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I hope everyone notices that Trump is trying to normalize the idea of arresting political opponents for no reason

(Trump attempted a coup in 2021 so miss me with the false equivalences)
July 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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When someone asks what parenting be like… 😂🤣
🐵 🥰
July 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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If ICE has so much money, “why do they need the military?…My speculation is because it plays better on TV.”
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges
"The use of military courts to hear civilian cases is the essential component of martial law."
www.motherjones.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Seems he’s not the only one.
July 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Gutting the Dept of Ed doesn’t just hurt students.

It undermines Military Families.

It weakens the Force.

And it plays right into the hands of predatory lenders and for-profit diploma mills.

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July 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Veterans count on the Dept of Education for GI Bill protections, Pell Grants, and job training.

Military Families rely on it for childcare aid, K–12 funding, and early education.

Dismantling ED? It guts that support.

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. What would that mean?
Closing the department would require congressional approval, and it’s unlikely Trump would have sufficient support.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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“I am not yet convinced that any access to men in power gives a man more truth or light than the politics of a coffee house”—Jonathan Swift

A perfect jelly roll & my thoughts on what we can learn from Parisian café culture about meeting up in real life.

Please ❤️

open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Summer Jelly Roll (le gâteau roulé)
Let’s draw inspiration from Parisian café culture.
open.substack.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Universities hold patents on 50% of FDA approved drugs, and research done at universities contributed to 90% of current medications. Think about what we stand to lose if federal funding is cut by 50% 🧪
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...
We set out to quantify U.S. academic contributions to medicines. The results stunned even us
From 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs. 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions.
www.statnews.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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On a more serious note, Pope Francis worked hard to remind us all that following Christ was an active choice, one that we reaffirm every time we minister to the sick, the friendless, and the needy.

I am grateful for his faithful witness and for his call to live into the promise of our faith.
April 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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RIP French theologian/poet Peter Abelard, died this day 1142.

“The key to wisdom is this -- constant and frequent questioning ... for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.”

“Love is incapable of being concealed; a word, a look, nay, silence, speaks it.”
April 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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“Corporate sponsors were solicited for this year’s Easter Egg Roll, hosted by first lady Melania Trump, with promises of branding opportunities on the White House lawn — an arrangement that breaks with precedent and which has been questioned by ethics watchdogs.”

WHAT?? Everything is a grift!
April 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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So the guy who bankrupted casinos, ran a fake university, got his entire organization banned for fraud, is banned from running a charity, sunk every company he had thinks he knows best how to cut costs and run an agency more efficiently.

Bye-bye food safety.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
FDA to suspend quality-control program for food testing due to staff cuts
The FDA labs that test food to prevent illness have been affected by wider health and human services staff cuts
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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April 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.

So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.

So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Economists at JPMorgan Chase said Monday that the risk of a recession had edged up to 40% from 30% owing to “extreme U.S. policies.”-Wall Street Journal
March 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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This is not very transparent
March 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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President Donald Trump's administration is considering cutting most of the lawyers in the US Justice Department unit that handles public corruption cases, four people familiar with the matter said reut.rs/4kI8eKz
Trump administration eyes cuts to Justice Department public corruption unit, people familiar say
President Donald Trump's administration is considering cutting most of the lawyers in the U.S. Justice Department unit that handles public corruption cases, four people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
reut.rs
March 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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These sites might be useful:

1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
March 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Correct
Like Tim Walz said, “You don't win elections to bank political capital — you win elections to burn political capital and improve lives.”
March 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
www.npr.org
March 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Members of the military are supposed to be loyal to the Constitution, not the president. Changing that seems to have been the point of the Friday Night Massacre. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Friday Night Massacre in the Military
Friday night, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (who is black) and the Navy's top admiral (who is female) were fired, along with the most senior Judge Advocates General (JAGS) for the Army, Navy, ...
open.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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⚡️EU preparing military aid package for Kyiv worth $20.9 billion, Bloomberg reports.

The additional military support would supply Kyiv with air defense systems, artillery ammunition, long-range missiles, and drones.
EU preparing military aid package for Kyiv worth $20.9 billion, Bloomberg reports
The additional military support would supply Kyiv with air defense systems, artillery ammunition, long-range missiles, and drones.
kyivindependent.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Current mood
February 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM