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DAMMIT It's Not Alzheimer's! Here's Why It's A Far Worse Nightmare Scenario
You deserve the facts, not conjecture. Alzheimer's diminishes a person. Trump's not diminishing, he's escalating, and you need to know the frightening reason why.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Peninsula School District announced a shuffling of some of its principals and assistant principals, which it called a standard approach elsewhere. Many parents and school staff said they felt "blindsided."

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Peninsula School District shuffles some principals; many parents and staff are not happy - Gig Harbor Now
The district says the principal changes will bring fresh perspectives into schools and will help leaders grow. Many parents and staff say they felt "blindsided."
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April 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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About 400 people turned out for Rep. Emily Randall's town hall at a Tacoma middle school on Friday. Most of them wanted to know why Democrats aren't doing more to restrain Trump and the Republicans.

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Crowd at Randall's town hall asks why Democrats aren't doing more - Gig Harbor Now
The crowd at the first-term representative's town hall urged Randall and her Democratic colleagues to stand up to Trump.
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March 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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briankaylor.bsky.social
Lee Greenwood is now asking people to give $60 to donate a "God Bless the USA Bible" to schools in Oklahoma (& clearly wants to expand to other states). The #ChristianNationalistic grift continues.
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March 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
Sadly, it’s time to revive this 2017 TIME cover.
March 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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gigharbornow.bsky.social
A report on harassment, intimidation and bullying in Peninsula schools was to be completed in December or January. Then the district pushed it back until February. Now the district says the report won't be finished until April.

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Peninsula School District delays report on harassment, intimidation and bullying - Gig Harbor Now
A district official says "additional discovery and clarity is needed" before it finishes the report, now expected in late April.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
"Transparency."
February 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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dianabutlerbass.bsky.social
Can't wait to see Christian nationalists wearing chainsaws around their necks instead of crosses. Because this is their God now.

(In other words, if you don't immediately recognize MAGA as blasphemy, you are so far down the theological rabbit hole that I don't even know if Jesus can help.)
February 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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gigharbornow.bsky.social
A movie filmed partially at a Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One station examines the lifesaving power of CPR — and the trauma that paramedics experience:
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Gig Harbor fire station, firefighters get a cameo in this movie with a message - Gig Harbor Now
"Sense of Emergency," filmed partly at GHFMO's Station 51, focuses on how CPR can save a life -- and on the trauma paramedics and other responders face.
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February 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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The bill would give correctional officers presumptive coverage for PTSD, meaning they would no longer need to prove that their condition was work related for reimbursement:

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Bill would make it easier for corrections officers to be covered for PTSD - Gig Harbor Now
Corrections officers die by suicide at higher rates than police, yet have largely been excluded from expansions in mental health treatment for first responders.
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February 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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gigharbornow.bsky.social
Students at Gig Harbor High School took these remarkable photos of celestial objects thousands of light years from Earth. Here's how:
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Gig Harbor astrophotography students capture stunning images of deep-space nebula  - Gig Harbor Now
The students used astrophotography to capture images of different elements that make up a nebula, then layered those images to create the final product.
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February 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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gigharbornow.bsky.social
Last month's Point-In-Time Count illustrates the difficulties in providing services to the homeless in an area like Gig Harbor and the Key Peninsula:
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Volunteers gather to count the peninsula's hard-to-find homeless population - Gig Harbor Now
Getting a reliable count of people experiencing homelessness is difficult anywhere. On the Gig Harbor-Key Peninsula, it is even more arduous.
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February 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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gigharbornow.bsky.social
PenMet Parks commissioners approved the purchase of two parcels abutting Tacoma DeMolay Sandspit Nature Preserve and gave the go-ahead on work to reclaim the shoreline.

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PenMet expanding Fox Island sandspit park - Gig Harbor Now
Two purchased parcels will add 3.6 acres and 265 feet of shoreline. The board also approved final design for a shoreline restoration.
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February 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Under the guise of “election integrity,” new legislation threatens to create unnecessary barriers to voting.
The SAVE Act Is Voter Suppression Disguised as Election Integrity - Ms. Magazine
The SAVE Act Is Voter Suppression Disguised as Election Integrity. It Will Hurt Women, Black and Low-Income Voters the Most.
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February 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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briankaylor.bsky.social
WashPost on Trump's attacks on Catholics & Lutherans includes 7 references to evangelicals but none to mainline Protestantism: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Seems important to note Trumpian targeting of mainliners like Lutherans & Episcopalians: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/lutherans-...
Attacks on Catholics, Lutherans suggest new Trump approach on religion
Allies of the president are leveling attacks on religious groups, including Catholics and Lutherans, and questioning their efforts to help migrants.
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February 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Trump officials today quietly scrubbed federal government websites of content that promoted diversity, equity and inclusion, taking them offline at 5 p.m. ET.
Government Websites Undergo Content Purge
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January 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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brucewilson.bsky.social
I wonder how much longer this will stay up on the White House website? But I'm sure the air traffic controllers at the Ronald Reagan DC Airport were not distracted in the slightest by worries about losing their jobs in a "DEI" purge.
Fact Sheet: President Trump ends DEI madness and restores excellence and safety within the Federal Aviation Administration.
January 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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justinbaragona.bsky.social
Catherine Cortez Masto just casually exposing that RFK Jr. has no idea what HHS does or how it works.
January 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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leahlitman.bsky.social
Now seems like as good a time as any to remind people that Donald Trump picked, as Secretary of Transportation, a former contestant on MTV's The Real World.
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January 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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gigharbornow.bsky.social
Kristina LaVair says her boat, which burned in a fire at a downtown dock last weekend, wasn't just a possession or a means of conveyance. Its destruction in the fire was like losing a family member:

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Fire devastating for owner of boat lost in Bujacich Dock blaze - Gig Harbor Now
For Kristina LaVair, losing her boat — the Salty Bitch — was like a death in the family.
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January 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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briankaylor.bsky.social
I spoke with John Danforth, a former GOP US Senator & Episcopal priest, about Bishop Budde's sermon last week at an inauguration service. He has some thoughts about prophetic preaching:
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John Danforth, Former GOP Senator & Episcopal Priest, Calls Bishop Budde ‘Prophetic’
Few people have thought as much about faith and politics as John Danforth.
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January 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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How many of Donald Trump’s nominees has your Democratic U.S. senator voted for? Find out with our confirmation vote tracker

NPI has created a new interactive tool that you can use to see how often every sitting United States Senator is voting with would-be dictator Donald Trump and how often…
How many of Donald Trump’s nominees has your Democratic U.S. senator voted for? Find out with our confirmation vote tracker
NPI has created a new interactive tool that you can use to see how often every sitting United States Senator is voting with would-be dictator Donald Trump and how often they're voting against him.
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January 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. displayed a lack of familiarity with Medicare and Medicaid, the government programs responsible for covering more than 150 million Americans.
RFK Jr. Appears Unfamiliar With Key Elements of Medicare and Medicaid
In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Mr. Kennedy seemed to confuse the two government programs that cover more than 150 million Americans.
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January 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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drericding.bsky.social
Do you wonder why you haven’t heard much about this massive TB outbreak recently? Cuz the CDC can’t hold any press conferences or issue public statements of any kind.

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Kansas faces one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history
Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.
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January 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
I don't blame reporters or headline writers for misframing this when the news is breaking.

But now that people have seen the details, please stop calling it a buyout. It is not. At best, it is a compelled resignation.
headlines calling it a buyout
January 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM