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Talton Drumbo
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Retired Social Democrat and MSNOW/PBS addict. Girl dad, husband, band geek and former EMT. Science and law degrees. Honoring Dalton Trumbo and the Hollywood Ten
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November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Make sure your legislators are voting YES.

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Support HR4405: Epstein Files Transparency Act for Justice and Accountability
Text SIGN PCMMXB to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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CAN WE GET ANY MORE MISOGYNISTIC?

4 OUT OF 10 YOUNGER WOMEN WANT TO PERMANENTLY LEAVE THE U.S.

Forty percent of women age 15 to 44 want to permanently leave the country. Their top destination: Canada; followed by New Zealand, Italy and Japan.

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news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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IF TRUMP PROVES TO BE A PEDOPHILE?

JUST CHANGE THE DEFINITION...

Megyn Kelly: "Jeffrey Epstein was not a pedophile. He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls. There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."

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x.com/BulwarkOnlin...
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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STEWART RHODES ANNOUNCES RELAUNCH OF "OATH KEEPERS" MILITIA...

...AND NO ONE CARES

One week in: 16 donations total under $1,000.

"The dumb DC stunt [Jan. 6th] has scared a lot of great patriots into hiding. My guess is he won't be successful.”

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www.wired.com/story/stewar...
Stewart Rhodes Relaunched the Oath Keepers. Even Old Oath Keepers Don’t Care
Militia leader Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted for his role in the January 6 attack, is asking potential new members and supporters to send money. Former allies are unconvinced.
www.wired.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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KRISTI NOEM STEERS $220 MILLION "NO-BID" CONTRACT...

...TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF HER SENIOR STAFF

“Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer."

Noem invoked "national emergency" to avoid bidding process.

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www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding…
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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CAN WE GET ANY MORE MISOGYNISTIC?

4 OUT OF 10 YOUNGER WOMEN WANT TO PERMANENTLY LEAVE THE U.S.

Forty percent of women age 15 to 44 want to permanently leave the country. Their top destination: Canada; followed by New Zealand, Italy and Japan.

>>
news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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IF TRUMP PROVES TO BE A PEDOPHILE?

JUST CHANGE THE DEFINITION...

Megyn Kelly: "Jeffrey Epstein was not a pedophile. He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls. There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."

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x.com/BulwarkOnlin...
x.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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STEWART RHODES ANNOUNCES RELAUNCH OF "OATH KEEPERS" MILITIA...

...AND NO ONE CARES

One week in: 16 donations total under $1,000.

"The dumb DC stunt [Jan. 6th] has scared a lot of great patriots into hiding. My guess is he won't be successful.”

>>
www.wired.com/story/stewar...
Stewart Rhodes Relaunched the Oath Keepers. Even Old Oath Keepers Don’t Care
Militia leader Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted for his role in the January 6 attack, is asking potential new members and supporters to send money. Former allies are unconvinced.
www.wired.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
<<

KRISTI NOEM STEERS $220 MILLION "NO-BID" CONTRACT...

...TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF HER SENIOR STAFF

“Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer."

Noem invoked "national emergency" to avoid bidding process.

>>
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding…
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS...

...ISSUE SPECIAL MESSAGE ON IMMIGRATION

"The priority of the Lord, as the Prophets remind us, is for those who are most vulnerable: the widow, the orphan, the poor, and the stranger (Zechariah 7:10)."

/1 OF 3/
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
USCCB Special Message on Immigration
www.documentcloud.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS...

...ISSUE SPECIAL MESSAGE ON IMMIGRATION

"The priority of the Lord, as the Prophets remind us, is for those who are most vulnerable: the widow, the orphan, the poor, and the stranger (Zechariah 7:10)."

/1 OF 3/
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
USCCB Special Message on Immigration
www.documentcloud.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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REPUBLICANS LIVING ON "PLANET TRUMP" BELIEVE...

...GROCERY PRICES ARE BETTER THAN THEY REALLY ARE

A recent WashPo-ABC-Ipsos poll (10/24-28/25) shows the Trump reality distortion field extends to Republicans looking at their own grocery receipts.

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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/republican...
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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GREAT BRITAIN CUTS OFF INTEL TO AMERICA...

...DUE TO OUR EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

The U.K. is no longer sharing Caribbean drug trafficking intelligence with the US because it does not want to be complicit in illegal US military strikes.

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edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes…
edition.cnn.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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EPSTEIN E-MAIL MENTIONS TRUMP "SPENT HOURS AT MY HOUSE"...

...WITH A SEX-TRAFFICKED VICTIM

Email to Ghislaine Maxwell goes on to state Trump's visit "has never once been mentioned" by police, like "a dog that hasn't barked."

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www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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TRUMP'S LAWYERS ISSUED A SECRET MEMO...

...TO COVER THEIR BUTTS ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

OLC memo attempts to cover actions, but law-of-war expert says military personnel being asked to conduct "unprecedented and, frankly, unlawful" activities.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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HOUSE GOP HELD 23,000 PAGES OF EPSTEIN DOCS FOR MONTHS...

...WHY DUMP THEM NOW?

Short answer: to divert attention from the Epstein email bomb the House Dems dropped this morning. Also, the 218th signature on the Epstein files discharge petition gets sworn in today.

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Epstein Files Live Updates: G.O.P. Lawmakers Release Thousands of Files
Shortly after Democrats released emails showing that Jeffrey Epstein discussed his relationship with President Trump, Republicans on the Oversight Committee released 20,000 additional documents.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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REPUBLICANS LIVING ON "PLANET TRUMP" BELIEVE...

...GROCERY PRICES ARE BETTER THAN THEY REALLY ARE

A recent WashPo-ABC-Ipsos poll (10/24-28/25) shows the Trump reality distortion field extends to Republicans looking at their own grocery receipts.

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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/republican...
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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GREAT BRITAIN CUTS OFF INTEL TO AMERICA...

...DUE TO OUR EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

The U.K. is no longer sharing Caribbean drug trafficking intelligence with the US because it does not want to be complicit in illegal US military strikes.

>>
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes…
edition.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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EPSTEIN E-MAIL MENTIONS TRUMP "SPENT HOURS AT MY HOUSE"...

...WITH A SEX-TRAFFICKED VICTIM

Email to Ghislaine Maxwell goes on to state Trump's visit "has never once been mentioned" by police, like "a dog that hasn't barked."

>>
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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TRUMP'S LAWYERS ISSUED A SECRET MEMO...

...TO COVER THEIR BUTTS ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

OLC memo attempts to cover actions, but law-of-war expert says military personnel being asked to conduct "unprecedented and, frankly, unlawful" activities.

>>

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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HOUSE GOP HELD 23,000 PAGES OF EPSTEIN DOCS FOR MONTHS...

...WHY DUMP THEM NOW?

Short answer: to divert attention from the Epstein email bomb the House Dems dropped this morning. Also, the 218th signature on the Epstein files discharge petition gets sworn in today.

>>
Epstein Files Live Updates: G.O.P. Lawmakers Release Thousands of Files
Shortly after Democrats released emails showing that Jeffrey Epstein discussed his relationship with President Trump, Republicans on the Oversight Committee released 20,000 additional documents.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Trying to decide whether to use my invisible tariff check from Trump or my invisible cost saving rebate check from DOGE to fill the tank of my car with a 500-year loan with invisible $2/gallon gas . . .
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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On this Veterans Day, I'm reflecting on the fact that our Commander-in-Chief is a lying draft dodger who kicked out 5,000 trans service members who, unlike him, were serving ably and honorably, after hiring a white supremacist, alcoholic TV chatterbox to run our military.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reposted by Talton Drumbo
Republicans always try to buy your votes with your own money when they know they've screwed up and in reality they probably ripped you off for thousands upon thousands upon thousands of dollars in your lifetime and they think that you're stupid enough to be bought for $2,000!
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TRUMP PULLS "$2,000" BRIBE OUT OF HIS BUTT...

...BLINDSIDING TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Trump floats a "tariff dividend" of $2,000 in response to pitiful GOP election results. Bessent dances like Fred Astaire as he's caught flat-footed on TV interview.

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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Bessent Says Trump’s $2,000 ‘Dividend’ May Come Via Tax Cuts
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Americans may receive a tariff “dividend” of at least $2,000 could come via the tax cuts passed in his signature…
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM