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Self published author, married to a fabulous baker, I love to draw and I garden, and I’m a mom of a musician. You can call me Mel. Support the Arts!!
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Support local indie musicians! The next "Bandcamp Friday" is December 5th, 2025. Login to Bandcamp (create an account) and search for your favorite local musicians and buy some tunes!!
On "Bandcamp Friday" the artist gets all the proceeds (Bandcamp hosting fees are waived)!!
On "Bandcamp Friday" the artist gets all the proceeds (Bandcamp hosting fees are waived)!!
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If the FBI doing a handwriting analysis but not releasing it—and conducting a full probe in *120 minutes*—wasn't enough to convince you BS is afoot, here's the 2023 report confirming an Epstein-Nasser Note exists.
So where's the real one, if this is fake?
So where's the real one, if this is fake?
Jeffrey Epstein Wrote Fellow Pedophile Larry Nassar a Letter Before His Death
Jeffrey Epstein tried to contact fellow pedophile and admitted sexual abuser Larry Nassar via mail in the days before his death by suicide.
www.rollingstone.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If the FBI doing a handwriting analysis but not releasing it—and conducting a full probe in *120 minutes*—wasn't enough to convince you BS is afoot, here's the 2023 report confirming an Epstein-Nasser Note exists.
So where's the real one, if this is fake?
So where's the real one, if this is fake?
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The math isn't mathing here.
Epstein was confirmed in 2023 to have sent Nassar a card just before he died, which card was returned undelivered.
Now DOJ, following a *120-minute investigation*, says someone knew about the letter *at the time* and replaced it with a forgery. WTF?
Epstein was confirmed in 2023 to have sent Nassar a card just before he died, which card was returned undelivered.
Now DOJ, following a *120-minute investigation*, says someone knew about the letter *at the time* and replaced it with a forgery. WTF?
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The math isn't mathing here.
Epstein was confirmed in 2023 to have sent Nassar a card just before he died, which card was returned undelivered.
Now DOJ, following a *120-minute investigation*, says someone knew about the letter *at the time* and replaced it with a forgery. WTF?
Epstein was confirmed in 2023 to have sent Nassar a card just before he died, which card was returned undelivered.
Now DOJ, following a *120-minute investigation*, says someone knew about the letter *at the time* and replaced it with a forgery. WTF?
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
Just unfollowed CBS News on all platforms
December 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Just unfollowed CBS News on all platforms
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Most people hope there’s an AI bubble because if there isn’t then there will be decimation of white collar jobs.
That anxiety is higher now that it’s clear Trump will do nothing to regulate AI and fight state level regulations.
This is why it’s hard to have a discussion about AI online today.
That anxiety is higher now that it’s clear Trump will do nothing to regulate AI and fight state level regulations.
This is why it’s hard to have a discussion about AI online today.
Most people aren’t fretting about an AI bubble. What they fear is mass layoffs | Steven Greenhouse
Artificial intelligence could make income inequality even worse and create a new underclass. Governments and society must take action
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Most people hope there’s an AI bubble because if there isn’t then there will be decimation of white collar jobs.
That anxiety is higher now that it’s clear Trump will do nothing to regulate AI and fight state level regulations.
This is why it’s hard to have a discussion about AI online today.
That anxiety is higher now that it’s clear Trump will do nothing to regulate AI and fight state level regulations.
This is why it’s hard to have a discussion about AI online today.
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House Republicans unveiled a new health care proposal as they aim to address concerns about rising health insurance costs just weeks before enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire.
House Republicans unveil healthcare plan, set up vote for next week
House Republicans unveil a new healthcare proposal to address rising health insurance costs and extend ACA subsidies
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
House Republicans unveiled a new health care proposal as they aim to address concerns about rising health insurance costs just weeks before enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire.
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Here’s What FBI, DOJ Hid From Its Epstein Files Review
In response to our FOIA lawsuit, the FBI withheld all sorts of material related to its review and redaction of the Epstein files. Intriguingly, the FBI said it searched ‘client lists’ to locate docume...
www.bloomberg.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: FBI Admits in Court Filing That It Is Aware of Epstein “Client Lists”—Months After the Personal Lawyer for Longtime Epstein Wingman Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, Told America No Such Lists Existed
Take from this the obvious conclusion.
Take from this the obvious conclusion.
FOIA Files
Come behind the scenes as Bloomberg's FOIA expert uncovers interesting documents never seen before.
www.bloomberg.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: FBI Admits in Court Filing That It Is Aware of Epstein “Client Lists”—Months After the Personal Lawyer for Longtime Epstein Wingman Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, Told America No Such Lists Existed
Take from this the obvious conclusion.
Take from this the obvious conclusion.
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Not just tourism. It ends US global business.
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Not just tourism. It ends US global business.
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As an American, I feel like I need to apologize to the world every day.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans)
Dear World,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
As an American, I feel like I need to apologize to the world every day.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
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Elections have consequences. A man like this never belonged near the levers of power. Not the first time. And certainly not this second time when everything was knowable. We are trapped in a tragedy and must fight our way out.
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Elections have consequences. A man like this never belonged near the levers of power. Not the first time. And certainly not this second time when everything was knowable. We are trapped in a tragedy and must fight our way out.
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It has been a key player in a corruption scandal and regularly engenders heated debates online and in professional circles. This week, it was in the cross hairs of the State Department.
Yes, we’re talking about Calibri. Yes, the typeface.
Yes, we’re talking about Calibri. Yes, the typeface.
Yes, we’re talking about Calibri. Yes, the typeface.
Yes, we’re talking about Calibri. Yes, the typeface.
Calibri’s Run-In With Rubio Wasn’t the Font’s First Controversy
The typeface, the target of the State Department’s typographical about-face, has been entangled in politics before.
nyti.ms
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It has been a key player in a corruption scandal and regularly engenders heated debates online and in professional circles. This week, it was in the cross hairs of the State Department.
Yes, we’re talking about Calibri. Yes, the typeface.
Yes, we’re talking about Calibri. Yes, the typeface.
Yes, we’re talking about Calibri. Yes, the typeface.
Yes, we’re talking about Calibri. Yes, the typeface.
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DAY AHEAD: Growing concern that the Epstein case files have been altered or tainted … ahead of their public release
youtube.com/shorts/0kTxt...
youtube.com/shorts/0kTxt...
Growing concern the Epstein case files have been altered or tainted.. ahead of their public release
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
DAY AHEAD: Growing concern that the Epstein case files have been altered or tainted … ahead of their public release
youtube.com/shorts/0kTxt...
youtube.com/shorts/0kTxt...
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“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
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The land of the free
And the home of the brave
Now need 5 years of social media posts to see if you said anything negative about the giant man child president?
Not a serious nation
Not a serious president
#fucktrump
And the home of the brave
Now need 5 years of social media posts to see if you said anything negative about the giant man child president?
Not a serious nation
Not a serious president
#fucktrump
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The land of the free
And the home of the brave
Now need 5 years of social media posts to see if you said anything negative about the giant man child president?
Not a serious nation
Not a serious president
#fucktrump
And the home of the brave
Now need 5 years of social media posts to see if you said anything negative about the giant man child president?
Not a serious nation
Not a serious president
#fucktrump
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73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
December 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
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For the first time since 1978, the Kennedy Center honors ribbon will abandon their signature rainbow color scheme. meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Kennedy Center Ditches Signature Rainbow Ribbon
The new navy blue ribbon is described as being “associated with dignity and tradition”
meidasnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
For the first time since 1978, the Kennedy Center honors ribbon will abandon their signature rainbow color scheme. meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...
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Can all the folk who just got reminded that they’ve listened to a tonne of music on streaming this year, have a look at the music they heard and buy some on bandcamp today? 🫡🙏🏼
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Can all the folk who just got reminded that they’ve listened to a tonne of music on streaming this year, have a look at the music they heard and buy some on bandcamp today? 🫡🙏🏼
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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During a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Trump seemed to nod off at various points, the second time in less than a month that Trump has appeared to struggle to stay awake as his advisers speak about the administration’s initiatives.
Trump appears to doze off in another meeting
It was the second time in a month Trump has appeared to struggle to stay awake as his advisers have spoken to cameras about the administration’s initiatives.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
During a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Trump seemed to nod off at various points, the second time in less than a month that Trump has appeared to struggle to stay awake as his advisers speak about the administration’s initiatives.