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Lifelong Liberal, Artsy-crafty, Spiritual, Reiki II, Happily married to my best friend, embracing Cronehoood. Happy to be here. Life is a gift.
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As GOP congressional leaders are vowing to move full steam ahead to approve Trump's request to eliminate federal funding for public media for the next two years, a group of 29 Senate Democrats are warning the broadcast outlets should be "protected, not decimated."
Partisan battle lines form over Trump's plan to defund NPR & PBS
Senate Democrats warn Trump plan to wipe out public broadcasting funding will shut down stations, eliminate essential services. But House GOP scheduled to vote to clawback $1.1 billion next week.
n.pr
June 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
As GOP congressional leaders are vowing to move full steam ahead to approve Trump's request to eliminate federal funding for public media for the next two years, a group of 29 Senate Democrats are warning the broadcast outlets should be "protected, not decimated."
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JUST IN: Guatemalan deportee arrives in US after judge orders Trump to facilitate return reut.rs/4kxYoL8
June 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
JUST IN: Guatemalan deportee arrives in US after judge orders Trump to facilitate return reut.rs/4kxYoL8
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BREAKING: Judge Boasberg GRANTS class certification for the people held at CECOT and gives the government ONE WEEK to explain how they're going to facilitate due process for EVERYONE sent there under the Alien Enemies Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
BREAKING: Judge Boasberg GRANTS class certification for the people held at CECOT and gives the government ONE WEEK to explain how they're going to facilitate due process for EVERYONE sent there under the Alien Enemies Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is a deliberate attempt to crash the US economy by destroying higher education.
*US ORDERS HALT TO STUDENT VISA INTERVIEWS: POLITICO
Trump team orders stop to new student visa interviews, as it weighs expanding social media vetting
The directive came in a Tuesday cable obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is a deliberate attempt to crash the US economy by destroying higher education.
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Kind of thought refusing to release innocent people while simultaneously continuing to pardon guilty people might cause a bigger stir in the press.
May 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Kind of thought refusing to release innocent people while simultaneously continuing to pardon guilty people might cause a bigger stir in the press.
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Enjoy the entertainment at the cemetery.
May 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Enjoy the entertainment at the cemetery.
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Ireland is set to introduce a law that would ban trade with Israeli companies operating in the occupied Palestinian territories. It will be the first European country to take such a step.
Financial Times
Financial Times
May 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ireland is set to introduce a law that would ban trade with Israeli companies operating in the occupied Palestinian territories. It will be the first European country to take such a step.
Financial Times
Financial Times
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This is indeed what they are going to do if we don’t stop them.
May 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is indeed what they are going to do if we don’t stop them.
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Today, we are honoured to welcome Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Canada.
This Royal Visit is a reminder of the bond between Canada and the Crown, one forged over generations.
My statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
Photo: Millie Pilkington
This Royal Visit is a reminder of the bond between Canada and the Crown, one forged over generations.
My statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
Photo: Millie Pilkington
May 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Today, we are honoured to welcome Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Canada.
This Royal Visit is a reminder of the bond between Canada and the Crown, one forged over generations.
My statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
Photo: Millie Pilkington
This Royal Visit is a reminder of the bond between Canada and the Crown, one forged over generations.
My statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
Photo: Millie Pilkington
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May 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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FYI to media outlets, you're misleading your readers if you repeat this at face value.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
May 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
FYI to media outlets, you're misleading your readers if you repeat this at face value.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
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Under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule barring medical debt from appearing on credit reports. Now, the agency is siding with the credit industry groups suing to have the rule vacated.
The CFPB wanted medical debt to be left off credit reports. That's changed under Trump
Under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule barring medical debt from appearing on credit reports. Now, the agency is siding with the credit industry grou...
www.npr.org
May 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule barring medical debt from appearing on credit reports. Now, the agency is siding with the credit industry groups suing to have the rule vacated.
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This #MemorialDay, we pause to honor the brave men and women who selflessly made the ultimate sacrifice for all our freedom. Let’s commit to be worthy of the heroic actions too many have made for those freedoms we take for granted.
Memorial Day
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
youtu.be
May 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This #MemorialDay, we pause to honor the brave men and women who selflessly made the ultimate sacrifice for all our freedom. Let’s commit to be worthy of the heroic actions too many have made for those freedoms we take for granted.
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Head of US-backed Gaza aid foundation quits as further Israeli airstrikes kill dozens reut.rs/3SZg6e1
Head of US-backed Gaza aid foundation quits as further Israeli airstrikes kill dozens
The head of a U.S.-backed foundation said it could not uphold humanitarian principles amidst war.
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May 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Head of US-backed Gaza aid foundation quits as further Israeli airstrikes kill dozens reut.rs/3SZg6e1
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Palestinians to raise flag at WHO for the first time after vote reut.rs/4dyKi9i
Palestinians to raise flag at WHO for the first time after vote
The Palestinian delegation won the right to fly their flag at the World Health Organization after a symbolic victory in a vote on Monday that its envoy hopes will lead to greater recognition within the United Nations and beyond.
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May 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Palestinians to raise flag at WHO for the first time after vote reut.rs/4dyKi9i
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Trump’s Memorial Day message to America is attacking judges and calling Democrats “SCUM.”
No mention of the military.
No mention of the military.
May 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Trump’s Memorial Day message to America is attacking judges and calling Democrats “SCUM.”
No mention of the military.
No mention of the military.
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Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
A small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cuts
Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
www.npr.org
May 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
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Memorial Day is a day to remember the fallen servicemembers who bravely answered the call not for themselves—but for democracy.
It's up to us to honor their sacrifice by continuing that commitment to defend our Constitution and freedoms.
It's up to us to honor their sacrifice by continuing that commitment to defend our Constitution and freedoms.
May 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Memorial Day is a day to remember the fallen servicemembers who bravely answered the call not for themselves—but for democracy.
It's up to us to honor their sacrifice by continuing that commitment to defend our Constitution and freedoms.
It's up to us to honor their sacrifice by continuing that commitment to defend our Constitution and freedoms.
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"I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom."
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
May 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom."
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
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Despicable as always.
May 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Despicable as always.
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There’s nothing happy about this Memorial Day, there’s a deranged criminal tyrannical draft dodging trashy coward in the White House in control of our armed forces when he should be in prison for the rest of his miserable days for sedition, espionage, fraud and treason.
May 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
There’s nothing happy about this Memorial Day, there’s a deranged criminal tyrannical draft dodging trashy coward in the White House in control of our armed forces when he should be in prison for the rest of his miserable days for sedition, espionage, fraud and treason.