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Lifetime democrat, retired, widow, grandmother. I have a 14 year old 😸 and a 6 mo old kitten named Joe.🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸
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Cartoon by Pat Bagley | cagle.com/bagley
February 13, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Cartoon by Pat Bagley | cagle.com/bagley
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That one sentence perfectly encapsulates the entire Trump Administration: Greed over basic human decency.
February 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
That one sentence perfectly encapsulates the entire Trump Administration: Greed over basic human decency.
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Dr. Oz appears to have invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentines Day party in 2016, long after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting sex with underage girls.
February 13, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Dr. Oz appears to have invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentines Day party in 2016, long after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting sex with underage girls.
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Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
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Neither Can America.......
February 13, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Neither Can America.......
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Trump just threatened Republicans that vote against Canada tarriffs!
Just another authoritarian day!
Just another authoritarian day!
February 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Trump just threatened Republicans that vote against Canada tarriffs!
Just another authoritarian day!
Just another authoritarian day!
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They were ready for chaos. What they got was discipline.
An update to my January piece: why ICE is reportedly drawing down in Minneapolis...and why the absence of violence may be the real story. Sometimes the headline isn’t what exploded.
It’s what didn’t.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
An update to my January piece: why ICE is reportedly drawing down in Minneapolis...and why the absence of violence may be the real story. Sometimes the headline isn’t what exploded.
It’s what didn’t.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:40 AM
They were ready for chaos. What they got was discipline.
An update to my January piece: why ICE is reportedly drawing down in Minneapolis...and why the absence of violence may be the real story. Sometimes the headline isn’t what exploded.
It’s what didn’t.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
An update to my January piece: why ICE is reportedly drawing down in Minneapolis...and why the absence of violence may be the real story. Sometimes the headline isn’t what exploded.
It’s what didn’t.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Notice how “resigned” keeps meaning “got caught.”
Now do Howard Lutnick.
Now do Howard Lutnick.
February 13, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Notice how “resigned” keeps meaning “got caught.”
Now do Howard Lutnick.
Now do Howard Lutnick.
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This is what we have in the White House. Easy to understand how we got the shit show that is the Attorney General.
February 13, 2026 at 4:18 AM
This is what we have in the White House. Easy to understand how we got the shit show that is the Attorney General.
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Anyone else sensing a pattern here?
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Anyone else sensing a pattern here?
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This is so embarrassing.
The cartel drones Pam Bondi was sounding the alarm about during the hearing turned out to be… party balloons.
This administration is so incompetent.
The cartel drones Pam Bondi was sounding the alarm about during the hearing turned out to be… party balloons.
This administration is so incompetent.
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 AM
This is so embarrassing.
The cartel drones Pam Bondi was sounding the alarm about during the hearing turned out to be… party balloons.
This administration is so incompetent.
The cartel drones Pam Bondi was sounding the alarm about during the hearing turned out to be… party balloons.
This administration is so incompetent.
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And you know that notion never, ever crossed any same person's mind
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 13, 2026 at 4:14 AM
And you know that notion never, ever crossed any same person's mind
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February 13, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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Amid the chaos of national politics, the power of the local is easy to overlook. But showing up in local organizations, processes, and politics can be a powerful way to change things for the better.
February 13, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Amid the chaos of national politics, the power of the local is easy to overlook. But showing up in local organizations, processes, and politics can be a powerful way to change things for the better.
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No one should ever forget that if this country had elected Kamala Harris, Renee Good and Alex Pretti would be going about their daily lives.
February 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
No one should ever forget that if this country had elected Kamala Harris, Renee Good and Alex Pretti would be going about their daily lives.
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This is so true and has been for 10 years. Stop taking him on one at a time and join together to do it en masse. You’ll all be better off and so will the country.
February 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
This is so true and has been for 10 years. Stop taking him on one at a time and join together to do it en masse. You’ll all be better off and so will the country.
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Dr. Oz Becomes the Latest Trump Official in the Epstein Files newrepublic.com/post/206510/... via @newrepublic.com
Dr. Oz Becomes the Latest Trump Official in the Epstein Files
The Trump administration is full of people with ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Dr. Oz Becomes the Latest Trump Official in the Epstein Files newrepublic.com/post/206510/... via @newrepublic.com
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The president is overruling science to eliminate measures that protect us from pollution and environmental damage, mainly to benefit multinational corporations that have thrown money at his campaign, ballroom, and family.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
February 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The president is overruling science to eliminate measures that protect us from pollution and environmental damage, mainly to benefit multinational corporations that have thrown money at his campaign, ballroom, and family.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
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But not a dictator.
February 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
But not a dictator.
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NEWS: Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler has RESIGNED after newly released emails exposed a years-long personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — including advising him on handling sex crime accusations, media scrutiny, and accusers.
February 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
NEWS: Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler has RESIGNED after newly released emails exposed a years-long personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — including advising him on handling sex crime accusations, media scrutiny, and accusers.
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BREAKING:
Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:35 AM
BREAKING:
Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
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“We’re the only country in the world that has mail in ballots”. - Senile Satan
February 12, 2026 at 11:28 PM
“We’re the only country in the world that has mail in ballots”. - Senile Satan
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Will Fox be updating their story on this and giving it the same amount of airtime as they did initial arrest?
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Will Fox be updating their story on this and giving it the same amount of airtime as they did initial arrest?