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Joe Konz
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Retired newspaperman; photo enthusiast/blogger; fascinated by stars in the sky; supporter of equality & justice for all. Photopotpourri.blogspot.com
I went to a residential subdivision, #Lochmere, in the #Raleigh suburb of #Cary today. I thought my best shots would be from the two lakes along the main drive. But the main drive and its huge #pines and gorgeous #autumncolors took the prize. #photography #landscapes #autumn
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Some intriguing #sunrise images don’t have to show the sun. This is from 10/30/18 at #MyrtleBeachSC #photography #Stunday
October 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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October 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Crazy double play just now in Brewers-Dodgers playoff game!
October 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Never give up
October 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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October 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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It says a lot that Trump can find $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but won't help the millions of Americans who are in real need at home.

So much for “America First.”
October 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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October 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Alaskan beauty…
October 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
R’s refuse to grasp this, only because its use as a tool of hate and division is convenient. Ditto the term (and historical significance) of “woke.”
It’s an ideology not an organization. These people want a bogeyman, and bogeymen are fictional.
October 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Next week.
No kings today.
No kings ever.
October 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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R’s have used every vehicle to ram through one-sided bills and undo bipar agreements.

Yet now R’s need votes from D’s to pass a budget.

R’s have NEVER discussed a budget with D’s.

Other than Charlie Brown, who would ever trust R’s to fix healthcare AFTER the gov is reopened?
October 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.
October 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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October 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Corruption R Them
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
October 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Is anyone keeping a running lie count for 47? It must be in five figures by now. And I wouldn’t quibble if someone told me six figures.
ms.now MS NOW @ms.now · Oct 10
"It’ll be a lot, and we’ll announce the numbers over the next couple of days, but it’ll be a lot of people."

In response to a reporter question, Trump said that the layoffs across the federal government due to the government shutdown will be "Democrat oriented."
October 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
AK beautifully waxing ironic and poetic.
The house just extended their vacation!
October 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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The Attorney General of the United States has set a new low for this committee.
October 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Hartwell's Locks. Rideau Canal, Ottawa. #fall #nature #trees #water #city #travel #biking #MyOttawa #photography
October 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
September 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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“Love,simply”
Photography double exposure & Procreate combined from One last bloom image.
#lovesimply #photography #dahlia #flowers #bloomscrowling #nature #floral #OneLastBloom #art
September 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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September 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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September 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM