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Michael
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Love nature, photography, wood turning, genealogy, EVs and fighting for the environment. Make the 🌎a little bit better one small act at a time…
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Did I miss something? It’s a memorial right?

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Column | Trump renaming calls the Kennedy Center’s legacy into question — The Washington Post
The sudden rebranding will only deepen problems faced by the National Symphony Orchestra and Washington National Opera.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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“Americans will no longer get free admission to the country's national parks in observance of MLK Jr. Day and Juneteenth, but will for President Donald Trump's birthday - and people have opinions”

Doesn’t he know that these perks can only apply posthumously?

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Americans react to national parks ditching free entry on Juneteenth, MLK Day — USA TODAY
The recently announced change to the 2026 fee schedule has sparked a heated conversation online.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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So apropo

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December 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Oh no, twitter in the shitter?

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Users Flee Musk’s X as It Falls Behind Rival Platform — The Daily Beast
X has slipped among U.S. users while Reddit soars in popularity, new research finds.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Rest in Peace Jimmy

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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 — Guardian US
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
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November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Hillary had it right. They really are an Irina class container ship of deplorables

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US senator slams Republicans’ silence on Trump’s violent threats to Democrats — Guardian US
Mark Kelly, a veteran and Democrat targeted by Trump over military comments, says he is ‘not going to be intimidated’
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November 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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All part of the administration’s plan to make Nazis great again?

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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols — The Washington Post
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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There, fixed it

It’s Old, but It’s Still Got Nazi

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It's Old, but It's Still Got Moxie: We Test the 2026 Tesla Model X — Car and Driver
The Model X continues to impress, and while 2026 brings some small updates, the best changes over the past decade are the ones you can't see.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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What an abomination. Billionaires suck, but trillionaires suck 1000 times more. Literally.

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Tesla shareholders approve $1 trillion pay package for Musk — CNN
Tesla shareholders approved a pay package on Thursday that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Let’s just cut to the chase. It should just be called the CD, the Centers for Disease

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CDC Turmoil Intensifies Ahead of RFK Jr. Hearing — The Wall Street Journal
Agency staffers are concerned about Kennedy’s vaccine policies, other changes; some fear a mass exodus
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September 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Florida is known for the best and brightest leaders

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Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so — The Washington Post
Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Keep the U.S. out of war with Iran!
On June 13, 2025, the Israeli government launched multiple missile strikes targeting Iran, triggering what Iran is calling a “declaration of war.” In the subsequent days, the two countries have launch...
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June 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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So glad to be free of my Teslas. This guy is nuts.

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Musk Mocked for Calling Anti-Abortion Dem Killer ‘Far Left’ — The Daily Beast
The suspect in the murder of a Minnesota lawmaker reportedly had a target list that included Democrats like Governor Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar.
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June 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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He can sweep all the debris from cratering Tesla into the 10,000 unsold and decaying cybertrucks. I hear they have finally figured out full self dumping mode.

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Musk Is Back at Tesla. The Damage Has Been Done. — Barron’s
The company can recover if its CEO takes his medicine.
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May 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Meanwhile, the Trump brand destruction doesn’t seem to have the same trajectory. Wtf

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Scott Galloway: Musk fueled one of the 'greatest brand destructions' ever — Business Insider
Scott Galloway said Elon Musk's work at DOGE fueled
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May 26, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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If he were a car salesman, he’d be giving customers money to take his inventory

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RFK Jr tells Congress ‘people shouldn’t take medical advice from me’ — Guardian US
Health secretary demurs on questions about vaccine stance and defends Republican plans to cut healthcare
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May 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Sorry dude. Just because Leon may have left the Whitehouse, it doesn’t absolve him of his chainsaw of destruction. Your Tesla is a permanent monument to his cruelty and corruption. Get rid of it and drive some other EV—it is the way.

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Why Elon Leaving the West Wing Will Make Driving My Tesla Great Again — The Daily Beast
My Tesla Model 3 is a mobile Black Lives Matter sign once again (I hope.)
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May 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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What’s wrong with these radical left wing communist Trump appointed judges?

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Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act for swift deportations is illegal, Trump-appointed judge rules — POLITICO
The Alien Enemies Act applies only when the country is facing an armed, organized attack, the judge ruled.
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May 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Wish he would have picked Mars instead of cars…

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Trump Sends Musk ‘Back Home to His Cars’ After DOGE Failures — The Daily Beast
The president praised the billionaire even though he came up short on finding $2 trillion in government waste.
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April 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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The words corruption and greed are devoid of meaning. Exhibit A:

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Paramount inches toward settling Trump's $20-billion '60 Minutes' lawsuit — Los Angeles Times
Trump and CBS-owner Paramount Global enter mediation this week. Company leaders are eager to put the Trump lawsuit and '60 Minutes' controversy behind them.
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April 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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The attacks on reality continue.

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Trump boots climate scientists from climate science report — Vox
Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration dismissed hundreds of scientists this week who were working on a major report on climate change, part of an effort to obscure a scientific reality that’...
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April 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Birds of a feather…

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Trump pardons Palm Beach Gardens tax cheat two weeks after judge sentenced him to prison — The Palm Beach Post
A judge sentenced Paul Walczak to prison, adamant that his wealth was not a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card. Twelve days later, Trump pardoned him.
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April 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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It would be fitting that one day,
some future version of DOGE comes into Tesla and shuts it down. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you…

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Elon Musk Is Shutting Down The Government Loan Office That Gave Him The Money To Grow Tesla — Jalopnik
Musk is killing the very program that took a risk on his moonshot project, directly laying the foundation for him to become the world's wealthiest man.
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April 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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I guess this makes sense since it will cost nothing for RFK Jr to find the cause for autism by pulling it out of his ass.

“Trump Administration Cuts Funding for Autism Research
Despite focusing on finding a cause”

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Trump Administration Cuts Funding for Autism Research — TIME
Despite focusing on finding a cause, the Trump Administration has cut many autism programs.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Better stock up on popcorn. It’s going to be in short supply.

“There are very likely more shoes to drop in short order, with even bigger bombshell stories coming this week, key Pentagon reporters have been telling sources privately,”

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Top Hegseth Aide Warns Even Bigger Bombshells Are Coming after Second Signal Chat — The Daily Beast
John Ullyot, the Pentagon’s recently departed chief spokesman, published a lengthy op-ed Sunday criticizing Hegseth’s leadership.
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April 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM