Just an old gal
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Just an old gal
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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The Florida gubernatorial race pits two candidates who perfectly reflect the MAGA GOP against one another: James Fishback, best known for his preference for 16 year old girls, and Byron Donalds, who has a two-page rap sheet including drug trafficking and financial fraud.
Governor candidate James Fishback faces allegations over relationship, began when partner was a minor
Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback is facing allegations from a former partner regarding a relationship that began when she was a minor, according to documents filed in a 2025 Leon Coun...
flvoicenews.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Mayor Johnson is the assiest Mayor.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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NEWS: U.S. companies have announced over 1.1 million layoffs in 2025, the highest total since the pandemic-hit year of 2020, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Yesterday's protest of ICE flights at Minneapolis-St. Paul International was covered by KSTP.
Minnesota protest organizers aim for peace amid rising tensions
YouTube video by KSTP 5 Eyewitness News
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The administration's military attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean "demand extraordinary, public investigation into any wrongdoing"
@mawaldman.bsky.social writes in the @nytimes.com.
Opinion | How to Respond, Right Now, to Trump’s Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.

Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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NEW: The IG report on SignalGate is out. Hegseth sent classified information out on an unclassified Signal chat and put our troops in harms way. Hegseth says he retroactively "declassified" it so it doesn't count. You can read the findings here: media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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if I could only listen to one kind of music for the rest of my life, the answer would be Memphis soul. RIP Steve Cropper, whose guitar and production defined the Stax sound as much as Booker T’s organ or Otis Redding’s shout
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?

That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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What an absolute disgrace. There must be consequences for this. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/lin...
Despite Disqualifications, Trump Appointees Still Claim to Be Top Federal Prosecutors
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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‼️ Russia: “Putin threatened Europe with total destruction in the event of a war with Russia.”

🙄

www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/12/02/p...
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Trump has been gutting the U.S. Institute of Peace since he took office.
Trump Names Government Building After His Favorite President
Trump has been gutting the U.S. Institute of Peace since he took office.
trib.al
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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The constitution says only Congress can declare war.
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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"We're not planning to go to war with Europe, I've said that a hundred times"

- Vladimir Putin

The same guy who said he wouldn't invade Ukraine.

Don't defund your militaries, Europe.
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.

As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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The United States joined 90 other countries at the United Nations on Wednesday to demand Russia "ensure the immediate, safe and unconditional return of all Ukrainian children who have been forcibly transferred or deported" and urge Moscow to stop the practice.

www.reuters.com/world/us-bac...
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Somehow or other, someone has decided that we need less human involvement in human services.

Possibly because computers are so compassionate.

Disability has always been costly it's just that the biggest service was mostly provided by women - for free.

#AusPol
NDIS plans will be computer-generated, with human involvement dramatically cut under sweeping overhaul
Exclusive: Staff were told of major changes to the way NDIS funding and support plans will be made during a recent internal briefing
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Last week, the United Nations reported more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since October 7, 2023. Violence in the West Bank and Gaza is “directed toward getting Palestinians to leave,” says Bashi.
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Kamlager-Dove: We also know that DHS has a habit of taking people to hospitals under false names so they cannot be located. This prevents their family members and lawyers from getting to them. And so we want to know: is this what also happened to Vicente?
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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The roughly 15,000 satellites in space are already a nuisance to astronomy research. It could get a LOT worse.

www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Launching hundreds of thousands of satellites will threaten space research, scientists warn | CBC News
We've all come to appreciate the beautiful images space telescopes provide us of galaxies, nebulas and more, but they also provide astronomers with important scientific information about our universe....
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM