Michael Gaffney
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Traveler, winemaker, recovering vegetarian, retired Firefighter. Blue all the way. 🚫maga🚫crypto or your bitcoin bullshit. 🚫porn.
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Presidential Walk of Fatigue
December 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Presidential Walk of Fatigue
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MRI studies have revealed something amazing about dogs. Their love for their owners goes beyond food, toys, or even other dogs. Scientists discovered that when a dog smells its owner, a special part of its brain actually lights up more than it does when the dog smells food or another animal. Dogs!
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
MRI studies have revealed something amazing about dogs. Their love for their owners goes beyond food, toys, or even other dogs. Scientists discovered that when a dog smells its owner, a special part of its brain actually lights up more than it does when the dog smells food or another animal. Dogs!
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Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
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"Two people fighting the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula were arrested by federal law enforcement, in a confrontation described by firefighters and depicted in photos and video."
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
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August 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"Two people fighting the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula were arrested by federal law enforcement, in a confrontation described by firefighters and depicted in photos and video."
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"Of the 30 states that track voter registration by political party, Democrats lost ground to Republicans in every single one between the 2020 and 2024 elections — and often by a lot." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis
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August 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"Of the 30 states that track voter registration by political party, Democrats lost ground to Republicans in every single one between the 2020 and 2024 elections — and often by a lot." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
Trump’s War on History: How Lies Threaten Our Democracy
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Trump’s War on History: How Lies Threaten Our Democracy
Trump isn’t just rewriting the future. He’s erasing the past to control the present.
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August 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Trump’s War on History: How Lies Threaten Our Democracy
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🚨The CMS WISeR rule is an assault on Medicare. Dr. Oz has been salivating to PRIVATIZE Traditional Medicare for years and now he may get his chance. We must ALL speak up! Adding unnecessary prior authorizations will delay and deny care. Please read.⬇️
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CMS is Trying to Expand Prior Authorization in Traditional Medicare Even Though All Data Points Say That’s a Bad Idea
Critics say CMS' new prior authorization model risks delays and denials for seniors.
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August 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🚨The CMS WISeR rule is an assault on Medicare. Dr. Oz has been salivating to PRIVATIZE Traditional Medicare for years and now he may get his chance. We must ALL speak up! Adding unnecessary prior authorizations will delay and deny care. Please read.⬇️
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Read these words from Senator Murray, who has said it so well tonight. We’re in danger of losing democracy. Don’t ignore what’s happening. joycevance.substack.com/p/we-are-a-d...
"We are a democracy. But we can lose that democracy."
This afternoon, Washington Senator Patty Murray, who has been in the Senate for more than 32 years, rose to condemn the treatment of California Senator Alex Padilla, who was manhandled out of a press ...
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June 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Read these words from Senator Murray, who has said it so well tonight. We’re in danger of losing democracy. Don’t ignore what’s happening. joycevance.substack.com/p/we-are-a-d...
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This is a pretty important point!
The correct way to connect the authoritarian presence in LA and the Big Beautiful Bill is that the bill gives the government the resources to do this in dozens of cities at once. So if you don't like what's happening in LA, it's coming to your town if the bill passes.
June 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is a pretty important point!
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The regime is sending another 2k NG troops to LA.
They can’t even house & feed the 30 already there.
As Texas Paul says, BORE THEM!
Protest peacefully, then go home, repeat. Let them & the world question why they’re there!
They can’t even house & feed the 30 already there.
As Texas Paul says, BORE THEM!
Protest peacefully, then go home, repeat. Let them & the world question why they’re there!
June 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The regime is sending another 2k NG troops to LA.
They can’t even house & feed the 30 already there.
As Texas Paul says, BORE THEM!
Protest peacefully, then go home, repeat. Let them & the world question why they’re there!
They can’t even house & feed the 30 already there.
As Texas Paul says, BORE THEM!
Protest peacefully, then go home, repeat. Let them & the world question why they’re there!
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"If what you're doing is legitimate and lawful, why do you need to cover your face?”
June 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"If what you're doing is legitimate and lawful, why do you need to cover your face?”
Yay after the US Court of International trade rules against Trumps tariffs, we can now get 35 Barbie’s for our kids!
May 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Yay after the US Court of International trade rules against Trumps tariffs, we can now get 35 Barbie’s for our kids!
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Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.
May 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.
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Start every day with this reality:
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
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EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
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United States Congress elections, 2026
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
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May 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Start every day with this reality:
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
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EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
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Trump’s actions are hurting American consumers. We see it everywhere from the price of groceries to the cost of borrowing to buy a car or house. Now the GOP wants to pass a big bill that will hurt families & give tax cuts to billionaires. www.cnbc.com/2025/05/19/w...
What Moody’s downgrade of U.S. credit rating means for your money
Moody's decision to downgrade the U.S. credit rating may have far-reaching consequences for your money, experts say.
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May 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Trump’s actions are hurting American consumers. We see it everywhere from the price of groceries to the cost of borrowing to buy a car or house. Now the GOP wants to pass a big bill that will hurt families & give tax cuts to billionaires. www.cnbc.com/2025/05/19/w...
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May 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
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I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
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What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
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I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
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The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.
April 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.
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They are going to deport American citizens. Period. The. End. 🤬
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
They are going to deport American citizens. Period. The. End. 🤬
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Veteran Who Has Been in US Since He Was 4 Years Old Faces Deportation.
Jose Barco, a U.S. Army veteran awarded a Purple Heart for his service in Iraq, is currently being held in a Texas detention center awaiting deportation.
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Jose Barco, a U.S. Army veteran awarded a Purple Heart for his service in Iraq, is currently being held in a Texas detention center awaiting deportation.
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Veteran who has been in US since he was 4 years old faces deportation
Jose Barco, a Purple Heart recipient who has lived in the U.S. for 35 years, is being held in Texas while awaiting deportation, but it is unclear to where.
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April 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Veteran Who Has Been in US Since He Was 4 Years Old Faces Deportation.
Jose Barco, a U.S. Army veteran awarded a Purple Heart for his service in Iraq, is currently being held in a Texas detention center awaiting deportation.
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Jose Barco, a U.S. Army veteran awarded a Purple Heart for his service in Iraq, is currently being held in a Texas detention center awaiting deportation.
#MomSky
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