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Dana Pico
@danapico.bsky.social
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Republican, conservative, libertarian (not Libertarian), Catholic. Proud descendant of Mayflower white, Christian, colonialist settlers, with a farm on conquered Indian land! Parish CCD teacher.

Website: The First Street Journal https://journal14.com
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"I’ve been saying for over two decades that it’s hard to take #ClimateCrisis seriously when the people who push it the hardest rarely practice what they preach."

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Bummer: “Americans Don’t Take Hotcoldwetdry Doom Seriously”
I’ve been saying for over two decades that it’s hard to take it seriously when the people who push it the hardest rarely practice what they preach Let’s see that article, which ha…
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November 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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"How dangerous is Oakland? It is one of the few cities in America that is worse than Baltimore. In the U.S. News listing of Most Dangerous Cities, Baltimore ranks fourth, while Memphis is Number One, followed by Oakland, with St. Louis in third place."

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A Death in Oakland: ‘Defund the Police’ Movement Gets Beloved Coach Killed
How dangerous is Oakland, California? It is one of the few cities in America that is worse than Baltimore. In the U.S. News listing of Most Dangerous Cities, Baltimore ranks fourth, while Memphis i…
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November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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🧵1 - The new neocons like @trudyrubin.bsky.social want to see the bloodshed and carnage in #Ukraine go on and on and on, even though Ukraine has no chance to actually win the war. They claim President Trump's peace proposal is unfair, which it would be if 2 -

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World War III Watch: the neocons want to see the fruitless fighting in Ukraine go on and on and on
If there is one thing that The Philadelphia Inquirer’s ‘Worldview’ columnist has been adamant on is arming Ukraine to fight the evil Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Russia. But e…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, net worth roughly $25 million, is just thoroughly upset that the federal government wouldn't pay for his long, fossil-fueled trip to #COP30. Why waste the money? Very few of the promises made at previous meetings were ever kept?

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Climahypocrite Sheldon Whitehouse Whines That State Dept Wouldn’t Fund His Trip To COP30
It’s estimated that Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is worth over $25 million, he couldn’t pay for it himself? White House dubs Dem a scam victim after he fumes Rubio wouldn’t fund climate t…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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"Looks like it’s going to be a hot time in the Big Easy. There is no real count, but, as of 2019 there were around 52,00 legal immigrants, refugees, and #illegal aliens: New Orleans is the next target of Trump immigration crackdown, sources say."

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Next Target For Immigration Raids? New Orleans
Looks like it’s going to be a hot time in the Big Easy. There is no real count, but, as of 2019 there were around 52,00 legal immigrants, refugees, and illegal aliens New Orleans is the next …
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November 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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How can Israelis and 'Palestinians' live side by side in peace if an "Islamic scholar" can't even tolerate being in an "interfaith service" with a Jew, on a college campus, in NYC, 6000 miles away from #Israel and #Gaza?

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How can Israel and the Arabs live next to each other in peace if an “Islamic scholar” cannot sit in the same room in NYC with a Jew?
So many good and kind Americans believe that the solution to the strife between the Israelis and their Arab neighbors is a simple one: an independent Palestinian nation, living in peace, side-by-si…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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"This is early. We don’t usually get these wonkers cult pieces till the Monday before Thanksgiving: Climate Matters: Climate change drives up food prices, impacting holiday meals."

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Here We Go: ‘Climate Change’ Makes Your Thanksgiving Dinner More Expensive
This is early. We don’t usually get these wonkers cult pieces till the Monday before Thanksgiving Climate Matters: Climate change drives up food prices, impacting holiday meals You may not be…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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William Teach asks why the city of Raleigh wasn't checking on the legal status of immigrants working on city's new City Hall. Work stopped when ICE was in the city enforcing immigration laws.

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Huh: Immigration Operations Cause Big Raleigh Project To Stop
I’m thinking there should some seriously pointed questions to the City Of Raleigh mayor, council, employees involved, and more Federal immigration raids in Raleigh impact one of the city’s la…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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At a time in which many Christian churches are seeing fewer people in the pews, the Catholic Church is seeing slow growth. @BpStowe

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The slow growth of the Catholic Church
Our own parish, St Elizabeth’s, is too small to draw any conclusions from seeing new members, but we currently have two new attendees taking OCIA, Order of Christian Initiation for Adults, cl…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Fire breaks out in Africa pavilion of #COP30. Clearly #ClimateCrisis is targeting black and brown people, and it's all Donald Trump's fault!

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Your Fault: Fire Breaks Out At COP30
If only 40K+ had not taken fossil fueled flights, this would not have happened Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil A fire broke out on Thursday at a pavilion inside the convention hall…
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November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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The pro #Palestinian activists don't want more Jews to immigrate to Israel, but they also want to make life miserable for Jews in the United States.

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Kristallnacht in New York City? It’s not so far-fetched!
The hatred for the Jews continues in New York City. Whether they were encouraged by the election of Zohran Mamdani to become the city’s next mayor is speculative, but it certainly seems proba…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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"Judge Sara thinks she runs the Executive Branch. She’s already required ICE and CBP to wear body cams and demanded on several occasions that they restrict their use of force against people assaulting federal agents." But now? She's overturned again!

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Surprise: Appeals Court Overturns Judge’s Order On Restricting Use Of Force By Immigration Enforcement
Judge Sara thinks she runs the Executive Branch. She’s already required ICE and CBP to wear body cams (which they only have a limited supply of). She’s Demanded on several occasions tha…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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They don’t want American Jews to emigrate to Israel, calling them “settler colonialists,” but they also try to make life miserable for Jews in the United States.

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Kristallnacht in New York City? It’s not so far-fetched!
The hatred for the Jews continues in New York City. Whether they were encouraged by the election of Zohran Mamdani to become the city’s next mayor is speculative, but it certainly seems proba…
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November 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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LOL! @willbunch.bsky.social wrote, "Trump’s rapidly deteriorating mental state remains mostly off-limits for elite media. It’s a massive error of omission that world will look back on and regret," yet he never said a word when deteriorating Joe Biden was President.

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College journalism exposes the rot of ‘grown-ups’ | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus a history lesson on the real ‘Charlotte’s Web,’ and fascism,
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November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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For our good friends on the left, any compromise with us evil reich-wingers, or even a recognition of reality that includes us, is anathema.

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For today’s left, there can be no compromise with us evil reich-wingers!
Our good friends on the left are doing everything that they can to express their disgust, and try to score political points with far-left voters, over the eight Senate Democrats who agreed to end t…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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"The award, bestowed by #ClimateAction Network International, recognizes the country deemed to have done the most each day to slow down global progress in response to climate change." Canada won the award at #COP30.

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Huh: Canada Receives Negative Award At COP30
I’m not sure how much this means when 40,000+ have taken long fossil fueled trips to Belem, Brazil, and have massive carbon footprints Canada Receives Fossil Of The Day Award At COP30 Climate…
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November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin and other veterans in Congress address the military, and say 'The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.' But that's just it: they're pissed about President Trump actually ENFORCING our laws.

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Elissa Slotkin, Fellow Dems Tell Military to Engage In Insurrection
Insubordination? Mutiny? This sounds pretty bad, and, I do not remember anyone on the Right telling the military to ignore Biden’s orders Let’s see (The Hill) A coalition of Democratic …
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November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Since the study dates are inclusive of 1993 through 2010, we can't blame Donald Trump, so I guess it's all George Bush's fault that the earth's axis has moved 31.5 inches.

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Your Fault: Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Degrees
You just had to drive your fossil fueled vehicle instead of spending $3500 on a E-bike Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn’t Happen. Water has power. So much power, in fact, that pumping Ear…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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It's always a good day when we get Bodega cats!
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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"I’m so looking forward to the nutballs protesting over the federal government enforcing federal law: Immigration agent surge planned for Raleigh starting Tuesday, mayor says." The author lives in Raleigh.

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Illegal Immigrant Arrest Surge To Start In Raleigh
I’m so looking forward to the nutballs protesting over the federal government enforcing federal law Immigration agent surge planned for Raleigh starting Tuesday, mayor says Raleigh’s mayor to…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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If the #Transgender want to be seen as the sex they claim to be, why would they want to be recognized specifically as transgender? #TransgenderAwarenessWeek
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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🧵1 - The bots were out yesterday.

My Twitter -- I refuse to call it 𝕏 -- feed was absolutely full yesterday of pro-#Palestinian posts bemoaning the plight of the poor people during a rainy day, worn out tents not keeping the rain off of them, and babies, BABIES! having to 2 -
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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We have had videoconferencing technology since the late 1990s, but, Heaven forfend! we can't expect the hoitiest and the toitiest to miss taking their mistresses on an exotic vacation, can we? #COP30

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Cult: Amazon Being Cut Down For COP30 Is “Complex”
It’s rather bad optics to see tons of trees cut down to build a road (using petroleum based asphalt) to bring the 40K+ who took fossil fueled flights to a climate conference, eh? I’m ac…
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November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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"Asha Patel, a community organizer with the Party for Socialism & Liberation, shared her frustrations: 'We’re here to say that we will not tolerate this, and we demand Border Patrol leave our city immediately, she said.'" Too bad, so sad, sucks to be her!

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Good Start: Immigration Officials Arrest 81 On Day 1
There’s a lot of caterwauling in Liberal World Border Patrol agents arrests 81 people on first day of Charlotte operation U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents arrested 81 people during their…
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November 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Congressional Republicans looking at ways for 'fix' Obysmalcare, but the only real fix is to eliminate it completely. Just repeal the whole damned thing!

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GOP Looks At Passing Bill Making Changes To Obamacare
Let’s be honest, big legislation like Obamacare is most likely never going away, just like other big things, regardless of there being no Constitutional authority for Los Federales to do thin…
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November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM