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Caroline Abbott
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Lawyer: not muzzled, and on a very long leash. Sent to time out for squandering time by the decade. OK to CA to OK to CA to OK to CA. Staying put. https://linktr.ee/carolineabbott
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Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle celebrated Thanksgiving in Greece, honoring simple Pilgrim dress by wearing a long black gown.
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle stands on a lighted podium with two men who are wearing dark suits, white shirts, and neckties. Guilfoyle wears a long-sleeved, high-neck, floor-lenghth dress of sheer black lace, her long dark hair and the lace's medallions providing some coverage for modesty.
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Have a little sympathy for poor confused Marco Rubio. Anyone would be stressed while working three jobs.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
From the article: "Trump’s hostile rhetoric came after a confusing weekend in which Rubio admitted the White House plan was conceived in Moscow, only to then insist the US was its author."
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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One might think that this is too flashy for dinner at home, but it's Fibonacci Day.
Photo is a model wearing a silver pant suit covered with silver sequins.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Trump's turn as Tom Buchanan must be in a sequel party, because Jeffrey Epstein's Jay Gatsby was killed off in the first version.
Trump was pictured enjoying himself at the Halloween bash at his Palm Beach residence, surrounded by guests in Roaring 20s-style getup AFP via Getty Images
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Andrew Mountbatten Windsor,
the aristo formerly known as prince.
An aging white-haired white man with somewhat puffy facial features, wearing a dark suit jacket with a white shirt and red tie, looks off toward the left of the picture
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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I saw Trump's little AI-generated King-Trump-dumping-feces video and regretted that Sigmund Freud is unavailable when we need him.
From the APA dictionary of psychology: anal-expulsive phase Updated on 04/19/2018 in the classical psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud, a phase of the anal stage in which pleasure is obtained by expelling feces and the sadistic instinct is linked to destruction of the object. According to the theory, fixation at this phase results in an adult anal personality. See also anal-sadistic phase. Compare anal-retentive phase.
October 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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A flag-waving blue elephant, not to be confused with a RINO, marched in San Jose against kings and tyrants.
A No Kings march demonstrator in a pastel blue inflatable elephant costume stands in the street slightly apart from the rest of the marchers. The elephant holds an American flag.
October 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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No Kings in San Jose, CA, but a frog prince brought the kiss of death to rigid cultural iconography.
A No Kings marcher wore an inflatable green frog prince costume, complete with a gold crown and red cape, while strolling with flag carrying demonstrators.
October 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Vax populi
A person in an inflatable squirrel costume stands with an American flag next to a person in an inflatable cat costume whose sign reads "Republicans for polio."
October 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Members of the order Anura, not inured to encroaching authoritarianism, stand tall against kings and the enuretic Mike Johnson who is soaking in his own alarmist lies.
Two people wearing green inflatable frog costumes flank a person carrying a green sign with a picture of a frog at the San Jose, CA No Kings march.
October 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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This very tall ghoul brandishing a sign reading "Hate won't make America great" came over after I took this picture, gave me a very warm & gentle hug, & thanked me for coming to the march today.

Out-of-control demonstrators, making contact with strangers to realize their "love, not hate" agenda.
Tall person shrouded in a flowing black costume with skeletal arms and a skull mask walks next to a sidewalk crowded with No Kings marchers in San Jose, CA.
October 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Returning to the park after failing to attempt burning down San Jose City Hall or even one of the many U.S. flags carried by demonstrators, No Kings marchers pause their chaotic rampage at the crosswalk, waiting for the signal to walk.
Sign-carrying demonstrators, including someone in a rubber ducky costume, lead a crowd of orderly marchers waiting patiently on the sidewalk to cross at a street intersection.
October 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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A bespectacled Sasquatch appeared at the San Jose, CA No Kings march. Sasquatch can clearly see that kings and tyrants are antithetical to democracy.
A very tall person wearing a sasquatch costume and eyeglasses carries a "No Kings" protest sign.
October 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
The photo contains text that reads: Mr. Speaker, be brave. Open up the government. The rally isn't until next Saturday, not a Congressional business day. Besides, I have it on good authority that Antifa is an arm of KAOS, but I don't trust official communication lines. Call me on your shoe phone once you're securely under the Cone of Silence.
October 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Trump's granddaughter, Kai Trump, is selling $130 sweatshirts from the Washington, D.C. Tesla sales lot.
A smiling blonde woman in a white sweatshirt wih the logo TK on the chest poses in front of the White House as part of her merchandising campaign.
September 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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I'm escaping tomorrow to the Downton Abbey movie. I hear that the Crawleys sell their estate, liquidate their assets, and distribute the money to their overworked, undercompensated, and now unemployed servants to help them get through the Depression now that their careers are obsolete.
The cast of Downton Abbey who portray rich people assemble in 1930s era evening dress.
September 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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You know who shouldn't sign non-disclosure agreements with private entities? Public officials, who are supposed to act in the public interest.

insideclimatenews.org/news/2507202...
The picture is a screen capture of text from the article. It reads: So far, officials in the city of 25,000 have shown little interest in publicly digging into the details of what could be one of the largest development projects in state history—one that would require the clearcutting of more than 100 acres of land, threaten endangered species and lead to large increases in water and electricity usage. Instead, public officials, many bound by non-disclosure agreements with the developer, have relied on the assertions of the company proposing the project—a company that has so far refused to answer media questions about the impact of their plans on the community and the environment.
July 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Finally, full-coverage tin hattery. Our long wait is over.
A runway model is completely shrouded in crinkled metallic olive drab fabric, with only her left arm, right forearm, and hands visible.
July 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Under the Trump One Big Leviathan Bill ™, you and your neighbor get to be Poor.
Four pictures of men associated with the current regime are joined in one larger rectangle. The men all wear dark suits, white shirts, and dark red ties. Below each man is a single word caption. From left to right, Stephen Miller, "Solitary"; J.D. Vance, "Nasty"; Donald Trump, "Brutish"; and Mike Johnson, "Short."
July 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Less.

No, really, is there a way that I can know less about this than I do now?
This is a screen capture of a New York Times headline: "What to Know About the Wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez." A subhead reads, "The second marriage for both is taking place in Venice, Italy, under a shroud of secrecy and amid a swarm of speculation." Below that is a photo of Ms. Sanchez in a low cut red gown and Mt. Bezos in a tuxedo, posed before an event background.
June 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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On 18 June 1949, Ada Lois Sipuel enrolled in the University of Oklahoma College of Law, but only after a U.S. Supreme Court decision and a shameless attempt by the state to offer her separate-but-completely-unequal accommodations.

Racism is one of the evils hidden by the lie "merit-based."
A black-and-white photo shows University of Oklahoma former president George L. Cross seated at a desk, sharing documents with Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, who is seated to Cross's left.
June 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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With a nod to the arcane, esoteric, obscure, or symbolic in James Joyce's Ulysses, we celebrated Bloomsday with a Basque cheesecake.*
*Joyce received a Jesuit education. The Society of Jesus was established by the Basque St. Ignatius Loyola. Neither Joyce nor St. Ignatius ate Basque cheesecake.
A blue and brown ceramic plate supports a Basque cheesecake, with its caramelized top. All of this rests upon a brown granite countertop.
June 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Oh, those Facebook highlight posts...
The photo shows Elon Musk and Donald Trump standing in front of a red Tesla car parked in front of the White House portico. Above them, a caption reads: "𝐃𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐑𝐕 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 Who's the lucky winner? 🎁✨ Type @ in the comments then click the highlight and if it turns blue, you're in the running to win this 𝐃𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐑𝐕 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 Winner will be chosen on June 15, 2025 at 8pm. 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱.💙 Oh, and thanks for access to your information and date. We'll have a back-up in case Palantir goes down."
June 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The U.S. Court of International Trade could only have sweetened this decision, stating that Trump has overreached the limits of his powers in imposing retaliatory tariffs, by issuing the opinion on TACO* Tuesday.

*Trump Always Chickens Out

Opinion here: www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/fi...
From the opinion: "Per Curiam: The Constitution assigns Congress the exclusive powers to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,” and to “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations.” U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cls. 1, 3. The question in the two cases before the court is whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (“IEEPA”) delegates these powers to the President in the form of authority to impose unlimited tariffs on goods from nearly every country Court Nos. 25-00066 & 25-00077 in the world. The court does not read IEEPA to confer such unbounded authority and sets aside the challenged tariffs imposed thereunder. "
May 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Net savings are illusory, especially if the added costs of untreated medical care (which often ends up costing more from emergency treatment or advanced disease) are added to the equation.

This aspect, from numbered section 4 of the KFF piece, is almost never mentioned:
"For states, implementing work requirements involves complex systems changes (e.g., developing or adapting eligibility and enrollment systems), enrollee outreach and education, and staff training. GAO examined selected states’ estimates of the administrative costs to implement work requirements and found costs varied from under $10 million to over $270 million. States estimated that federal funds would cover most of these costs, largely due to higher matching rates of 75% and 90% percent of applicable IT costs. GAO found CMS did not consider administrative costs when approving Medicaid work requirement demonstrations. According to data obtained by KFF Health News, Georgia’s “Pathways” program cost the state and federal government more than $40 million (through June 2024), with nearly 80% of costs spent on program administration and consulting fees (vs. paying for health care)."
May 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM