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Life-long learner. Believer in empathy, honesty, and showing up for people.
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Voters are increasingly applying a new standard to Democratic leaders—one that asks who has the backbone to confront Trump’s abuses and fight for real structural change. Strength and principle are what the moment demands.
Democrats: Don’t Fail the ‘SOB Test'
Which Democratic leaders have learned the right lessons about how to compete in a post-Trump political environment?
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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Spotted sandpiper
#birdoftheday
#reflections
December 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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All good wishes in the coming year. Fanx ta ra for your visits.
#cats #hedgewatch #gratitude #happynewyear
December 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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‘A new era’: Zohran Mamdani appoints al Qaeda detainee’s lawyer Ramzi Kassem as NYC chief counsel – who is he?

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed lawyer Ramzi Kassem as the city's chief counsel. Kassem, who previously represented an individual in an al-Qaeda-related terrorism case…
‘A new era’: Zohran Mamdani appoints al Qaeda detainee’s lawyer Ramzi Kassem as NYC chief counsel – who is he?
New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed lawyer Ramzi Kassem as the city's chief counsel. Kassem, who previously represented an individual in an al-Qaeda-related terrorism case and advised the Biden administration on immigration policy, will bring his extensive legal experience to the role. He also co-founded a project focused on law enforcement accountability and has represented students detained by ICE. Press Post
news.presspost.in
January 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Please read this & speak out.
Understand how relatively modest US investments in health systems and commodities can stem an unspeakable burden of suffering.
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.

One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.

Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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shocking observers, U.S. government says it will obey law
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — US government says ICE doesn't plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as judge's order banning it stands.
December 31, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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This is an act of war and illegal under both US and international law, let’s just be clear about that:
C.I.A. Conducted Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Who will stop the Piano Man's reign of terror?!
December 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Effort to police what lower-income people using SNAP food assistance get to eat begins Thursday in Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah & W. Virginia; Arkansas joining this nanny-state parade in July.
#arpx
SNAP bans on soda, candy and other foods take effect in five states Jan. 1
Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new limits starting Thursday on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits.
buff.ly
December 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Here is the Minnesota Somali Fraud Crime Ring the MAGA crowd is ringing alarm bells about. Better fact check the MAGA cult every fcking time !
Aimee Bock doesn’t look Somalian to me! 🙄
December 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Lincoln Riley: “it’s really hard but I have finally opened the championship window at USC”

Curt Cignetti *roller skating backwards at fucking Indiana in the same conference*: “it’s not that hard”
don't worry USC fans I'm sure this is the time you can Riley's word to the bank, no doubt about it
December 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It feels very real.
December 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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The new HBO documentary "Critical Incident: Death at the Border" looks at the alleged cover-up of the murder of an undocumented Mexican immigrant who died while in U.S. custody under the watch of the now-head of Border Patrol, Rodney Scott.
December 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Rep. Michael Rulli: "I think we're really gonna see an economy hopefully by Easter that is roaring"
December 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The brush I bought today 🤣
December 29, 2025 at 5:21 AM