PaulDu
@pauldu.bsky.social
Retired from my job to focus full time on my not-a-job and to sharpen my kindness skills. After a month of mourning the loss of my beautiful cat I bailed out my newest bff from the local shelter. He’s a keeper! Please, no DMs - thank you.
How many more Americans will slide into poverty after a $500/month reduction, (20-25%), in the average SSI monthly benefit?
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www.cbpp.org/blog/immigra...
Immigrants Contribute Greatly to the Social Security Trust Fund’s Solvency
Immigrants are a critical part of the U.S. workforce and play a key role in strengthening Social Security’s finances. Like all other workers, immigrants contribute to the trust fund through payroll...
www.cbpp.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
How many more Americans will slide into poverty after a $500/month reduction, (20-25%), in the average SSI monthly benefit?
www.cbpp.org/blog/immigra...
www.cbpp.org/blog/immigra...
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A 5-year-old Minnesota child detained with his father at a Texas immigration facility appeared lethargic during a visit Jan. 28 by members of Congress, who demanded the family’s immediate release and an end to the use of family detention.
Lawmakers visit 5-year-old Minnesota boy, who appeared “depressed” in detention center
Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett demanded that preschooler Liam Conejo Ramos and his father be released.
bit.ly
January 29, 2026 at 12:49 AM
A 5-year-old Minnesota child detained with his father at a Texas immigration facility appeared lethargic during a visit Jan. 28 by members of Congress, who demanded the family’s immediate release and an end to the use of family detention.
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🚨 1/2 This is regime raid is surreal. SHARE!
Video from Mo Ivory, chair Fulton County: "I’m here on the inside of the raid on Fulton County Elections. They are here to scare you into not voting & making you fearful enough to stay home in May & Nov elections. Nope!!! Not afraid."
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Video from Mo Ivory, chair Fulton County: "I’m here on the inside of the raid on Fulton County Elections. They are here to scare you into not voting & making you fearful enough to stay home in May & Nov elections. Nope!!! Not afraid."
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January 29, 2026 at 5:54 AM
🚨 1/2 This is regime raid is surreal. SHARE!
Video from Mo Ivory, chair Fulton County: "I’m here on the inside of the raid on Fulton County Elections. They are here to scare you into not voting & making you fearful enough to stay home in May & Nov elections. Nope!!! Not afraid."
📺 is.gd/U7bIa6
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Video from Mo Ivory, chair Fulton County: "I’m here on the inside of the raid on Fulton County Elections. They are here to scare you into not voting & making you fearful enough to stay home in May & Nov elections. Nope!!! Not afraid."
📺 is.gd/U7bIa6
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As a belligerent and unstable Trump drives business away from the USA, other countries forge new and lasting trade alliances.
The USA is being transformed into a poorer and less safe country in real time.
The USA is being transformed into a poorer and less safe country in real time.
The EU and India signed a Free Trade Agreement.
It is supposed to double EU exports to India by 2032.
The Agreement is supposed to reduce/eliminate tariffs on almost all EU exports to India.
EU's tariffs on key industrial and manufactured products will be cut or removed.
It is supposed to double EU exports to India by 2032.
The Agreement is supposed to reduce/eliminate tariffs on almost all EU exports to India.
EU's tariffs on key industrial and manufactured products will be cut or removed.
January 27, 2026 at 12:47 PM
As a belligerent and unstable Trump drives business away from the USA, other countries forge new and lasting trade alliances.
The USA is being transformed into a poorer and less safe country in real time.
The USA is being transformed into a poorer and less safe country in real time.
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Trump puts a 'No Nucks Allowed' sign on his Board of Peace.
Mark Carney seems happy to avoid the grift.
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Mark Carney seems happy to avoid the grift.
All links and subscriptions are free.
Please read the column before commenting.
Trump: I didn't want you in my club anyhow
Our buffoon shouts a "so there!" at Canada after Mark Carney humiliates him at Davos
fightthefire.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Trump puts a 'No Nucks Allowed' sign on his Board of Peace.
Mark Carney seems happy to avoid the grift.
All links and subscriptions are free.
Please read the column before commenting.
Mark Carney seems happy to avoid the grift.
All links and subscriptions are free.
Please read the column before commenting.
Top toady leans into the dirty job of building a case for justification of racism
Vance: "Dems decided they didn't want to talk about fraud from Somalians, they wanted to talk about the 'brutality of immigration enforcement.' 2hat you've seen is a viral effort to try to inflate what's actually going on, to overstate wrongs that have been committed. They're trying to distract."
January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Top toady leans into the dirty job of building a case for justification of racism
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Wow.
The front cover of today’s Objectiv magazine in Slovenia (the birthplace of Melania Trump).
Trump with a Hitler moustache made from Venezuelan oil.
The front cover of today’s Objectiv magazine in Slovenia (the birthplace of Melania Trump).
Trump with a Hitler moustache made from Venezuelan oil.
January 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Wow.
The front cover of today’s Objectiv magazine in Slovenia (the birthplace of Melania Trump).
Trump with a Hitler moustache made from Venezuelan oil.
The front cover of today’s Objectiv magazine in Slovenia (the birthplace of Melania Trump).
Trump with a Hitler moustache made from Venezuelan oil.
How much dumber does the rest of the world have to make this for us? - now Nobel Medals need to come with a sheet of care & handling instructions for Americans
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
How much dumber does the rest of the world have to make this for us? - now Nobel Medals need to come with a sheet of care & handling instructions for Americans
FOR SALE: 1 Nobel Peace Medal in like-new condition, still in the original box.
BREAKING: Trump says he plans to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in the U.S. next week.
Trump says he plans to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
The president also said that it would be a "great honor" if Machado decided to give him the Nobel Peace Prize that she won last year.
nbcnews.to
January 9, 2026 at 12:50 PM
FOR SALE: 1 Nobel Peace Medal in like-new condition, still in the original box.
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We've heard from these Venezuelan CECOT survivors multiple times, in human rights reports and written testimony.
The NYTimes version of it got a WH quote. This is the useless kind of thing Bari needed?
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
The NYTimes version of it got a WH quote. This is the useless kind of thing Bari needed?
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
December 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
We've heard from these Venezuelan CECOT survivors multiple times, in human rights reports and written testimony.
The NYTimes version of it got a WH quote. This is the useless kind of thing Bari needed?
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
The NYTimes version of it got a WH quote. This is the useless kind of thing Bari needed?
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
Calling out to the Republican Party! The waste and fraud you have been decrying is being exposed - look in the mirror!
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
A Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times investigation found the DeSantis’ administration’s use of public money to fund a campaign against marijuana and abortion access was more sprawling than previously kn...
www.miamiherald.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Calling out to the Republican Party! The waste and fraud you have been decrying is being exposed - look in the mirror!
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Hegseth Revised Guidelines on Legitimate Enemy Combatants
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Hegseth Revised Guidelines on Legitimate Enemy Combatants
Sunflower of Peace is partnering with Ukrainian engineers to bring evacuation robots — remote-controlled rescue vehicles — to frontline medics. These robots drive into active fire to evacuate the wounded without putting another human being in danger.
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Sunflower of Peace is partnering with Ukrainian engineers to bring evacuation robots — remote-controlled rescue vehicles — to frontline medics. These robots drive into active fire to evacuate the wounded without putting another human being in danger.
Credit due to the secretary - I couldn’t offer a better description of the Trump administration, “killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies”
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Credit due to the secretary - I couldn’t offer a better description of the Trump administration, “killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies”
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"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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November 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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🚨 BREAKING:
There was an active federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged co-conspirators all the way until September 2025 — and then it abruptly stopped.
Now a Maryland lawmaker, Rep. Jamie Raskin, is demanding answers from the DOJ about who shut it down and why.
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There was an active federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged co-conspirators all the way until September 2025 — and then it abruptly stopped.
Now a Maryland lawmaker, Rep. Jamie Raskin, is demanding answers from the DOJ about who shut it down and why.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🚨 BREAKING:
There was an active federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged co-conspirators all the way until September 2025 — and then it abruptly stopped.
Now a Maryland lawmaker, Rep. Jamie Raskin, is demanding answers from the DOJ about who shut it down and why.
More ⬇️
There was an active federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged co-conspirators all the way until September 2025 — and then it abruptly stopped.
Now a Maryland lawmaker, Rep. Jamie Raskin, is demanding answers from the DOJ about who shut it down and why.
More ⬇️
finally starting to get how this works - If you keep asking God the same question you’ll eventually get the answer you want
www.themonastery.org/blog/influen...
www.themonastery.org/blog/influen...
Influential Pastor Says Slavery "Not Inherently Evil"
Pastor Joshua Haymes, a close ally of Pete Hegseth, recently claimed that slavery isn’t “inherently evil” - and he's citing scripture as his justification.
www.themonastery.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
finally starting to get how this works - If you keep asking God the same question you’ll eventually get the answer you want
www.themonastery.org/blog/influen...
www.themonastery.org/blog/influen...
Bragging on his ‘IQ Test’
Our rock bottom is still nowhere in sight.
Our rock bottom is still nowhere in sight.
This is probably the funniest headline of the year.
October 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Bragging on his ‘IQ Test’
Our rock bottom is still nowhere in sight.
Our rock bottom is still nowhere in sight.
As with all else in Trump World everything he says and does is an illusion masking reality. Lies are truth, weakness is strength, failure is prosperity. The reality is that household finances are eroding as the job market stalls and debt increases. The red flags are waving
NEW Economist/YouGov
% of U.S. adult citizens saying they think that overall, the economy is getting better | worse...
At the start of Donald Trump's second term 19% | 37%
Now 19% | 53%
today.yougov.com/economy/arti...
% of U.S. adult citizens saying they think that overall, the economy is getting better | worse...
At the start of Donald Trump's second term 19% | 37%
Now 19% | 53%
today.yougov.com/economy/arti...
October 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
As with all else in Trump World everything he says and does is an illusion masking reality. Lies are truth, weakness is strength, failure is prosperity. The reality is that household finances are eroding as the job market stalls and debt increases. The red flags are waving
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They voted for that asshole out of bog-standard racism and sexism.
It had NOTHING to do with the economy.
Our media kept feeding the economy line BECAUSE it gave cover to the bog-standard racism & sexism at play.
People interested in the economy ask QUESTIONS about economic plans.
They DO NOT
It had NOTHING to do with the economy.
Our media kept feeding the economy line BECAUSE it gave cover to the bog-standard racism & sexism at play.
People interested in the economy ask QUESTIONS about economic plans.
They DO NOT
October 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
They voted for that asshole out of bog-standard racism and sexism.
It had NOTHING to do with the economy.
Our media kept feeding the economy line BECAUSE it gave cover to the bog-standard racism & sexism at play.
People interested in the economy ask QUESTIONS about economic plans.
They DO NOT
It had NOTHING to do with the economy.
Our media kept feeding the economy line BECAUSE it gave cover to the bog-standard racism & sexism at play.
People interested in the economy ask QUESTIONS about economic plans.
They DO NOT
surprisingly there is no sign of bullet damage or scar tissue around President camel toe-neck’s ear
Trump is not too pleased with the photo they used of him in TIME Magazine
October 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
surprisingly there is no sign of bullet damage or scar tissue around President camel toe-neck’s ear
One of four evac ambulances sent to Ukraine with fundraisers by Newton MA based NGO ‘Sunflower of Peace’
The ambulance is named in honor of Myroslav Nataliutkin, a 27-year-old defender from the Lviv region. Myroslav had fallen in October 2024 while defending Ukraine.
youtu.be/grHa4l9A8qM
The ambulance is named in honor of Myroslav Nataliutkin, a 27-year-old defender from the Lviv region. Myroslav had fallen in October 2024 while defending Ukraine.
youtu.be/grHa4l9A8qM
Evacuation Vehicle "Myroslav"
YouTube video by Sunflower Of Peace
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October 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
One of four evac ambulances sent to Ukraine with fundraisers by Newton MA based NGO ‘Sunflower of Peace’
The ambulance is named in honor of Myroslav Nataliutkin, a 27-year-old defender from the Lviv region. Myroslav had fallen in October 2024 while defending Ukraine.
youtu.be/grHa4l9A8qM
The ambulance is named in honor of Myroslav Nataliutkin, a 27-year-old defender from the Lviv region. Myroslav had fallen in October 2024 while defending Ukraine.
youtu.be/grHa4l9A8qM