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M.B.A. Retired Boomer grandma. Recently moved to Cleveland area. Happy traveler and history buff. Bereaved Mom/Shining Light Parent. Intuitive. Writer.
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⚡️ 4 months after striking Chornobyl, Russia warns Israeli attacks on Iran risk nuclear 'catastrophe.'

Russia has also intensified strikes near other nuclear facilities in Ukraine.
4 months after striking Chornobyl, Russia warns Israeli attacks on Iran risk nuclear 'catastrophe'
Russia on June 18 warned the world is "millimetres away from catastrophe" due to Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear infrastructure, just four months after one of its own drones struck the Chornobyl nuc...
kyivindependent.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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She can win in a ruby red district, but she'll get creamed state-wide.
May 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Civics 101.
April 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.

Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Wtf is wrong with these people?
Today at least two judges were arrested for acts that are not criminally illegal and a two year old U.S. citizen was kidnapped and shipped to Honduras by ICE, who called it a "deportation."

Are we great again yet?
April 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Virginia Giuffre, the prominent survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, has died by suicide.

Giuffre, 41, died in Neergabby, Australia, where she had been living.

Giuffre was one of the earliest and loudest voices calling for criminal charges against Epstein. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide
Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.
www.nbcnews.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Every day I discover a brand new reason to hate this motherfucker
During remarks to FDA employees today, RFK Jr touted his work for the Special Olympics but shocked several FDA employees when he said he spent 200 hours in high school working with “the retarded.”
RFK Jr. says Deep State ‘is real,’ references past work with ‘the r------d’ in speech to FDA staff
The HHS secretary’s remarks shocked staffers at the Food and Drug Administration, prompting some of them to walk out.
www.politico.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
April 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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•••••BREAKING•••••

4) Trump threatens Iran with bombing.

Trump declares “there will be bombing” if Iran doesn’t agree to a nuclear peace deal.

"If they don't make a deal there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before,"
March 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Something special is happening, people. Ignore it or downplay it at your own peril…
March 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Haven't checked in here for a while, dealing with some health issues. I've made a commitment to limit my time on social. My mental health is riding a thin line.
March 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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“France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.” He had been traveling to a conference near Houston, TX. 3/19/25
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Undocumented immigrants pay nearly $100B in taxes and receive no benefits or representation. Trump is about to explode the deficit by using the SSA to find and deport them. www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/20...
IRS nears deal with ICE to share addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants
The move toward information-sharing comes as President Donald Trump pushes his administration to use every resource to conduct what he hopes will be the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S. ...
www.washingtonpost.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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They installed the TV...

At his request...

So he can play video games...

In his office...

In the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
March 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I love NYC.
Times Square, NYC
March 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Fuck Rubio. Fuck Trump. Fuck Vance. You have all iolated us from the rest of the world. You have destroyed our standing as a beacon of hope. Fuck you.
March 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I'm trying to keep my rage under control, as well as my deep shame for all of us here in the U.S. In all of my years, I never expected to see a flatulent, severely orange pos bully another world leader. I'm disgusted.Trying not to rage post about people who voted for this bloviated toddler in chief.
March 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
My hero.
Indeed I do. Anyone who stands up to a bully is a hero of mine.
March 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Resisting the urge to rage tweet. I'm vacillating between severe anger and shame at what we saw today. The time to DO SOMETHING is today. "BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY'. The Felon's loyalty is to Putin, who is likely enjoying a split.of champagne.
March 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
You can survive a day. Just do it.
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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This doesn’t exist and will literally save $0
February 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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If you want to imagine the future, imagine a slur in Impact font, forever
This is real.

And I have never seen the competence, morals, standards and communication strategy of any government collapse so fast.
February 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM