Lauren Anne
@bengin1003.bsky.social
Retired RN. 60 years of fighting for equality. Pro-choice. Daughter of a USMC WWI & WWII veteran & widow of a US Army Vietnam veteran. Lover of stand-up comedy, satire, political cartoons, & music. Mind filled with a musical soundtrack for my life. 🟰🏳️🌈🇺🇦🏳️⚧️📎
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Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
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15 years ago today, Willie Nelson was arrested in Texas for 6 oz of Cannabis.
God, who produces it naturally across the globe, remains at large.
God, who produces it naturally across the globe, remains at large.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
15 years ago today, Willie Nelson was arrested in Texas for 6 oz of Cannabis.
God, who produces it naturally across the globe, remains at large.
God, who produces it naturally across the globe, remains at large.
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The New York Times produced a detailed, data-driven report on President Trump showing signs of aging. The president, 79, responded by calling the female reporter who co-wrote the story “ugly.” https://cnn.it/48idUFL
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The New York Times produced a detailed, data-driven report on President Trump showing signs of aging. The president, 79, responded by calling the female reporter who co-wrote the story “ugly.” https://cnn.it/48idUFL
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Just fixing this headline real quick...
NBC: After Spate of Incidents in Which Donald Trump Tried to Get His Political Enemies Murdered, Southern Republican Lawyer Declines to Pursue Prosecution of His Party Leader—Trump—In the Most Serious Criminal Case Any President Has Faced Since the Civil War
NBC: After Spate of Incidents in Which Donald Trump Tried to Get His Political Enemies Murdered, Southern Republican Lawyer Declines to Pursue Prosecution of His Party Leader—Trump—In the Most Serious Criminal Case Any President Has Faced Since the Civil War
Georgia prosecutor who took over 2020 election interference case drops charges against Trump and others
Pete Skandalakis, who took over the case after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified, said the case was "without precedent."
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Just fixing this headline real quick...
NBC: After Spate of Incidents in Which Donald Trump Tried to Get His Political Enemies Murdered, Southern Republican Lawyer Declines to Pursue Prosecution of His Party Leader—Trump—In the Most Serious Criminal Case Any President Has Faced Since the Civil War
NBC: After Spate of Incidents in Which Donald Trump Tried to Get His Political Enemies Murdered, Southern Republican Lawyer Declines to Pursue Prosecution of His Party Leader—Trump—In the Most Serious Criminal Case Any President Has Faced Since the Civil War
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The Trump Administration wants access to your driver’s license data, and I won’t stand for it. We must protect Americans’ privacy, not hand their personal data over to the federal government.
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Homeland Security wants state driver’s license data for sweeping citizenship program • New Jersey Monitor
The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illega...
newjerseymonitor.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Trump Administration wants access to your driver’s license data, and I won’t stand for it. We must protect Americans’ privacy, not hand their personal data over to the federal government.
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How utterly ridiculous that she is given a platform based on who her "boyfriend" is.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
How utterly ridiculous that she is given a platform based on who her "boyfriend" is.
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At no point did they say "Trump is giving illegal orders." They said if you are given illegal orders, don't obey them. That shouldn't be controversial.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
At no point did they say "Trump is giving illegal orders." They said if you are given illegal orders, don't obey them. That shouldn't be controversial.
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This is wrong, this is stupid, this is 💯 political, this is illegal, and there’s ZERO reason for this. National Guard troops have lives, jobs & families. This is an absolute waste of their time. Trump is using them to try to score political points. Just terrible.👇
Pete Hegseth announces that Trump will deploy 500 more National Guard troops to Washington, DC after today’s shooting
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is wrong, this is stupid, this is 💯 political, this is illegal, and there’s ZERO reason for this. National Guard troops have lives, jobs & families. This is an absolute waste of their time. Trump is using them to try to score political points. Just terrible.👇
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November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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I’m glad to see updated reports and praying for the two National Guard members who are in critical condition.
My heart is with their families as they go through this unthinkable pain.
My heart is with their families as they go through this unthinkable pain.
CORRECTION: West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey walks back statement that both National Guard members were killed in shooting near White House. (This post corrects a previous post that stated the two members had died.)
Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says
Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known, according to a law enforcement official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.Emergency vehicles were seen responding to the area.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I’m glad to see updated reports and praying for the two National Guard members who are in critical condition.
My heart is with their families as they go through this unthinkable pain.
My heart is with their families as they go through this unthinkable pain.
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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Same! I am a former Navy JAG who did criminal and administrative tribunal defense.
I 200% support Capt. Kelly and state emphatically that the did NOTHING wrong, and that there is absolutely no basis upon which charge him.
Which is why we haven’t heard the basis for a charge under the UCMJ.
I 200% support Capt. Kelly and state emphatically that the did NOTHING wrong, and that there is absolutely no basis upon which charge him.
Which is why we haven’t heard the basis for a charge under the UCMJ.
I’m a veteran of the United States Navy, and I fully and completely support Senator Mark Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Same! I am a former Navy JAG who did criminal and administrative tribunal defense.
I 200% support Capt. Kelly and state emphatically that the did NOTHING wrong, and that there is absolutely no basis upon which charge him.
Which is why we haven’t heard the basis for a charge under the UCMJ.
I 200% support Capt. Kelly and state emphatically that the did NOTHING wrong, and that there is absolutely no basis upon which charge him.
Which is why we haven’t heard the basis for a charge under the UCMJ.
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Kash Patel vows to capture the suspect. (Who was already in custody.)
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Kash Patel vows to capture the suspect. (Who was already in custody.)
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Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.
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This is fantastically done, laying it out like this.
Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting
A Reuters investigation documents at least 470 acts of retribution under Trump’s leadership.
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This is fantastically done, laying it out like this.
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A member of the FBI threatened Thomas Massie's staff with criminal investigations, if he didn't "straighten up and play ball".
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
A member of the FBI threatened Thomas Massie's staff with criminal investigations, if he didn't "straighten up and play ball".
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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“.. the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan” demands that a substantial share of $300 billion of frozen Russian state assets “be carved up between Washington and Moscow .. This has apparently disappeared from subsequent versions, but there’s no mistaking the intent.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“.. the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan” demands that a substantial share of $300 billion of frozen Russian state assets “be carved up between Washington and Moscow .. This has apparently disappeared from subsequent versions, but there’s no mistaking the intent.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Jorj Bronceal,who says that his employer is DHY Motorsports, Deptford Township NJ, is claiming that Democrats are telling people to murder MAGA.
Not rational and not helpful in this environment.
Not rational and not helpful in this environment.
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Jorj Bronceal,who says that his employer is DHY Motorsports, Deptford Township NJ, is claiming that Democrats are telling people to murder MAGA.
Not rational and not helpful in this environment.
Not rational and not helpful in this environment.
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A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
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Indeed
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Indeed
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The Washington Post's next source
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The Washington Post's next source
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Unemployment has been rising “a tenth of a point here, a tenth of a point there.” That feels small month to month, but as it has added up month over month, we've silently shifted from a very tight market toward a noticeably weaker one. Slow drips still fill the bucket.
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Unemployment has been rising “a tenth of a point here, a tenth of a point there.” That feels small month to month, but as it has added up month over month, we've silently shifted from a very tight market toward a noticeably weaker one. Slow drips still fill the bucket.