Amy
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Retired educator, hiker, kayaker, swimmer, iPhone photographer and Cubs fan living in the PNW…
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Is this the War on Christmas I've been hearing about?
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Is this the War on Christmas I've been hearing about?
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Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Please don't let her be the only one. Larry Summers is a massive figure in Democratic politics. He's also a racist and misogynistic sex pest, a best friend to Jeffrey Epstein for more than a decade after his first conviction for child prostitution, and a reactionary centrist to boot.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Please don't let her be the only one. Larry Summers is a massive figure in Democratic politics. He's also a racist and misogynistic sex pest, a best friend to Jeffrey Epstein for more than a decade after his first conviction for child prostitution, and a reactionary centrist to boot.
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For the water rights nerds, SCOTUS wants the Trump admin to weigh in on Nebraska's complaint against Colorado
The dispute could give the justices an opportunity to address the increasingly contentious issue of groundwater pumping. More here: courthousenews.com/nebraska-set...
The dispute could give the justices an opportunity to address the increasingly contentious issue of groundwater pumping. More here: courthousenews.com/nebraska-set...
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
For the water rights nerds, SCOTUS wants the Trump admin to weigh in on Nebraska's complaint against Colorado
The dispute could give the justices an opportunity to address the increasingly contentious issue of groundwater pumping. More here: courthousenews.com/nebraska-set...
The dispute could give the justices an opportunity to address the increasingly contentious issue of groundwater pumping. More here: courthousenews.com/nebraska-set...
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Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
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NEW: Lindsey Halligan apparently told the grand jury in the Comey case that they should indict on promised future evidence, and that Comey is guilty until proven innocent. Check out my chat with @klasfeldreports.com about this incredible ruling today: www.muellershewrote.com/p/halligan-i...
Halligan is in DEEP trouble in the Comey case
A recording from Allison Gill's live video
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November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NEW: Lindsey Halligan apparently told the grand jury in the Comey case that they should indict on promised future evidence, and that Comey is guilty until proven innocent. Check out my chat with @klasfeldreports.com about this incredible ruling today: www.muellershewrote.com/p/halligan-i...
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Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly
One of my instrument panel watchwords for understanding politics is that all...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
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NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.
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@oliviadeano is THE Queen among Carole King fans fr!! 🤍 #oliviadean #celebratingcaroleking #naturalwoman
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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@oliviadeano is THE Queen among Carole King fans fr!! 🤍 #oliviadean #celebratingcaroleking #naturalwoman
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@oliviadeano is THE Queen among Carole King fans fr!! 🤍 #oliviadean #celebratingcaroleking #naturalwoman
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It’s incredible how easily these people just… lie. For no reason.
Then when they get caught lying, they’re like well obviously tariffs were going to raise prices.
Then when they get caught lying, they’re like well obviously tariffs were going to raise prices.
KERNEN: If we're reversing some tariffs to try to help affordability, isn't that acknowledging that tariffs were responsible for some of the higher prices and inflation?
HASSETT: This is nothing new
HASSETT: This is nothing new
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It’s incredible how easily these people just… lie. For no reason.
Then when they get caught lying, they’re like well obviously tariffs were going to raise prices.
Then when they get caught lying, they’re like well obviously tariffs were going to raise prices.
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"We need fighters.. grit... energy"
A former federal prosecutor who quit in protest at the beginning of Trump Administration is the newly-elected city attorney in Seattle.... and tells CBS News she's ready to push back
A former federal prosecutor who quit in protest at the beginning of Trump Administration is the newly-elected city attorney in Seattle.... and tells CBS News she's ready to push back
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"We need fighters.. grit... energy"
A former federal prosecutor who quit in protest at the beginning of Trump Administration is the newly-elected city attorney in Seattle.... and tells CBS News she's ready to push back
A former federal prosecutor who quit in protest at the beginning of Trump Administration is the newly-elected city attorney in Seattle.... and tells CBS News she's ready to push back
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The president has taken a financial stake in the sale of a major media empire to his political pals.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The president has taken a financial stake in the sale of a major media empire to his political pals.
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Roman helmet guy is the Hiroo Onoda of the Roman Empire
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Roman helmet guy is the Hiroo Onoda of the Roman Empire
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Magistrate Judge Fitzpatrick orders the government to turn over all grand jury materials to Comey's defense team.
That's separate from Judge Currie's continuing investigation into the legality of Halligan's appointment & her behavior before the grand jury.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
That's separate from Judge Currie's continuing investigation into the legality of Halligan's appointment & her behavior before the grand jury.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Magistrate Judge Fitzpatrick orders the government to turn over all grand jury materials to Comey's defense team.
That's separate from Judge Currie's continuing investigation into the legality of Halligan's appointment & her behavior before the grand jury.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
That's separate from Judge Currie's continuing investigation into the legality of Halligan's appointment & her behavior before the grand jury.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
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Again, this is an existential crisis for the entire financial & academic model of 🇺🇸 public universities, but the public doesn’t understand this, in part because our leaders have been on this issue. It’s maddening:
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New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Again, this is an existential crisis for the entire financial & academic model of 🇺🇸 public universities, but the public doesn’t understand this, in part because our leaders have been on this issue. It’s maddening:
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I’ve been trying to articulate this forever and this quote says it perfectly. Real hope isn’t passive, it’s active. But it’s also worth remembering that action doesn’t always mean sweeping change or grand gestures. Small choices count too. What a fabulous woman Dr. Goodall was. RIP.
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I’ve been trying to articulate this forever and this quote says it perfectly. Real hope isn’t passive, it’s active. But it’s also worth remembering that action doesn’t always mean sweeping change or grand gestures. Small choices count too. What a fabulous woman Dr. Goodall was. RIP.
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They think we’re all so stupid
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
They think we’re all so stupid
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Tired: "Great Depression"
Wired: "quiet time in the labor market"
Wired: "quiet time in the labor market"
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Tired: "Great Depression"
Wired: "quiet time in the labor market"
Wired: "quiet time in the labor market"
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NEW w/@nytimes.com: “It was a tragedy.”
After a teenager was sent back into a home where, she said, she was being abused by her adoptive father, the county district attorney pushed for the officer’s dismissal. But they essentially got a slap on the wrist.
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After a teenager was sent back into a home where, she said, she was being abused by her adoptive father, the county district attorney pushed for the officer’s dismissal. But they essentially got a slap on the wrist.
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An Officer Bungled a Teen Rape Case. The Victim Was Abused Again.
The investigator, who did not believe the teen, faced little punishment, illustrating the different ways that officers in New York State are disciplined…
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November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW w/@nytimes.com: “It was a tragedy.”
After a teenager was sent back into a home where, she said, she was being abused by her adoptive father, the county district attorney pushed for the officer’s dismissal. But they essentially got a slap on the wrist.
nysfocus.com/2025/11/17/n...
After a teenager was sent back into a home where, she said, she was being abused by her adoptive father, the county district attorney pushed for the officer’s dismissal. But they essentially got a slap on the wrist.
nysfocus.com/2025/11/17/n...
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The end of the de minimis exemption is one of the more exceptionally stupid, and punitive (on Americans), Trumper moves. The cost of fairly enforcing this on each shipment would likely far exceed the tariffs. So purchasers are already being treated unfairly.
PC hobbyist charged $684 in tariffs on $355 shipment of parts as low-value import exemptions vanish - de minimis exemption expiration poses big problems for the holiday season
After U.S. customs rules were tightened, hardware buyers are seeing inflated bills.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The end of the de minimis exemption is one of the more exceptionally stupid, and punitive (on Americans), Trumper moves. The cost of fairly enforcing this on each shipment would likely far exceed the tariffs. So purchasers are already being treated unfairly.
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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The absolute misogynistic delusion of claiming women don't succeed in academia because they aren't that smart is bad enough, but Larry Summers was also asking Epstein for advice on harassing a woman under the guise of mentorship. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The absolute misogynistic delusion of claiming women don't succeed in academia because they aren't that smart is bad enough, but Larry Summers was also asking Epstein for advice on harassing a woman under the guise of mentorship. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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As Trump depicts US cities as unchecked war zones, former military contractors are finding employment in private security firms that promise to eliminate "uncertainty."
In Minneapolis, records show another story.
In Minneapolis, records show another story.
How a mercenary became a Minneapolis mall cop
After the George Floyd protests, a former military contractor named Nathan Seabrook brought the war home.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As Trump depicts US cities as unchecked war zones, former military contractors are finding employment in private security firms that promise to eliminate "uncertainty."
In Minneapolis, records show another story.
In Minneapolis, records show another story.
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🤔🇪🇺🇺🇸 EU is stunned that Witkoff does not understand the complexity of Russia's war against Ukraine, - Politico
One senior European official told Politico that EU countries have no confidence that Witkoff "is capable of reliably and accurately transmitting messages between Moscow and Washington."
One senior European official told Politico that EU countries have no confidence that Witkoff "is capable of reliably and accurately transmitting messages between Moscow and Washington."
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🤔🇪🇺🇺🇸 EU is stunned that Witkoff does not understand the complexity of Russia's war against Ukraine, - Politico
One senior European official told Politico that EU countries have no confidence that Witkoff "is capable of reliably and accurately transmitting messages between Moscow and Washington."
One senior European official told Politico that EU countries have no confidence that Witkoff "is capable of reliably and accurately transmitting messages between Moscow and Washington."
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Wait uh if you watch through to the end of the clip THEY TRIED TO BUY TACOS FROM A SHOP WHERE THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY KIDNAPPED A WORKER, WHO IS STILL DETAINED
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Wait uh if you watch through to the end of the clip THEY TRIED TO BUY TACOS FROM A SHOP WHERE THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY KIDNAPPED A WORKER, WHO IS STILL DETAINED