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Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who is running for governor of her state, berated the police and TSA officials at Charleston International Airport, according to a report.
“She repeatedly stated [officials] were ‘F------ Incompetent,’” the report said.
“She repeatedly stated [officials] were ‘F------ Incompetent,’” the report said.
Nancy Mace berated airport police and TSA agents, incident report says
The report claims Mace called officers “incompetent” and accused them of mistreating her.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who is running for governor of her state, berated the police and TSA officials at Charleston International Airport, according to a report.
“She repeatedly stated [officials] were ‘F------ Incompetent,’” the report said.
“She repeatedly stated [officials] were ‘F------ Incompetent,’” the report said.
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The GOP in Congress are worse than useless. They are craven enablers of murder.
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The GOP in Congress are worse than useless. They are craven enablers of murder.
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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
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Trump’s America: Thousands of furloughed federal workers in Hyattsville, Maryland waiting in line for food.
October 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Trump’s America: Thousands of furloughed federal workers in Hyattsville, Maryland waiting in line for food.
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Right now, our amazing service members with the California National Guard are helping power expanded food bank operations across the state.
California refuses to let the Trump government shutdown's halt to federal food assistance abandon Californians in need.
California refuses to let the Trump government shutdown's halt to federal food assistance abandon Californians in need.
October 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Right now, our amazing service members with the California National Guard are helping power expanded food bank operations across the state.
California refuses to let the Trump government shutdown's halt to federal food assistance abandon Californians in need.
California refuses to let the Trump government shutdown's halt to federal food assistance abandon Californians in need.
#WeatherWiz enjoying retirement one beautiful morning.
#natureohotography #ottbsrock #horsesofbluesky
#natureohotography #ottbsrock #horsesofbluesky
October 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#WeatherWiz enjoying retirement one beautiful morning.
#natureohotography #ottbsrock #horsesofbluesky
#natureohotography #ottbsrock #horsesofbluesky
Trump ends trade talks with Canada after Reagan ‘anti-tariffs’ ad
YouTube video by The Independent
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October 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Pigoneer Pig Of The Day Fern!
Fern enjoying her breakfast in bed. Though she's disabled, she's a happy girl. She was used for racing when she was young which affected her joints as she grew bigger. Please become a Pigoneer to help us support rescued pigs globalvegancrowdfunder.org/pigoneer-200...
Fern enjoying her breakfast in bed. Though she's disabled, she's a happy girl. She was used for racing when she was young which affected her joints as she grew bigger. Please become a Pigoneer to help us support rescued pigs globalvegancrowdfunder.org/pigoneer-200...
October 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Pigoneer Pig Of The Day Fern!
Fern enjoying her breakfast in bed. Though she's disabled, she's a happy girl. She was used for racing when she was young which affected her joints as she grew bigger. Please become a Pigoneer to help us support rescued pigs globalvegancrowdfunder.org/pigoneer-200...
Fern enjoying her breakfast in bed. Though she's disabled, she's a happy girl. She was used for racing when she was young which affected her joints as she grew bigger. Please become a Pigoneer to help us support rescued pigs globalvegancrowdfunder.org/pigoneer-200...
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Trump and Stephen Miller’s authoritarian playbook is painfully predictable:
1️⃣ Target a Democratic city
2️⃣ Lie about crime
3️⃣ Deploy heavily armed agents to aggressively detain innocent people and violate their rights
4️⃣ Create stress and chaos
5️⃣ Use self-created chaos as excuse for militarization
1️⃣ Target a Democratic city
2️⃣ Lie about crime
3️⃣ Deploy heavily armed agents to aggressively detain innocent people and violate their rights
4️⃣ Create stress and chaos
5️⃣ Use self-created chaos as excuse for militarization
October 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Trump and Stephen Miller’s authoritarian playbook is painfully predictable:
1️⃣ Target a Democratic city
2️⃣ Lie about crime
3️⃣ Deploy heavily armed agents to aggressively detain innocent people and violate their rights
4️⃣ Create stress and chaos
5️⃣ Use self-created chaos as excuse for militarization
1️⃣ Target a Democratic city
2️⃣ Lie about crime
3️⃣ Deploy heavily armed agents to aggressively detain innocent people and violate their rights
4️⃣ Create stress and chaos
5️⃣ Use self-created chaos as excuse for militarization
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Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t
October 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t
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For my forever Space Sis: 🎂
💞
💞
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
For my forever Space Sis: 🎂
💞
💞
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As a former U.S. Public Delegate to the UN, I watched Donald Trump’s speech with profound concern. He treats alliances as transactions and diplomacy as a reality show. This isn't strength; it's a reckless retreat from the world stage. My thoughts:
The Empty Podium: Trump's UN Speech Was a Reckless Assault on the Foundations of Diplomacy
Trump’s United Nations speech was a dangerous monologue that mistakes isolation for strength and noise for leadership.
open.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
As a former U.S. Public Delegate to the UN, I watched Donald Trump’s speech with profound concern. He treats alliances as transactions and diplomacy as a reality show. This isn't strength; it's a reckless retreat from the world stage. My thoughts:
And the Epstein files.
Attorney General Bondi and Director Patel: We’re told you have video of Trump official Tom Homan accepting $50,000 in cash bribes stuffed into a CAVA bag in exchange for corruptly steering government contracts.
America smells a rat. Release the tapes now!
America smells a rat. Release the tapes now!
September 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
And the Epstein files.
This is some great art! I love that the National Park Service granted the temporary permit.
youtube.com/shorts/seRzX...
youtube.com/shorts/seRzX...
Statue of President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein appears on National Mall
YouTube video by CNN
youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is some great art! I love that the National Park Service granted the temporary permit.
youtube.com/shorts/seRzX...
youtube.com/shorts/seRzX...
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Did Trump’s DOJ shut down this bribery investigation? Was it Attorney General Bondi or FBI Director Patel?
The act was caught on camera. The administration must turn over the tapes to Congress.
Every decision made by Homan must be scrutinized for possible corruption.
The act was caught on camera. The administration must turn over the tapes to Congress.
Every decision made by Homan must be scrutinized for possible corruption.
September 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Did Trump’s DOJ shut down this bribery investigation? Was it Attorney General Bondi or FBI Director Patel?
The act was caught on camera. The administration must turn over the tapes to Congress.
Every decision made by Homan must be scrutinized for possible corruption.
The act was caught on camera. The administration must turn over the tapes to Congress.
Every decision made by Homan must be scrutinized for possible corruption.
When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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UPDATE: Democrats just put a bill on the floor to save health care.
Republicans voted to shut down the government and keep up the health care crisis THEY created.
We're not giving up on this.
Republicans voted to shut down the government and keep up the health care crisis THEY created.
We're not giving up on this.
Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1 - The Boston Globe
Democrats accused Republicans of not negotiating with them to address some of their priorities on health care as part of the funding measure.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
UPDATE: Democrats just put a bill on the floor to save health care.
Republicans voted to shut down the government and keep up the health care crisis THEY created.
We're not giving up on this.
Republicans voted to shut down the government and keep up the health care crisis THEY created.
We're not giving up on this.
I unsubscribed from Disney. Going to donate that money to our local homeless shelter.
September 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I unsubscribed from Disney. Going to donate that money to our local homeless shelter.
@nytimes.com please do not capitulate to Trump. Please fight. Our country, our Constitution needs you to fight.
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
@nytimes.com please do not capitulate to Trump. Please fight. Our country, our Constitution needs you to fight.
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DISNEY: Wins 5 Emmys for ANDOR, a show about resisting fascism
ALSO DISNEY: Bends the knee to the federal government and suspends Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism
ALSO DISNEY: Bends the knee to the federal government and suspends Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism
September 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
DISNEY: Wins 5 Emmys for ANDOR, a show about resisting fascism
ALSO DISNEY: Bends the knee to the federal government and suspends Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism
ALSO DISNEY: Bends the knee to the federal government and suspends Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...