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H J Hopkins
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“A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it.”

-Sam Brownback
Is there a pool going as to when Bondi will announce the Epstein files cannot be released because of an ongoing investigation? I’ve got a $20 I’d like to throw in.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Is it petty that, even though I have never met the man, if I spotted Mike Johnson, I’d cross the street to avoid him?
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
'How lot can Trump continue to play the “Biden’s Fault” card?

Human catastrophe!' Trump uncorks massive all-caps rant as new scandal breaks

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'Human catastrophe!' Trump uncorks massive all-caps rant as new scandal breaks
Donald Trump on Sunday morning unleashed a massive rant aimed in part at U.S. allies amid what some have called "one of the biggest foreign policy scandals in history."The president over the weekend t...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
US labels another Venezuelan group as terrorist, ramping up pressure - Reuters

Are we ever going to get solid proof of the existence of a Venezuelan threat? Positive identification? Confiscated drugs? A photo of an illegally parked car?
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
You know, by deploying the military on American soil, it kind of causes the military parade to send the message, “step out of line and we’ll use these weapons on you.”
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trump is planning a military parade in DC on June 14, but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. I'm rallying on No Kings Day to reject strongman politics and corruption. app.sosha.ai/s/5qDM0OJi
Join me on June 14
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June 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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What are we losing by offloading our thinking to A.I.?
Why Even Try if You Have A.I.?
As A.I. grows more powerful, we may be more and more tempted to give up in advance and let it figure out things for us. What will we lose as a result?
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May 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“Lying is a cooperative act. Think about it. A lie has no power whatsoever by its mere utterance. Its power emerges when someone else agrees to believe the lie.”

—Pamela Meyer
May 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I need to channel my anger, sadness, and frustration with the chaotic news that inundates us ever day, now. I’m not sure what the best writing outlet is. Suggestions?
May 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Pope Francis’s strength of will, his unerring faith, and his commitment to his duty as leaderr of the Church allowed for an Easter that was not without a Pope. May God bless and keep him.
April 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance.”

—Philip K. Dick
April 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Posting this on X under the official White House account takes a special kind of monstrous disrespect for the Office as well as human life.
April 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Boasberg finds ‘probable cause exists’ to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating orders on deportation flights

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Boasberg finds ‘probable cause exists’ to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating orders on deportation flights | CNN Politics
US District Judge James Boasberg ruled Wednesday that “probable cause exists” to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for violating his orders in mid-March halting the use of the A...
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April 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Elite Pentagon Unit Resigns En Masse After Clashing With DOGE
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Elite Pentagon Unit Resigns En Masse After Clashing With DOGE - NewsBreak
The Pentagon’s elite tech unit is collapsing after clashing with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Nearly every staffer at the Defen
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April 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I am taking the most important step toward starting a new writing project. I am cleaning out my office so it is actually possible to walk to my desk. Baby steps. #amwriting
April 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.”

-Robert Anton Wilson
March 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I fell over a week ago.I’m only 5’2. It’s not like I fell off a building.You know how it hurts when you jamb your thumb?Think whole body jam.Horrible pain.Opiate crisis has left drs scared to Rx anything.There has to be a balance. Acute/chronic www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain — United States, 2022 | MMWRMinusSASstats
This report describes CDC’s updated clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids for pain.
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March 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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I will be attending Colorado Springs town hall, if only virtually. Is it possible to submit questions in advance? Open question.
March 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Over a week ago, I fell on concrete.The pain is intensifying. ER Doc Rx’d BenGay.I’m afraid to ask for pain meds despite the severe pain.The backlash from the #opiodcrisis has.(rightly) caused fear in drs to prescribe.There has to be a compromise. #HHS #AMA

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March 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
First town hall attendees MUST be paid agents and now the courts are agents
“We believe these judges are acting as judicial activists rather than honest arbiters of the law.” www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...
What Happens If Trump Defies Court Orders?
Read more here.
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March 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Going to enter a 100 word micro flash fiction contest. Struggling to not just write pretty phrases, but rather to encapsulate a meaningful narrative.
March 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
@marwilliamson.bsky.social I know this is a big throwback in your career, but _A Return to Love_ reshaped my entire outlook on life at a time when I believed I would always be trapped in the dark of depression. Thank you.
March 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM