Stephanie
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Stephanie
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Grouchy crone.
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April 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."
April 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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“That’s not waste…that’s America.”
April 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Love this!!
The indie bookstore around the corner had this sign. So I went inside and bought 2 books from the banned book section. Support local small businesses. Read banned books. Drink your Ovaltine.
April 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Hey I (and Jose Andres and Gloria Steinem and Amy Tan) are among the new members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences). I believe induction into this august institution is a sign that you are definitely not young, among other things. www.amacad.org/news/new-mem...
Honoring Excellence, Announcing New Members: Academy 2025 Election
The Academy's first new members were elected in 1781 and today the Academy announced the members elected in 2025. The individuals elected were recognized for excellence in various fields and professio...
www.amacad.org
April 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Finland just seems to get it right - education, housing. #TaxTheRich #ClassWar
April 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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So, umm, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to take the weekend host of Fox & Friends and make him the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America?
April 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Pete Hegseth is a pretty despicable human being, on top of the other, many deficits he brought to the Pentagon

But you should be even madder at the 50 senators who knew Hegseth was an alcoholic, a serial abuser of women, and a poser massively unqualified for the post and yet voted for him anyway
April 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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🧵What’s going on with Title X family planning funds — and why everyone should care:

TL;DR: The Trump administration froze $65M in funds that were used for birth control, STI tests, & cancer screenings (funds do not cover abortions) for low-income patients. It’s a public health disaster.
April 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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April 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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They won’t fire Hegseth unless and until they can find someone equally suited to the project of destroying American institutions and endangering American lives.
April 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.

He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.

He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.

He’s defying the Supreme Court.

Don’t you see what’s happening here?
April 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
April 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Thurmond was the same age as Booker when he set the record.Thurmond was allowed a restroom break. He read from the encyclopedia. Booker held the floor the entire time. Thurmond did it to to block the Civil Rights Act. Booker did it to call out injustice with nothing but a bible verse in his pocket.
April 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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I think this sign should be outside every business 🩵🏳️‍⚧️
March 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
So true.
This administration: No regulations anymore! Businesses can do whatever tf they want! Free market, baby!

Also this administration: Not you, universities. We need to double-check your syllabus for 20th Century American History
March 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Democrat Connecticut Representative John Larson. A new hero for Democracy – worldwide.
March 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Rep John Larson - Connecticut:
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Blood Worm Moon as seen with my iPhone at my fishcamp at the edge of the sea in Southeast Alaska.

#Wrangell #AlaskaSky #AlaskaBlueSky #Alaska #BloodWormMoon #lunareclipse
March 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Don’t negotiate with terrorists. Don’t assist authoritarians in their destruction. Don’t vote yes to help the Trump-Musk party dismantle America.
March 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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March 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Chuck Schumer and other Democratic Senators who collaborated with the Republicans have failed to grasp the existential danger facing our country. They are not the solution, people. It’s up to us.
March 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM