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Kim Eckert
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The🍷is half full; The☀️will come up tomorrow.
Always look for the brighter side of life🌈& celebrate its little unexpected pleasures.
(Cancer (in remission🤞)😼lady full of snark, sarcasm and smartassness)
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Since a bunch of readers have asked us to unlock this newsletter, @jvl.bsky.social has just done so. Please read and share. 👇
NEW: "Should they ever regain power, the opposition should commit to prosecute members of this regime at every level to the fullest extent of the law."
www.thebulwark.com/p/renee-good...
The Distance Between Renee Good and Ashli Babbitt Is Fascism
It’s not a hypocrisy. It’s a coherent worldview.
www.thebulwark.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Finally it looks like the plaque honoring the Capitol Police for their heroic service on January 6, 2021 might just find its home and be displayed for all of America to see.
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Trump admin's Enemies of America
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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Maybe not the kind of relationship you want w your top intelligence official:

"The White House excluded DNI Tulsi Gabbard from months of planning…because [of] her previous opposition to military action in Venezuela.…White House aides joked that the acronym of her title stood for 'Do Not Invite.'"
US Spy Chief Gabbard Excluded From Maduro Plan Over Past Views
The White House excluded Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard from months of planning to oust Nicolas Maduro because her previous opposition to military action in Venezuela cast doubt on he...
www.bloomberg.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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We filed two motions to block the Trump administration's attacks on Head Start, a federally-funded program that provides early education and care to young children — and won.

This program provides critical services to families across the country, and we'll always fight to defend it.
Parents Push Back Against the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Working Families | ACLU
The Trump administration is attempting to gut Head Start, a federally-funded early childhood program Congress created for low-income families
www.aclu.org
January 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Marshall: "This is my favorite one...I'm going to call it a T-bone steak..."

Americans can't afford hamburger and yet Republicans like Senator (Medical Doctor) Roger Marshall wants them to eat steak.

How out of touch can they be? (rhetorical...)
#FoodPyramid
January 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Why would parents want to deprive their children of tools that would aid them with future careers and life skills?
Parents cutting off their child's nose to spite their face - Only in a Linda McMahon/Donald Trump America
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Oh why not.
Under Trump we are now the Divided States of America.
newrepublic.com/post/205063/...
Top Trump Official Threatens Even More Aid Cuts in Minnesota
Mehmet Oz threatened to cut Medicaid in Minnesota, warning it was just the beginning.
newrepublic.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
aww...bless their hearts
January 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
God knows America's new HHS run by a guy with a brain half-eaten by a worm won't.
January 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
A commercial airline is pulling out of deportation operations tied to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement.
Airline Quits Trump’s Deportation Flights After Furious Backlash
Avelo Airlines will stop flying deportation charters.
trib.al
January 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Whether it’s Democrats putting their pronouns in email signatures or Republicans shooting and killing unarmed drivers, both sides have taken actions that the other side finds threatening.
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
birds of a feather...??
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
hateful little man
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Charlie Kirk would have loved this guy.
NICK SHIRLEY: “They came after me. They came after my family.”

SHAWN RYAN: “How did they come after you? Be specific.”

NICK SHIRLEY: “They tried to debunk my whole entire story.”
January 8, 2026 at 4:39 AM
3 shots...
Murder is the intentional killing of another human being without legal justification.
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in Minneapolis with her partner just blocks from where she was shot.
‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in Minneapolis with her partner just blocks from where she was shot.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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January 8, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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The food pyramid released by RFK Jr's USDA looks very different from the one you probably remember. See what's changed.
Old food pyramid vs. RFK Jr.'s new food pyramid. See what's different.
The food pyramid released by RFK Jr's USDA looks very different from the one you probably remember. See what's changed.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I wish I was closer to DC.
This is a definite must see.
🚨 TICKETS! Come join us at our live DC event on Jan 20th: 'One Year of Trump'.

* I'll talk Epstein with @rokhanna.bsky.social
* I'll talk media with @joyannreid.bsky.social & @jimacosta.bsky.social
+ @swin24.bsky.social, @milestaylor.bsky.social & Sarah Matthews.
www.ticketweb.com/event/mehdi-...
January 8, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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January 8, 2026 at 2:38 AM
The headline...
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shooting a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis sparked an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city and heightening political divisions.
ICE Minneapolis shooting sparks anger and deepens political divisions
Within hours, the Minneapolis killing ignited protests as far away as New York City, where an evening demonstration backed by the New York Immigration Coalition was planned.
ebx.sh
January 8, 2026 at 2:27 AM