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Melanie Wilhoite
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DealBook Summit Live: Alex Karl Palantir says Trump is not a Fascist and other revealing comments www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir who has made a fortune by cozying up with the current administration, is a huge arrogant a$$.
DealBook Summit Live Updates: Palantir Chief Defends Aiding Trump’s Immigration Policies
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Tribes and environmental groups sue to stop road planned for Alaska wildlife refuge, writes @yjrosen.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/13/t...
Tribes and environmental groups sue to stop road planned for Alaska wildlife refuge | Alaska Beacon
Three lawsuits take aim at a land trade that would allow for a road through designated wilderness in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
alaskabeacon.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Tariffs making everything more expensive, Republicans shutting down the government, health care premiums set to skyrocket, demolishing the rule of law, a hateful mass deportation agenda.

This picture really sums up the last 9 months of the Trump presidency.
October 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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"The military is supposed to protect the American people, not police them."

Major General William Enyart,
The Weeknight, MSNBC
October 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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🚨🚨🚨 Jeffrey Epstein during a 2010 deposition:

Q. Have you ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of females under the age of
18?
A: Though l'd like to answer that question, at least today l'm going to have to assert my Fifth, Sixth, and 14th Amendment rights, sir.
July 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Every Republican that promised you the Epstein files is now actively hiding them.
July 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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The warning signs are red and blaring.

More and more failures that put lives in danger are piling up.

Kristi Noem needs to RESIGN. And Republicans need to get serious about real Congressional oversight.
FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Chief Resigns, Citing Agency ‘Chaos’, Colleagues Said
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Saw-Whet owl in Winthrop, WA this summer. What a treat to see.
#Birds
#Owls
#WinthropWA
#Saw-Whet
July 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
To RFK Jr.: “I will lay every death from a vaccine-preventable illness at your feet.” - Rep. Kim Scheier, M. D. @repkimschrier.bsky.social
RFK Jr. lied to Senator Cassidy, lied to the American people, and lied to parents about vaccines for decades.

And I want to be clear: I will lay all responsibility for every death from a vaccine-preventable disease at his feet.
June 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
A remarkable message
You need to read this.
open.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
If you’re a veteran and support tRump, you should watch this and consider what you’re really supporting. #VA #Veterans #USmilitary
Anytime someone rightly calls out this administration for anti-veteran policies like firing VA staff without cause or changing discrimination policy, Trump's VA Secretary says they're "scaring veterans."

So I told him today, if you don't want to "scare" veterans, STOP doing what you're doing.
June 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Look at downtown LA right now
June 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Let’s not pussyfoot around it. #Trump is a Russian asset. #SaveUkraine #RestoreAllies #DemocratsTakeAction #RepublicansWakeUp
"Top officials of our oldest allies say privately they fear that we are becoming not just unstable, but actually their enemy. The only person who gets treated with kid gloves is Putin..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
Opinion | A Great Unraveling Is Underway
Trump’s foreign policy philosophy is not “containment” or “engagement,” but “smash and grab.”
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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March 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Trump and Musk claim to be slashing wasteful and frivolous spending. Apparently they see taking care of our veterans as wasteful, so they would rather abandon them. youtu.be/dNkPuZ0gRdI?...
Hotline
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
youtu.be
March 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The IRS was a simple test for DOGE: was it really interested in efficiency and state capacity? If so, you support the tax enforcement, the biggest ROI in govt.
Or did it want to minimize parts of the state that bothered billionaires?
We have our answer.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
🚨NEWS: Massive layoffs are about to hit the IRS -- around 10,000 employees -- potentially in the middle of filing season.

Of particular interest to the DOGE: Cutting IRS enforcement capabilities.

-- with @jeffstein.bsky.social + Hannah Natanson
Layoffs to hit IRS as DOGE targets tax collections
Several people briefed on the matter said cuts to the IRS cuts numbering in the thousands. One target is tax collections.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Look who we were 12 years ago
February 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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NEW: Last night, Sen. Blumenthal’s office sent a letter to Sec. Rubio about the State Dept’s reported $400 million contract to purchase armored Tesla Cybertrucks—and subsequent removal of the word “Tesla” from procurement documents—by 2/21. (1/3)
February 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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"Texas authorities arrested a Jan. 6 rioter recently pardoned by President Trump on Thursday for online solicitation of a minor..."

thehill.com/regulation/c...
February 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
If we are no longer assisting starving people around the world via USAID where is the redirection of those resources to our own impoverished? Why aren’t we hearing about how these actions are helping Americans? Isn’t this all supposed to be about helping America?
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February 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Don't worry, folks.

We'll be greeted as liberators when American forces occupy Gaza.

Nothing could possibly go wrong.
February 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Do not be dismayed. Find someone who is doing something you admire and join them.
Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny:

snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
February 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Any idiot can understand that the California wildfires had absolutely nothing to do with smelt in Northern California. Makes no sense on its face. Doesn’t even pass the smell test even a little bit. The magnitude of the crisis, and water pressure are clearly the issue.
January 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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So the Dems are aligned in using the Hegspeth allegations to oppose him. Dumb.
The man is not qualified for the job. That is all that matters. He has never managed more than 100 people. He won't be the actual one running DOD because he has no clue how.

And this is what the Dems focus on ?
January 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Spending the day honoring Dr. King and his profound wisdom. #MLKDay
January 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM