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Immediately after being sworn in, Arizona Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva signed a discharge petition to force a vote on a House bill demanding the Justice Department fully release the Epstein files. bit.ly/4hUNezz
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Like a stubborn bloom
Living in cracks of concrete
You cannot kill hope.

#poetry #Haiku

Photo by Stockcake
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Grapefruit 😇 #art #oilpainting
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Not only are they not down, globally, but U.S. buyers who are EV Curious *increased* after the credits expired, because, duh, we're past several adoption benchmarks and all the benefits are being clarified as we swat down EV FUD from the Fossil Fuel industry.
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Maine Senate candidate Jordan Wood dropping out to run for 2nd District seat
Maine Senate candidate Jordan Wood dropping out to run for 2nd District seat
Wood said he made the decision after learning Rep. Jared Golden won't seek reelection, and said he believes the resources of his campaign would be better spent in the 2nd District.
www.pressherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Scratch art painting
#art #dog
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Katie Wilson is now almost certainly Seattle's 58th mayor. We spoke just now: "We’re going to wait for all of the ballots to be counted, but I think we won this race." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Katie Wilson’s lead grows in race for Seattle mayor
Katie Wilson leads Bruce Harrell by more than 1,300 votes after Tuesday's election update.
www.seattletimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, said he would run for a New York City congressional seat, joining the crowded Democratic primary and continuing his family’s legacy in politics. We spoke with him about his campaign. nyti.ms/4qWSoiu
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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This pie is like enjoying maple-soaked pancakes with a cup of coffee. nyti.ms/4p13xNt
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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The U.S. Mint says it has stopped producing pennies, a historic shift in currency two centuries after the one-cent coin entered circulation. bit.ly/4hWWNxS
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein sent messages to his confidante Ghislaine Maxwell and the author Michael Wolff suggesting that Donald Trump knew more about the convicted sex offender’s abuse than he had acknowledged. Read the emails here.
Read the Jeffrey Epstein Emails That Mention Trump
House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein sent messages to his longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell and the author Michael Wolff suggesting that Donald J. Trump knew more about the convicted sex offender’s abuse than he had acknowledged. Our reporters are reviewing the larger trove of documents released by Republicans.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump is shutting down the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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80 years after the war ended, a coalition of retired military nurses and others is campaigning to award one of the nation’s highest civilian honors.
WWII nurses who dodged bullets and saved lives deserve Congressional honor, lawmakers say
Eighty years after the war ended, a coalition of retired military nurses and others is campaigning to award one of the nation’s highest civilian honors.
nbcnews.to
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom, the paper’s editor says.
Kansas county to pay $3 million after law enforcement raid on a small-town newspaper
“The goal isn’t to get the money. The money is symbolic,” the Marion County Record's publisher said. “The press has basically been under assault.”
nbcnews.to
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Meet Ronald Gibbons, the 98-year-old veteran staying active by working at a Lowe's garden center.
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Don't pick up one of Lee Child's books or you will be stuck reading it beneath your covers because they are very difficult to put down for the night once you start one. Thrilling.
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Maine’s two U.S. senators were closely involved in negotiations over the weekend to end the longest federal government shutdown in history, resulting in the proposal that passed the Senate late Monday night and will likely restore government funding in a few days.
Maine Sens. Angus King, Susan Collins played key roles in crafting a deal to break the impasse
The Senate passed the legislation late Monday night, likely leading to the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history with a few days.
www.pressherald.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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You weren't going to get a deal to save the no public option ACA, it was not worth saving anyway.

Regroup, win back congress in 2026 and get a single payer that works for everyone.
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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雪が来た
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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"Our Sun is a second- or third-generation star. All of the rocky and metallic material we stand on, the iron in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, the carbon in our genes were produced billions of years ago in the interior of a red giant star. We are made of star-stuff."

-Carl Sagan
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Veterans Day Betrayal: ICE Detains U.S. Military Veterans Under Trump’s Immigration Crackdown thefulcrum.us/governance-l...
Veterans Day Betrayal: ICE Detains U.S. Military Veterans Under Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Military veterans face detention, tear gas, and denied due process under aggressive ICE enforcement.
thefulcrum.us
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM