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Flower lover; dog lover (cats too); poetry & art are awesome; grateful for thoughtful, informed, informative, &/or funny posts. Semi-retired educator.
Still send snail mail. Prefer some anonymity, so won't ever be verified, but I'm real.
Still send snail mail. Prefer some anonymity, so won't ever be verified, but I'm real.
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UPDATE: Boasberg orders the parties to submit plans for the "inquiry regarding a potential contempt referral," by tomorrow, "including names of possible witnesses and dates for hearings." (ACLU's Lee Gelernt smartly suggested waiting on the mandate from the DC Circuit before issuing any orders.)
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
UPDATE: Boasberg orders the parties to submit plans for the "inquiry regarding a potential contempt referral," by tomorrow, "including names of possible witnesses and dates for hearings." (ACLU's Lee Gelernt smartly suggested waiting on the mandate from the DC Circuit before issuing any orders.)
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Rest in Power, Mother Fletcher.
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of last survivors of Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of last survivors of Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of last survivors of Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111
Fletcher spent years pushing for justice after deadly racial attack on thriving Black Oklahoma community in 1921
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Rest in Power, Mother Fletcher.
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of last survivors of Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of last survivors of Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Maybe putting a dozen narcissistic poser Fox hosts in charge of sprawling federal agencies with millions of combined employees and vastly important responsibilities with enormous power wasn’t the greatest plan.
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Maybe putting a dozen narcissistic poser Fox hosts in charge of sprawling federal agencies with millions of combined employees and vastly important responsibilities with enormous power wasn’t the greatest plan.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Elections have consequences: Biden tried to limit the degree to which PFAS (forever chemicals) get into our bodies. Trump's EPA is giving us extra helpings.
This month, the EPA approved 2 new pesticides "that meet the internationally recognized definition...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
This month, the EPA approved 2 new pesticides "that meet the internationally recognized definition...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Elections have consequences: Biden tried to limit the degree to which PFAS (forever chemicals) get into our bodies. Trump's EPA is giving us extra helpings.
This month, the EPA approved 2 new pesticides "that meet the internationally recognized definition...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
This month, the EPA approved 2 new pesticides "that meet the internationally recognized definition...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump’s claim is not even close to accurate. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed gratitude to the United States on dozens of occasions – 78 examples are listed below – since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of his country in early 2022. www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
Fact check: 78 times Zelensky has expressed gratitude to the US | CNN Politics
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed gratitude to the United States on dozens of occasions – 78 examples are listed below – since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of his country...
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Trump’s claim is not even close to accurate. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed gratitude to the United States on dozens of occasions – 78 examples are listed below – since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of his country in early 2022. www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
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Yup. He bent on extending subsidies (with some minor caveats) and the GOP congress pushed back hard. CNN had to stop reporting on the plan *mid-report.*
So much for the "they'd be reasonable if only Trump weren't forcing them to be monsters" argument. GOP lawmakers are monstrous all on their own.
So much for the "they'd be reasonable if only Trump weren't forcing them to be monsters" argument. GOP lawmakers are monstrous all on their own.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Yup. He bent on extending subsidies (with some minor caveats) and the GOP congress pushed back hard. CNN had to stop reporting on the plan *mid-report.*
So much for the "they'd be reasonable if only Trump weren't forcing them to be monsters" argument. GOP lawmakers are monstrous all on their own.
So much for the "they'd be reasonable if only Trump weren't forcing them to be monsters" argument. GOP lawmakers are monstrous all on their own.
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How harmful do you have to be to be more injurious than Trump?
Trump was going to release a healthcare plan today that included extending ACA subsidies for two years - but GOP lawmakers said no.
"Republicans on Capitol Hill are not happy with the plan, with...
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Trump was going to release a healthcare plan today that included extending ACA subsidies for two years - but GOP lawmakers said no.
"Republicans on Capitol Hill are not happy with the plan, with...
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newrepublic.com/post/203622/...
Trump Delays His Health Care Plan After Revolt From Republicans
Republican members of Congress are pissed about the health care plan Donald Trump came up with.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
How harmful do you have to be to be more injurious than Trump?
Trump was going to release a healthcare plan today that included extending ACA subsidies for two years - but GOP lawmakers said no.
"Republicans on Capitol Hill are not happy with the plan, with...
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newrepublic.com/post/203622/...
Trump was going to release a healthcare plan today that included extending ACA subsidies for two years - but GOP lawmakers said no.
"Republicans on Capitol Hill are not happy with the plan, with...
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newrepublic.com/post/203622/...
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If, as Donald claims, the Epstein Files are a hoax created by Joe Biden, why would there be any damaging information about Democrats for Pam Bondi to find?
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If, as Donald claims, the Epstein Files are a hoax created by Joe Biden, why would there be any damaging information about Democrats for Pam Bondi to find?
We’re going backward.
The EPA has approved a new pesticide that contains PFAS, or 'forever chemicals', to be used on vegetables like lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We’re going backward.
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
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🏥🚨🏥 Healthcare workers: Patient’s rights are being violated. A lot of people are adverse to standing up to “authority,” but we have codes of ethics - each of our professions do. Rise up! 1/2
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
🏥🚨🏥 Healthcare workers: Patient’s rights are being violated. A lot of people are adverse to standing up to “authority,” but we have codes of ethics - each of our professions do. Rise up! 1/2
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
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Reuters: 200,000 Ukrainian citizens who entered US on U4U TPS program since 2022 are now at risk of losing their legal status. Reason is massive delays in processing extensions due to Trump admin pause — people could find themselves undocumented literally overnight.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Reuters: 200,000 Ukrainian citizens who entered US on U4U TPS program since 2022 are now at risk of losing their legal status. Reason is massive delays in processing extensions due to Trump admin pause — people could find themselves undocumented literally overnight.
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Yep, this!
High-quality masking slows transmission because the virus has fewer hosts to jump to for viral replication. It’s basic science, but people forget how effective it still is.
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷
Source: x.com/helenaddy/st...
High-quality masking slows transmission because the virus has fewer hosts to jump to for viral replication. It’s basic science, but people forget how effective it still is.
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷
Source: x.com/helenaddy/st...
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Yep, this!
High-quality masking slows transmission because the virus has fewer hosts to jump to for viral replication. It’s basic science, but people forget how effective it still is.
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷
Source: x.com/helenaddy/st...
High-quality masking slows transmission because the virus has fewer hosts to jump to for viral replication. It’s basic science, but people forget how effective it still is.
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷
Source: x.com/helenaddy/st...
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"I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby [my cousin], in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health, or the government."
Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, had just given birth when she was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. She writes about her fear of adding another tragedy to her family’s life. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/CLpbsb
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby [my cousin], in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health, or the government."
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Tonight in Kharkiv: one of the bombed buildings was a private home - the gentleman Volodymyr, born in 1948, days he had to run out of his burning house.. the mayor of Kharkiv gave him his jacket, saying “I came here by car!”
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Tonight in Kharkiv: one of the bombed buildings was a private home - the gentleman Volodymyr, born in 1948, days he had to run out of his burning house.. the mayor of Kharkiv gave him his jacket, saying “I came here by car!”
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Our insurance costs (home, health and auto) have gone up substantially this year. The increase is equivalent to some people's mortgages. I don't know how people are surviving this. Talking a lifetime of frugality being erased by greed.
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Our insurance costs (home, health and auto) have gone up substantially this year. The increase is equivalent to some people's mortgages. I don't know how people are surviving this. Talking a lifetime of frugality being erased by greed.
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Harborview Medical Center in Seattle has had 6 patients since June with a rare fungal infection.
Mucormycosis has a fatality rate of about 50% and strikes the immunocompromised.
Unrelated: Harborview rang a bell and sure enough one of the first U.S. patients died of COVID19 there.
Mucormycosis has a fatality rate of about 50% and strikes the immunocompromised.
Unrelated: Harborview rang a bell and sure enough one of the first U.S. patients died of COVID19 there.
Harborview patients test positive for mucormycosis - UW Medicine | Newsroom
newsroom.uw.edu
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Harborview Medical Center in Seattle has had 6 patients since June with a rare fungal infection.
Mucormycosis has a fatality rate of about 50% and strikes the immunocompromised.
Unrelated: Harborview rang a bell and sure enough one of the first U.S. patients died of COVID19 there.
Mucormycosis has a fatality rate of about 50% and strikes the immunocompromised.
Unrelated: Harborview rang a bell and sure enough one of the first U.S. patients died of COVID19 there.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers inform a federal judge about the Washington Post's bombshell: The government's claim that Costa Rica will no longer accept Abrego has been exposed as a lie.
More evidence—"if any were needed"—of vindictive prosecution.
Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
More evidence—"if any were needed"—of vindictive prosecution.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers inform a federal judge about the Washington Post's bombshell: The government's claim that Costa Rica will no longer accept Abrego has been exposed as a lie.
More evidence—"if any were needed"—of vindictive prosecution.
Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
More evidence—"if any were needed"—of vindictive prosecution.
Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Remember, Kushner EXPRESSLY PROMISED he would not play a role in Trump's second administration as a way of waiving away criticism that he took billions in Saudi investments
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Remember, Kushner EXPRESSLY PROMISED he would not play a role in Trump's second administration as a way of waiving away criticism that he took billions in Saudi investments
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Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
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“.. Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend .. would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.”
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November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“.. Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend .. would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.”
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Unacceptable! FDA delays in ByHeart formula recall allowed contaminated product to stay on shelves, prioritizing business confidentiality and putting babies at risk. Bureaucracy and business interests should never supersede infant safety! More here 👇🏾 www.instagram.com/p/DRaNu0OEmu...
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Unacceptable! FDA delays in ByHeart formula recall allowed contaminated product to stay on shelves, prioritizing business confidentiality and putting babies at risk. Bureaucracy and business interests should never supersede infant safety! More here 👇🏾 www.instagram.com/p/DRaNu0OEmu...
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Trump's domestic Gestapo raided a job site, then handcuffed a US citizen born in Raleigh NC -- even after being shown the guy's REAL ID, which is only available to US citizens and LPRs
CBP+ICE will ignore your identifying documents when it suits their racism
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
CBP+ICE will ignore your identifying documents when it suits their racism
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trump's domestic Gestapo raided a job site, then handcuffed a US citizen born in Raleigh NC -- even after being shown the guy's REAL ID, which is only available to US citizens and LPRs
CBP+ICE will ignore your identifying documents when it suits their racism
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
CBP+ICE will ignore your identifying documents when it suits their racism
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...