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I enjoy photography, cooking, traveling, and learning new info. I am a BLUE DOT in a RED STATE. Data is my life. No interest in dating!
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Deeddra 📎🇺🇸🔵🦋 @deeddra.bsky.social · Nov 16

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. 🇺🇸

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Michael de Adder

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January 1, 2026 at 5:23 PM

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January 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM

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January 2, 2026 at 2:12 AM

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January 2, 2026 at 2:05 AM

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January 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM

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Trump administration terminates lease for Washington's 3 public golf courses

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Trump administration terminates lease for Washington's 3 public golf courses

The Trump administration has ended the lease agreement for three public golf courses in Washington. It's a move that offers President Donald Trump an additional opportunity to put his stamp on another...

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January 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM

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IsThatDonHeath?

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Far Side

January 1, 2026 at 8:32 PM

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Khashoggi's Ghost

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You'll be shocked to learn that Trump and his buddies are using The "Trump" Kennedy Center to loot, grift, and hand out money to pals, just like he did with his charity and inaugurations.

Well probably not shocked.

Sheldon Whitehouse is working to expose this.

www.rawstory.com/investigatio...

Trump accused of 'slush fund' by turning the Kennedy Center into a MAGA 'private club'

A top Democratic lawmaker revealed how an investigation has found that President Donald Trump and his allies have been accused of using the Kennedy Center for their own personal gains. Sen. Sheldon Wh...

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January 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM

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Zohran Mamdani promises to govern 'expansively and audaciously' in inaugural speech as NYC mayor

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Zohran Mamdani promises to govern 'expansively and audaciously' in inaugural speech as NYC mayor

Zohran Mamdani is reveling in what he calls a “new era” for New York City. He was officially sworn in just after midnight Thursday, but politicians and other supporters gathered at City Hall in the af...

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January 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM

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Acyn

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Mamdani: I promise you this. If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree, I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn alongside you, and never, not for a second, hide from you

January 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

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It's going to be a great year for defending democracy. Let's go!

January 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM

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George Takei

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That’s a serious escalation, and we've heard nothing about it from our own government.

Screenshot of an X post by journalist Natasha Bertrand reporting an alleged CIA drone strike on a Venezuelan port facility. The image below the text shows a large cargo ship docked at an industrial port, photographed from the water.

December 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM

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Michael Beschloss shared this photo of John and Jacqueline. They were both coming from mass on New Year Day 1963.

December 30, 2025 at 5:36 AM

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About 40 people dead and 115 injured in fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year's celebration

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About 40 people dead and 115 injured in fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year's celebration

About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, during a New Year’s celebration in a Swiss Alpine bar, police said.

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January 1, 2026 at 5:05 PM

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Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes

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Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes

Enhanced tax credits that have helped Americans offset the cost of Affordable Care Act health insurance for the last four years expired overnight.

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January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM

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Snacks

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January 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM

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Dr. Lucky Tran

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As we experience a huge surge of flu cases, a reminder that the widespread usage of masks at the start of the COVID pandemic wiped out a strain of the flu.

If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.

The Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines | CNN

For 10 years, Americans have had access to flu shots that protect against four strains of the virus: two A strains and two B strains. Starting this fall, however, all the flu shots distributed in the ...

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December 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM

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Anonymous

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This 2026 be angrier, act smarter, prepare more, and become the version of yourself the enemy will have nightmares over. We have a tough year ahead before the war expands and we need everyone ready to defend and ready to survive. Victory is for those who seek it.

January 1, 2026 at 5:59 AM