the Gestapo, she is never captured.

She died in 2011.

#WomenInHistory ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2
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30.04.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 344    ๐Ÿ” 84    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Makes sense coming from someone who knows nothing about the U.S. government.

30.04.2025 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This shtick is getting so old. Is no โ€œjokeโ€ off limits? How many people does one have to offend before one decides the job calls for tact and statesmanship.

30.04.2025 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump administration withholding $436.87 billion in approved spending, top Democrats say WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has so far withheld at least $436.87 billion of congressionally approved funding, the top Democrats on the U.S. Congress' appropriati...

"No American president has ever so flagrantly ignored our nation's spending laws or so brazenly denied the American people investments they are owed."

29.04.2025 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This country is becoming unrecognizable. What weโ€™re seeing is state-funded fear. Weโ€™ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasnโ€™t a case involving masked ICE agentsโ€”but thatโ€™s happening too.

15.04.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25913    ๐Ÿ” 11511    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1792    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1547
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Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS President Trump and GOP members of Congress have accused the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. The president plans a rescission, which would give Congress 45 days to approve the di...

The Trump administration has drafted a memo to Congress outlining its intent to end nearly all federal funding for public media, which includes NPR and PBS, according to a White House official who spoke to NPR.

15.04.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1106    ๐Ÿ” 590    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 182    ๐Ÿ“Œ 111
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Trump blames Zelensky for starting war day after massive Russian attack The US president apportioned blame to Ukraine's leader hours after the deadliest strike on civilians this year.

Erasing history while actively rewriting it with lies.

15.04.2025 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He looks like a giant egg. We all know what happened to Humpty.

05.04.2025 00:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Proudly Debuts New Tariff on a Group of Antarctic Islands. Only Penguins Live There President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced a new 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands, which are uninhabited by humans and best known for their penguin population

Even the penguins get tariffs. ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ

03.04.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So long, Strom: Cory Booker breaks Thurmond's Senate record with 25-hour speech The New Jersey Democrat has held the floor since Monday night in protest of President Donald Trump.

โ€œMaybe my ego got caught up that maybe, maybe, just maybe, I could break this record of the man who tried to stop the rights upon which I stand,โ€ Booker said. โ€œIโ€™m not here, though, because of his speech; Iโ€™m here despite his speech.โ€
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

02.04.2025 02:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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HHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.

Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.

02.04.2025 00:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1062    ๐Ÿ” 580    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 76
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Dusty, the pลฉma.

01.04.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gah! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

01.04.2025 22:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸšจNEXT WEEK: Join our symposium Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Freedoms (4/10-4/11 in NYC & online) to discuss the risks that advanced #AI systems pose to democratic freedoms, and how to mitigate them. With @sethlazar.org. See the full agenda & RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial...

31.03.2025 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Merriam-Webster's Words You Hate | Featuring moist, literally, irregardless, & more!

Merriam-Webster's Words You Hate | Featuring moist, literally, irregardless, & more!

Check out our new totally real editions that have nothing to do with April Foolsโ€™ Day.

01.04.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4076    ๐Ÿ” 619    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 124    ๐Ÿ“Œ 74
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Crazy
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project Crazy

Elon Musk bought and paid for Brad Schimel. That tells you all you need to know, Wisconsin.

Vote Susan Crawford today.

01.04.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3825    ๐Ÿ” 1111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!โ€”word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

01.04.2025 02:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10501    ๐Ÿ” 2368    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 290    ๐Ÿ“Œ 151

Does anyone know the unemployment rate for Veterans ? If 30 percent of the federal workforce is Vets, the number could get ugly quickly.

Any data out there ?

30.03.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22447    ๐Ÿ” 4052    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1285    ๐Ÿ“Œ 136
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Trump says heโ€™s โ€˜very angryโ€™ and โ€˜pissed offโ€™ at Putin during an NBC News interview โ€” NBC News Trump said in an early-morning phone call that if he believes Russia is at fault for a ceasefire not being reached with Ukraine, he may impose secondary tariffs on Russian oil.

Waitโ€ฆso Trumpโ€™s default moves of kissing Putinโ€™s ass and begging him to just make his life easier arenโ€™t fixing the problem he promised to solve on day one? ๐Ÿค” Well, shoot.

30.03.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Biden administration regulation on the nearly impossible-to-trace weapons called ghost guns, clearing the way for continued serial numbers, background checks an...

Biggest red flags imaginable for any people or groups that would oppose such a common sense measure.

26.03.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Key climate research office may close amid federal cost-cutting A federal cost-cutting initiative may shut down the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) office that manages Hawaiiโ€™s Mauna Loa Observatory, a critical site for tracking atmospheric ...

Cannot believe that the Mauna Loa Observatory is under threat of closure ๐Ÿ˜ฑ
It is home to the worldโ€™s longest-running measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide, providing the foundation for understanding the role of greenhouse gases in climate change.

www.ehn.org/key-climate-...

23.03.2025 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 412    ๐Ÿ” 179    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Humming along in an old church, the Internet Archive is more relevant than ever The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.

The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.

23.03.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3532    ๐Ÿ” 857    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 86    ๐Ÿ“Œ 76
People shouldn't be afraid of their governments.

Governments should be afraid of their people.

People shouldn't be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

Politicians have forgotten they WORK for #WeThePeople

We trusted they'd protect us & our #HumanRights w/ integrity๐Ÿ—ฝ

#Politicians are abusing our #vote ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ& using their power for cruelty against #Americans

Politicians are in power to protect America & American values & from foreign/domestic threats

23.03.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Psstโ€ฆ take 12 seconds away from doom scrolling, to take a deep breath and relax with these sweet otters ๐Ÿฆฆ

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๐ŸŽฅNature

23.03.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19010    ๐Ÿ” 3295    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 466    ๐Ÿ“Œ 242
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โ€˜This is not your grandmotherโ€™s Easter Egg Rollโ€™: White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event | CNN Politics The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this yearโ€™s annual Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns from ethics ex...

And the vulgarity continues. The turkeys pardoned this year will likely be named โ€œTeslaโ€ and โ€œMeta.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜’๐Ÿคฎ

23.03.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Okay it may seem bad that Meta appropriated the entirety of the written word without compensating or even consulting with any writers, but consider what the world got out of it: a thing you accidentally tap in Instagram

21.03.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5455    ๐Ÿ” 887    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

When in doubt, look it up! ๐Ÿ‘€

22.03.2025 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a white shirt and tie is playing a drum ALT: a man in a white shirt and tie is playing a drum

Better late than never, and it didnโ€™t disappoint. #severance210

22.03.2025 02:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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