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MaryDysart
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Retired school librarian. Blue dot in Florida. Proudly woke Grandma.
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America First?

If Prop 50 fails — we’ll never put a check on Trump, who just gave $40 billion to Argentina while raising funds for his gilded ballroom instead of continuing SNAP benefits for struggling Americans.

VOTE #YesOnProp50 and get your ballot in!
November 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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NBA, La Cosa Nostra, Arrests: My Take. Join me on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig...
Frank Figliuzzi (@thefrankfigliuzzi)
NBA arrests: La Cosa Nostra, FBI and illegal gambling. My Quick Take:
substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Man arrested for threat to kill Hakeem Jeffries was previously pardoned by Trump. My take - join me on Substack for more: substack.com/@thefrankfig...
Frank Figliuzzi (@thefrankfigliuzzi)
Aren’t You Embarrassed Mr. President? Man arrested for threatening to kill Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was previously pardoned by Trump. My take:
substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Show me you think you own the place without actually saying it: Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Steve Rattner: Ironically, red states are more dependent on the expiring healthcare tax credits that Democrats are fighting for.
October 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.
October 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Again, Kavanaugh justified racial profiling by claiming that this doesn't happen--a justification that becomes more preposterous with each passing day as Trump's goons terrorize more people based on the color of their skin

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...
October 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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I think it’s a really bad sign — especially when you consider that she was appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts in May 2024 to be the Judge of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

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Karin Immergut was also appointed
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in May 2024 by John Roberts.
October 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Hey, you guys?

Is it a good sign or a bad sign if a federal judge has to remind you (multiple times) that you’re a lawyer and an officer of the court?
Immergut: You're an officer of the court. Do you believe this is appropriate way to deal with my order?

Hamilton: I'm not a policy maker

Immergut: You're a lawyer

In response, Hamilton basically argues no geographic limit to federalization of CA guard...
October 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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I think folks should prepare themselves for the off chance that there is a different outcome in Chicago than the litigation has yielded thus far in Portland. The facts on the ground, I think, are arguably different enough.

But that’ll raise serious Posse Comitatus issues in Chicago. It’s not good.
Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.
October 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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October 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Lisa Murkowski AK
Katie Britt AL
Ashley Moody FL
Joni Ernst IA
Susan Collins ME
Cindy Hyde-Smith MS
Deb Fischer NE
Marsha Blackburn TN
Shelly Moore Capito WV
Cynthia Lummis WY

These are the female Senators who voted to keep the Epstein files from being released. They have daughters?
October 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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I’m really grateful for Pritzker. But that he’s so good at this also makes clear just how badly most other Democrats are failing to meet the moment.
In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Bergum is, to no one's surprise, lying. It's his thing
Wind energy powers ahead as EU’s second largest electricity source share.google/dJYfKUq2hTFi...
Wind energy powers ahead as EU’s second largest electricity source
In 2024, the European Commission reported that wind power became the European Union's second-largest source of electricity
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September 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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I know for a fact that Antifa is not an organization because I don't get emails from them asking for money.
September 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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(1) It's all so clear to me. Trump and the billionaires want a culture war because they want the riots to justify martial law and they love video of ICE knocking down immigrants, women, and old folks. Wow! How heroic.
September 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Christianity’s been hijacked……. 🙏🏾
September 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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I think you should see this!

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September 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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#Challenge!!

How much money could you really save over the next 365 days? 🤔

No really how much? 5k? 10k? 20!?

Stop being lazy & tighten up! Never been a better time to try!!! Every time I pick something up in a store I ask myself now do I need it or do I want it?

I’ve saved a lot already…

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September 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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September 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Amen. And not just us old people. Our grandchildren will understand, because we'll tell them.
September 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM