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Dog and cat lover, Certified Advanced Rolfer since 1986, X-psych nurse, liberal bleeding heart, loves to read thrillers and non-fiction. Podcasts are also a love. Justice, Unity, Peace, and Inclusion
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December 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
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Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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BREAKING: Epstein files include FBI tips about Trump and others involved in Epstein crimes; Trump calls allegations false. (Gift)

Story will be updated throughout the day.
Latest Epstein files name Trump multiple times
In the more than 10,000 files released Tuesday, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, said the sex trafficker was killed because he was going to name co-conspirators.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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In case you missed it, read our reporter @davidmcswane.bsky.social's original investigation here:
December 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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The US Supreme Court rejecting Trump's attempt to federalize the National Guard to do his bidding is very important. It means if Trump tries to send troops out right before the election to intimidate voters or to seize voting machines, the courts can quickly order that to be illegal.
December 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Supreme Court just handed Trump a major loss—ruling 6–3 that he can’t deploy the National Guard to Chicago.

Won’t stop ICE from kidnapping people, but it’s a huge win for the city.
December 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.

Here we are again.

We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.

www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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WTF? ICE is arguing in court that US CITIZENS can be detained, handcuffed, and biometrically screened unless they can prove citizenship on the spot. And that a REAL ID isn't enough. This isn't border security.
December 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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I’m not watching the speech tonight.
I don’t want to hear that child rapist lie about the economy-we know the truth.
I don’t want to hear him as he justifies dragging us into war, killing innocent people.
I don’t want to hear him defend ICE.
He stole our healthcare.
I do not want to hear him.
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits.

If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
December 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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The president of the USA, is a lunatic

25th amendment now!
December 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.

The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.

Check my latest…
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December 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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December 8. On this date in 1935, Shoghi Effendi wrote "It is not sufficient for a believer merely to accept and observe the teachings. He should, in addition, cultivate the sense of spirituality which he can acquire chiefly by means of prayer." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/11/dece...
December 8. On this date in 1935, Shoghi Effendi wrote "It is not sufficient for a believer merely to accept and observe the teachings. He should, in addition, cultivate the sense of spirituality whic...
December 8. On this date in 1935, Shoghi Effendi   wrote   "It is not sufficient for a believer merely to accept and observe the teachings...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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We shouldn’t have to debate who “deserves” food, healthcare and housing.

We should be angry that these things aren’t guaranteed to everyone.

We should be outraged that the wealthy & corporations continue to profit off the misery and suffering of others.
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Health insurers are jacking up premiums while raking in billions in profits.

Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.

Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Can we talk about Steve Bannon helping Jeffrey Epstein behind the scenes a fraction as much as we talked about Hunter Biden's corruption?
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).

I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Since we're always seeing her, absent husband or child....who the hell is she to say someone else is an absent parent?

Karoline Leavitt’s Detained Relative Torches Her From ICE Custody
Source: TheDailyBeast
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Karoline Leavitt’s Detained Relative Torches Her From ICE Custody - NewsBreak
The mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew has come out swinging from inside ICE custody , blasting Leavitt for her “disgusting” a
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December 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
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December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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‘Only so long’ before Trump's tariff costs hit consumers, businesses warn

Corporate executives are telling investors that prices will rise as soon as January as pre-tariff inventory runs thin and holiday discounts disappear.
‘Only so long’ before Trump's tariff costs hit consumers, businesses warn
Corporate executives are telling investors that prices will rise as soon as January as pre-tariff inventory runs thin and holiday discounts disappear.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM