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KgustafKS
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A progressive in rural red state Kansas where once-loyal Trump Conservatives are waking up to facts.
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February 1, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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January 31, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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Words of pastor, author and commentator John Pavlovitz... “We have become an upside-down nation where those most entrusted with guarding our individual and collective safety, security, finances, human and civil rights, our laws, are the very people most jeopardizing them. The inmates are running the asylum and the rest of us are all going to be more vulnerable because of it.“
January 31, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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January 29, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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This is a quote from Gor Galstyan’s Book "The Human Tragedy" “Hell is... the silence between heartbeats when a man tells himself, 'It's not my concern.’”
January 28, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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This is a quote by Gor Galstyan From his book, "The Human Tragedy" “Hell is... Where injustice is someone else's problem-and decency, someone else's job.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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January 20, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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The following is A statement by United for Democracy followed by words from JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR:: “Let's not pretend ICE is acting alone. The Supreme Court gave them the power to stop you for your skin, your language, your neighborhood. Now citizens are being shackled and sprayed in the street. This is state violence, made legal.” JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR’S QUOTE: “WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE THE GOVERNMENT CAN SEIZE ANYONE WHO LOOKS LATINO, SPEAKS SPANISH, AND APPEARS TO WORK A LOW-WAGE JOB.”
January 19, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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January 16, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly wasn't alone in questioning a rule that confined singing in the Capitol rotunda to the lunch hour and stood in the way of people eager to perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in honor of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Kansas governor defies rule threatening to block singing of 'Lift Every Voice' at MLK gathering • Kansas Reflector
Gov. Laura Kelly joins legislators and activists to honor the life and legacy of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with song — even if it meant bending the rules.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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www.insidehook.com/internet/pet...
This is an excerpt from a year-old article from “Inside Hook” with potential bearing on Trump’s consuming more fascination with buying Greenland. "I went to Greenland to try to buy it," Dryden Brown posted on X a week after Donald Trump won reelection in November 2024. "Here's what happened." As the co-founder of Praxis, a concept for building a city-state aiming to "restore Western Civilization," Brown's prominent investor Peter Thiel has had designs on Greenland as a home base since 2019, when President Donald Trump first started talking about buying the territory from Denmark. With the new administration bullying Danish diplomats on the phone and reiterating its interest in acquiring the island, Praxis finds itself in an enviable position relative to other futuristic city projects: with its goals and its financial backers aligning with the current administration.
January 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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This is a quote from George Washington and its original context. “No punishment is too great for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin.” — George Washington Washington made this remark in the context of criticizing speculators and "sharp" businessmen who were profiteering during the Revolutionary War at the expense of their fellow countrymen. An extended version of the remark quotes Washington saying: “I would to God, that speculators be hung in gibbets upon a gallows five times as high as the one prepared by Haman. No punishment... is too great for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin.”
January 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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As far as a YEAR OLD ARTICLE goes, this is pertinent.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
Trump’s $1bn pitch to oil bosses ‘the definition of corruption’, top Democrat says
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse calls audacious request ‘definition of corruption’ amid investigation into Mar-a-Lago meeting in April
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Matt Randolph is a FORBES contributor and energy expert who posts as @mrglobal on TikTok; Randolph also posts articles on Substack
January 5, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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A quotd by George Carlin: "The United States is an oil company with an army."
January 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Lev Parnas has the firsthand experience that gives him a thorough perspective on the actual US policy in Venuzuela —a perspective the mainstream media is minimizing.
BREAKING: The Maduro “Capture” Is Theater—Here’s What It’s Covering Up
The headlines are bait. The real operation is bigger— While Venezuela explodes in headlines, Russia pounds Ukraine and China tightens around Taiwan.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
This is an excerpt of an Associated Press Story with the headline: “𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟱.𝟮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗘𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀“. PBS picked up the AP story and disseminated it under its logo. 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁: - The Department of Justice has expanded its review of documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to 5.2 million as it also increases the number of attorneys trying to comply with a law mandating release of the files, according to a person briefed on a letter sent to U.S. Attorneys. The figure is the latest estimate in the expanding review of case files on Epstein and his longtime girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell that has run more than a week past a deadline set in law by Congress. The White House did not dispute the figures laid out in the email, and pointed to a statement from Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, who said the administration's review was an "all-hands-on-deck approach." Blanche said Wednesday that lawyers from the Justice Department in Washington, the FBI, the Southern District of Florida, and the Southern District of New York are working "around the clock" to review the files. The additional documents and lawyers related to the case were first reported by The New York Times.
January 1, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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🤶🎅🏼🎁𝗣𝗕𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗧 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
This is an excerpt of a breaking News Story oublished on Christmas Eve Day from abcnews.com, introduced by a link to coverage of this breaking news from PBS. “The Department of Justice announced on Christmas Eve Day, that officials have "uncovered" over a million more documents potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. The DOJ has received these documents from [Southern District of New York] and the FBI to review them for release, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders," the department posted on X. "We have lawyers working around the clock to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible. Due to the mass volume of material, this process may take a few more weeks," the post read. Latest Epstein release details government's investigation into possible co-conspirators. Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia, the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, issued a statement on Wednesday criticizing the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files: "𝐈𝐭,𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐎𝐉 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜."
December 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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December 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Read: thehill.com/regulation/c...
"The Justice Department on Wednesday admitted that the operative indictment against former FBI Director James Comey was never presented to the full grand jury — a procedural error defense attorneys say should bar the prosecution. "Michael Dreeben, an attorney for Comey, told the judge that the apparent error calls for dismissal because "no indictment was returned." "That means the statute of limitations on the false statements and obstruction charges Comey faces, stemming from 2020 testimony he gave Congress, has lapsed, he contended. "The judge made no immediate ruling but ordered prosecutors to address the matter in court filings by the end of day."
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM KANSAS ROGER MARSHALL said: "Up to 40% of Obamacare enrollees never file a claim... Republicans are committed to ending the fraud!" Followed by a response from - CONGRESSMAN SEAN CASTEN: "My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS!"
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Text mounted on a yellow-beige background: “The creativity and adaptability of life expresses itself through the spontaneous emergence of novelty at critical points of instability. Every human organization contains both designed and emergent structures. The challenge is to find the right balance between the creativity of emergence and the stability of design.” - Fritjof Capra
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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A photo of Ellis Island featuring the Statue of Liberty in the foreground and the New York City skyline in the distance, superimposed with the following quote: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant." — Newly-Elected Mayor of New York City, Zorhan Mandami
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Background photo of NYC 5th Street with text that reads: “TRUMP COULD SHOOT SOMEONE ON 5TH AVENUE AND HE WOULD STILL BE ON THE EPSTEIN LIST.”
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM