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Carole Tarrant
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Once a #journalist, now a fundraiser in #communitycollege land.
Former editor, The #Roanoke (Va.) Times, with earlier stops in Fargo and Tampa.
#WVU grad
Teach Les Mills BODY PUMP, CORE and RPM on the side 🏋️🚴‍♂️
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National Football League welcome to The Resistance
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”

MAGA wanted you to boycott this.
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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That was an absolute celebration of joy. Damn
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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I encourage you to consider that the @cato.org is right about this
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.

https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
“If solar can proceed on these protected acres, why not other protected acres?” he wrote in a member newsletter. “And if solar, why not data centers? Transmission lines? Where would it end?” vcij.org/stories/virg...
Virginia state senator’s solar plan roils conservationists — Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism
Republican Sen. Richard Stuart wants to develop a large solar farm on his property. Green energy advocates say it would set a dangerous precedent.
vcij.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:22 PM
What’s going on now is madness, Lewis Black says, in a WTF sanity check. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
#252 - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Podcast Episode · Lewis Black's Rantcast · 01/28/2026 · 39m
podcasts.apple.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
New level of grifting in MAGA, comparing Walz/Frey to Fauci/Birx. Anything to keep the rage machine fed because the mighty base is hungry.
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.

Excellent article!
January 26, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Immigrants are drivers of Virginia economic growth. If you’ve been paying attention and aren’t a fascist, this is obvi news. #abolishICE cardinalnews.org/2026/01/26/o...
ODU report: Without immigration, Virginia’s population growth would be almost flat. And much of Northern Virginia would have lost population.
The report details how immigration is propping up population growth in some localities and mitigating population decline in others.
cardinalnews.org
January 26, 2026 at 1:50 PM
ODU report: Without immigration, Virginia's population growth would be almost flat. And much of Northern Virginia would have lost population. cardinalnews.org/2026/01/26/o...
#abolishice
ODU report: Without immigration, Virginia’s population growth would be almost flat. And much of Northern Virginia would have lost population.
The report details how immigration is propping up population growth in some localities and mitigating population decline in others.
cardinalnews.org
January 26, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Somebody sent a pic of the Mary Tyler Moore statue in downtown Minneapolis with a FUCK ICE sign taped to the outstretched arm & I am sobbing but stopped to send a voice memo of

🎶 WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT AFTER ALL🎶
January 23, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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They're calling it The Great ICE Sucks Storm of 2026
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 17d
A large storm system is expected to hit this weekend, with snow and ice from Texas to the Carolinas and up the Eastern seaboard. The winter system could bring more than a foot of snow.
A massive winter storm will hit large parts of the U.S. through the weekend
A large storm system is expected to hit this weekend, with snow and ice from Texas to the Carolinas and up the Eastern seaboard. The winter system could bring more than a foot of snow.
n.pr
January 23, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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The saying is “you can’t out drive Donald Trump’s caddy” - ie, the caddy helps him cheat at golf - and man are there a lot of Donald Trump caddys out in the real world.
January 23, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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Hell yeah!
January 23, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Hero.
BALINT: Do you believe that President Trump's DOJ will find some way to indict you?

JACK SMITH: I believe they will do everything in their power to do that because they've been ordered to by the president
January 22, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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On January 20th, one year into Trump's second term, do I really need to remind you?
zeteo.com/p/our-year-f...
January 20, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Congress can stop ICE. Congress can block the use of force in Greenland. In other words, in this crisis, Congress can act to support civil liberties at home and free nations abroad. To fail to act would be to be complicit in a dreadful outcome.
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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I have a bill to remedy the horrible Citizens United decision. And every time, Republicans vote it down.
January 15, 2026 at 11:21 PM
A tremendous podcast that was born during the pandemic and this year embraced a new mission of standing up for public health and the integrity of the research that keeps us healthy.
200th "Osterholm Update" episode!

@mtosterholm & @cvdall discuss recent changes to the childhood immunization schedule, the latest data on this year's influenza season, and an update on CIDRAP's Vaccine Integrity Project.
January 16, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I’m just an organized wine mom waiting for my Soros check these days.
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM