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Walker, gardener, reader, traveler, educator, storyteller, voter.
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“But the gays and the transgenders are perverts who want to abuse our kids!”
December 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“But the gays and the transgenders are perverts who want to abuse our kids!”
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WOW: In a special election for Kentucky State Senate District 37, Democrat Gary Clemons has won with a staggering 72.5% of the vote, defeating Republican Calvin Leach, who received 25%.
Harris won the district by 6, so Clemons outperformed the 2024 results by roughly 42 points.
Harris won the district by 6, so Clemons outperformed the 2024 results by roughly 42 points.
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
WOW: In a special election for Kentucky State Senate District 37, Democrat Gary Clemons has won with a staggering 72.5% of the vote, defeating Republican Calvin Leach, who received 25%.
Harris won the district by 6, so Clemons outperformed the 2024 results by roughly 42 points.
Harris won the district by 6, so Clemons outperformed the 2024 results by roughly 42 points.
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We kept seeing people say Trump would start a war right before the Epstein release deadline. Looks like you were right, this sure looks like Trump declaring war on Venezuela on social media, without congressional approval.
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
We kept seeing people say Trump would start a war right before the Epstein release deadline. Looks like you were right, this sure looks like Trump declaring war on Venezuela on social media, without congressional approval.
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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Update: DOJ haw now sued 18 states.
My law firm has already filed to intervene to defend voters in 13 of the first 14 cases. We are working on the remains 5.
This is an insane effort by DOJ and we are a small firm. But we are committed to protecting free and fair elections in 2026.
More soon.
My law firm has already filed to intervene to defend voters in 13 of the first 14 cases. We are working on the remains 5.
This is an insane effort by DOJ and we are a small firm. But we are committed to protecting free and fair elections in 2026.
More soon.
DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
December 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Update: DOJ haw now sued 18 states.
My law firm has already filed to intervene to defend voters in 13 of the first 14 cases. We are working on the remains 5.
This is an insane effort by DOJ and we are a small firm. But we are committed to protecting free and fair elections in 2026.
More soon.
My law firm has already filed to intervene to defend voters in 13 of the first 14 cases. We are working on the remains 5.
This is an insane effort by DOJ and we are a small firm. But we are committed to protecting free and fair elections in 2026.
More soon.
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Donald, tell me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf without telling me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf.
December 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Donald, tell me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf without telling me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf.
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Harris: Under Trump’s leadership, prices are up, unemployment is up, inflation is up.. He said—I have to count the pluses—A+++++. That’s how he rated the economy. There is nothing A+ about any of this.
December 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Harris: Under Trump’s leadership, prices are up, unemployment is up, inflation is up.. He said—I have to count the pluses—A+++++. That’s how he rated the economy. There is nothing A+ about any of this.
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Baldwin: Without that extension, people are seeing shocking increases in their premiums. I spoke with a small business owner in Milwaukee named Nancy. Nancy is a cancer survivor. She cannot afford to be without health care because she has special medical needs. But her premiums are tripling…
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Baldwin: Without that extension, people are seeing shocking increases in their premiums. I spoke with a small business owner in Milwaukee named Nancy. Nancy is a cancer survivor. She cannot afford to be without health care because she has special medical needs. But her premiums are tripling…
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#Trump isn’t just abusing the pardon power, he’s rewriting who counts as a criminal, who counts as a victim, and what this country claims to stand for. This is how a nation’s character unravels in real time. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
The Moral Injury of a Nation
Trump’s presidency as a collective trauma, and the undoing of American character.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
#Trump isn’t just abusing the pardon power, he’s rewriting who counts as a criminal, who counts as a victim, and what this country claims to stand for. This is how a nation’s character unravels in real time. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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Its time to stop taking the misogyny for granted and do something about it. Please read: joycevance.substack.com/p/trump-on-w...
Trump on Women
The new Mayor of Miami, Florida, is a Democrat.
joycevance.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Its time to stop taking the misogyny for granted and do something about it. Please read: joycevance.substack.com/p/trump-on-w...
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Don Snoreleone would like another nap.
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Don Snoreleone would like another nap.
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So not only were we busy telling the world what we were doing on insecure Signal chats, we were shooting down our own people at the same time. It has costs to put incompetent people in charge of national security, and I fear we are just beginning to pay them.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.
New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year.
www.businessinsider.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
So not only were we busy telling the world what we were doing on insecure Signal chats, we were shooting down our own people at the same time. It has costs to put incompetent people in charge of national security, and I fear we are just beginning to pay them.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
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Couldn’t get the real peace prize but got the soccer one
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Couldn’t get the real peace prize but got the soccer one
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GUTFELD: “I love that the peace price went to Trump and not Greta Thunberg.”
TURNER: “Because it was created it for him.”
GUTFELD: “So?”
TURNER: “There were no other candidates.”
TURNER: “Because it was created it for him.”
GUTFELD: “So?”
TURNER: “There were no other candidates.”
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
GUTFELD: “I love that the peace price went to Trump and not Greta Thunberg.”
TURNER: “Because it was created it for him.”
GUTFELD: “So?”
TURNER: “There were no other candidates.”
TURNER: “Because it was created it for him.”
GUTFELD: “So?”
TURNER: “There were no other candidates.”
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“You don't do these deals and accept tens of millions of dollars while you're in office.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com unpack why Melania Trump’s new production company is particularly problematic.
@karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com unpack why Melania Trump’s new production company is particularly problematic.
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“You don't do these deals and accept tens of millions of dollars while you're in office.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com unpack why Melania Trump’s new production company is particularly problematic.
@karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com unpack why Melania Trump’s new production company is particularly problematic.
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“This is not about the American people. This is not about democracy… This is just pigs at the trough.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“This is not about the American people. This is not about democracy… This is just pigs at the trough.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
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Conway: This is a criminal government. Unless you are willing to say that, you’re basically fighting on their terms. They get to lie, and they win that battle because people say, “We shouldn’t use that kind of language.”
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Conway: This is a criminal government. Unless you are willing to say that, you’re basically fighting on their terms. They get to lie, and they win that battle because people say, “We shouldn’t use that kind of language.”
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
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Spotify needs to remove the ICE recruitment ads. If you hear one, make sure to give it a thumbs down.
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Spotify needs to remove the ICE recruitment ads. If you hear one, make sure to give it a thumbs down.
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🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
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He scammed over 1,000 people, most of whom were not wealthy - veterans, farmers, teachers, nurses, small businesses owners. Some lost everything. But he’s a rich Republican, so Trump let him get away with it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
He scammed over 1,000 people, most of whom were not wealthy - veterans, farmers, teachers, nurses, small businesses owners. Some lost everything. But he’s a rich Republican, so Trump let him get away with it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
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I wish Secretary Duffy would concentrate on keeping the skies safe and leave the moral hectoring to me. I'm better at it.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I wish Secretary Duffy would concentrate on keeping the skies safe and leave the moral hectoring to me. I'm better at it.
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Something that I think about almost often...
The Trump Administration and the "pro-life" GOP killed thousands of children around the world.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Trump Administration and the "pro-life" GOP killed thousands of children around the world.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Something that I think about almost often...
The Trump Administration and the "pro-life" GOP killed thousands of children around the world.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Trump Administration and the "pro-life" GOP killed thousands of children around the world.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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President Trump faces an unexpected rift in the MAGA movement as Republican officials warn his embrace of the tech industry’s artificial intelligence boom risks undermining Americans’ economic security and exposing their children to new harms.
The surprising issue driving a wedge between Trump and his MAGA base
President Donald Trump’s attempt to block states from regulating AI sparked pushback from Republicans concerned the tech will displace workers and harm kids.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
President Trump faces an unexpected rift in the MAGA movement as Republican officials warn his embrace of the tech industry’s artificial intelligence boom risks undermining Americans’ economic security and exposing their children to new harms.
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Italian Senator Carlo Calenda:
“The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.”
“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”
“The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.”
“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Italian Senator Carlo Calenda:
“The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.”
“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”
“The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.”
“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”