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Beware the undertow
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Former #UNC point guard Elliot Cadeau has reportedly made a decision and will be headed to the Big Ten next season. tarheeltribune.com/2...
Cadeau reportedly transferring to Michigan
By R.L. Bynum Elliot Cadeau will reportedly continue his career playing for Coach Dusty May at Michigan.247Sports reported Cadeau’s decision on Monday afternoon. “The [Michigan] coaching staf…
tarheeltribune.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Calling the Democrats “cowards” suggests that they're scared to do what's right when they show no fervent interest in being an opposition. They're largely colluders, not cowards. Many want their base to think they're cowards to maintain investment in the idea that they can be pushed to do better.
February 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Pathocracy:

A system of government “wherein a small pathological minority takes control over a society of normal people.”

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
February 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
So this is what I’ve been feeling all these years!
New clinical term just dropped.

Will adopt. 🤔
February 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Social Security has a payment accuracy rate of over 99 percent. Only 0.3 percent of Social Security benefits are improper payments, which are typically caused by mistakes or delays.

That's better than any private insurance company.

www.cbpp.org/blog/setting...
Setting the Record Straight on Social Security | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Social Security’s payment accuracy rate is very high — well over 99 percent — and it has many safeguards against improper payments, including rigorous protocols to stop paying benefits to people who h...
www.cbpp.org
February 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Read about the new world order
“Now is the moment to recognize the scale of the seismic change unfolding, and to find new ways to live in the world that a very different kind of America is beginning to create”

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The End of the Postwar World
Trump and Vance are sending a dark message to America’s allies.
www.theatlantic.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Today in US plane crashes

1 person is dead after a small plane collision in Arizona, authorities say wtop.com/national/202...
2 people are dead after a small plane collision in Arizona, authorities say - WTOP News
At least one person is dead after a midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona, authorities said Wednesday.
wtop.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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February 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Why is there a 9 star US flag on the state dept website and why is noone talking about it?
February 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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The federal government website icon has a 9-star flag. What does the 9-star flag mean? A flag used by veterans of the Confederacy from the nine states that succeeded from the Union used as the flag of the Confederate Veterans Organization….. I mean 🤷🏾‍♂️👇🏾
February 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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The Dems’ heel turn is not new. You couldn’t see the heel because they were stepping on your face.
January 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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January 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The sequel is always a lot worse than the first one
January 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump says he ‘most likely’ will give TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid US ban
With a US ban on TikTok hours away, Trump says he ‘most likely’ will grant an extension - WTOP News
President-elect Donald Trump says he “most likely” will give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular platform to avoid a U.S. ban.
wtop.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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These tweets I screenshot years ago by Sarah Kendzior frequently come to mind.
January 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump

A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Happy World Introvert Day to those who celebrate by quietly recharging
January 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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December 30, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Why isn’t a baby hippo called a hippie?
The best Chrismukkah news...

🚨 A baby pygmy hippo was born just before Christmas at the Metro Richmond Zoo ... and she is SO cute metrorichmondzoo.com/newsroom/pyg...
Pygmy Hippo Born Before Christmas - Metro Richmond Zoo
metrorichmondzoo.com
December 24, 2024 at 9:51 PM
NYC 🏀 UNC
December 21, 2024 at 10:39 PM