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Donna Fitzgerald
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Professional genealogist & family history addict | Education Junkie | Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) member | Past President & current Program Coordinator for Kinseekers at Fairfield Glade | Retired air traffic controller (FAA)
Are you terrified (of this administration) or tariffied (because of imposed tariffs) or both? I think we need to add tariffied to the dictionary, don't you? Vowels matter.
May 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Do you remember Jackson Browne's lyrics for Lives in the Balance from 1986? Still relevant today! Link to listen on YouTube.
youtu.be/o_8UAYJLU98?...
Lives in the Balance
YouTube video by Jackson Browne - Topic
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.

The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
DOGE GOAL? Person of Interest aired 2011- 2016. "The Machine" monitored all electronic communications and surveillance video feeds, identifying people of interest by providing only their social security numbers; it could collate all information sources. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_...
Person of Interest (TV series) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?

Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.

Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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March 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I came across this in my stuff from my grassroots lobbying days with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA). A couple of decades later, Musk's regime threatens an ever-increasing number of inherently governmental jobs.
March 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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BREAKING: Wall Street’s sell-off drags the S&P 500 more than 10% below its record for its first so-called "correction" since 2023.
Wall Street tumbles 10% below its record after Trump escalates his trade war
Wall Street’s sell-off hit a new low following President Donald Trump’s latest escalation in his trade war.
bit.ly
March 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Today in double speak land or WTF land — Seriously WTF?!? —

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Musk shares claim that Stalin, Hitler didn't murder millions: 'Public sector workers did'
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www.haaretz.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
March 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
No way would I go back now. Eff ewe Elon, and the horse you road in on!
February 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Announcement —
DOGE was officially renamed as: Department of Underaged Clowns Harming Everything (DOUCHE). credit Andy Borowitz 😊
February 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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February 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Discover how the Kentucky Genealogical Society is preserving Bluegrass history and helping family historians like you uncover their roots—watch now and connect with your Kentucky story! 🌿📜 #Genealogy #BluegrassRoots
Introduction to the Kentucky Genealogical Society
YouTube video by Kentucky Genealogical Society
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Join APG on 2 March for a FREE webinar about the importance of the U.S. National Archives in our profession and how YOU can effectively engage with legislators to support archival access. Open to all; register at bit.ly/4hPJXRg. This presentation is underwritten by Civil War Records.
February 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Facts
December 7, 2024 at 7:55 AM
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💙✌🏼💙 Passion for what’s right. A lot of folks have lost that. Martin Luther King exuded it❤️❤️
January 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Breaking News: President Biden issued pre-emptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, Liz Cheney and others, a bid to guard against Trump reprisals hours before leaving office.
Biden Issues Pre-Emptive Pardons to Guard Against Trump’s Reprisals
President Biden, hours before leaving office, used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted for reprisals by his successor, including Mark A. Milley, Anthony S. Fauci and Liz Cheney.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM