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Laura
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Just a weary traveler trying to make it home
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It's about time. Do something.
Yada yada yada. He did another thing. A lot of people will be outraged and post and repost the outrage, and our elected officials still won't do anything of substance whatsoever to stop him. Is this terrible? Yes. Has he done more than enough to warrant being stopped long ago? Oh, yeah! So now what?
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We are all paying for this vanity project
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It looks even worse by video 😢
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People are using GoFundMe for groceries.

GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.

Americans are fundraising for basic necessities, while the top 1% increased their wealth to $52 trillion.

This is what a rigged system designed by the wealthy looks like.
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The tyrant tears the People's house down to raise a hall of mirrors. This is not a remodel, it’s an assault. The unmasking of a king. Our country is asleep while the echo of a republic bleeds out beneath the ballroom floor. These images should enrage every patriotic American.
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CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”
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This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.

I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
Right?!?? Isn't that the "loving and courageous" thing to do?
I have heard some spooky adoption stories for sure. I doubt they're actually sharing adoptee voices, though, are they?
I'd be livid if someone contacted anyone from my life to ask questions about me for a study on adoptees/foster kids. Knowing the people I know, I doubt more than 2 or 3 would have a clue how adoption has impacted me, even though I'm fairly vocal. They just don't hear what doesn't fit the narrative.
There's an initial fee to lease the box and set it up ($20,000 each for the 3 in Alabama in 2023) and yearly fees to keep it operational ($500 each for the 3 in Alabama). It's a great money making scheme for the Safe Haven "non-profit" organization.
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The better question is, WHY ARE THEY LYING TO YOU?
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🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com
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NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction
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Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"
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I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.
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Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
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🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

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I appreciate Heather Cox Richardson's ability to sort out the craziness that's been happening in the U.S. For example, she says Vought is a Christian Nationalist who wants to bring the US back to the early 20th c, while Stephen Miller is a white nationalist.

Still listening. (42 minutes long) ⏬