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Democrat in a red state*Kindness matters* Animal lover*Love reading
βAt City Hall, all 150 seats were filled as people began to stand and gather along the back and side wallsβ¦β
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Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trumpβs Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...
02.11.2025 23:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"The presidentβs statement announcing the relief funding emphasized the number of times he won Missouriβs electoral votes, as if there were some kind of connection between his political support in the state and his eagerness to provide disaster aid..."
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bulldozed by trump now.
designed by trump megadonor timothy mellon's stepmother.
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"Federal agents fired a pepper round that struck the pastor of the College Heights United Church of Christ. The impact caked his face in orange powder...
βIβm in a lot of pain,β the pastor texted from the emergency room, βHe clearly was aiming for the face.β
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The federal mortgage fraud investigation against Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, according to four people familiar with the investigation.
23.10.2025 20:40 β π 42 π 15 π¬ 13 π 2www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
23.10.2025 18:42 β π 2884 π 1063 π¬ 236 π 39"The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit created by Congress to help preserve historic buildings, said Tuesday that Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom would 'overwhelm the White House itself,' which is about 55,000 square feet..."
www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...
Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.
Monday's photo from the Washington Post
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
21.10.2025 20:13 β π 6642 π 2857 π¬ 222 π 895"A 60-year-old couple earning $85,000 may have to pay $31,000 for a health insurance plan in Kentucky...
$28,000 for a plan in Oregon...
$44,000 for a plan in Vermont..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.lawdork.com/p/trump-demo...
22.10.2025 01:24 β π 2451 π 941 π¬ 487 π 116christ almighty what is this guy doing
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"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
so that was money well spent then, hey? america firrrrst!
"The Argentine peso has fallen below the level it reached before the US Treasury began purchases this month, in a sign that the Trump administrationβs financial support is failing to halt the currencyβs slide..."
www.ft.com/content/815e...
This is insane.
βIt wonβt interfere with the current building. Itβll be near it but not touching it β and pays total respect to the existing building, which Iβm the biggest fan of," Trump said in July. βItβs my favorite. Itβs my favorite place. I love it.β
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/i...
20.10.2025 18:05 β π 1851 π 584 π¬ 62 π 19www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
20.10.2025 00:50 β π 12241 π 3474 π¬ 378 π 105one category of show prep material for TRMS staff is something we've always called "subway reading".
it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in.
today's subway reading:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
"He's 17. He has taken on the unlikely role of protector, often patrolling his neighborhood daily starting around 5 a.m.
"I may not be no cop or none of that, but I be taking care of the community."
www.npr.org/2025/10/17/n...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
17.10.2025 18:37 β π 3568 π 1547 π¬ 159 π 64"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phoneβs movements without a court warrant..."
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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17.10.2025 18:10 β π 5354 π 1669 π¬ 135 π 65βAt some point it becomes embarrassing, in a craven way, to make a deal for yourself and abandon those institutions that are standing up for academic freedom...β
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
17.10.2025 16:55 β π 1322 π 520 π¬ 98 π 27βItβs unmoored to reality,β he said.
βI expected there were documents like this, but seeing it in print is nevertheless shocking. Our government is being driven by nonsensical dreck from dark corners of social media.β
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www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...
17.10.2025 03:31 β π 4381 π 968 π¬ 67 π 42www.notus.org/trump-white-...
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