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i'm 78 live in the sticks 2 horses, 4 dogs, life long democrat, started out breaking colts for 1.00$ a day and 10.00 a month for feed when I was 13, have worked as a job coach for the mentally ill and the disabled,owned a candy co. thats all folks
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'Premeditated murder': Pete Hegseth accused of 'unambiguous war crime' after new report

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'Premeditated murder': Pete Hegseth accused of 'unambiguous war crime' after new report
New reporting shows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may have violated U.S. and international law by ordering a follow-up attack on two survivors in the administration's controversial missile strikes on...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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White House calls ex-CNN reporter 'scumbag' for noting Trump insults female journalists

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White House calls ex-CNN reporter 'scumbag' for noting Trump insults female journalists
The White House lashed out at former CNN correspondent Kate Bennett, calling her a "scumbag," after she pointed to President Donald Trump's habit of insulting female reporters."You know, everyone keep...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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'Trump has no idea': Nobel winner says MAGA 'cronies' waging 'war on financial stability'

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'Trump has no idea': Nobel winner says MAGA 'cronies' waging 'war on financial stability'
Donald Trump has "no idea" his MAGA group is fighting a "war on financial stability," a Nobel Prize-winning economist has claimed. The president seems to be blind to issues of the economy as expert Pa...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
melcrump1947.bsky.social
Biden's last month in office 256,000 jobs were created under the trump administration 42,000 jobs were created in October numbers don't lie
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Trump choice 'swamped' health care fund and keeps driving up costs: experts

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Trump choice 'swamped' health care fund and keeps driving up costs: experts
The Trump administration has missed the "root cause" of ongoing health care costs, an economics expert warned. Vivian Ho, the chair of health economics at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public ...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Farmers bemoan crushing Trump tariffs facing higher prices during holiday season

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Farmers bemoan crushing Trump tariffs facing higher prices during holiday season
US farmers warned on Tuesday that they are under increasing strain thanks to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and they predicted more price increases were coming for American consumers during the hol...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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'All the way to the death penalty': GOP candidate pushes Hegseth to punish Mark Kelly

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'All the way to the death penalty': GOP candidate pushes Hegseth to punish Mark Kelly
Don Brown, a Republican Senate candidate from North Carolina, argued that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could "go all the way to the death penalty" to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) after he participa...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Farmers bemoan crushing Trump tariffs facing higher prices during holiday season

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Farmers bemoan crushing Trump tariffs facing higher prices during holiday season
US farmers warned on Tuesday that they are under increasing strain thanks to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and they predicted more price increases were coming for American consumers during the hol...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Trump admin won't commemorate World AIDS Day

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Trump admin won't commemorate World AIDS Day
The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will not commemorate World AIDS Day on Dec. 1. Since 1988, Americans have mourned people who died of the disease and used the day to help remember ...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
melcrump1947.bsky.social
in Biden's last month in office 256,000 jobs were created in trump's Oct. jobs report (last month recorded) 42,000 jobs were created, quite a difference, more unemployment ahead
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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MAGA lawmaker labeled 'spokesperson for Putin' for pushing 'Russia-written surrender' plan

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MAGA lawmaker labeled 'spokesperson for Putin' for pushing 'Russia-written surrender' plan
A MAGA lawmaker is in hot water as her latest comments are causing some to accuse her of being a Russian asset.Rep. Anna Paulina Luna turned some heads when she embraced a controversial plan many have...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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'Truly bizarre': Critics pounce on 'one of the biggest foreign policy scandals in history'

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'Truly bizarre': Critics pounce on 'one of the biggest foreign policy scandals in history'
A peace plan being thrust upon Ukraine was actually written by Russia, according to reports, and Marco Rubio is taking heat for confusing messaging.Foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Schif...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries

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Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries
A large number of MAGA social media influencers were exposed over the weekend as being being based in other countries.Podcaster Matt Binder posted screenshots showing that Charlie’s Voice Rising, a po...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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'Elephant in the room': GOP warned this one Trump issue threatens massive midterm exodus

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'Elephant in the room': GOP warned this one Trump issue threatens massive midterm exodus
The midterm elections could swing massively in favor of Democrat candidates, and it's because of an issue with Donald Trump the GOP have not addressed.Greg Sargent of The New Republic and Amanda Marco...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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'That is not the law': Professor schools JD Vance as he scrambles to defend Trump threats

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'That is not the law': Professor schools JD Vance as he scrambles to defend Trump threats
Yale Law School graduate JD Vance was on the receiving end of a lecture from a former U.S. attorney for jumping in late on Sunday to defend Donald Trump in the squabble about issuing illegal orders to...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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'Explosive resignations' to rock GOP as reps tire of being treated 'like garbage': insider

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'Explosive resignations' to rock GOP as reps tire of being treated 'like garbage': insider
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced her retirement from Congress in a provocative manifesto that highlights growing tension in the Republican caucus — and party leaders are being warned it's ...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Psychologist flags a sign that Trump may be experiencing a 'serious cognitive problem'

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Psychologist flags a sign that Trump may be experiencing a 'serious cognitive problem'
A clinical psychologist flagged a sign that President Donald Trump may be experiencing a "serious cognitive problem" during a podcast interview that debuted on Sunday. Trump has displayed some questio...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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'I thought he might have a coronary': Ex-White House reporter recounts showdown with Trump

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'I thought he might have a coronary': Ex-White House reporter recounts showdown with Trump
A former White House reporter thought Donald Trump was going to have a coronary when the journalist didn't listen to his demand to "shut up."Brian J. Karem, who famously asked Trump if he would commit...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Treasury secretary blasted for 'denying reality' after claiming 'inflation hasn't gone up'

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Treasury secretary blasted for 'denying reality' after claiming 'inflation hasn't gone up'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday refused to admit inflation has gone up for Americans after NBC “Meet The Press” host Kristen Welker confronted him with the numbers."Inflation has gone up,” ...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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'People better get fired': GOP lawmaker puts Trump admin on notice for latest 'buffoonery'

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'People better get fired': GOP lawmaker puts Trump admin on notice for latest 'buffoonery'
A Republican congressman who serves as a member of the House Armed Services Committee put the Trump administration on notice this weekend over what some outside observers have dubbed "one of the bigge...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Ex-GOP analyst issues dire warning about Trump after midterm: 'He is planning a siege'

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Ex-GOP analyst issues dire warning about Trump after midterm: 'He is planning a siege'
President Donald Trump appears to be staring down lame-duck status as the 2026 midterm election approaches, but that doesn't mean his administration will be any less dangerous, even if the GOP gets th...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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'Truly bizarre': Critics pounce on 'one of the biggest foreign policy scandals in history'

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'Truly bizarre': Critics pounce on 'one of the biggest foreign policy scandals in history'
A peace plan being thrust upon Ukraine was actually written by Russia, according to reports, and Marco Rubio is taking heat for confusing messaging.Foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Schif...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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This is why they don’t want higher education
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement.

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The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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henrikhindby.bsky.social
Are we headed for an actual climate disaster? "Growth of GHG forcing has diverged dramatically from that scenario (RCP2.6), with reality being close to the extreme RCP8.5 scenario"
This is catastrophic. RCP8.5 will basically wipe out civilisation as we know it
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November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM