Sonika S, AICP
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Mom, transportation professional & enthusiast, concerned citizen
Filmmaker Ken Burns: Public broadcasting is a 'purely American expression' one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5471...
🔊 Listen Now: Filmmaker Ken Burns: Public broadcasting is a 'purely American expression'
Morning Edition on NPR One | 7:27
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July 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Filmmaker Ken Burns: Public broadcasting is a 'purely American expression' one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5471...
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Trump’s “brilliant” #Iran strike is already falling apart. $6 billion in bombs dropped, stockpiles quietly moved, and now Trump is begging Xi to keep the oil flowing. The U.S. isn’t leading, it’s doing #Netanyahu’s muscle work. New piece up. #kakistocracy
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Operation Midnight Hammer: The $6 Billion Empty Hole
As Trump’s cartoonish Iran strike unravels, America stumbles from world leader to Netanyahu’s punch-drunk bouncer, while Xi Jinping waits for his next desperate phone call.
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June 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Trump’s “brilliant” #Iran strike is already falling apart. $6 billion in bombs dropped, stockpiles quietly moved, and now Trump is begging Xi to keep the oil flowing. The U.S. isn’t leading, it’s doing #Netanyahu’s muscle work. New piece up. #kakistocracy
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May 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
April 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
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The economy is crashing. Americans are watching their 401Ks turn into 201Ks. Grocery prices are through the roof. And what’s Donald Trump doing? Golfing.
Mr. President, get your ass off the golf course and face the people! #Handsoff
Mr. President, get your ass off the golf course and face the people! #Handsoff
April 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The economy is crashing. Americans are watching their 401Ks turn into 201Ks. Grocery prices are through the roof. And what’s Donald Trump doing? Golfing.
Mr. President, get your ass off the golf course and face the people! #Handsoff
Mr. President, get your ass off the golf course and face the people! #Handsoff
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I called my senators today and told them I want Cory Booker to be the senate minority leader.
We can’t hold hearings. We don’t have subpoena power. We can’t pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.
We can’t hold hearings. We don’t have subpoena power. We can’t pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.
April 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I called my senators today and told them I want Cory Booker to be the senate minority leader.
We can’t hold hearings. We don’t have subpoena power. We can’t pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.
We can’t hold hearings. We don’t have subpoena power. We can’t pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.
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We will not be distracted.
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We will not be distracted.
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
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“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
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Pilot to Hegseth: "You’re going to kill somebody.”
For the safety of our troops, Hegseth has got to go.
For the safety of our troops, Hegseth has got to go.
March 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Pilot to Hegseth: "You’re going to kill somebody.”
For the safety of our troops, Hegseth has got to go.
For the safety of our troops, Hegseth has got to go.
So after Signalgate dwarfing “her emails!” there is the Lithuania f*** up Deja vuing Benghazi. “Karma is a cat… flexing like a goddam acrobat”
March 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
So after Signalgate dwarfing “her emails!” there is the Lithuania f*** up Deja vuing Benghazi. “Karma is a cat… flexing like a goddam acrobat”
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OSSOFF: Director Ratcliffe, this was a huge mistake, correct?
RATLIFFE: No
OSSOFF: This is an embarrassment
RATLIFFE: No
OSSOFF: This is an embarrassment
March 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
OSSOFF: Director Ratcliffe, this was a huge mistake, correct?
RATLIFFE: No
OSSOFF: This is an embarrassment
RATLIFFE: No
OSSOFF: This is an embarrassment
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Collins: Do you think someone should be fired over this?
Buttigieg: Absolutely… if there’s not accountability for a screw up like this, especially from a president who used to fire people on television for sport, what are we even doing here..
Buttigieg: Absolutely… if there’s not accountability for a screw up like this, especially from a president who used to fire people on television for sport, what are we even doing here..
March 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Collins: Do you think someone should be fired over this?
Buttigieg: Absolutely… if there’s not accountability for a screw up like this, especially from a president who used to fire people on television for sport, what are we even doing here..
Buttigieg: Absolutely… if there’s not accountability for a screw up like this, especially from a president who used to fire people on television for sport, what are we even doing here..
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March 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
Need this rage.. 24x7 and 300 million strong..
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Rep. Larson BLASTS The GOP For Blocking Elon Musk From Testifying
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March 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Need this rage.. 24x7 and 300 million strong..
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I met with General Carignan today, Chief of Defence Staff, about the hard work ahead to make Canada secure.
Together as Canadians, we’re going to meet our 2% NATO spending target by 2030, modernize NORAD, strengthen our Arctic presence, and ensure we build a strong, resilient Canada.
Together as Canadians, we’re going to meet our 2% NATO spending target by 2030, modernize NORAD, strengthen our Arctic presence, and ensure we build a strong, resilient Canada.
March 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I met with General Carignan today, Chief of Defence Staff, about the hard work ahead to make Canada secure.
Together as Canadians, we’re going to meet our 2% NATO spending target by 2030, modernize NORAD, strengthen our Arctic presence, and ensure we build a strong, resilient Canada.
Together as Canadians, we’re going to meet our 2% NATO spending target by 2030, modernize NORAD, strengthen our Arctic presence, and ensure we build a strong, resilient Canada.
President Trump’s Ukraine envoy Gen. Kellogg justified suspending military aid and intel to Ukraine by comparing it to “hitting a mule with a 2x4 across the nose. You got their attention.”
51 shades of .. don’t even have words for it!
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51 shades of .. don’t even have words for it!
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Keith Kellogg: Trump’s Ukraine envoy says Kyiv brought the pause in US intelligence sharing ‘on themselves’ | CNN Politics
The Trump administration’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia said Thursday that Ukraine “brought it on themselves” in regard to the cutoff of intelligence sharing from the US.
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March 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
President Trump’s Ukraine envoy Gen. Kellogg justified suspending military aid and intel to Ukraine by comparing it to “hitting a mule with a 2x4 across the nose. You got their attention.”
51 shades of .. don’t even have words for it!
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51 shades of .. don’t even have words for it!
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American presidents don’t even joke about this. Just because he’s petty doesn’t mean this isn’t dangerous.
February 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
American presidents don’t even joke about this. Just because he’s petty doesn’t mean this isn’t dangerous.
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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Department of Education is next. How will they fare with the weight of so much awful karma? .. the people and families who lose jobs, the kids and families who not have no recourse to receive public services and justice www.propublica.org/article/depa...
“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and ...
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February 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Department of Education is next. How will they fare with the weight of so much awful karma? .. the people and families who lose jobs, the kids and families who not have no recourse to receive public services and justice www.propublica.org/article/depa...
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There's an incredible Congressional tone deafness to the moment that we're in. We've got agencies being dismantled by an unelected billionaire and a guy named Big Balls. Meanwhile, Congress is raking leaves as a forest fire roars behind us.
February 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
There's an incredible Congressional tone deafness to the moment that we're in. We've got agencies being dismantled by an unelected billionaire and a guy named Big Balls. Meanwhile, Congress is raking leaves as a forest fire roars behind us.