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Gene Ouye
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I'll have to think of something intelligent to put here - but for now, I'm not thrilled with other social media apps. Government is us and it should work for the people, not billionaires and corporations... neurodivergent... oops, out of space...
The US-Russia supposed "peace" plan for Ukraine is a sham

"Not only does this agreement sell out Ukraine and Europe for the benefit of Russia—which attacked Ukraine—it explicitly separates the U.S. from NATO, a long-time goal of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin."

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November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"[W]hy won’t the Epstein files go away, just like everything else?

"The main reason is that the real energy behind the Epstein files didn’t come from the left, but from the far-right."

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Using Their Own Energy Against Them
Or how to slingshot around a giant orange ball of fire
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November 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"Following massive public outrage, the House unanimously voted 427-0 to repeal part of the funding bill to end Trump’s shutdown. The provision allowed Senators to sue the government if their data was used as part of an investigation without their knowledge."

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No Fear: Brave Veterans In Congress Choose Constitution Over Tyrant, Americans Flood DC Demanding Trump’s Impeachment, and AOC Dismantles A Big Trump Lie
Resistance rises while the regime begins to crumble
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November 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"what the fuck kind of non-answer is that? where did Holy Mike ‘read’ that Donny was ‘defining the crime of sedition’? that’s not even a credible lie. Holy Mike is just phoning this shit in now. he’s not even trying."

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awesome — we’ve now reached the ‘execute Democrats’ phase of Mad King Fuckwit’s reign
what could go wrong?
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November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Only time will tell if this meeting helps the people of New York City, Trump’s sagging approval numbers, etc. But one thing we knew it did already was piss off the anti-Muslim haters. If enjoying that is wrong, I don’t want to be right!"

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The best part of the Trump-Zohran meeting was what happened immediately afterwards!
It's the little things that bring me joy :)
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November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The title of this says it all: If threatening to hang members of Congress isn't impeachable, what is?

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If Threatening to Hang Members of Congress Isn’t Impeachable, What Is?
If Trump wants veterans in Congress killed for affirming U.S. law, doesn’t that make him the very danger the Founders warned would destroy the republic, the kind impeachment was designed for?
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November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
These all seem like great ideas to help rein in the disaster that is for-profit insurance companies and Medicare "Advantage" — but I don't see how any of them will pass, given that insurance companies own Congress...

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Comprehensive Set of Bills Introduced to Take on Medicare Advantage
The proposals would penalize excessive denials, guarantee automatic appeals and curb Big Insurance tactics that push seniors into Wall Street-directed MA plans.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
"...Fox News Channel legal analyst Andy McCarthy promptly wrote: “There is no insurrection or sedition without the use of force. Disobeying a lawful order is insubordination, not insurrection or sedition. Disobeying an unlawful order is required. That is all.”"

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November 20, 2025
Trump spent this morning calling a group of military veterans in Congress traitors and saying they “should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL.” Their crime, in Trump’s eyes, was their release Tuesday of a v...
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November 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"Bowel prep" doesn't properly describe the experience of the 24 hours before a colonoscopy... "fire hydrant ass" is closer, but even that doesn't fully capture the whole experience... 🙄😄😄
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
(Fri 21.Nov) #waffle1400 5/5

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩
🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩
🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩
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🔥 streak: 422
🧞 #wafflegenius
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One of the starting double swaps is set up to make you miss it. The other is hidden. The two others that have to create are really tough.
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
(Fri 21.Nov) #Polygonle 1209 3/6︎
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🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

www.polygonle.com
As soon as I started typing in the letters I knew after the 2nd turn, the answer was obvious, lol
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
(Fri 21.Nov) #Wordle 1,616 5/6
#Wordle_NYT
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 94/61
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 57/27
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 99/25
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 96/50
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/-
"No one in our sample of 228,347 completed Wordles faced this scenario!"
Overall 88 skill/41 luck
Didn't feel like thinking on my 2nd try, so just used my default. The bot was not impressed. 😄
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
(Fri 21.Nov) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1397
4️⃣9️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
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🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
Had to go letter chasing
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
(Fri 21.Nov) Daily #1377
0️⃣5️⃣⬛0️⃣4️⃣
1️⃣8️⃣⬛0️⃣6️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣⬛0️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣9️⃣⬛0️⃣9️⃣
1️⃣0️⃣⬛1️⃣1️⃣
1️⃣2️⃣⬛1️⃣3️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣⬛1️⃣4️⃣
1️⃣5️⃣⬛1️⃣6️⃣
sedecordle.com
#sedecordle
Holy crap—lots of super tricky words
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
(Fri 21.Nov) #Pips #95 Easy 🟢
0:29
Well that sucked, lol

Pips #95 Medium 🟡
1:04
This was slow, but OK

Pips #95 Hard 🔴
10:47
LOL, after over 9 minutes I realized I could use math to figure out what went in the far left. Had I realized sooner, I could have saved myself a lot of grief, LOL
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
(Fri 21.Nov) #Strands #628
“Heard at the board meeting”
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I hated everything about this one. After 5 minutes looking I just started using hints. Couldn't get the last word without using an anagram solver.
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"Weakened and desperate after his 527-1 loss in Congress over the release of the Epstein files, Trump created a new controversy by threatening members of Congress with execution for sedition and treason."

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Weakened and desperate, Trump threatens members of Congress
November 21, 2025
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November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration likely acted illegally in deploying members of the D.C. National Guard across Washington, D.C. since August and in working with several states to deploy their National Guard troops to D.C.

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Federal judge rules Trump's D.C. troop invasion is likely illegal, must end by Dec. 11
National Guard troops have been in D.C. since August. A federal judge ruled Thursday that both deployments — D.C. National Guard and out-of-state troops — likely violate the law.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"Karoline Leavitt held a press briefing that plays out like an extended infomercial for Trump-brand governance—where every statistic is a miracle, every political opponent is a menace, and every institutional demolition is rebranded as “common sense reform.”"

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Following the US Constitution Is Apparently a Seditious Act
And the continued sanewashing of Trump's insane remarks
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November 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM
"What is the state of Trump’s redistricting play today? Which states are likely to push a gerrymander through in time for 2026 and where will the additional House seats likely net out? And how do the results of the 2025 elections two weeks ago play into it all?"

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The 2025 Redistricting Wars
Is Trump's red state mid-decade redistricting push backfiring?
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November 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Remember the recent headlines saying that a “study" showed that taking melatonin almost doubled your risk of heat attack and dying? Yeah, well, those headlines were bullshit—the study showed no such thing.

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Does melatonin cause heart attacks? The sleep-aid maze (Part 1 of 2)
A study discussed this month at the American Heart Association (AHA) conference stated that those that use melatonin have “about a 90% higher chance” for incident heart failure. But is it true?
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November 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"There is no way to soften this moment. A sitting president is threatening to kill members of Congress because they released a video reminding U.S. service members of the most basic principle in military law: you must not follow unlawful orders."

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Thursday Afternoon News Updates as Trump Calls for Execution of Democrats - 11/20/25
Trump, cornered by his failing presidency and dark past, is lashing out in the most unhinged and dangerous ways yet
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November 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Jay Kuo goes through Lindsey Halligan's blunders point by point... it's a refreshing read...

"Halligan has exactly zero experience prosecuting cases. Her primary qualifications in Trump’s eyes appear to be her bone structure and her sycophancy."

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Halligan the Hooligan
Hooligan: A lawless young person who causes trouble, often as part of a gang
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November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"here’s a huge surprise: it turns out that Mad King Donny’s merry band of fascists are a bunch of incompetent shitwits who can’t even do a rigged show-trial right."

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fascism, but with fuckwits
can’t any of these clowns do their jobs without screwing up?
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November 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"A judge dismissed a DOJ lawsuit that sought to overturn a New York law which blocks immigration agents from arresting people while traveling to, attending, or leaving courthouses—unless there’s a warrant."

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Never Bend A Knee: CNN Wins Against Trump, Swalwell Says Accountability Is Coming, and Indiana Lawmakers Reject Gerrymandering
Democracy fights back and refuses submission
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November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM