Arlene Butler@arlenebutler.bsky.social
@arlenebutler.bsky.social
Retired psychotherapist. I work in my garden and read Rumi.
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Trump said he plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for about two years for renovations after months of controversy about his administration’s stewardship of its programming.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Says He’ll Close Kennedy Center for Two Years in July
President Donald Trump said he plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for about two years for renovations after months of controversy about his administration’s stewardship ...
www.bloomberg.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Trump said he plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for about two years for renovations after months of controversy about his administration’s stewardship of its programming.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
When my sister died I watched her body being removed from her house. I sold on her front porch and a crow came and perched above me; now I know why.
February 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
When my sister died I watched her body being removed from her house. I sold on her front porch and a crow came and perched above me; now I know why.
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“Doing nothing is often cowardice that we’ve dressed up to look like discretion.”
Craig D. Lounsbrough
Craig D. Lounsbrough
February 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
“Doing nothing is often cowardice that we’ve dressed up to look like discretion.”
Craig D. Lounsbrough
Craig D. Lounsbrough
I understand a red brick also works well.
I put basketballs in my large ponds too.
#TheOutpost 🪶👨🌾🌿🌱
#TheOutpost 🪶👨🌾🌿🌱
February 1, 2026 at 7:12 AM
I understand a red brick also works well.
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Imagine being a 42 year-old pleading with a known pedophilic sex criminal to fly you to his island so you can party with girls he assures you will be 25 or younger.
Then imagine lying about it to hundreds of millions—and continuing to lie even after your lie's revealed.
You don't hate Elon enough.
Then imagine lying about it to hundreds of millions—and continuing to lie even after your lie's revealed.
You don't hate Elon enough.
February 1, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Imagine being a 42 year-old pleading with a known pedophilic sex criminal to fly you to his island so you can party with girls he assures you will be 25 or younger.
Then imagine lying about it to hundreds of millions—and continuing to lie even after your lie's revealed.
You don't hate Elon enough.
Then imagine lying about it to hundreds of millions—and continuing to lie even after your lie's revealed.
You don't hate Elon enough.
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“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
― Albert Camus
― Albert Camus
January 30, 2026 at 4:51 AM
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
― Albert Camus
― Albert Camus
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I need to remember this.
January 29, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I need to remember this.
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Thank you to everyone for making calls. The Senate voted 55–45 to block the spending package.
January 29, 2026 at 6:35 PM
👏👏👏💪
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January 29, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
www.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
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Commentary: On this date, Jan. 27, in 1945, the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by U.S.-allied Soviet troops.
Opinion: A message to the world on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Like many Jews, I prefer not to call it a “concentration camp,” for that is what the German Nazis called the places where they confined the people they sought to exterminate.
ebx.sh
January 27, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Commentary: On this date, Jan. 27, in 1945, the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by U.S.-allied Soviet troops.
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Point of order: Pretti wasn't at a protest.
January 26, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Point of order: Pretti wasn't at a protest.
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Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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Both of Nevada's senators--Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen--have officially come out against the DHS funding bill following the execution of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis this morning. This effectively ends the DHS funding bill in the Senate.
January 24, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Both of Nevada's senators--Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen--have officially come out against the DHS funding bill following the execution of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis this morning. This effectively ends the DHS funding bill in the Senate.
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What’s the difference threatening the Ayatollah in Iran for killing his own citizens while he kills his own people right at home???
January 24, 2026 at 8:07 PM
What’s the difference threatening the Ayatollah in Iran for killing his own citizens while he kills his own people right at home???
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Thank you to everyone who worked hard to preserve this video. It shows ICE murdered Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse. Watch, save, and share. 💔
January 24, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Thank you to everyone who worked hard to preserve this video. It shows ICE murdered Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse. Watch, save, and share. 💔
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content warning - they shot him to death
January 24, 2026 at 6:37 PM
content warning - they shot him to death
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Live on MS NOW:
A man being pinned down by multiple federal agents. He is shouting that he's a U.S. citizen and adds: "I have done nothing wrong."
To the side: A woman sobs on the street. She says she's the man's wife. She says they were just running away from the tear gas when he was taken.
A man being pinned down by multiple federal agents. He is shouting that he's a U.S. citizen and adds: "I have done nothing wrong."
To the side: A woman sobs on the street. She says she's the man's wife. She says they were just running away from the tear gas when he was taken.
January 24, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Live on MS NOW:
A man being pinned down by multiple federal agents. He is shouting that he's a U.S. citizen and adds: "I have done nothing wrong."
To the side: A woman sobs on the street. She says she's the man's wife. She says they were just running away from the tear gas when he was taken.
A man being pinned down by multiple federal agents. He is shouting that he's a U.S. citizen and adds: "I have done nothing wrong."
To the side: A woman sobs on the street. She says she's the man's wife. She says they were just running away from the tear gas when he was taken.