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John D ❌👑
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Mundus sine Caesaribus

Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
~ James Baldwin
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I like the idea of a #PurpleCaucus made up of senators and representatives declaring themselves:

Independents

Even a small number, working together, could shift votes and make both right and left come toward the center.

Their platform would be to promote what the majority of Americans want.
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Putin held a closed meeting for the Russian oligarchs where he stated that he demands the “entire Donbas region”, referring to the “Anchoridge agreements”.

Remember, I guesstimated we will find out what was actually said there months and years from now..?
December 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Merry Christmas

“Why would I want that money just sitting in the bank when it could be helping these people?”

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Rick Steves buys ‘the most beautiful Christmas present’ for homeless neighbors
Five years after the Lynnwood Hygiene Center opened, serving hundreds in poverty, the landlord planned to sell. Steves stepped in to buy it.
www.seattletimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Another thing to fix in the post Trump era… sooner rather than later, one hopes.

Thank you for your oversight, Senator @murray.senate.gov

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Sen. Patty Murray slams Trump’s abortion ban for veterans
The VA can no longer offer limited abortion services, under a new Justice Department opinion, drawing a strong rebuke from Washington's senior senator.
www.seattletimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Sanctions, Ukrainian style
Radio Svoboda released satellite images showing a large fire in the port of Temryuk after Ukrainian drone strikes.
December 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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The remains of Staff Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and Staff Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, the two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in action in Syria two weeks ago, arrived at Des Moines International Airport on Wednesday and will be escorted home for their funeral services this weekend.
Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in Syria arrive home; funeral arrangements announced
The remains of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in action in Syria arrived in Iowa and will be escorted home for their funerals.
www.stripes.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Estonia draws a clear red line. FM Margus Tsahkna says any so called green men crossing the border will be met with live fire, and Russian aircraft violating Estonian airspace risk being shot down. This is NATO territory. If Moscow doubts it, Tsahkna says bluntly, test us.
December 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A very good read.
December 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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NATO fighter jets were scrambled after Putin ordered Tu-95MS strategic bombers on a Christmas sortie toward northern Britain, according to the Mirror. The aircraft flew over the Norwegian Sea, prompting an air policing response amid concerns over a deliberate show of force near UK airspace.
December 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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It was a hit job built on lies. DOGE did not cut spending. Federal spending rose. Elon Musk, Russ Vought, Trump, Marco Rubio 🤮, Josh Hawley, Cynthia Lummis sold fraud as reform. These names killed people’s careers, damaged the U.S. reputation, and were responsible for thousands of deaths.
December 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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"Congress cannot continue funneling hundreds of billions of dollars to a completely unaccountable agency while American families can’t afford food or healthcare."
Pentagon Fails 8th Consecutive Audit Days After Bipartisan Vote to Hand It $900 Billion
"Congress cannot continue funneling hundreds of billions of dollars to a completely unaccountable agency while American families can’t afford food or healthcare," said one House Democrat.
www.commondreams.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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#GVerse What a lovely tribute! #RobReiner Incredibly powerful and moving!
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Tesla faces mounting pressure in Europe as VW, Renault, Skoda expand EV lineups

The Tesla Model 3 and Model Y led European battery-electric vehicle sales in November, but surging volumes for models such as the Skoda Elroq, Renault 5 and VW ID3 underlined the tougher competition in the BEV market.
Tesla faces mounting pressure in Europe as VW, Renault, Skoda expand EV lineups
European battery-electric vehicle sales rose 38 percent in November, with Tesla's Model 3 leading, but intensifying competition from VW, Skoda and Renault reshaping brand rankings.
www.autonews.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Kennedy is on a mission to destroy all the vaccines that has helped to keep us all safe.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
RFK Jr.'s stance on pediatric research is clear: F-ck them kids
The Department of Health and Human Services just terminated seven grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics for daring to criticize Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unhinged anti-vaccine, anti-...
www.dailykos.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Russian military leader assassinated in car bombing.
December 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Gonna have to sue our own government in order to save the planet.

Again.

Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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December 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Mike Johnson closed the House down early to avoid a vote on extending ACA tax credits. Nice try, Mike—all that does is give us more time to rally up support.

Let's get loud as hell, folks, and make sure every member of Congress knows where we stand:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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The federal poverty line today "really doesn't come anywhere close" to meeting the actual goods and services families need in modern society, argues financial strategist Michael Green. Author & host @hartmannreport.com adds that this is driven by a system "designed to enrich the rich." #Velshi
America’s ‘bizarre economics’ is designed to ‘enrich the rich’ and it's leaving many people behind
Government data shows that America’s official poverty rate is on the decline, but that’s based on an outdated calculation of the poverty threshold that ignores how life has changed in the six decades since it was first implemented. Many recent polls show that the majority of Americans are continuing to struggle under an economic system in which they “often find themselves running very hard simply to stay in place,” as financial strategist Michael Green puts it. Author and radio host Thom Hartmann adds, “This is really being driven by kind of an insane combination of bizarre economics and politics designed to enrich the rich.” 
www.msnbc.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate?

Arkansas Senator Hattie Ophelia Caraway.

Caraway first assumed her husband's Senate seat after his death in 1931. Most thought she would step aside at election time. She didn't. She ran & was elected. She died #OTD in 1950. #history #UShistory
December 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.

That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM