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Interests: travel (Latin America especially), hiking, canoeing/kayaking, history, science, visual art, music (ukulele especially), volunteering and hanging out with grand-kids!
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“Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun...and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate and systematical plan of reducing us to slavery (1774).” #ThomasJefferson #IndependenceDay
July 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun...and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate and systematical plan of reducing us to slavery (1774).” #ThomasJefferson #IndependenceDay
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“The thing about nonviolence is that it spreads. When you get people to participate in nonviolent action – whether it’s a fast, a march, a boycott, or a picket line – people hear you, people see you, people are learning from that action.” #DoloresHuerta #PrayForAmerica
June 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“The thing about nonviolence is that it spreads. When you get people to participate in nonviolent action – whether it’s a fast, a march, a boycott, or a picket line – people hear you, people see you, people are learning from that action.” #DoloresHuerta #PrayForAmerica
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He’s not wrong
June 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
He’s not wrong
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These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸
June 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸
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Remember, if you want to help LA and can’t be there, you can still help by protesting outside your local police station so they have to keep resources there instead of sending them to LA
Out here for round 2! We don’t leave until ICE leaves.
June 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Remember, if you want to help LA and can’t be there, you can still help by protesting outside your local police station so they have to keep resources there instead of sending them to LA
The Latin American Country That Told Elon Musk ‘No’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/w...
The Latin American Country That Told Elon Musk ‘No’
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Latin American Country That Told Elon Musk ‘No’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/w...
Question: Has there been any talk of protesters disrupting Trump's vanity military spectacle on the 14th?
June 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Question: Has there been any talk of protesters disrupting Trump's vanity military spectacle on the 14th?
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On our Commentary Page: Trump’s America is not the America I know and love, writes Ricardo Pimentel.
Trump’s America is not the America I know and love • Wisconsin Examiner
A country led by an authoritarian leader who thumbs his nose at the rule of law is not the America I know. And it certainly isn’t great.
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June 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
On our Commentary Page: Trump’s America is not the America I know and love, writes Ricardo Pimentel.
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Justice Scalia on what makes American government exceptional: Our Constitution separates powers to "prevent the centralization of power in one person, or one party." In other countries, where power is centralized in one person, "the game is over" for rights.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggz_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggz_...
Antonin Scalia - On American Exceptionalism
YouTube video by AmericanRhetoric.com
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May 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Justice Scalia on what makes American government exceptional: Our Constitution separates powers to "prevent the centralization of power in one person, or one party." In other countries, where power is centralized in one person, "the game is over" for rights.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggz_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggz_...
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The US is now complicit in the deaths of Ukrainians as Trump ONCE AGAIN does not sanction Russia despite his so called “red line.”
He is the weakest so called leader America has had in its history.
He is the weakest so called leader America has had in its history.
May 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The US is now complicit in the deaths of Ukrainians as Trump ONCE AGAIN does not sanction Russia despite his so called “red line.”
He is the weakest so called leader America has had in its history.
He is the weakest so called leader America has had in its history.
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In an era that looked as if it might be defined by an American man of depraved cruelty, corruption & shame, what a magnificent thing the Catholic Church has done. The elevation of an American man of goodness, grace, humility, mercy & faith to the Throne of St. Peter is moving & momentous for us all.
May 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In an era that looked as if it might be defined by an American man of depraved cruelty, corruption & shame, what a magnificent thing the Catholic Church has done. The elevation of an American man of goodness, grace, humility, mercy & faith to the Throne of St. Peter is moving & momentous for us all.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/p...
Somebody please tell me that Carney is smart enough not to meet in the Oval Office with Vance, Rubio and other cronies all there to gang up on him (like they did to Zelensky).
Somebody please tell me that Carney is smart enough not to meet in the Oval Office with Vance, Rubio and other cronies all there to gang up on him (like they did to Zelensky).
Fact check: Trump makes more false claims about Canada in advance of meeting with prime minister | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has been making false claims about Canada for months. He did it again in the days leading up to his scheduled Tuesday meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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May 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/p...
Somebody please tell me that Carney is smart enough not to meet in the Oval Office with Vance, Rubio and other cronies all there to gang up on him (like they did to Zelensky).
Somebody please tell me that Carney is smart enough not to meet in the Oval Office with Vance, Rubio and other cronies all there to gang up on him (like they did to Zelensky).
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Tim Walz - "Part of defunding is always about giving tax cuts to the wealthy. But it's more sinister on the public education side. I think an uneducated populace is easier to control. I think by underfunding public education, you keep a permanent underclass that does your work for you."
April 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Tim Walz - "Part of defunding is always about giving tax cuts to the wealthy. But it's more sinister on the public education side. I think an uneducated populace is easier to control. I think by underfunding public education, you keep a permanent underclass that does your work for you."
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from today:
www.abc12.com/news/tariff-...
HALTING PRODUCTIONS: Stellantis announced a temporary pause in production at multiple plants.
www.abc12.com/news/tariff-...
HALTING PRODUCTIONS: Stellantis announced a temporary pause in production at multiple plants.
Tariff-related layoffs hit five US auto plants that supply factories in Canada and Mexico
Stellantis has “paused production” at some of its Canadian and Mexican auto assembly plants due to the newly announced tariffs — and as a result, some US workers will also
www.abc12.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
from today:
www.abc12.com/news/tariff-...
HALTING PRODUCTIONS: Stellantis announced a temporary pause in production at multiple plants.
www.abc12.com/news/tariff-...
HALTING PRODUCTIONS: Stellantis announced a temporary pause in production at multiple plants.
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Cynthia Nixon
Power to the people!
Power to the people!
April 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Cynthia Nixon
Power to the people!
Power to the people!
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🔥Rufus Gifford, former U.S. amb. to Denmark, unloaded on JD Vance for saying Denmark “is not a good ally”:
Go to Denmark and say it to the faces of the parents of the young men and women who lost their lives alongside U.S. troops. Say it to them!
Go to Denmark and say it to the faces of the parents of the young men and women who lost their lives alongside U.S. troops. Say it to them!
March 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🔥Rufus Gifford, former U.S. amb. to Denmark, unloaded on JD Vance for saying Denmark “is not a good ally”:
Go to Denmark and say it to the faces of the parents of the young men and women who lost their lives alongside U.S. troops. Say it to them!
Go to Denmark and say it to the faces of the parents of the young men and women who lost their lives alongside U.S. troops. Say it to them!
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U.S. Supreme Court in 7-2 ruling upholds Biden administration regulation on ghost guns. Via DC bureau's @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
U.S. Supreme Court in 7-2 ruling upholds Biden administration regulation on ghost guns • Wisconsin Examiner
The Court held that ATF's inclusion of "ghost guns" as “firearms” was consistent with a 1968 federal firearms law.
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March 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
U.S. Supreme Court in 7-2 ruling upholds Biden administration regulation on ghost guns. Via DC bureau's @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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Sanders is straight up trying to split the anti-Trump/GOP vote before the special elections and midterms by telling people not to support or vote for Democrats:
March 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Sanders is straight up trying to split the anti-Trump/GOP vote before the special elections and midterms by telling people not to support or vote for Democrats:
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On this day In 1933, the Enabling Act became law, giving Hitler the power to rule without the involvement of the Reichstag or the President, turning Germany into a totalitarian dictatorship.
March 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
On this day In 1933, the Enabling Act became law, giving Hitler the power to rule without the involvement of the Reichstag or the President, turning Germany into a totalitarian dictatorship.