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The "Big Beautiful Bill" is not something that is going to help the average citizen. In fact, it's not a bill. It's a very large invoice. What a sham!
July 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The "Big Beautiful Bill" is not something that is going to help the average citizen. In fact, it's not a bill. It's a very large invoice. What a sham!
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This. 1000x this.
Reminder: the Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen posts are just to distract from the Qatari "gift" or the fact that he's trying to rip Medicare and Medicaid from millions of Americans right now.
May 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This. 1000x this.
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If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
www.newsobserver.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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March 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections. While the courts can stand in the way of his twisted vision for America, they can never completely halt it. Trump knows this. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Latest Executive Order is a Sham—and a Warning
From Marc | The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections.
www.democracydocket.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections. While the courts can stand in the way of his twisted vision for America, they can never completely halt it. Trump knows this. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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March 12, 2025:
March 12, 2025
Trump’s 25% tariffs on all aluminum and steel imported into the U.S.
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March 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
March 12, 2025:
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Can we get some love going for the Iowa Capitol protesters!! 💙🤍❤️🩹 #PeoplesMovement #Iowa
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LIVE: Outside Iowa Capitol as lawmakers hold hearing on bill removing gender identity protections
YouTube video by Associated Press
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February 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Can we get some love going for the Iowa Capitol protesters!! 💙🤍❤️🩹 #PeoplesMovement #Iowa
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Though many claim to embrace both the Golden Rule and Jesus' command to love others as they love themselves, an army of self-identified faith-filled Americans seem incapable of asking a seemingly elemental question:
"What is it like to be someone else?"
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/is-america...
"What is it like to be someone else?"
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Is America Becoming a Post-Empathy Nation?
Lately, I’ve been wondering if we’ve reached a critical mass of cruel people here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Though many claim to embrace both the Golden Rule and Jesus' command to love others as they love themselves, an army of self-identified faith-filled Americans seem incapable of asking a seemingly elemental question:
"What is it like to be someone else?"
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/is-america...
"What is it like to be someone else?"
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/is-america...
Heather’s daily letters are invaluable - now more than ever.
February 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Heather’s daily letters are invaluable - now more than ever.
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February 21, 2025
February 21, 2025
In an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) yesterday, billionaire Elon Musk seemed to be having difficulty speaking.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:23 AM
February 21, 2025
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“When Brian Gibbs woke up on Valentine's Day.. it was just another morning of getting to do what he loved at his dream job as an education park ranger at Effigy Mounds Natl Monument in Iowa. By that afternoon the father & husband said he was absolutely heartbroken”
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National Park ranger fired from "dream job" on Valentine's Day pens emotional viral letter: "Things are not ok"
"I am the defender of your public lands and waters ... I am the highlight of your child's school day ... I am tired of waking up every morning at 2am wondering how I am going to provide for my family ...
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February 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“When Brian Gibbs woke up on Valentine's Day.. it was just another morning of getting to do what he loved at his dream job as an education park ranger at Effigy Mounds Natl Monument in Iowa. By that afternoon the father & husband said he was absolutely heartbroken”
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February 17, 2025
February 17, 2025
Today is Presidents Day, a somewhat vague holiday placed in 1968 on the third Monday in February, near the date of George Washington’s birthday on February 22, 1732, but also traditionally including A...
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February 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
February 17, 2025
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ALERT TO FEDERAL WORKERS: The Thursday “deadline” set by Musk isn’t a thing. Congress hasn’t appropriated the funds to pay you what he promised should you resign by today — nor has Congress authorized anyone to threaten you with losing anything for staying on.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
DOGE broadens sweep of federal agencies, gains access to health payment systems
Associates of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have fanned out across the federal government in recent days, alarming some career employees.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
ALERT TO FEDERAL WORKERS: The Thursday “deadline” set by Musk isn’t a thing. Congress hasn’t appropriated the funds to pay you what he promised should you resign by today — nor has Congress authorized anyone to threaten you with losing anything for staying on.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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February 4, 2025:
February 4, 2025
Shortly after 1:00 this morning, Vittoria Elliott, Dhruv Mehrotra, Leah Feiger, and Tim Marchman of Wired reported that, according to three of their sources, “[a] 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez...
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February 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
February 4, 2025:
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Pete Buttigieg responds to Trump:
January 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Pete Buttigieg responds to Trump:
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Hot tip for the next two years: a Republican bill does the opposite of what it’s called.
A GOP bill defunding schools that mandate vaccines would be called the “Protect our Schools Act.”
A GOP bill raising the retirement age for social security would be called the “Retire With Dignity Act.”
A GOP bill defunding schools that mandate vaccines would be called the “Protect our Schools Act.”
A GOP bill raising the retirement age for social security would be called the “Retire With Dignity Act.”
January 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Hot tip for the next two years: a Republican bill does the opposite of what it’s called.
A GOP bill defunding schools that mandate vaccines would be called the “Protect our Schools Act.”
A GOP bill raising the retirement age for social security would be called the “Retire With Dignity Act.”
A GOP bill defunding schools that mandate vaccines would be called the “Protect our Schools Act.”
A GOP bill raising the retirement age for social security would be called the “Retire With Dignity Act.”
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Never let anyone forget - Trump was NOT elected by a majority of the American people.
𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟵𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
That's why Trump won.
𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟵𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
That's why Trump won.
January 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Never let anyone forget - Trump was NOT elected by a majority of the American people.
𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟵𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
That's why Trump won.
𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟵𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
That's why Trump won.
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Letters from an American
December 23, 2024
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Dec 24, 2024
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December 23, 2024
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Dec 24, 2024
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![In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon’s team worried that the Republican Party would hemorrhage voters in the upcoming midterm elections. That spring, Nixon announced that rather than ending the Vietnam War, he had sent ground troops into Vietnam’s neighbor Cambodia. In the protests that followed, members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd at Kent State University, killing four protesters. Nixon’s clumsy suggestion that the protesters were responsible for the shooting began to turn middle-class white Americans, his key demographic, against him.
So Nixon’s advisors turned to a strategy they called “positive polarization.” They believed that dividing the country was a positive development because it stoked the anger they needed to get their voters to turn out. They deliberately turned against what they called “the media, the left, [and] the liberal academic community,” drawing voters to Nixon by accusing their opponents of being lazy, dangerous, and anti-American.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gph7oe57wbgb4cymr2iv276y/bafkreicxfxkeilqfkc6jzqza7ulxghostckihcwcemhmwtr3tscr2zpgpe@jpeg)
December 24, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Letters from an American
December 23, 2024
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Dec 24, 2024
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December 23, 2024
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Dec 24, 2024
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It's the loneliest time of year... don't lose hope - someone is always ready to listen.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
December 24, 2024 at 5:44 PM
It's the loneliest time of year... don't lose hope - someone is always ready to listen.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
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In case you’re feeling down, remember that 7/10 eligible voters didn’t vote for him. So there’s that.
December 6, 2024 at 11:12 PM
In case you’re feeling down, remember that 7/10 eligible voters didn’t vote for him. So there’s that.