@jdgek8.bsky.social
A blue Dotte in Red state of Kansas. Believes in the separation of church and state. Puts her faith in a living, breathing constitution
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This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
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Ugh.
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Ugh.
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REP. GOLDMAN: “Trump promised oil executives if they gave him $1 billion for his campaign, he’d do right by them. They gave about $500 million. This is a massive gift in violation of international law, essentially just co-opting an entire country's natural resources for the benefit of 🇺🇸 Companies.”
January 4, 2026 at 4:16 AM
REP. GOLDMAN: “Trump promised oil executives if they gave him $1 billion for his campaign, he’d do right by them. They gave about $500 million. This is a massive gift in violation of international law, essentially just co-opting an entire country's natural resources for the benefit of 🇺🇸 Companies.”
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Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention could see that was happening.
December 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention could see that was happening.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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RECORD SMASHED.
Seattle now holds the American attendance record for pro women's hockey, national team games, and the highest all-time attendance at a PWHL home venue drawing 16,014 tonight.
More:
thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/... #PWHL
Seattle now holds the American attendance record for pro women's hockey, national team games, and the highest all-time attendance at a PWHL home venue drawing 16,014 tonight.
More:
thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/... #PWHL
Seattle Breaks All-Time American Women's Hockey Attendance Record
The PWHL's Seattle Torrent broke both the all-time professional, and overall women's hockey attendance records for a game in the United States breaking the American record set last year in Detroit.
thehockeynews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
RECORD SMASHED.
Seattle now holds the American attendance record for pro women's hockey, national team games, and the highest all-time attendance at a PWHL home venue drawing 16,014 tonight.
More:
thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/... #PWHL
Seattle now holds the American attendance record for pro women's hockey, national team games, and the highest all-time attendance at a PWHL home venue drawing 16,014 tonight.
More:
thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/... #PWHL
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He's hiding the Epstein files for the same reason he hides his medical records and jobs reports. And it's not because they make him look good.
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
He's hiding the Epstein files for the same reason he hides his medical records and jobs reports. And it's not because they make him look good.
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ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
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Release the Epstein files.
Release the MRI results.
Release the MRI results.
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Release the Epstein files.
Release the MRI results.
Release the MRI results.
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Trump’s attack on our independent judiciary is an attack America itself.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Trump’s attack on our independent judiciary is an attack America itself.
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Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
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So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Here’s a Look at the D.C. Shooting Suspect’s C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
The units were backed by the C.I.A. and trained to conduct missions in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in the country.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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This is as big a scandal for NYT as it is for Trump.
NYT didn’t have much credibility before this stuff came out.
But now that it is clear they had incriminating evidence just sitting on their servers for literally years, they have about as much credibility as Fox News does.
NYT didn’t have much credibility before this stuff came out.
But now that it is clear they had incriminating evidence just sitting on their servers for literally years, they have about as much credibility as Fox News does.
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This is as big a scandal for NYT as it is for Trump.
NYT didn’t have much credibility before this stuff came out.
But now that it is clear they had incriminating evidence just sitting on their servers for literally years, they have about as much credibility as Fox News does.
NYT didn’t have much credibility before this stuff came out.
But now that it is clear they had incriminating evidence just sitting on their servers for literally years, they have about as much credibility as Fox News does.
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Ken Starr emailing with Epstein in 2018 is a really interesting thing to learn about!!!!!!
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Ken Starr emailing with Epstein in 2018 is a really interesting thing to learn about!!!!!!
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Stop using the language of the rapist.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Stop using the language of the rapist.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
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“There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth.”
-Dorothy Thompson
-Dorothy Thompson
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth.”
-Dorothy Thompson
-Dorothy Thompson
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Chuck Schumer would have negotiated the train frequency with Hitler.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Chuck Schumer would have negotiated the train frequency with Hitler.
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-Chuck Schumer refuses to endorse the Democrat Mamdani.
-Mamdani and the Democrats have a huge Election Day Tuesday.
-Today, Schumer reacts to this by readying a surrender to the repulsive Republicans.
So tell me: What's the difference between Chuck Schumer and a repulsive Republican?
-Mamdani and the Democrats have a huge Election Day Tuesday.
-Today, Schumer reacts to this by readying a surrender to the repulsive Republicans.
So tell me: What's the difference between Chuck Schumer and a repulsive Republican?
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
-Chuck Schumer refuses to endorse the Democrat Mamdani.
-Mamdani and the Democrats have a huge Election Day Tuesday.
-Today, Schumer reacts to this by readying a surrender to the repulsive Republicans.
So tell me: What's the difference between Chuck Schumer and a repulsive Republican?
-Mamdani and the Democrats have a huge Election Day Tuesday.
-Today, Schumer reacts to this by readying a surrender to the repulsive Republicans.
So tell me: What's the difference between Chuck Schumer and a repulsive Republican?
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Trump on SNAP: “Our country has to remain very liquid because of problems, catastrophes, wars… We have to remain liquid. We can’t give everything away.”
REMINDER: Trump just have $40 billion away to Argentina.
REMINDER: Trump just have $40 billion away to Argentina.
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Trump on SNAP: “Our country has to remain very liquid because of problems, catastrophes, wars… We have to remain liquid. We can’t give everything away.”
REMINDER: Trump just have $40 billion away to Argentina.
REMINDER: Trump just have $40 billion away to Argentina.
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The stadium for the Kansas City Current -- whose construction 40 banks refused to finance because there had never been a professional stadium built for a women's team -- just finished its second consecutive season of sold-out games.
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
No One Wanted to Finance Their Stadium. Now Every Game Is a Sellout.
Building a professional women’s soccer venue was seen as brash. Now the Kansas City Current’s is a blueprint for others.
www.wsj.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The stadium for the Kansas City Current -- whose construction 40 banks refused to finance because there had never been a professional stadium built for a women's team -- just finished its second consecutive season of sold-out games.
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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This Day in Labor History: October 31, 1978. President Jimmy Carter signed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Let's talk about this important piece of legislation that extended civil rights and worker rights!
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This Day in Labor History: October 31, 1978. President Jimmy Carter signed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Let's talk about this important piece of legislation that extended civil rights and worker rights!