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Share this with your reps. A common sense spread sheet of ISSUES - VOTER PREFERENCES / WANTS, VS THE PARTY (BOTH) RED MEAT HEADLINES. The D party should review this carefully and create its own Project 2027/29 /and long term platform. The surveys unite right and left.
www.grandbargainproject.org
www.grandbargainproject.org
HOME | Grand Bargain Project
The Grand Bargain is uniquely designed to advance the aspirations nearly all Americans share: Economic Mobility Education, Healthcare, Energy, National Debt, Fair Tax Code, and Congressional Reform.
www.grandbargainproject.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Share this with your reps. A common sense spread sheet of ISSUES - VOTER PREFERENCES / WANTS, VS THE PARTY (BOTH) RED MEAT HEADLINES. The D party should review this carefully and create its own Project 2027/29 /and long term platform. The surveys unite right and left.
www.grandbargainproject.org
www.grandbargainproject.org
The R's are now SERIOUSLY trying to mess w voting in all states. CALL your rep, and all reps in your state. URGENT to raise awareness.
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Elections overhaul takes center stage in House as hard-right pressure mounts
The SAVE America Act, up for a vote next week in the House, has been a rare rallying point for a divided GOP.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:44 PM
The R's are now SERIOUSLY trying to mess w voting in all states. CALL your rep, and all reps in your state. URGENT to raise awareness.
flip.it/Pj6Ve4
flip.it/Pj6Ve4
Need boycotts.Billionaires hollowing out jobs, creative, news fawning over Trump. Gutless , selfish, unpatriotic, hiding behind AI... the grasroots must push back.
Need a patriotic $ leader to buy this out!
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Need a patriotic $ leader to buy this out!
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‘Bloodbath’ at the Washington Post as Jeff Bezos lays off roughly one-third of staff
About 300 journalists in the newsroom are expected to lose their jobs as part of a ‘broad strategic reset’
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February 4, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Need boycotts.Billionaires hollowing out jobs, creative, news fawning over Trump. Gutless , selfish, unpatriotic, hiding behind AI... the grasroots must push back.
Need a patriotic $ leader to buy this out!
flip.it/JaiMrx
Need a patriotic $ leader to buy this out!
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"It’s time to end the era of immigration understood as a matter of crime and punishment, and begin a new era in which immigration is understood as a matter of freedom and opportunity"
Need a reimagined D party w positive vision on divisive issues across the board. Project 27-29!
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Need a reimagined D party w positive vision on divisive issues across the board. Project 27-29!
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Even conservative George Will gets it
In today’s edition, I’m going to try something different. Instead of an essay or analysis or an interview, I’m going to offer diary-like entries. The reason is practical, but also artistic, if you wil...
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February 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
"It’s time to end the era of immigration understood as a matter of crime and punishment, and begin a new era in which immigration is understood as a matter of freedom and opportunity"
Need a reimagined D party w positive vision on divisive issues across the board. Project 27-29!
flip.it/dCgT0j
Need a reimagined D party w positive vision on divisive issues across the board. Project 27-29!
flip.it/dCgT0j
The picture becomes clearer. Why the Trump fear of Epstein releases? Why the intense cover ups and delays? Why the mysterious bending of knee to Putin? This seems obvious and a national security matter except, of course, that our nat security may also now also be comprimised.
flip.it/RU_maf
flip.it/RU_maf
Jeffrey Epstein’s sinister links with Putin revealed with Russian girls in ‘world’s largest honeytrap’ for KGB
Emails show unnamed sources discuss meetings between Epstein and Putin
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February 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The picture becomes clearer. Why the Trump fear of Epstein releases? Why the intense cover ups and delays? Why the mysterious bending of knee to Putin? This seems obvious and a national security matter except, of course, that our nat security may also now also be comprimised.
flip.it/RU_maf
flip.it/RU_maf
So we take out the narco dictator leader, leave the narco dictator govt including the #2 leader who now thumbs nose at the US, and he invites China in? That was one main Trump reason for going in?! Madness!
flip.it/m3BIsU
flip.it/m3BIsU
Trump Says He Welcomes China, India Investment in Venezuela Oil
President Donald Trump said Saturday he welcomed investment by China and India in Venezuela’s oil industry.
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February 1, 2026 at 2:20 PM
So we take out the narco dictator leader, leave the narco dictator govt including the #2 leader who now thumbs nose at the US, and he invites China in? That was one main Trump reason for going in?! Madness!
flip.it/m3BIsU
flip.it/m3BIsU
“Temporary means temporary,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said about administration’s decision to end the status.
The point the admin and the quisling R's miss is the other path...a path to citizenship! No crimes, hardworking, familys, decent people! Immigration reform!!
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The point the admin and the quisling R's miss is the other path...a path to citizenship! No crimes, hardworking, familys, decent people! Immigration reform!!
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Jewish seniors offer to hide carers as 350,000 Haitians face deportation from US
CEO of Florida aged care home says residents, some of them Holocaust survivors, share 'kindred bond' with Haitian staff, who will lose right to work and live in US from Tuesday
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January 31, 2026 at 2:38 PM
“Temporary means temporary,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said about administration’s decision to end the status.
The point the admin and the quisling R's miss is the other path...a path to citizenship! No crimes, hardworking, familys, decent people! Immigration reform!!
flip.it/QYlQiv
The point the admin and the quisling R's miss is the other path...a path to citizenship! No crimes, hardworking, familys, decent people! Immigration reform!!
flip.it/QYlQiv
Important read. ICE is SO far off mission. Their intimidation, surveillance, violence attacks the core of our country's principals and values. They now have more funding than the FBI and want MORE! This is NOT immigration control. These are Trumps and Millers private militia.
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He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti’s Killing
A man who contradicted the government narrative about a prior shooting found himself pinned to the ground and detained after Alex Pretti’s death.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Important read. ICE is SO far off mission. Their intimidation, surveillance, violence attacks the core of our country's principals and values. They now have more funding than the FBI and want MORE! This is NOT immigration control. These are Trumps and Millers private militia.
flip.it/L9ZbRt
flip.it/L9ZbRt
ICE is now taking role of secret service? Clearly the intent of ICE is to be the Trump brown shirts. Since everyone not Trump, christo-facist, natcon, is an enemy 2/3 of US citizens are in danger. This is a growing danger.
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Italians Furious Over Report That ICE Agents Will Guard Trump At Olympics
The Italian newspaper report has led to anger, confusion, petitions, and demands that Trump’s “thugs” not be allowed to set foot in Italy.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:41 AM
ICE is now taking role of secret service? Clearly the intent of ICE is to be the Trump brown shirts. Since everyone not Trump, christo-facist, natcon, is an enemy 2/3 of US citizens are in danger. This is a growing danger.
flip.it/DqhX06
flip.it/DqhX06
Seriously , who gives Trump and this bizarre 'Board' rights over Gaza? Where are the Gazan reps? What authority will enforce? Trump commanding Israeli troops? US troops?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
Board of Peace Set to Hand Trump Sweeping Powers Over Gaza
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Seriously , who gives Trump and this bizarre 'Board' rights over Gaza? Where are the Gazan reps? What authority will enforce? Trump commanding Israeli troops? US troops?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
CBS cuts news, adds opinions..."Weiss is planning to tell newsroom Tuesday she intends to hire approximately 18 paid commentators and that she only wants top-flight performers committed to her approach to stick around.
Weiss is also expected to make significant cuts to the newsroom"
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Weiss is also expected to make significant cuts to the newsroom"
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After rocky start, Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss came in with a mandate to reshape coverage. She is set to announce plans for newsroom cuts and the hiring of many new commentators.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM
CBS cuts news, adds opinions..."Weiss is planning to tell newsroom Tuesday she intends to hire approximately 18 paid commentators and that she only wants top-flight performers committed to her approach to stick around.
Weiss is also expected to make significant cuts to the newsroom"
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Weiss is also expected to make significant cuts to the newsroom"
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Immigrants ARE us!!
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Happy NY! -"You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American." youtu.be/2R8QxCD6ir8
The last speech of Ronald Reagan as president was on immigration
YouTube video by Montclair Immigration Network
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January 26, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Immigrants ARE us!!
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To all who live in Red states your voter ID data has been given by your R govs to White House attys including drivers lic and ss ID's. An all out effort must priotitize ensuring 'inconsistencies' are resolved as this can become focus of challenges. Make sure your vote counts!!
flip.it/xF7H_W
flip.it/xF7H_W
Frantic Trump preparing to rig the 2026 midterms — and beyond: report
I Paper columnist Simon Marks writes that European leaders are already convinced President Donald Trump will try to rig the U.S. midterms and probably the subsequent national election.“There is invari...
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January 24, 2026 at 11:07 AM
To all who live in Red states your voter ID data has been given by your R govs to White House attys including drivers lic and ss ID's. An all out effort must priotitize ensuring 'inconsistencies' are resolved as this can become focus of challenges. Make sure your vote counts!!
flip.it/xF7H_W
flip.it/xF7H_W
wake up Maga and America... Americans DONT support the collapse of our liberty, foreign alliances and attack on judicial system! There IS and HAS BEEN a long term effort to divide and weaken this country. Maga has been the tool.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
X's Top MAGA Trolls Revealed to Be Foreign Accounts
Elon Musk's X hosts large troll accounts that purport to be American voters who back Trump, but many of them are living in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
www.rollingstone.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:57 PM
wake up Maga and America... Americans DONT support the collapse of our liberty, foreign alliances and attack on judicial system! There IS and HAS BEEN a long term effort to divide and weaken this country. Maga has been the tool.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
The press, business leaders, pundits should take a minute, listen to this speech. Smart, insightful, historical...deepens the disgrace of how low this country has fallen, that we accept as Pres. a man who wrote THAT letter to Denmark and rambles self serving ignorant delusions.
youtu.be/-9EFPdcSot0
youtu.be/-9EFPdcSot0
FULL SPEECH: PM Carney’s Most Inspiring Remarks at Davos — Greenland, Trump Tariff Threats | AQ1B
YouTube video by DRM News
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January 21, 2026 at 3:49 AM
The press, business leaders, pundits should take a minute, listen to this speech. Smart, insightful, historical...deepens the disgrace of how low this country has fallen, that we accept as Pres. a man who wrote THAT letter to Denmark and rambles self serving ignorant delusions.
youtu.be/-9EFPdcSot0
youtu.be/-9EFPdcSot0
a central issue of our times...
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flip.it/rGVxVN
Surging billionaire wealth leads to ‘dangerous’ political risks, Oxfam warns as Davos forum opens
The world’s billionaires grew richer than ever in 2025, charity Oxfam said on Monday, warning of “highly dangerous” political consequences as elites gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switze...
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January 19, 2026 at 11:26 AM
a central issue of our times...
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flip.it/rGVxVN
Too hard to believe Russia, others have been using the Maga movement? Too hard to think Trump works a Russian agenda? The themes'the storm is coming' w KKK, Nazi slogans are coincidence? In 1940 FDR warned of the threat of a: " Trojan Horse that betrays a nation unprepared for treachery.
Just sayin
Just sayin
January 16, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Too hard to believe Russia, others have been using the Maga movement? Too hard to think Trump works a Russian agenda? The themes'the storm is coming' w KKK, Nazi slogans are coincidence? In 1940 FDR warned of the threat of a: " Trojan Horse that betrays a nation unprepared for treachery.
Just sayin
Just sayin
It is a classic con...tax the people and then propose to give a tiny bit back as 'benefit'. Must remember the ax Trump and Republicans took to the entire health care system as well as their inability to craft ANY path forward. Dont fall for 'Bigly Care'!
January 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
It is a classic con...tax the people and then propose to give a tiny bit back as 'benefit'. Must remember the ax Trump and Republicans took to the entire health care system as well as their inability to craft ANY path forward. Dont fall for 'Bigly Care'!
I tried to create a parody cartoon of little CBS News swooning over Big Daddy Fox News. Chat GPT said it violated their policy DESPITE IT ALSO SAYING THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. IT ADMITTED IT WAS POLICY SET BY PROGRAMMERS. The issue is AI is NOT neutral. I said to create a cartoon about THAT >
January 16, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I tried to create a parody cartoon of little CBS News swooning over Big Daddy Fox News. Chat GPT said it violated their policy DESPITE IT ALSO SAYING THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. IT ADMITTED IT WAS POLICY SET BY PROGRAMMERS. The issue is AI is NOT neutral. I said to create a cartoon about THAT >
and the walls go higher...
www.foxnews.com/politics/us-...
www.foxnews.com/politics/us-...
US freezes all visa processing for 75 countries, including Somalia, Russia, Iran
State Department pauses visa processing for 75 countries including Somalia, Russia and Afghanistan to crack down on public charge applicants, officials say.
www.foxnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:15 AM
and the walls go higher...
www.foxnews.com/politics/us-...
www.foxnews.com/politics/us-...
the point of attack... expose them...expose the real mission of Steve Miller , proj 2026, and the current R party. DONT believe their denials... look at what they DO! Look at who they empower! Their silence is the admission.
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Conservative alarmed over poll showing 8 in 10 Republicans want 'fascist race war'
Conservative Bulwark Editor Jonathan Last argued there are two groups of President Donald Trump's voters: Those who signed on to deport 20 million immigrants regardless of whether they had committed a...
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January 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
the point of attack... expose them...expose the real mission of Steve Miller , proj 2026, and the current R party. DONT believe their denials... look at what they DO! Look at who they empower! Their silence is the admission.
flip.it/JzZr.u
flip.it/JzZr.u
A tune up for 26/8?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Trump Regrets Not Seizing Voting Machines After 2020 Election
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 AM
A tune up for 26/8?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
At what point does the absurdity just overwhelm. Now sending ICE agents to defend...ICE agents? The 'go after gangs and criminals' mission is totally lost.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
More federal agents to be sent to Minnesota after shooting, Trump administration says - BBC News
The move comes after protests against immigration enforcement have been held across the US after a woman was shot by an ICE agent.
www.bbc.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
At what point does the absurdity just overwhelm. Now sending ICE agents to defend...ICE agents? The 'go after gangs and criminals' mission is totally lost.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...