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PaulaBehnken
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Retired journo/writer, nana, NE based with ties to the EU. Just sledding through, trying to avoid the slush. IYKYK where. I foolishly believed we were old enough to know better than this! Warning: No profile/no posts=no folo. No starterpax! 🇺🇲🇳🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪
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Next time, let's vote for someone who has shared the same ups/downs in life as 99% of us and is not a lawbreaker, cheater, thief, fraud, con artist, woman hater or convicted sex assaulter who has never shopped, spent his own money, played w/kids, raised a dog or read a book.
Omigod.
How is the situation in #Kyiv?
Not very good. It is very cold, currently minus 8°C, dropping to minus 15°C at night,&ice is everywhere.

Kyiv is now living with power outages of up to 20 hours a day. Some buildings have no power at all. As of now, almost 60% of the capital is without power
📹oleof05
January 21, 2026 at 2:42 PM
a wind turbine against a cloudy blue sky
ALT: a wind turbine against a cloudy blue sky
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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January 21, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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“People think we’re not at the level of crisis yet. But we are: with the Canadians, with NATO, Great Britain, the Danes, the French, talking about us as if we are a putative enemy at this point. All because of these deranged plans from one man…” — Tom Nichols

@radiofreetom.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 11:48 PM
This is well worth the watch and a reminder that 1/we need more mental health experts and facilities, and 2/we need to pass laws to prevent a repeat of this national tragedy, especially since this family has helped create a huge new class of oligarchs ready, willing and able to replace him.
January 20, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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RUSSIA
RUSSIA
RUSSIA

Still look like a hoax to you?
January 20, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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What a lunatic!!!
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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EVERCORE: “.. This is ‘sell America’ again within a much broader global risk off ..”

@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/s...
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Here's a fascinating conversation with Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist and Donald Trump's niece.
youtu.be/kh54JwcHmKI?...
Real Reason My Uncle Trump Renamed Kennedy Center | The Daily Beast Podcast
YouTube video by The Daily Beast
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I am part of a family with numerous naturalized citizens and a few still on the fence. Some grandkids are old enough to be drafted, if it comes to that. Do you think they are going to go into their parents' homelands and kill relatives for Trump? I don't think so. Multiply them times millions more.
January 19, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Dear Denmark, Greenland, & EU
We need YOU to put pressure on political leaders around the world to MOVE AWY FROM APPEASEMENT & ACQUIESCENCE

Insist on International Law.
Insist on the UN. charter.
AND
Your RIGHT to SELF DETERMINATION

From all of us SANE Americans
January 19, 2026 at 9:14 PM
My man Jim.
January 19, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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Why can’t journalists at least say this out loud: “Many experts, commentators & political leaders are saying that Trump is clearly spiraling into madness & needs to be removed.”
January 19, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Why doesn't ICE go to Texas or Florida? They're among the states with the highest number of unauthorized immigrants. They've already been to California, and that didn't go over too well. (I know the answer to this question, but we should be pointing out the political reason for these awful attacks.)
January 19, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Never forget J6!
January 17, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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Never thought I’d see this. Until I read project 2025.
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom release a joint statement:
January 18, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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This beautiful song about #ICELawlessness had me in tears!

Gorgeous vocals, an ethereal melody, and haunting lyrics that will hit you deep in your soul.

Please watch it & give it a like over on Instagram, too. Thanks, Speaknowsasha, this song moved me!

www.instagram.com/reel/DTn-lcL...
January 19, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.

ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 AM