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YinAndYarn
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Retired database programmer. Currently head curator for the Basement of Deferred Decision Making™️ Gardener, fiber arts dilettante, political news junkie - all avocations that frequently involve swearing. Lover of puns. Owned by a high maintenance GSD
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Finished knitting Thursday night and made/attached the tassels last night. I was so excited that I took the photo before I trimmed the tassels, lol.
#nokings #knitting #handknitting #colorwork #knittersofbluesky
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CNN editor-in-chief Mark Thompson, following a While House meeting, sought to soften the news network's coverage of President Trump's demolition of the East Wing, claiming viewers aren't that interested in the story, according to the Status newsletter.
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Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.

The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.

No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.
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For Natives in more rural areas, there are food distribution centers for commodities which low-income Natives rely on because they are situated in food deserts. These centers will also NOT be distributing food, so this isn't just a scatter of individuals in need but entire communities.
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This is why we can't just keep bailing out farms. Too many of the "small farms" are just more rich pricks socializing the losses as they privatize the gains.
Farms have a very special kind of bankruptcy that's super debtor-friendly, and is designed to KEEP THEM IN BUSINESS without having to sell off much or any land.

And it used to only be for family farms that make most of their $$ from farming. But Trump expanded it to all kinds of wealthy people. 🤠
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Trump is sending Department of Justice federal election observers to California and New Jersey next month, targeting two Democratic states holding off-year elections. Make no mistake, this is voting suppression dry run for Midterms next year when it really counts. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump officials to send election observers to California and New Jersey
Justice department targets two Democratic states holding off-year elections after requests from state Republicans
www.theguardian.com
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Man blowing up the east wing for a ballroom and getting gold bribes while the masses suffer.

This is really really starting to feel very French revolutioney vibes.
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I know some might be tired of me repeating this, but it bears mentioning again and again....

Trump is not leaving office.

They are going to go for martial law if it looks likely that the GOP will lose the House.

You just have to listen to them.
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SNAP benefits expire in one week.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
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He’s so “busy.” What is he doing?

Here’s what he’s told us he’s NOT doing.

-reading/watching the news
-negotiating with Dems
-developing a strategy to end the govt closure
- learning the details of the health “plan” he insists Republicans have
-drafting/pushing legislation

What’s left?
RAJU: You said yesterday you were still trying to get the details of this $230m Trump wants from the DOJ. Now that you've had some time, are you ok with taxpayers potentially being on the hook for that kind of money?

MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not trying to dodge. I haven't had time to get the details
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More on why you should cancel your Spotify subscription:
Spotify’s founder, Daniel Ek, is another techno-fascist billionaire.

He’s invested in AI that specializes in war, surveillance and violence, so it’s no surprise he’s fine with running ICE ads on Spotify.

If you haven’t already, cancel your Spotify subscriptions. Let’s make them feel like Disney+.
Spotify boycott: Artists leave 'garbage hole' platform after CEO invests in AI weapons
Daniel Ek's investments in AI dronemaker Helsing have unnerved artists. One called Spotify a "violent armageddon portal."
www.latimes.com
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Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.

Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
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I did this yesterday. They even ask you to state why you are leaving. Cool thing is I'm going to save about a dollar a month.
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Here in Portland, ICE dragged and slammed to the concrete a blind man; in NYC they're dragging off street vendors. This is nothing new:
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Trump wants to build himself a gaudy ballroom at the same time he is taking food away from children.
Trump waves around renderings of his new ballroom, which appears to be entirely gold
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It seems like 20 hours would have been plenty of time to get the details.
RAJU: You said yesterday you were still trying to get the details of this $230m Trump wants from the DOJ. Now that you've had some time, are you ok with taxpayers potentially being on the hook for that kind of money?

MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not trying to dodge. I haven't had time to get the details
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What is Mike Johnson doing all day? He claims not to know the "details" of anything happening in Washington. What a useless liar he is.
RAJU: You said yesterday you were still trying to get the details of this $230m Trump wants from the DOJ. Now that you've had some time, are you ok with taxpayers potentially being on the hook for that kind of money?

MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not trying to dodge. I haven't had time to get the details
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The media treated Biden's poll numbers, which were better than Trump's, as a major storyline that merited constant coverage and analysis.
Enten: "Trump is doing absolutely awful in the minds of the American people. We're talking about new lows. CNBC, -13 net approval on the economy. It's -19 among Quinnipiac ... He's not just beating himself with record lows -- this is the lowest for any president ever."
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“It is important to demonstrate that authoritarian gains are not permanent. That liberal society has the will to undo their grotesqueries.
Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...
We Will Tear Down the Trump Palace Ballroom and Casino
Thinking like a dissident movement.
www.thebulwark.com
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Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.
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Heck, if you really need to link this back to kitchen-table-kitchen-table-kitchen-table, it's easy to do: While Trump is driving costs through the roof with his unhinged tariff spree and other reckless, failed policies, he's looting $230 million from the US Treasury and sticking it in his pocket.
Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.
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Trump's spending around $250 million on a new ballroom — and now he wants taxpayers to give him $230 million back.

Must be nice when corruption doubles as a refund.
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Here's where "he'a a dictator" and "Trump's shutdown is about health care + kitchen table" go hand in hand. He's trying to steal $230M in taxpayer money to line his pockets, because dictators are corrupt and line their pockets, while taking away your health care and trashing the economy.
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so in addition to cutting a $40 billion check of the tax payers money to his chainsaw friend in Argentina
“Put America first”: GOP senators are fuming at Trump’s idea to import Argentinian beef to lower US prices.

Lawmakers face blowback from angry ranchers who were already alarmed by Trump’s $40 billion bailout of Argentina — even as the country undercuts US soybean farmers over trade with China.
‘Put America first’: GOP senators fume at Trump’s idea to import Argentinian beef
Farm-state lawmakers and allies of the president are rushing to get him to reverse course.
www.politico.com
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ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own.

Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.