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Linda Mortenson
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I don’t know what I’m doing here, just kinda not wanting to be so much in other places
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I'm receiving reports from Indiana something is seriously wrong.

Hospitals are filling up with flu A patients on ventilators.

The ICU is overflowing, forcing critically ill patients into the Progressive Care Unit (PCU).
February 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Thought of the day.
February 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Baier: Trudeau said that your wish for Canada to become the 51st state is a real thing. Is it a real thing?

Trump: Yeah it is
February 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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The edict comes as Russell Vought takes over at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Vought has ordered work to halt at the consumer finance watchdog, and is cutting off new funding.
New CFPB chief closes headquarters, tells all staff they must work remotely for the week
The edict comes as Russell Vought takes over at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Vought has ordered work to halt at the consumer finance watchdog, and is cutting off new funding.
www.npr.org
February 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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judicialstudies.duke.edu/2024/05/how-.... They’d have a couple of weeks or so to keep operating hopefully
How a U.S. Government Shutdown Impacts Courts & Access to Justice | Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law
judicialstudies.duke.edu
February 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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I'm in Europe, feeling quite despondent. Stay strong. The US has lost its allies, the american people have not
February 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Yes! I also like Jon Favreau’s name for Musk and his goon squad - Dogebags.
February 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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When TB treatment is interrupted, patients are far more likely to develop drug-resistant TB, which is a catastrophe both individually (the disease becomes harder to cure) and societally (we're allowing the bacteria millions of new opportunities to develop further resistance). Many people will die.
February 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
February 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I wanted to see what news others are consuming so I tried to watch some Fox News. I couldn’t handle it. I’m trying to dip into ABC News instead. But I really don’t know where to go for “mainstream” broadcast news.
Then take a few more shots, and go to Fox News. The psychology of dealing with cognitive dissonance is tricky, though, and I’ll defer to the experts.
February 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Sawbones has some good info and advice focused on the medical side of the current chaos.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Sawbones: Science Updates
Podcast Episode · Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine · 02/04/2025 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
AOC has a lot of great info and advice. Starting with taking a big breath.

youtu.be/CVgNJf6CsBA?...
What’s Happening & How You Can Take Action | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
YouTube video by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
youtu.be
February 6, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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REPORTER: You are talking tonight about the US taking over a sovereign territory. What authority would allow you to do that? Are you talking about a permanent occupation?

TRUMP: I do see a long term ownership position
February 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Thank you! A U.S. District Judge has approved requests from anonymous federal employees to proceed under pseudonyms in multiple cases against the Trump administration to protect themselves from potential harassment and threats.
February 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Today in US History: On Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granted black men the right to vote. It was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869. Black Americans were set free by the 13th amendment. The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship.

#BlackHistoryMonth
February 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Rule #1 - Don’t poke the bear
February 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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This put a smile on my face…
February 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny:

snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
February 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Who needs an #altgov pep talk? You do! We all do!

To all the feds out there- keep your chin up. Do your thing. Document it. Clerk clerk clerk clerk clerk your way through.YOU are our last line of defense. #resist #BeAWitness

General Milley says it best. Put it on repeat to drown out the chatter.
Milley defends democracy, swipes at Trump in farewell address
YouTube video by Associated Press
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February 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This.

Yeah.

But maybe I don’t really want to exist in this particular plane of reality?
I think it is so funny when people say, wow you’re so real.
Thank you, I struggle with dissociation and really need to be reminded that I do in fact exist on this plane of reality.
February 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Know thy enemy is stupid as fuck.
February 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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BREAKING: David Hogg, a survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting just been elected Vice Chair of the DNC.

CONGRATS!
February 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM