Frank J Wells

November 10, 2025 Last night, the Senate advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, which at 41 days today is the longest in U.S.

This adds a little clarity to the end-of-shutdown story.

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November 7, 2025 The repercussions from Tuesday’s vote, in which Democratic candidates were victorious across the country, continue to echo.

- Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) told reporters: “What we have here is an intergalactic freak show.”
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November 6, 2025 “None of this is complicated,” political data specialist Tom Bonier wrote yesterday about Tuesday’s dramatic Democratic victories around the country.

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November 5, 2025 New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a member of both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, began his victory speech last night with a nod to Eugene V.

Mamdani has a big challenge ahead, but he proved that if you embrace the things that unite us instead of divide us, ordinary American citizens can create change. That’s democracy at work.
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November 4, 2025 (Tuesday) So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay.

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Democrats in ‘Array’ What Tuesday’s Democratic sweep means

More evidence that the tide is turning.

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Why the ‘Establishment’ Didn’t Get Mamdani Candidates still matter

This is what the DNC needs to understand. Excellent article!

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November 2, 2025 Last Monday, October 27, right-wing personality Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist Nick Fuentes for more than two hours, mainstreaming the podcaster whose praise for Hitler, vows to kill Jew...

These people make my skin crawl.
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October 29, 2025 Today is the twenty-ninth day of the government shutdown, and the House of Representatives is still on break as House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to force the Senate to pass the House...

The GOP doesn’t seem terribly interested in representative democracy.

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October 28, 2025 In the election of 1920, Americans handed a landslide victory to the Republicans and their presidential candidate Warren G.

Another interesting and informative history lesson from HCR.

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It is So ‘Disconcerting’ that We Have No Congress Republicans refuse to do their jobs

We need a functioning congress.

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October 24, 2025 Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has canceled House business again next week, meaning that over the last 17 weeks, the House of Representatives will have worked on Capitol Hill for just 20 days.

The national debt grew by a trillion dollars in two months. In spite of the slashing of government jobs and programs since January, we apparently still have some “waste, fraud, and abuse.” Why am I not surprised?

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October 22, 2025 “It’s not his house.

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A New Era in Food Allergy Prevention What a Landmark Study Means for Infant Feeding and Public Health

Want to read a story that isn’t about politics? Here’s a good one!

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DAY 20 Government Shutdown To-Do List You may have already read this in one of my books, but it is one of my favorite life moments: When I first got sober in 1986, other sober people taught me the beautiful prayers they said upon awakenin...

This is good. Prayers for peace of mind.

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October 20, 2025 Over the weekend, as millions of Americans attended “No Kings” protests, President Donald J.

They’re ignoring the rules and breaking the law. Shameful.
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October 19, 2025 All last week, Republican leaders tried to portray the No Kings protests scheduled for Saturday, October 18, as “Hate America” rallies.

“78% of Americans, including 59% of Republicans, support the Democrats’ demand for an extension of the tax credit that lowers the cost of healthcare premiums on the Affordable Care Act markets.”

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The 7th Circuit rejects lies about Chicago The MAGA Supreme Court must not condone Trump’s lies

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October 18, 2025 Today, millions of Americans and their allies turned out across the United States and around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an ...

“…this is the beauty of America.”

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THURSDAY I love the L.A.

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Undaunted MIT, with several courageous universities to follow, shows it is made of sterner stuff

Well, that’s encouraging!

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Mike Johnson Calls No Kings Protestors ‘Terrorists’ GOP panic rises as millions prepare to turn out on Saturday

I’m about as far from a terrorist as you can get, and I’ll be there on Saturday. I am opposed to fascism though, so I guess technically I’m Antifa. 🤔

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A Nobel Prize for Trolling? The distinguished awards further illustrated that Trump is wrong on just about everything

A good read.
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October 14, 2025 The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week.

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October 12, 2025 On October 9, President Donald J.

Another good history lesson.

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Shot in the head with pepper spray This is Trump's America

Oof.
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October 9, 2025 Today Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan did what President Donald J.

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October 7, 2025 The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.

Republican congressional leaders have abdicated their power. Unelected officials are calling the shots. We the People are not being served by our government.
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October 5, 2025 On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...

This is insanity. Talk about the “enemy from within…”
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October 3, 2025 Although President Donald J.

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