JJ
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Raised by Rosevelt Democrats, Air Force Vet, father of two sons grandfather of three. Cat dad of two. Hobby of building models. Retired, divorced once and widowed.
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If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
'A very small man': Conservative lays waste to Trump's 'immense insecurity'
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'A very small man': Conservative lays waste to Trump's 'immense insecurity'
Republican pundit S.E. Cupp ragged President Donald Trump’s constant need for adulation and compliments.“There were some big tests [in Washington — one of them, loyalty,” reported “Table for Five” hos...
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December 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
'A very small man': Conservative lays waste to Trump's 'immense insecurity'
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'Give Republicans a taste': Legal experts propose next Democratic president's Day 1 agenda
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'Give Republicans a taste': Legal experts propose next Democratic president's Day 1 agenda
The first year of President Donald Trump's second term has been rife with examples of the president doing something previously believed to be illegal until it was eventually upheld by the Supreme Cour...
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December 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
'Give Republicans a taste': Legal experts propose next Democratic president's Day 1 agenda
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Thiel’s company already integrates Pentagon and ICE data. Under Vance, Palantir would stitch together tax, health, and benefits files into a Unified Citizen Record. Every American’s information income, prescriptions, social media handles -accessible in one dashboard. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
JD Vance: The Groomed Successor
Here’s how a calm, well-spoken VP is poised to finish what Trump started. The biggest threat to American democracy isn’t always loud and obvious. Sometimes, it’s quietly engineered - planned for years...
www.dailykos.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thiel’s company already integrates Pentagon and ICE data. Under Vance, Palantir would stitch together tax, health, and benefits files into a Unified Citizen Record. Every American’s information income, prescriptions, social media handles -accessible in one dashboard. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) has become a symbol of Christmas and Ukraine’s culture all around the world.
📹 In Ukraine/Facebook
📹 In Ukraine/Facebook
December 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) has become a symbol of Christmas and Ukraine’s culture all around the world.
📹 In Ukraine/Facebook
📹 In Ukraine/Facebook
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This is what Ukraine is fighting for.
Life. Dignity. The right to exist without fear.
That’s the whole point.
Life. Dignity. The right to exist without fear.
That’s the whole point.
December 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This is what Ukraine is fighting for.
Life. Dignity. The right to exist without fear.
That’s the whole point.
Life. Dignity. The right to exist without fear.
That’s the whole point.
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Carols in the Kyiv metro.
Sending you a bit of Christmas spirit from Ukraine.
Sending you a bit of Christmas spirit from Ukraine.
December 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Carols in the Kyiv metro.
Sending you a bit of Christmas spirit from Ukraine.
Sending you a bit of Christmas spirit from Ukraine.
Newly released Epstein file links Trump to murdered newborn baby dumped in Lake Michigan
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Newly released Epstein file links Trump to murdered newborn baby dumped in Lake Michigan
Donald Trump's name appears on a newly released Epstein file in which a purported victim makes allegations about a newborn baby being murdered and dumped in Lake Michigan.The Justice Department releas...
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December 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Newly released Epstein file links Trump to murdered newborn baby dumped in Lake Michigan
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Trump wants his name on new fleet of battleships that would have 'zero tactical use'
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Trump wants his name on new fleet of battleships that would have 'zero tactical use'
President Donald Trump's ongoing efforts to cement his legacy by adding his name to U.S. government property has now spread to the Navy, according to a new report.According to a Monday article in the ...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Trump wants his name on new fleet of battleships that would have 'zero tactical use'
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"Imam Fouad’s death is not an isolated tragedy, it is the predictable outcome of a violent detention system that continues to cage people for profit and punishment."
Eritrean imam dies in ICE custody as detainee deaths hit 20-year high
(RNS) — Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir is one of four people who died in immigration detention over a four-day period this month, raising alarm among advocates about deteriorating conditions at immigration fa...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Imam Fouad’s death is not an isolated tragedy, it is the predictable outcome of a violent detention system that continues to cage people for profit and punishment."
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From 2018 to 2024, the tax rate paid by eight major retailers was slashed from 30% to just 17.5%.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From 2018 to 2024, the tax rate paid by eight major retailers was slashed from 30% to just 17.5%.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
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Never stop talking about how the supposed president is a child RAPIST!!
December 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Never stop talking about how the supposed president is a child RAPIST!!
Trump admin lawsuit aims to flood DC with AR-15 rifles for 'common use'
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Trump admin lawsuit aims to flood DC with AR-15 rifles for 'common use'
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice has sued the District of Columbia to end a ban on assault-style weapons, including the AR-15.In a nine-page lawsuit filed on Monday, the DOJ's Civil Righ...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump admin lawsuit aims to flood DC with AR-15 rifles for 'common use'
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This story would’ve never come out w/o the research, interviews, writing, photography, editing and hard work of trained, experienced journalists. It’s a heartbreaking piece that deserves a read. Subscribe to your local news org and support their work.
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This story would’ve never come out w/o the research, interviews, writing, photography, editing and hard work of trained, experienced journalists. It’s a heartbreaking piece that deserves a read. Subscribe to your local news org and support their work.
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Here are recommended reads about the United States — perfect for the history buff on your gift list, or anyone looking to learn more about how the U.S got to where it is today. n.pr/451pODt
10 books to help you understand America as its 250th birthday approaches
Here are recommended reads about the United States — perfect for the history buff on your gift list, or anyone looking to learn more about how the U.S got to where it is today.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Here are recommended reads about the United States — perfect for the history buff on your gift list, or anyone looking to learn more about how the U.S got to where it is today. n.pr/451pODt
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⚕️The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) subsidies have expired under Trump and Republican leadership. Now millions are losing their health coverage.
Health care is not a luxury. It’s a basic human need.
🩺 Share your story: Has this impacted you or someone you love?
#PeoplePowerUnited
Health care is not a luxury. It’s a basic human need.
🩺 Share your story: Has this impacted you or someone you love?
#PeoplePowerUnited
December 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
⚕️The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) subsidies have expired under Trump and Republican leadership. Now millions are losing their health coverage.
Health care is not a luxury. It’s a basic human need.
🩺 Share your story: Has this impacted you or someone you love?
#PeoplePowerUnited
Health care is not a luxury. It’s a basic human need.
🩺 Share your story: Has this impacted you or someone you love?
#PeoplePowerUnited
'Ready to name names?' Epstein survivor reveals plan to back DOJ into a corner
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'Ready to name names?' Epstein survivor reveals plan to back DOJ into a corner
Public speaker, trauma educator and Jeffrey Epstein survivor Jess Michaels was pressed Sunday on whether she was “ready to name names” after the Justice Department’s botched release of its files on Ep...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
'Ready to name names?' Epstein survivor reveals plan to back DOJ into a corner
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It’s time to roll back the predatory state, and it’d make a hell of a campaign slogan for Democrats running next November and in 2028. End Corporate Personhood and the legal bribery of politicians and judges.
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The corrupt Supreme Court gave us this horror — but there's a way to end it
America’s 465th mass shooting in 2025, this one at Brown University in Rhode Island, should remind us all that it’s insane that the GOP passed and George W. Bush signed into law the so-called Protecti...
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December 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It’s time to roll back the predatory state, and it’d make a hell of a campaign slogan for Democrats running next November and in 2028. End Corporate Personhood and the legal bribery of politicians and judges.
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The Epstein cover-up continues. Let's keep up the pressure on Republicans until ALL the files are released. act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...
The Epstein cover-up continues. Let's keep up the pressure on Republicans until ALL the files are released.
Trump, his GOP enablers, and the Pam Bondi-led DOJ still think that – if they stall long enough – voters will forget about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and the role Donald Trump, and some Republican megad...
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December 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The Epstein cover-up continues. Let's keep up the pressure on Republicans until ALL the files are released. act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...
'This is strange': Trump fans baffled by puny turnout at North Carolina rally
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'This is strange': Trump fans baffled by puny turnout at North Carolina rally
Donald Trump's rally in tiny Rocky Mount, North Carolina drew a smaller than expected crowd to the economically distressed region, leaving merchandise vendors and supporters disheartened.According to ...
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December 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
'This is strange': Trump fans baffled by puny turnout at North Carolina rally
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Today, French lawmakers unanimously approved a bill exonerating women punished for abortion before it was legalized in 1975.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
France exonerates women convicted over abortions before legalisation
Between 1870 and 1975, more than 11,660 people were convicted for performing or seeking an abortion, according to official estimates.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Today, French lawmakers unanimously approved a bill exonerating women punished for abortion before it was legalized in 1975.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.