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Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
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We must approach each day with these questions: What can we do to protect free and fair elections? How can we counter what the GOP is doing? How can we advance the voting rights of every eligible citizen and ensure their ballots are accurately counted and elections properly certified?
The Greatest Threat to Democracy
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We must approach each day with these questions: What can we do to protect free and fair elections? How can we counter what the GOP is doing? How can we advance the voting rights of every eligible citizen and ensure their ballots are accurately counted and elections properly certified?
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When will “don’t tread on me” Republicans wake up and realize their guy Trump is now the Trojan horse for his oligarch donors to do all the things they’ve been worried about?
December 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When will “don’t tread on me” Republicans wake up and realize their guy Trump is now the Trojan horse for his oligarch donors to do all the things they’ve been worried about?
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December 6, 2025
December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
December 6, 2025
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This post is long—I apologize for that—but it’s written in four parts, so you can read it in digestible chunks. But don’t skip the last one! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Military Under Trump
And more...
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
This post is long—I apologize for that—but it’s written in four parts, so you can read it in digestible chunks. But don’t skip the last one! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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December 2, 2025
December 2, 2025
The news of last Friday, November 28, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Joint Special Operations commander overseeing an attack on a small vessel carrying 11 people on September 2 to “kill ev...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
December 2, 2025
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Medicare has negotiated lower prices for 15 new drugs, including Ozempic.
This comes despite Trump pushing to repeal the law that made this possible — the Inflation Reduction Act — and his Big Ugly Bill exempting other high-price drugs from negotiations altogether.
This comes despite Trump pushing to repeal the law that made this possible — the Inflation Reduction Act — and his Big Ugly Bill exempting other high-price drugs from negotiations altogether.
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Medicare has negotiated lower prices for 15 new drugs, including Ozempic.
This comes despite Trump pushing to repeal the law that made this possible — the Inflation Reduction Act — and his Big Ugly Bill exempting other high-price drugs from negotiations altogether.
This comes despite Trump pushing to repeal the law that made this possible — the Inflation Reduction Act — and his Big Ugly Bill exempting other high-price drugs from negotiations altogether.
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Israel still won’t let international journalists into Gaza.
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Israel still won’t let international journalists into Gaza.
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President Donald Trump’s personal travel routine has generated an estimated $70.8M in taxpayer costs this year, and projections based on federal audit data show the total could exceed $300M if the pattern continues.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trumps-gol...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trumps-gol...
Trump’s Golf-Related Travel Costs Are Outpacing His First-Term Levels, Hitting $70.8 Million in 2025
Federal records show presidential golf travel consuming tens of millions in public funds at a pace unmatched in modern administrations.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
President Donald Trump’s personal travel routine has generated an estimated $70.8M in taxpayer costs this year, and projections based on federal audit data show the total could exceed $300M if the pattern continues.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trumps-gol...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trumps-gol...
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The Trump admin has decided it will no longer commemorate December 1st, World AIDS Day. Fed employees have been instructed to refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Trump admin has decided it will no longer commemorate December 1st, World AIDS Day. Fed employees have been instructed to refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.
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Even members of his own party are now publicly urging him to stop because they’re increasingly worried about their own safety.
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Even members of his own party are now publicly urging him to stop because they’re increasingly worried about their own safety.
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1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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The victim was found at the scene of the burglary on Granada Avenue, police said.
S.F. residential burglary turns into homicide in Ingleside neighborhood
The victim was found at the scene of the burglary on Granada Avenue, police said.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The victim was found at the scene of the burglary on Granada Avenue, police said.
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Scammers are posing as immigration attorneys or government officials and demanding large upfront payments and in some cases, it’s hard to tell whether they’re scammers or untrained ICE personnel. Once they get the money, they disappear, leaving families without real help and with even fewer options.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Scammers are posing as immigration attorneys or government officials and demanding large upfront payments and in some cases, it’s hard to tell whether they’re scammers or untrained ICE personnel. Once they get the money, they disappear, leaving families without real help and with even fewer options.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. They area about unlikely friendships this weekend. Check it out. Thanks.
SATURDAY RUBRICS: 11/22/25
Unlikely Friendships
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. They area about unlikely friendships this weekend. Check it out. Thanks.
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November 21, 2025
November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
November 21, 2025
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Trump and RFK Jr's CDC just added a page that is full of disinformation about vaccines and autism.
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Trump and RFK Jr's CDC just added a page that is full of disinformation about vaccines and autism.
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Cancel your Spotify subscription until the ICE ads stop. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Cancel your Spotify subscription until the ICE ads stop. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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He’s got a point and his team is doing hugely valuable work
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
He’s got a point and his team is doing hugely valuable work
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The Trump admin is taking final steps to dismantle Dept of Education. Any news outlet that reports this fact without leading with fact that president has no authority to do so and is violating the Constitution is committing journalistic malpractice.
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Trump admin is taking final steps to dismantle Dept of Education. Any news outlet that reports this fact without leading with fact that president has no authority to do so and is violating the Constitution is committing journalistic malpractice.
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Crown Prince Bone Saw is having dinner at Trump's tomorrow. In the meantime, he is busy filling Trump's pockets with all sorts of presents. The flow from the Saudi treasury into the Trump and Kushner operations now exceeds $4 bn and is rising every day. The Emoluments Clause forbids this.
Trump family and Saudi partner unveil tokenised Maldives resort
Project unveiled on eve of Saudi Crown Prince’s visit to White House
www.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Crown Prince Bone Saw is having dinner at Trump's tomorrow. In the meantime, he is busy filling Trump's pockets with all sorts of presents. The flow from the Saudi treasury into the Trump and Kushner operations now exceeds $4 bn and is rising every day. The Emoluments Clause forbids this.
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Trump targets his critics. I say their names.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Trump targets his critics. I say their names.
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