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Today: mosaic artist, cat-lover, hiker, kayaker, guide at local historic site Past lives: history, civics, social justice teacher, nonprofit leader. Substack: https://maureenbcostello.substack.com

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Wait. Which was it? RINOs, radical left, or foreigners? OMG -- they haven't joined forces, have they!!!?

21.02.2026 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I cannot adequately express how delighted I am that a small, family-owned educational toy company brought this case. You don't have to be a giant to take on Goliath. But you do need nerves of steel.

21.02.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Make this make sense.

After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it

19.02.2026 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dude will monetize anything.

19.02.2026 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Presidents' Day lesson from Philadelphia β€œEach person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,β€œ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote.

The President doesn't have the power to erase the history he doesn't like.

A Presidents' Day lesson from Philadelphia
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17.02.2026 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We've grown at that rate and higher during WWII -- is he trying to tell us something?

10.02.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Page A1 View the The Philadelphia Tribune for Sunday, February 8, 2026

Yes to the Philly Trib

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09.02.2026 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This Machine Kills Fascists Art, especially music, has power

Dont underestimate the power of music to focus and unite us
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31.01.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The spirit of Woody Guthrie lives ...

28.01.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What I see is respect and love.

25.01.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Has this man ever met an actual American?

21.01.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Historical Documents - Office of the Historian history.state.gov 3.0 shell

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20.01.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"There are no written documents ..."

20.01.2026 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. β€œI felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

"We reviewed footage with a panel of eight former police officers and law enforcement experts. They were appalled."

www.propublica.org/article/vide...

15.01.2026 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.

β€œMy deepest fear is not that we fail to survive this momentβ€”it’s that we survive it only to return to the status quo that made it possible.”

Mine too. We need a reformation.

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14.01.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."

03.01.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2024    πŸ” 831    πŸ’¬ 540    πŸ“Œ 858

Won't cost us anything except our souls.

03.01.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm 70 can say the same.

03.01.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s the scathing statement from @markwarner.bsky.social, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

03.01.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 789    πŸ” 325    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 28

No, Marco. This was not "basically a law enforcement" mission.

03.01.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just as we were thinking that 2026 might give us a shot at getting back to sanity.

03.01.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And it was 50 years ago.

03.01.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And Rubio looks like he wants to be beamed out of there.

03.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The "iron laws that determine global power"!!?

03.01.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He lives in an alternate universe.

03.01.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rubio wants him to stop talking. He's sighing, glancing to his left, looking for someone to pull Trump away from the podium.

03.01.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He's riffing now ... all the cities we "saved."

03.01.2026 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The last confirmed murder (homicide) in Washington D.C. occurred on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.

03.01.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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