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Reader of history, biography, w/fiction in the mix. Volunteer Fan of libraries ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“– Admirer: A Lincoln, Frederick Douglass No Bio/Post = no follow DM = ๐Ÿšซ
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Two Ukrainian Defenders from the 138th Territorial Defense Battalion held their position in the Zaporizhzhia direction for 165 (!!) days.

Oleksandr Tishaiev&Oleksandr Aliksieienko conducted reconnaissance,strengthened defenses,repelled enemy attacks while under constant drone &artillery strikes
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One of the top reasons people go broke?

Medical debt.

With health insurance premiums spiking from RFK Jr. and Trump's cuts, how many more Americans will be forced to take on medical debt and go bankrupt?
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"F*ck You"
This is near my niece and nephew's school in Evanston, Ill just hours ago as they are now on lockdown.

This is what's happening. It's an occupation by ICE in a Chicago suburb. They must be abolished.
The Republican Party went from VAPID (GWB) to CRIMINAL (DJT) with Rove giving all the assistance he possibly could; he loves the limelight however thereโ€™s nothing wise coming out of Karlโ€™s mouth. Media adores empty Republican suits & thereโ€™s plenty to go around.
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Out of respect for the decision taken by His Majesty King Charles of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and in furtherance of the special relationship between said Kingdom and the United States of America, I wish to humbly suggest the latter

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
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Rep. Adam Smith: "This country has not agreed to have the death penalty for drug smuggling. If we want to have that policy conversation, we can have that policy conversation, but the president has unilaterally decided that lethal force is going to be applied. It's an enormous expansion of power."
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An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. Itโ€™s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Donโ€™t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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FOX: Pritzker has asked you specifically to pause immigration enforcement operations in Chicago so kids can safety celebrate Halloween. Do you have any plans to alter activity tomorrow?

NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.
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For 50 years the right has been telling us that the appropriate response to this is to open fire on these goons. They say we need assault weapons as a bulwark against a tyrannical government snatching people off the streets.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
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I believe ProPublica over Kristi Noem
The chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, has chosen his path, adhering to Trump & Hegseth as they devour our democracy and abrogating his solemn oath to our constitution.

All traitors, be forewarned: Your names w/redound through the ranks & history. Your choice is dishonor. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Florida & Idaho invite โ˜ ๏ธ into their Kindergarten classrooms.
This is a significant signature of the Republican Partyโ€™s commitment to looking backward with a vengeance, to the days when children suffered & died in the arms of their parents, grandparents, etc. ๐Ÿ˜”

Iโ€™m old & fully vaccinated. ๐Ÿฅณ
โ€œIt doesnโ€™t affect us.โ€
The US was once a carrier of the flame of freedom for those who suffered under the attack & invasion of power-hungry men like Vladimir Putin, Adolph Hitler.
Nowadays we, pitifully, grind these people under our heel, making money fr their suffering.
Republicans = Shameful
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Dr Oz: โ€œI think we all agree that Covid has passedโ€.

No we do not agree!

Anyone who thinks Covid has passed has no business in charge of public health.

Itโ€™s still here. Itโ€™s still killing and disabling.

Get your booster if you can. Wear a mask (ideally an N95) and clean the air!
He cannot make money ๐Ÿ’ฐ on Covid therefore it must be neutralized. The Snake-Oil salesmen are in charge.
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr & *Dr* Oz. โ˜ ๏ธโ˜ ๏ธ
Dr Oz: โ€œI think we all agree that Covid has passedโ€.

No we do not agree!

Anyone who thinks Covid has passed has no business in charge of public health.

Itโ€™s still here. Itโ€™s still killing and disabling.

Get your booster if you can. Wear a mask (ideally an N95) and clean the air!
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Diversity doesnโ€™t weaken unions. Racist bosses like Vance using racism to divide workers by race so they can exploit them weakens unions. All this stuff is arsonists complaining about the temperature in the building they set on fire. bsky.app/profile/diew...
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. ๐Ÿงต
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DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf