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Moderate Democrat, looking for common sense solutions.
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A new collection of essays by New Yorker writer Evan Osnos, The Haves and Have-Yachts, provides rich research and material for the conversation about extreme wealth in America today.
What separates the ultrarich from the just-plain-rich? The gigayacht.
A new collection of essays by New Yorker writer Evan Osnos, The Haves and Have-Yachts, provides rich research and material for the conversation about extreme wealth in America today.
n.pr
June 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
War with Iran is a pretty big deal.
A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
June 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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These three bestselling books about Trump’s foreign policy predicted all of this. Get them at your local library.

(I’m not suggesting you use Amazon—the link below just lets you distinguish between the books, their covers, and their topics and subtopics.)
Proof series
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www.amazon.com
June 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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June 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Despicable, immoral bastard.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jun 17
JUST IN: President Trump called Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei an "easy target" but said, "We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now."
Trump threatens Iran's supreme leader, escalating his rhetoric about the conflict
President Trump called Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei an "easy target" but said, "We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now."
n.pr
June 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What a despicable immoral bastard.
President Trump said that he had no plans to call Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota after a man assassinated a state lawmaker there and wounded another over the weekend.

"I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out, I’m not calling him," Trump told reporters.
Trump Says He Has No Plans to Call Walz After Shootings in Minnesota
“I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out, I’m not calling him,” the president told reporters.
trib.al
June 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Good! There must be consequences for evil behavior.
The NAACP will not invite President Trump to its national convention this year — the first time in the civil rights organization’s 116-year history that it has excluded a sitting president — citing his attempts to undermine American democracy.
NAACP won’t invite Trump to convention, breaking a 116-year tradition
The civil rights group condemned what it said was President Donald Trump’s attempt to undermine democracy. It has invited sitting presidents since 1909.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I guess you could call this "Ghoul Power"
“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.”

--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
June 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.”

--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
June 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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June 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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June 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Here’s a video of Stephen Miller in high school screaming that he’s “sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash, when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us.”

This is the sociopath shaping our immigration policy and so much more
June 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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June 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Funded by your tax dollars.
June 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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June 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Oh.
June 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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June 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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So, 65% of the annual NEH budget.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says deploying Marines and National Guard to protests in Los Angeles will cost $134 million.
June 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Scorpion and frog
Remember how Trump accused Biden of abandoning North Carolina's Republican communities after Hurricane Helene?

Well their governor was just denied additional FEMA aid by Trump today.

Josh Hawley is publicly begging for FEMA aid for Missouri. So is Sarah Huckabee Sanders in Arkansas.
May 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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May 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Everyone needs to see and fully comprehend this chart!!
May 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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The Boss is right – our democracy is under attack.
May 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM