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Dancing my way through the apocalypse. Gen X white guy. Voting blue up and down ballot since ‘92. We are all stars. Fan of hand-marked paper ballots, Wonkette, and the bands Metric and Garbage. Snarky af. MN-->WI-->AZ.
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Welch: I have a question. How do you guys constantly defend the biggest whining titty baby…
May 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Scores of staffers at the White House National Security Council have been abruptly dismissed as part of a sweeping overhaul that slashes the staff from over 300 to just 50. The move shifts the NSC’s role from policymaking to simply carrying out the president’s directives.
May 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Scores of staffers at the White House National Security Council have been abruptly dismissed as part of a sweeping overhaul that slashes the staff from over 300 to just 50. The move shifts the NSC’s role from policymaking to simply carrying out the president’s directives.
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UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money.
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
May 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money.
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump refers to President Biden’s cancer diagnosis as “Stage 9.” Not once, but twice, Trump erroneously and absurdly labeled Biden’s cancer as “Stage 9.”
President Biden has been diagnosed with Stage 4 (metastatic) prostate cancer — and there is absolutely NO SUCH THING as a “Stage 9”…
President Biden has been diagnosed with Stage 4 (metastatic) prostate cancer — and there is absolutely NO SUCH THING as a “Stage 9”…
May 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Trump refers to President Biden’s cancer diagnosis as “Stage 9.” Not once, but twice, Trump erroneously and absurdly labeled Biden’s cancer as “Stage 9.”
President Biden has been diagnosed with Stage 4 (metastatic) prostate cancer — and there is absolutely NO SUCH THING as a “Stage 9”…
President Biden has been diagnosed with Stage 4 (metastatic) prostate cancer — and there is absolutely NO SUCH THING as a “Stage 9”…
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This is utter nonsense
Medicaid is a needs based program
If any American doesn’t have sufficient resources, they qualify-even if they’re working
So if Mike Johnson wants to remove employed, “able bodied young men” from Medicaid, there’s a simple fix
Raise the minimum wage
But of course-he won’t
Medicaid is a needs based program
If any American doesn’t have sufficient resources, they qualify-even if they’re working
So if Mike Johnson wants to remove employed, “able bodied young men” from Medicaid, there’s a simple fix
Raise the minimum wage
But of course-he won’t
Mike Johnson: "Medicaid is intended, remember, as a safety net for young pregnant mothers and the elderly and disabled and vulnerable populations, not for young able-bodied men without dependents. Those are the kinds of people we're taking off the program."
May 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This is utter nonsense
Medicaid is a needs based program
If any American doesn’t have sufficient resources, they qualify-even if they’re working
So if Mike Johnson wants to remove employed, “able bodied young men” from Medicaid, there’s a simple fix
Raise the minimum wage
But of course-he won’t
Medicaid is a needs based program
If any American doesn’t have sufficient resources, they qualify-even if they’re working
So if Mike Johnson wants to remove employed, “able bodied young men” from Medicaid, there’s a simple fix
Raise the minimum wage
But of course-he won’t
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Russia keeps killing civilians, and our official policy, sadly, is to blame the Ukrainian victims. The US could act to stop this, but we seem to lack both empathy and strategy. Good reporting here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...
A Russian Missile Blew Apart These Kyiv Apartments, and a Decades-Old Community
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Russia keeps killing civilians, and our official policy, sadly, is to blame the Ukrainian victims. The US could act to stop this, but we seem to lack both empathy and strategy. Good reporting here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...
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Father of Daisy, the second girl to die from measles in Texas, tells Kennedy-founded anti-vaccine group, Children's Health Defense, that he doesn't regret not getting her vaccinated, and won't vaccinate any future children. CHD turns it into propaganda.
April 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Father of Daisy, the second girl to die from measles in Texas, tells Kennedy-founded anti-vaccine group, Children's Health Defense, that he doesn't regret not getting her vaccinated, and won't vaccinate any future children. CHD turns it into propaganda.
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COLLINS: Can President Bukele weigh in on this? Do you plan to return Garcia?
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
April 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
COLLINS: Can President Bukele weigh in on this? Do you plan to return Garcia?
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
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Goldberg on Waltz: "This isn't The Matrix. Phone numbers don't just get sucked into other phones. I don't know what he's talking about ... my phone number was in his phone because my phone number was in his phone. He's telling everyone that he's never met me or spoken to me. That's simply not true."
March 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Goldberg on Waltz: "This isn't The Matrix. Phone numbers don't just get sucked into other phones. I don't know what he's talking about ... my phone number was in his phone because my phone number was in his phone. He's telling everyone that he's never met me or spoken to me. That's simply not true."
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The reason that the US is locking up tourists for weeks in hellish detention centers rather than letting them book tickets back home is because the detention centers are owned by corporations. They are charging the taxpayers fortunes to cage these people, and making bonanzas off their suffering.
March 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The reason that the US is locking up tourists for weeks in hellish detention centers rather than letting them book tickets back home is because the detention centers are owned by corporations. They are charging the taxpayers fortunes to cage these people, and making bonanzas off their suffering.
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President Donald Trump said he doesn’t care if automakers hike prices because of his tariffs. In fact, he encouraged them to: cnn.it/4hWQzMR
Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if auto prices rise because of tariffs | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said Saturday he doesn’t care if automakers hike prices because of his tariffs. In fact, he encouraged them to.
cnn.it
March 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
President Donald Trump said he doesn’t care if automakers hike prices because of his tariffs. In fact, he encouraged them to: cnn.it/4hWQzMR
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I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
March 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
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Urgent: Illegal Activity Underway
Many undocumented immigrants file tax returns with the IRS, providing details about their residences, families, employers, and earnings. The IRS has historically encouraged tax compliance by issuing ITINs to those without Social Security numbers.
Many undocumented immigrants file tax returns with the IRS, providing details about their residences, families, employers, and earnings. The IRS has historically encouraged tax compliance by issuing ITINs to those without Social Security numbers.
March 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Urgent: Illegal Activity Underway
Many undocumented immigrants file tax returns with the IRS, providing details about their residences, families, employers, and earnings. The IRS has historically encouraged tax compliance by issuing ITINs to those without Social Security numbers.
Many undocumented immigrants file tax returns with the IRS, providing details about their residences, families, employers, and earnings. The IRS has historically encouraged tax compliance by issuing ITINs to those without Social Security numbers.
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It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
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Former US attorney for Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber found dead at 43
Jessica Aber, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), was found dead Saturday morning, the Alexandria Police Department said. She was 43 years old. The cause and circumstance...
www.nbcwashington.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
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“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
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Removing the flags of Arizona’s 22 sovereign Tribal nations from the Phoenix VA is an insult to Native veterans.
Secretary Doug Collins must make this right.
Secretary Doug Collins must make this right.
March 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Removing the flags of Arizona’s 22 sovereign Tribal nations from the Phoenix VA is an insult to Native veterans.
Secretary Doug Collins must make this right.
Secretary Doug Collins must make this right.
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“We are witnessing a constitutional system on the brink.” Ruth Marcus writes about the Trump Administration’s flagrant violation of a federal judge’s order to stop the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants.
The Trump Administration Nears Open Defiance of the Courts
In its conflict with a federal judge, the Justice Department claims to be complying with his orders while provoking a constitutional crisis.
www.newyorker.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“We are witnessing a constitutional system on the brink.” Ruth Marcus writes about the Trump Administration’s flagrant violation of a federal judge’s order to stop the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants.
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NEW: After Trump order, DOGE descends upon the Institute of Museum and Library Services
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After Trump order, DOGE descends upon the Institute of Museum and Library Services
A visit from DOGE staffers this afternoon at the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the bedrock of federal support for the nation's museums and
www.nbcnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
NEW: After Trump order, DOGE descends upon the Institute of Museum and Library Services
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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More explosions in Kyiv, ceasefire going expeditiously
March 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Send to every veteran & service personnel you know
Are they OK with this?
No?
What are you going to do about
All members of US Military take an oath to preserve, protect & defend the US Constitution
They must refuse any & all illegal orders that violate that oath
#ImpeachTrump
#DeportMusk
Are they OK with this?
No?
What are you going to do about
All members of US Military take an oath to preserve, protect & defend the US Constitution
They must refuse any & all illegal orders that violate that oath
#ImpeachTrump
#DeportMusk
March 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Send to every veteran & service personnel you know
Are they OK with this?
No?
What are you going to do about
All members of US Military take an oath to preserve, protect & defend the US Constitution
They must refuse any & all illegal orders that violate that oath
#ImpeachTrump
#DeportMusk
Are they OK with this?
No?
What are you going to do about
All members of US Military take an oath to preserve, protect & defend the US Constitution
They must refuse any & all illegal orders that violate that oath
#ImpeachTrump
#DeportMusk
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ICYMI:
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
ICYMI:
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
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Destruction of Ukraine dam caused ‘toxic timebomb’ of heavy metals, study finds
Destruction of Ukraine dam caused ‘toxic timebomb’ of heavy metals, study finds
Researchers say environmental impact from Kakhovka dam explosion comparable to Chornobyl nuclear disaster
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Destruction of Ukraine dam caused ‘toxic timebomb’ of heavy metals, study finds
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March 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM