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Merle Ann Loman
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I've Kept This Secret For 56 Years. I'm Telling The Truth Now In The Hope That It Will Save Lives. - HuffPost
Read this!
July 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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The State Department guts its office combating human trafficking
The cuts come as Trump reels from MAGA anger over sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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July 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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A Timeline of Donald Trump's Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe
From walking into a teen dressing room to joking about his obligation to sleep with contestants, Donald Trump is a storied pageant creep.
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July 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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A District-by-District Accounting of the $6.2 billion U.S. Department of Education Has Held Back from Schools
The Education Department is refusing to release billions of dollars for public schools. See the impact by school system and congressional district.
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July 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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I’m not very impressed with blue sky, if you wanna friend me here fine but I don’t think I’ll hang out here much. Change my mind.
July 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Opinion | Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country
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July 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Stephen Miller finally gets his revenge on L.A. — Los Angeles Times
In the long shadow of his policies, renewed attention is being paid to Miller’s upbringing in the famously liberal enclave once dubbed
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July 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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July 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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“spending tens of billions of dollars to expand the unconstitutional kidnapping, trafficking, and confinement of people who’ve committed no crime,” as Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren put it.
What now?
It is time…
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July 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Chapter 11: The American Dream requires a healthy populace who aren’t crushed by medical costs
Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Hidden History of the American Dream"
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July 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Trump allies caught off guard by Pentagon’s Ukraine weapons freeze
The decision left officials on both sides of the Atlantic scrambling to find out how long the pause might last.
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July 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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🎩 #America 😤
July 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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New app that reports ICE sightings. No account needed. Easy, peasy.
July 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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A New Declaration of Independence from Tyranny
Effective July 4, 2025
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July 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Ex-USAID chief says gutting of agency could put millions at risk of death | CNN Politics
Former USAID administrator Samantha Power says the gutting of the agency, with deep funding cuts to life-saving programs will have “devastating” consequences, potentially causing millions of deaths gl...
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July 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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The Forecasted Death Toll of Shuttering USAID — TIME
Multiple studies have estimated millions will die annually as a result of the Trump Administration’s closure of the foreign-aid agency.
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July 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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You Can Actually Help Kneecap Trump’s ‘Mass Deportation’ Arrests. Here’s How. — HuffPost
The mass deportation agenda relies upon some key choke points.
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June 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Trump bill raises budget of Stephen Miller’s Gestapo many times over
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#MAGAMurderBill #MAGAMurderBudget #MAGAMurder
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Trump bill raises budget of Stephen Miller's Gestapo many times over - Lawyers, Guns & Money
This aspect of the Big Fascist Bill isn’t getting enough attention: Under the House Judiciary bill, ICE would be given $45 billion to spend on detention through September 30, 2029. This would be a sta...
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June 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran could again begin enriching uranium in ‘matter of months’ — CNN
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says US strikes on Iran fell short of causing total damage to its nuclear program and that Tehran could restart enriching uranium “in a matter of months,” contrad...
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June 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Crockett questions Melania Trump’s reported ‘Einstein visa’: ‘The math ain’t mathin”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) questioned first lady Melania Trump’s reported “Einstein visa” in a Wednesday House hearing. “Let me remind y’all that Melania, the first lady, a model, and wh…
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June 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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This Land is Our Land
Montana, the Treasure State, is defined by its vast and accessible public lands.
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June 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say — CNN
The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an e...
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June 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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A remarkable message
You need to read this.
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June 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Proud Boys Have Scathing 3-Word Message For Trump After His Attack On Iran — HuffPost
The far-right group had issued a warning for the president before he launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.
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June 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Former state leaders work to eliminate dark money from politics
Former Montana state leaders discuss a plan to eliminate corporate spending and dark money from local politics in a meeting on Wednesday morning.During the emet
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June 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM