Bill Merchant
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I’m an old retired veteran trying to help improve my community. Special interest in local governance and transportation.
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Steps away from the Capitol, victims of Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and sex offender, on Wednesday demanded that all people who received sexual favors through Epstein be identified. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Steps away from the Capitol, victims of Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and sex offender, on Wednesday demanded that all people who received sexual favors through Epstein be identified. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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Ossoff on RFK Jr: "Absolutely he should resign. And he never should've been confirmed to begin with... in any normal Senate, he never would've gotten so much as a hearing. This is someone who throughout his public life has embraced just about every piece of quackery & pseudoscience he's come across"
September 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Ossoff on RFK Jr: "Absolutely he should resign. And he never should've been confirmed to begin with... in any normal Senate, he never would've gotten so much as a hearing. This is someone who throughout his public life has embraced just about every piece of quackery & pseudoscience he's come across"
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I’ve seen enough.
Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
September 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’ve seen enough.
Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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Great news for everyone who wants to force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files!
September 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Great news for everyone who wants to force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files!
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Soybeans are collapsing because China isn’t buying them. The farm economy is in deep trouble. Because of our needless trade war that we are clearly losing.
Maybe farmers will wake up
Maybe farmers will wake up
September 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Soybeans are collapsing because China isn’t buying them. The farm economy is in deep trouble. Because of our needless trade war that we are clearly losing.
Maybe farmers will wake up
Maybe farmers will wake up
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The guy that ordered 8 fighter jets to perform a low altitude fly-over in an effort to drown out Epstein survivors is the same guy who wants you to believe he's innocent.
September 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The guy that ordered 8 fighter jets to perform a low altitude fly-over in an effort to drown out Epstein survivors is the same guy who wants you to believe he's innocent.
Read this: newrepublic.com/article/1984...
The Supreme Court Has Hit Rock Bottom
For the court’s conservative bloc, the line between upholding the Constitution and serving as Donald Trump’s personal attorneys has all but disappeared.
newrepublic.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Read this: newrepublic.com/article/1984...
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Here is the 88-page opinion enjoining the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education
It enjoins the Executive Order, including the planned reduction in force and the transfer of functions like student loans outside the department
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It enjoins the Executive Order, including the planned reduction in force and the transfer of functions like student loans outside the department
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Here is the 88-page opinion enjoining the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education
It enjoins the Executive Order, including the planned reduction in force and the transfer of functions like student loans outside the department
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It enjoins the Executive Order, including the planned reduction in force and the transfer of functions like student loans outside the department
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Harvard has hired lawyers connected to conservative Supreme Court justices and President Trump himself to fight its case against the government.
Harvard Hires Conservative Lawyers to Fight Trump Administration
Harvard has hired lawyers connected to conservative Supreme Court justices and President Trump himself to fight its case against the government.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Harvard has hired lawyers connected to conservative Supreme Court justices and President Trump himself to fight its case against the government.
By not honoring all veterans on Veterans Day and changing the name to Victory Day for WWI the Donald is affirming his belief that veterans are losers and chumps. Corporal Bonespurs dishonors all who were willing to sacrifice everything.
And it’s still the Gulf of Mexico.
And it’s still the Gulf of Mexico.
May 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
By not honoring all veterans on Veterans Day and changing the name to Victory Day for WWI the Donald is affirming his belief that veterans are losers and chumps. Corporal Bonespurs dishonors all who were willing to sacrifice everything.
And it’s still the Gulf of Mexico.
And it’s still the Gulf of Mexico.
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seems kind of weird that the vice president of the united states is openly supportive of german neo-nazis!
Not only is he going out of his way to strengthen the European far right, that claim about the Berlin Wall is beyond absurd.
This is a broad strategic alignment away from the liberal democracies toward the global right.
This is a broad strategic alignment away from the liberal democracies toward the global right.
May 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
seems kind of weird that the vice president of the united states is openly supportive of german neo-nazis!
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May 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Renaming Veterans Day isn’t about honoring the troops.
It’s about feeding his ego with parades and headlines.
You served.
He self-served.
#TuckFrump
It’s about feeding his ego with parades and headlines.
You served.
He self-served.
#TuckFrump
May 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Renaming Veterans Day isn’t about honoring the troops.
It’s about feeding his ego with parades and headlines.
You served.
He self-served.
#TuckFrump
It’s about feeding his ego with parades and headlines.
You served.
He self-served.
#TuckFrump
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You can certainly add this with the one you posted!
May 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
You can certainly add this with the one you posted!
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ooo she sounds smart and hot wonder if she has a name!!!
May 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
ooo she sounds smart and hot wonder if she has a name!!!
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Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.
Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’
The former agency directors say current employees will face an “impossible task” to maintain service just as hurricane season begins.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.
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China sends back new Boeing jet made too expensive by tariffs https://twp.ai/4ilbkf
www.theguardian.com
China sends back new Boeing jet made too expensive by tariffs
twp.ai
April 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
China sends back new Boeing jet made too expensive by tariffs https://twp.ai/4ilbkf
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even as a guy who hated Rubio and thought he’d be a huge enabler I really did not have “Rubio will be orders of magnitude worse than Patel at the three month mark” on my bingo card
It's amazing how the guy we thought was going to be a key enforcer of his fascism is doing nothing, while the one Democrats were hoping to the voice of sanity (Rubio) is like a hard core MAGA wrecker.
April 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
even as a guy who hated Rubio and thought he’d be a huge enabler I really did not have “Rubio will be orders of magnitude worse than Patel at the three month mark” on my bingo card
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While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.
April 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.