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Lifelong Democrat hoping for a better world for my grandchildren. 💙🦋🌊
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President Donald Trump's company quietly sought nearly 200 foreign workers this year for Mar-a-Lago and other businesses despite his hardline stance on immigration-even as he railed against immigration.

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Trump's Company Quietly Sought Record Number of Foreign Workers (The Daily Beast)
President Donald Trump's company quietly sought nearly 200 foreign workers this year for Mar-a-Lago and other businesses despite his hardline stance on...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Priorities.
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Soon, we'll oversee a budget of more than $100 billion — and every dollar will reflect our commitment to working New Yorkers and delivering universal childcare. Good thing some little New Yorkers gave me a counting lesson today!
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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A pro-voting group sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) Tuesday, accusing him of launching a retaliation campaign meant to intimidate and suppress Latino voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Latino Voting Group Sues Texas AG Paxton Over Voter Retaliation, Intimidation Efforts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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It’s not about your girlfriend. It’s about you wasting taxpayer money.
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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😏
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Great idea!!
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Breaking….
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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"This is No Coincidence"
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Yep, all of this tallies. Well, they say that our best friends will often tell us unpalatable truths, so - as Trump himself once claimed that he and Epstein were great friends (before later denying it) - let’s accept what Epstein says about his “great friend” from beyond the grave…
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Mike Johnson has sworn in Adelita Grijalva, ending the 50 day standoff that left her unable to represent 800K Arizonans in DC amid the shutdown.

Standing ovations from Dems, empty GOP seats - what it was like in the chamber & what it means for Epstein files:

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Rep. Adelita Grijalva sworn in, setting up vote on release of Epstein files
The ceremony ended a seven-week standoff with House Speaker Mike Johnson that left Grijalva unable to fully represent Arizona’s 7th Congressional District in Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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That part‼️
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Sure sounds like a familiar scenario doesn't it?

😉
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I’m thinking they won’t. Since you sued to “undo” feeding them and fucked their healthcare premiums.
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

“No one can wrap their head around the idea that HUD is about to kick 170,000 vulnerable people out of their homes. People don’t know what’s about to hit them.”
Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Six people privy to conversations about the cost, among them 2 GOP and 2 Democratic Congressional staffers, told the outlet that letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.

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Trump's Insane Pentagon Name-Change Likely to Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion (The Daily Beast)
President Donald Trump's whimsical decision to return the Department of Defense to a title it has not otherwise held in almost a century may well wind...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
“We are in trouble in our country. We are not talking about this enough,” Farley told Monica Langley. “We have over a million openings in critical jobs, emergency services, trucking, factory workers, plumbers, electricians, and tradesmen. It’s a very serious thing.

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Ford CEO says he has 5,000 open mechanic jobs with 6-figure salaries from the shortage of manually skilled workers: ‘We are in trouble in our country’ (Fortune)
Ford’s CEO Jim Farley thinks America needs a wake-up call. Speaking on the Office Hours: Business Editionpodcast, Farley said Ford had 5,000 open mechanic po...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“He spent time with a victim.”
“He later asked Epstein to stop.”

Asking someone to stop human trafficking? Pretty please doesn’t save girls. What a coward. He was too afraid of his involvement being outed.

apnews.com/article/epst...
Epstein emails released by Democrats say Trump 'knew about the girls' and spent time with a victim
Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email Donald Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later Trump “knew abou...
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM