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Retired Social Worker, business partner, wife, mother, grandmother and friend. News junkie, avid gardener and bookworm.
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How on earth did she collect so much candy? And how did she fit it all in her little bag?
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ICE is out of control:

β€œA Durango father and his two children were held in a small, windowless room and only given potato chips and water as they were held in ICE custody in Durango for 36 hours” β€” @coloradosun.com

coloradosun.com/2025/10/31/d...
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[email protected] is a great source for what's happening on the ground in and around Chicago.
A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
BREAKING: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who led a series of raids across Chicago, Evanston and Skokie on Friday, does not have to report every weekday at 6 p.m. in person to the federal judge who has tried to rein in federal agents’ use of force, an appeals court ruled. @wttw.bsky.social
As awful as GOP bills might be passed, at least they would have to take responsibility for their actions instead of hiding behind Democrats. I think it is time to get rid off the filibuster.
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The Emerson poll has always shown Sherrill doing a bit worse than the others, which have her up 4-8 points.

BUT the last round of polls in the 2021 gubernatorial race had the Democrat up 7 and he won by 2.

It's fair to treat this as a toss-up right now, so Democrats need a huge GOTV effort.
πŸ‘€ NJ GOV RACE: Emerson College has Mikie Sherrill (D) at 49% and Jack Ciattarelli (R) at 48%, with just 3% undecided
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Speaker Johnson: β€œIf we had a contingency fund for SNAP we’d use it.”

REALITY: There is one, Trump literally just deleted it off the USDA site 🀷🏼

More: www.notus.org/trump-white-...
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In other words, two steps back and one step forward. Got it.
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VIRGINIA – THIS IS IT.

We have just a few days left. Every person you get to the polls could be the difference in protecting democracy across Virginia. Join our FINAL Virtual Night of Action!

TONIGHT, Oct. 30th, 7 PM ET. RSVP in our bio!
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Google β€œKakistocracy”
That’s America under Trump.
SCOOP: The decorated rear admiral who was heading the critically important Office of Naval Research, and who brought lengthy experience in Navy tech-leadership to the job, "is being replaced by a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience."

www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
SCOOP: Trump Swaps Decorated Admiral With 33-Year-Old DOGEr
The highly unorthodox personnel change affects a critical government research role.
www.thebulwark.com
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Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests β€” a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a β€œminimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.
β€œWe’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests β€” a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a β€œmini...
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It’s true he does have the experience. His tragedy is that he is also corrupt.
If you judge someone by their enemies, then Mamdani is my good friend.
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I care. I think you do, too. The swamp is now a damn tar pit.
Actually? It’s not totally reasonable not to want to live next to someone speaking another language. It’s racist and unAmerican.
Presidents, any President, shouldn’t have this much power.
Why do reporters bother with attending his press conferences
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BREAKING: The Senate voted 52–48 to overturn Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on Brazil. Five Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the measure:

Mitch McConnell
Rand Paul
Thom Tillis
Susan Collins
Lisa Murkowski