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ricklw.bsky.social @ricklw.bsky.social · Apr 17
If you don't feel how close to the edge we are and you don't take it personally, you damn well better because it's about to be.
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Repost: I think if war in Gaza ends, Trump will buy it on the cheap. He will build Trump Gaza. The Palestinians are penniless, so the Israelis will move in and so ends Palestine.

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Jared Kushner's $112B plan to turn Gaza into luxury destination could begin in 2 months after permanent relocation of Palestinians - NewsBreak
Kushner and Witkoff have reportedly developed a $112.1 billion plan to reinvent the Gaza Strip into a luxury destination with "Project Sunrise."
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December 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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A bag full of lies meant to justify the taking of a sovereign nation's resources.

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Stephen Miller Echoes Trump on Venezuela, Calls Country's Oil Nationalization 'Largest Recorded Theft of American Wealth' - NewsBreak
Stephen Miller, president Trump's White House Deputy Chief of Staff, endorsed the president's claims that Venezuela's oil nationalization constituted a mas
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December 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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So does the Supreme Court ruling concerning presidential immunity retroactively apply to Trump's first presidential term?

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Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
Smith testified about his investigations into Trump at a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Music from the 60s and 70s seems much more reflective of the social turmoil of the day than today's music reflects current social upheaval. Much of today's music feels like a distant cousin of bubble gum music. Artists need to take a different direction before AI replaces them.
December 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Motivation: money, money, money

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US preparing to seize more tankers off Venezuela's coast after first ship taken, sources say (Reuters)
By Jonathan Saul, Marianna Parraga and Matt Spetalnick
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December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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The rich really only care about the rich.

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New Hampshire lost a fortune with a tax repeal, but I bet the wealthy spent it on lots of cool stuff - NewsBreak
In the year that has passed since New Hampshire Republicans held a news conference to celebrate the repeal of the state’s Interest and Dividends Tax, I’ve
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December 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Appropriate George Orwell quotes.

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
George Orwell, 1984

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever."
George Orwell, 1984
December 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Repost: Beyond all the disgusting sex aspects of the Jeffrey Epstein story lies a great deal of suspicious money shuffling.

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Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb
Ron Wyden has some ideas for Pam Bondi to pursue—if, that is, she’s genuinely interested in getting to the bottom of the Epstein scandal.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Our premium will quadruple if the ACA is not continued.

1 in 4 Affordable Care Act enrollees would 'very likely' forego health insurance if premiums double: Poll

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1 in 4 Affordable Care Act enrollees would 'very likely' forego health insurance if premiums double: Poll
A new survey of Affordable Care Act health insurance enrollees finds that many are already struggling with the high cost of health care.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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The kind of democrat we sorely need.

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‘One side is trying to rig the rules’: Texas Democrat James Talarico fact-checked a Fox News host so hard he had to end the interview - NewsBreak
James Talarico isn't messing around.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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The equivalent of the population of a small city detained have no criminal record. So one can only draw the conclusion that they are simply after people with brown skin.

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ICE arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal record during first nine months of Trump’s presidency, records show - NewsBreak
More than one third of the roughly 222,000 people Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested in the first nine months of the Trump administration had no
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December 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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The fact that this is a daily occurrence and that there is nothing I can do to help both depresses me and disgusts me.

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Winooski second grader and mother in ICE custody, superintendent says
A Winooski 2nd grader and his mother were put in detention by ICE while on vacation, according to the district’s superintendent, who said the boy “should be in his classroom, not in a d…
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December 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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A six year old child is lost in the system and no one seems able to help. How can this be true in America? This is not the actions of a kidnapping by an individual but by a criminal in the guise of a government employee.

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December 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Repost: Beyond all the disgusting sex aspects of the Jeffrey Epstein story lies a great deal of suspicious money shuffling.

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Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb
Ron Wyden has some ideas for Pam Bondi to pursue—if, that is, she’s genuinely interested in getting to the bottom of the Epstein scandal.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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When people effectively lose the right to vote due to shenanigans.

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Voting law turns away hundreds of voters - NewsBreak
This story was updated on Dec. 1 at 9:58 a.m. to correct the bill number for the state’s new voting law. We take voting seriously in New Hampshire, traditi
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December 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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When you can't speak up without fear of retribution you are no longer free.

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NSPM-7: Co-opting National Security to Suppress Dissent - NewsBreak
On September 27, President Trump signed the National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-7), which allows the administration to investigate and prosecut
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November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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This is what true science is capable of:

New nasal nanodrops wipe out brain tumors in mice atomonews.page.link/hL1DBXwmm1Kz...
New nasal nanodrops wipe out brain tumors in mice
A new nasal-delivered nanotherapy shows promise against aggressive glioblastoma tumors. By activating the STING immune pathway using gold-core spherical nucleic acids, researchers were able to reach t...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The ramifications of this will be seen in the unnecessary deaths this will lead to.

'I don't know if CDC will survive, to be quite frank': Former CDC officials describe the disintegration of the agency under RFK atomonews.page.link/KaC7ae6pFqdZ...
'I don't know if CDC will survive, to be quite frank': Former CDC officials describe the disintegration of the agency under RFK
Three former CDC officials share their experiences at the agency leading up to their resignations.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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I think this rises to the level of voluntary manslaughter.

In Texas, Tierra Walker Wasn’t Offered an Abortion Before a High-risk Pregnancy Killed Her %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%%
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“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Repost: Beyond all the disgusting sex aspects of the Jeffrey Epstein story lies a great deal of suspicious money shuffling.

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Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb
Ron Wyden has some ideas for Pam Bondi to pursue—if, that is, she’s genuinely interested in getting to the bottom of the Epstein scandal.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Everything is always fine until they come knocking for you.

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People Have No Sympathy For This Trump Supporter Who Blames The Government For Killing Their Family's Livelihood - NewsBreak
"they truly don’t care unless it’s happening to them personally."
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November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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I know this is very Dark Side of me, but minus the fire and brimstone, it feels like we are pretty much there.
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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First the illegal arrests and now talk of taking control of our vote.

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Trump Considers National Emergency Over State Elections - NewsBreak
President Donald Trump and his advisers have drawn renewed criticism amid reports indicating that they have discussed using emergency powers to expand fede
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November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The first step towards a world in which dissent means "They are coming for you."

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First, the 'Emergency.' Then, the Abuse of Power. - Center for Progressive Reform
The Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-7) on Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence released last week pushed the United States one step closer to a country where the right of freed...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Those eight Democratic idiots trusted the Republicans and as usual got screwed. Unfortunately so did all the needful people on SNAP.

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Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
Food aid recipients are already required to recertify their information regularly. But the move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the program.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM