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I am riding Ginger, an American Quarterhorse. We also hosted a ewe named Elizabeth, named for the new English queen, who was on loan from her English owners. They wanted to see if she would mate with our American rams. She did. Cheeky thing.
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Sticker shock: Affordable Care Act customers confront premium spikes as Congress dithers - KFF Health News
Why isn’t the media writing about the economic shock of those who bite the bullet and sign up for more expensive plans and can’t buy the cars, houses, stoves, etc. because they buy insurance
Why isn’t the media writing about the economic shock of those who bite the bullet and sign up for more expensive plans and can’t buy the cars, houses, stoves, etc. because they buy insurance
December 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sticker shock: Affordable Care Act customers confront premium spikes as Congress dithers - KFF Health News
Why isn’t the media writing about the economic shock of those who bite the bullet and sign up for more expensive plans and can’t buy the cars, houses, stoves, etc. because they buy insurance
Why isn’t the media writing about the economic shock of those who bite the bullet and sign up for more expensive plans and can’t buy the cars, houses, stoves, etc. because they buy insurance
Sticker shock: Affordable Care Act customers confront premium spikes as Congress dithers - KFF Health News
Why isn’t the media writing about the economic shock of those who bite the bullet and sign up for more expensive plans and can’t buy the cars, houses, stoves, etc. because they buy insurance
Why isn’t the media writing about the economic shock of those who bite the bullet and sign up for more expensive plans and can’t buy the cars, houses, stoves, etc. because they buy insurance
December 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sticker shock: Affordable Care Act customers confront premium spikes as Congress dithers - KFF Health News
Why isn’t the media writing about the economic shock of those who bite the bullet and sign up for more expensive plans and can’t buy the cars, houses, stoves, etc. because they buy insurance
Why isn’t the media writing about the economic shock of those who bite the bullet and sign up for more expensive plans and can’t buy the cars, houses, stoves, etc. because they buy insurance
If @UPS thinks laying off 48,000 workers in 2025 (way more than the 20,000 they announced in April 2025) then their client @LLBEAN needs to be prepared to lose money. Short reason: way more misses on deliveries including mine. And if one of my neighbors does the neighborly thing and brings it to me
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If @UPS thinks laying off 48,000 workers in 2025 (way more than the 20,000 they announced in April 2025) then their client @LLBEAN needs to be prepared to lose money. Short reason: way more misses on deliveries including mine. And if one of my neighbors does the neighborly thing and brings it to me
"Everything will be all right. And, even if it won't be, we'll have the consolation of having lived honest lives.”
Alexei Navalny
1976-2024
Alexei Navalny
1976-2024
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Everything will be all right. And, even if it won't be, we'll have the consolation of having lived honest lives.”
Alexei Navalny
1976-2024
Alexei Navalny
1976-2024
In Trump-Friendly Iowa, the President’s Policies Have Hit Hard www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
In Trump-Friendly Iowa, the President’s Policies Have Hit Hard
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October 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In Trump-Friendly Iowa, the President’s Policies Have Hit Hard www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
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Here's an issue from the Purdue Univ. student paper, The Exponent, dealing with the IU censorship of their student paper. Purdue put it in IU news boxes. (Purdue & IU are normally huge sports rivals.)
Download link: www.purdueexponent.org/frontpdf/lat...
Download link: www.purdueexponent.org/frontpdf/lat...
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Here's an issue from the Purdue Univ. student paper, The Exponent, dealing with the IU censorship of their student paper. Purdue put it in IU news boxes. (Purdue & IU are normally huge sports rivals.)
Download link: www.purdueexponent.org/frontpdf/lat...
Download link: www.purdueexponent.org/frontpdf/lat...
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Trump Firing Top Prosecutor for Failing to Invent Fake Crimes by Foes newrepublic.com/article/2006... via @newrepublic.com
Everyone who submits multiple mortgage applications to get a better interest rate is guilty of the same offense as the NY AG. Prepare to go to jail
Everyone who submits multiple mortgage applications to get a better interest rate is guilty of the same offense as the NY AG. Prepare to go to jail
Trump Firing Top Prosecutor for Failing to Invent Fake Crimes by Foes
A U.S. attorney in Virginia is finding no evidence that Letitia James broke the law. In America, that’s justice. In Trumpworld, it’s a firing offense.
newrepublic.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump Firing Top Prosecutor for Failing to Invent Fake Crimes by Foes newrepublic.com/article/2006... via @newrepublic.com
Everyone who submits multiple mortgage applications to get a better interest rate is guilty of the same offense as the NY AG. Prepare to go to jail
Everyone who submits multiple mortgage applications to get a better interest rate is guilty of the same offense as the NY AG. Prepare to go to jail
MAGA Radio Host’s Cancer-Stricken Wife Can’t Get COVID Shot Because of ‘Kook’ RFK Jr. - The Daily Beast
FAFO
FAFO
August 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
MAGA Radio Host’s Cancer-Stricken Wife Can’t Get COVID Shot Because of ‘Kook’ RFK Jr. - The Daily Beast
FAFO
FAFO
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Why do these parents allow their children to die? Xristian Nationalists believe that dying from a preventable disease at age 4, instead of 94, has value because the 4 year will go to ‘heaven.’ The 94 year old ‘might’ get to heaven. Might not.
Why do these parents allow their children to die? Xristian Nationalists believe that dying from a preventable disease at age 4, instead of 94, has value because the 4 year will go to ‘heaven.’ The 94 year old ‘might’ get to heaven. Might not.
CDC Official Makes Shocking Confession About RFK Jr.’s Intel
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in total chaos—and a recently departed leader is telling all.
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August 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Why do these parents allow their children to die? Xristian Nationalists believe that dying from a preventable disease at age 4, instead of 94, has value because the 4 year will go to ‘heaven.’ The 94 year old ‘might’ get to heaven. Might not.
Why do these parents allow their children to die? Xristian Nationalists believe that dying from a preventable disease at age 4, instead of 94, has value because the 4 year will go to ‘heaven.’ The 94 year old ‘might’ get to heaven. Might not.
What would happen if the blue states would ‘forget’ to forward withholding checks for state workers to the treasury? Just say ‘Oops, we’ll get around to it someday.’
August 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
What would happen if the blue states would ‘forget’ to forward withholding checks for state workers to the treasury? Just say ‘Oops, we’ll get around to it someday.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o...
I don’t know if anyone can answer my questions but here goes. If the 4th A protects our papers, etc, and the 5th A prohibits self incrimination, how is ANYTHING taken by the FBI from Bolton’s home and office admissible at trial? After all tRump’s tax returns weren’t
I don’t know if anyone can answer my questions but here goes. If the 4th A protects our papers, etc, and the 5th A prohibits self incrimination, how is ANYTHING taken by the FBI from Bolton’s home and office admissible at trial? After all tRump’s tax returns weren’t
Opinion | What Americans Need to Know About the Bolton F.B.I. Search
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August 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o...
I don’t know if anyone can answer my questions but here goes. If the 4th A protects our papers, etc, and the 5th A prohibits self incrimination, how is ANYTHING taken by the FBI from Bolton’s home and office admissible at trial? After all tRump’s tax returns weren’t
I don’t know if anyone can answer my questions but here goes. If the 4th A protects our papers, etc, and the 5th A prohibits self incrimination, how is ANYTHING taken by the FBI from Bolton’s home and office admissible at trial? After all tRump’s tax returns weren’t
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Police and ICE in DC ran down a delivery worker on his moped.
Sobbing, he asked to call his family.
Multiple vehicles arrived with 20 armed agents.
Can somebody PLEASE explain how paying 20 agents to arrest a delivery worker is supposed to help the economy???
Police and ICE in DC ran down a delivery worker on his moped.
Sobbing, he asked to call his family.
Multiple vehicles arrived with 20 armed agents.
Can somebody PLEASE explain how paying 20 agents to arrest a delivery worker is supposed to help the economy???
August 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.
August 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.
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Dammit! If the contraceptives can’t ’legally’ be saved, do it illegally! Lives will be lost of the men with stripes down their legs prevail!
Dammit! If the contraceptives can’t ’legally’ be saved, do it illegally! Lives will be lost of the men with stripes down their legs prevail!
France says it cannot save contraceptives US plans to destroy
Contraception products bought by USAID under Joe Biden and stocked in Belgium were reportedly set to be incinerated in France.
www.lemonde.fr
August 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Dammit! If the contraceptives can’t ’legally’ be saved, do it illegally! Lives will be lost of the men with stripes down their legs prevail!
Dammit! If the contraceptives can’t ’legally’ be saved, do it illegally! Lives will be lost of the men with stripes down their legs prevail!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Again Coldplay comes to mind, especially the second line of Viva la Vida — “Seas would rise when I gave the word.”
Someone should FOIA the Secret Service to see just how pampered these bozos are
Again Coldplay comes to mind, especially the second line of Viva la Vida — “Seas would rise when I gave the word.”
Someone should FOIA the Secret Service to see just how pampered these bozos are
JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip
Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for ‘safe navigation’
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Again Coldplay comes to mind, especially the second line of Viva la Vida — “Seas would rise when I gave the word.”
Someone should FOIA the Secret Service to see just how pampered these bozos are
Again Coldplay comes to mind, especially the second line of Viva la Vida — “Seas would rise when I gave the word.”
Someone should FOIA the Secret Service to see just how pampered these bozos are
In Extraordinary Deal With Trump, Columbia U. Agrees to Pay $200 Million to Restore Funds - The Chronicle of Higher Education
I am old enough to remember when President Roosevelt was accused by Rs of knowing about the attack on Pearl Harbor and letting it go forward in order to have an excuse🧵
I am old enough to remember when President Roosevelt was accused by Rs of knowing about the attack on Pearl Harbor and letting it go forward in order to have an excuse🧵
July 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In Extraordinary Deal With Trump, Columbia U. Agrees to Pay $200 Million to Restore Funds - The Chronicle of Higher Education
I am old enough to remember when President Roosevelt was accused by Rs of knowing about the attack on Pearl Harbor and letting it go forward in order to have an excuse🧵
I am old enough to remember when President Roosevelt was accused by Rs of knowing about the attack on Pearl Harbor and letting it go forward in order to have an excuse🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/t...
This event occurred AFTER Trump was elected. Does Southwest think ejecting the only Black person in an exit row and berating her for actions shared by the White passengers was OK? Why isn’t a Columbia University-style punishment (200M fine) levied in this case?
This event occurred AFTER Trump was elected. Does Southwest think ejecting the only Black person in an exit row and berating her for actions shared by the White passengers was OK? Why isn’t a Columbia University-style punishment (200M fine) levied in this case?
Southwest Passenger Says She Was Ejected From Flight Based on Her Race
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/t...
This event occurred AFTER Trump was elected. Does Southwest think ejecting the only Black person in an exit row and berating her for actions shared by the White passengers was OK? Why isn’t a Columbia University-style punishment (200M fine) levied in this case?
This event occurred AFTER Trump was elected. Does Southwest think ejecting the only Black person in an exit row and berating her for actions shared by the White passengers was OK? Why isn’t a Columbia University-style punishment (200M fine) levied in this case?
As U-Va. president leaves, faculty say board failed to protect university - The Washington Post
“Sheridan said the board leaders would not be able to answer any questions about the probes or the school’s response, on the advice of their legal counsel…”
Why do the universities let legal counsels🧵
“Sheridan said the board leaders would not be able to answer any questions about the probes or the school’s response, on the advice of their legal counsel…”
Why do the universities let legal counsels🧵
July 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
As U-Va. president leaves, faculty say board failed to protect university - The Washington Post
“Sheridan said the board leaders would not be able to answer any questions about the probes or the school’s response, on the advice of their legal counsel…”
Why do the universities let legal counsels🧵
“Sheridan said the board leaders would not be able to answer any questions about the probes or the school’s response, on the advice of their legal counsel…”
Why do the universities let legal counsels🧵
Whistleblower Emails Expose Fresh Trump Abuses in Abrego Garcia Case newrepublic.com/article/1977... via @newrepublic.com
thrumpitty’s, the Felon’s, DOJ frames an innocent man while he weaponizes Tariff law against Brazil. When will he be impeached for crimes against humanity?
thrumpitty’s, the Felon’s, DOJ frames an innocent man while he weaponizes Tariff law against Brazil. When will he be impeached for crimes against humanity?
Whistleblower Emails Expose Fresh Trump Abuses in Abrego Garcia Case
Newly released communications show the lengths the Trump administration went to in order to label Kilmar Abrego Garcia an MS-13 leader.
newrepublic.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Whistleblower Emails Expose Fresh Trump Abuses in Abrego Garcia Case newrepublic.com/article/1977... via @newrepublic.com
thrumpitty’s, the Felon’s, DOJ frames an innocent man while he weaponizes Tariff law against Brazil. When will he be impeached for crimes against humanity?
thrumpitty’s, the Felon’s, DOJ frames an innocent man while he weaponizes Tariff law against Brazil. When will he be impeached for crimes against humanity?
thedispatch.com/article/trum...
Did anyone else note that while excoriating Carter, Obama et al, regarding the Iranian govt, the very same can be said about thrumpitty — give him an inch and he will take a mile
Did anyone else note that while excoriating Carter, Obama et al, regarding the Iranian govt, the very same can be said about thrumpitty — give him an inch and he will take a mile
Trump Ends the Folly of De-escalation
For too long, American presidents let Iran believe it could act with impunity.
thedispatch.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Did anyone else note that while excoriating Carter, Obama et al, regarding the Iranian govt, the very same can be said about thrumpitty — give him an inch and he will take a mile
Did anyone else note that while excoriating Carter, Obama et al, regarding the Iranian govt, the very same can be said about thrumpitty — give him an inch and he will take a mile
Iowa Legislature may enact statute declaring curbside trash to be ‘abandoned property’, Iowa Supreme Court holds
In a time when the ‘ownership’ of trash left outside for garbage pickup collides with DNA evidence collection with or without warrants, are we assuming something 🧵
In a time when the ‘ownership’ of trash left outside for garbage pickup collides with DNA evidence collection with or without warrants, are we assuming something 🧵
June 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Iowa Legislature may enact statute declaring curbside trash to be ‘abandoned property’, Iowa Supreme Court holds
In a time when the ‘ownership’ of trash left outside for garbage pickup collides with DNA evidence collection with or without warrants, are we assuming something 🧵
In a time when the ‘ownership’ of trash left outside for garbage pickup collides with DNA evidence collection with or without warrants, are we assuming something 🧵