TJ Brown
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Military Veteran - 1SG/MSG, Intel/OpSec/OC-T/EMT/CBM/91W; Photographer/Graphic Designer/Writer/Reader/Thinker/Activist/Volunteer/Pragmatist/Humanist/Humorist
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Just because we’ve written [the laws] down doesn’t mean that we can’t aspire to make things better.” Harvard law professor and staff writer at The New Yorker, Jill Lepore, joins Jon Stewart to discuss her new bestselling book, “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Just because we’ve written [the laws] down doesn’t mean that we can’t aspire to make things better.” Harvard law professor and staff writer at The New Yorker, Jill Lepore, joins Jon Stewart to discuss her new bestselling book, “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.
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We the People, Jill Lepore.
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We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore - Books on Google Play
We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution - Ebook written by Jill Lepore. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, ...
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October 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We the People, Jill Lepore.
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DJT: "Get off my lawn!"
September 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
DJT: "Get off my lawn!"
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The military isn’t being employed to carry out an immigration policy.
The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
June 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The military isn’t being employed to carry out an immigration policy.
The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
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ICE crossed a line in LA
June 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
ICE crossed a line in LA
This is one of the reasons I'm not one of the multitude wishing for a Magical Cheeseburger Incident.
Because I know without a doubt how much worse J.D. Vance would be. Far more extreme ideologically, yet much better at maintaining a veneer of normalcy...
Because I know without a doubt how much worse J.D. Vance would be. Far more extreme ideologically, yet much better at maintaining a veneer of normalcy...
“Social solidarity is destroyed when you have too much migration too quickly,” JD Vance tells our columnist Ross Douthat in this episode of “Interesting Times.” “That’s not because I hate the migrants or I’m motivated by grievance. That’s because I’m trying to preserve something in my own country.”
Opinion | JD Vance on His Faith and Trump’s Most Controversial Policies
The vice president joins Ross Douthat in Rome to discuss immigration, trade and the new pope.
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May 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is one of the reasons I'm not one of the multitude wishing for a Magical Cheeseburger Incident.
Because I know without a doubt how much worse J.D. Vance would be. Far more extreme ideologically, yet much better at maintaining a veneer of normalcy...
Because I know without a doubt how much worse J.D. Vance would be. Far more extreme ideologically, yet much better at maintaining a veneer of normalcy...
Unfortunately, there's no immunization that cures a lack of integrity...
Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba:
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
May 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Unfortunately, there's no immunization that cures a lack of integrity...
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A president who has the power to send an innocent human being to a foreign concentration camp, but claims he lacks the power to bring them back, is committing the crime of false imprisonment.
April 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A president who has the power to send an innocent human being to a foreign concentration camp, but claims he lacks the power to bring them back, is committing the crime of false imprisonment.
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April 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Federal workers: We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your confidentiality extremely seriously.
To collect tips, we use encrypted forms and apps, so messages cannot be read by anybody other than you and ProPublica.
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To collect tips, we use encrypted forms and apps, so messages cannot be read by anybody other than you and ProPublica.
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It seems like every day we are focusing on what is happening to democracy in court. The best way to stay informed is to subscribe to Democracy Docket. Always fearlessly independent with no corporate overlords. It will not bow down. It will never obey. newsletters.democracydocket.com/all-newslett...
April 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
It seems like every day we are focusing on what is happening to democracy in court. The best way to stay informed is to subscribe to Democracy Docket. Always fearlessly independent with no corporate overlords. It will not bow down. It will never obey. newsletters.democracydocket.com/all-newslett...
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
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Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
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Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
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February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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A bit in the weeds but people should be thinking about this. Civil Service law is complicated. And there's an exception to almost every rule somewhere in the govt. But in most cases the following is true. Probationary employees include those in their first year of service and those who have ...
February 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A bit in the weeds but people should be thinking about this. Civil Service law is complicated. And there's an exception to almost every rule somewhere in the govt. But in most cases the following is true. Probationary employees include those in their first year of service and those who have ...
THIS......👇🏼
January 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
THIS......👇🏼
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Crazy to think that just 4 years ago Amanda Gorman read The Hill We Climb
January 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Crazy to think that just 4 years ago Amanda Gorman read The Hill We Climb
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You are here:
January 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
You are here:
Yes. I definitely agree. The first crime should be "on" Trump.
As in perpetrated...
As in perpetrated...
Pretty risky letting violent felons out of prison. First crime any commits is on Trump.
January 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yes. I definitely agree. The first crime should be "on" Trump.
As in perpetrated...
As in perpetrated...
I'm praying she borrowed that hat from Topjob of James Bond fame.
Hopefully, it caused a deep severe laceration...
Hopefully, it caused a deep severe laceration...
January 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I'm praying she borrowed that hat from Topjob of James Bond fame.
Hopefully, it caused a deep severe laceration...
Hopefully, it caused a deep severe laceration...
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January 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Dear Chuck,
Are you currently living on the same fucking planet I'm living on right now?
Just curious....
Thanks.
TJ
Are you currently living on the same fucking planet I'm living on right now?
Just curious....
Thanks.
TJ
It is time to look to the future.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
January 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Dear Chuck,
Are you currently living on the same fucking planet I'm living on right now?
Just curious....
Thanks.
TJ
Are you currently living on the same fucking planet I'm living on right now?
Just curious....
Thanks.
TJ
Damn skippy!!!
January 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Damn skippy!!!
Well played Denmark. Well played...
I’m with Denmark.
I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣
December 29, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Well played Denmark. Well played...
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Continued from Original post free/low cost healthcare in South Carolina.
Free/ low cost specialty services or assistance in South Carolina.
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A Statewide Program Providing Colorectal Cancer Screening to the Uninsured of South Carolina
Cancer screening rates are lowest in those without insurance or a regular provider. Since 2008, the Colorectal Cancer Prevention Network (CCPN) has provided open-access colonoscopy to uninsured South ...
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December 27, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Continued from Original post free/low cost healthcare in South Carolina.
Free/ low cost specialty services or assistance in South Carolina.
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Free/ low cost specialty services or assistance in South Carolina.
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