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A small account doing her best to stay positive and be aware. I post one to two times a day. I don't do DM's. No Crypto currency. The art work in this profile is my own.
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When will the cruelty end?
When will the cruelty end?
Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP from Democrat-led states if they don’t provide data
President Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it will move to withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week unless they provide information...
ground.news
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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When will the cruelty end?
When will the cruelty end?
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96% of the highest-paid workers in the US have paid sick days.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
The Hidden Costs of Denying Paid Sick Leave
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
96% of the highest-paid workers in the US have paid sick days.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
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Masked "law enforcement" are committing more crime than stopping. Wrongful detaining and kidnapping people is not law enforcement. Their masks will not save them from justice. It is coming...
Masked "law enforcement" are committing more crime than stopping. Wrongful detaining and kidnapping people is not law enforcement. Their masks will not save them from justice. It is coming...
Indigenous Actor Elaine Miles Says ICE Called Her Oregon Tribal ID ‘Fake’
Miles, best known for her roles in Northern Exposure," “Smoke Signals,” and “The Last of Us,” was born in Pendleton, Oregon.
ground.news
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
ground.news/article/nati...
Masked "law enforcement" are committing more crime than stopping. Wrongful detaining and kidnapping people is not law enforcement. Their masks will not save them from justice. It is coming...
Masked "law enforcement" are committing more crime than stopping. Wrongful detaining and kidnapping people is not law enforcement. Their masks will not save them from justice. It is coming...
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
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The OG Simon's Cat film!
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The OG Simon's Cat film!
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Just to clarify…
The gentleman on the left is as American hero.
The drunken lush on the right is an American zero.
Any questions? #USDemocracy
The gentleman on the left is as American hero.
The drunken lush on the right is an American zero.
Any questions? #USDemocracy
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Just to clarify…
The gentleman on the left is as American hero.
The drunken lush on the right is an American zero.
Any questions? #USDemocracy
The gentleman on the left is as American hero.
The drunken lush on the right is an American zero.
Any questions? #USDemocracy
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Release the Epstein files! Impeach and remove.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Release the Epstein files! Impeach and remove.
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Mark Kelly’s Medals!
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Mark Kelly’s Medals!
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Former nursing home executive and convicted fraudster Joseph Schwartz was pardoned by Trump earlier this month.
Schwartz secured the pardon after paying two other convicted fraudsters nearly $1M to lobby Trump on his behalf.
Everything is for sale. youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0&feature=youtu.be
Schwartz secured the pardon after paying two other convicted fraudsters nearly $1M to lobby Trump on his behalf.
Everything is for sale. youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0&feature=youtu.be
Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme
Robert Reich
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Former nursing home executive and convicted fraudster Joseph Schwartz was pardoned by Trump earlier this month.
Schwartz secured the pardon after paying two other convicted fraudsters nearly $1M to lobby Trump on his behalf.
Everything is for sale. youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0&feature=youtu.be
Schwartz secured the pardon after paying two other convicted fraudsters nearly $1M to lobby Trump on his behalf.
Everything is for sale. youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0&feature=youtu.be
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I stand with Senator Mark Kelly
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I stand with Senator Mark Kelly
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Wow! The new Trump-mandated historical markers do so much more than simply commemorate American history - they also tackle complex theoretical topics, the kind the scientists have wrestled with for decades — like why trees explode.
(Note: this post is satirical. The image is AI generated. VVV)
(Note: this post is satirical. The image is AI generated. VVV)
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Wow! The new Trump-mandated historical markers do so much more than simply commemorate American history - they also tackle complex theoretical topics, the kind the scientists have wrestled with for decades — like why trees explode.
(Note: this post is satirical. The image is AI generated. VVV)
(Note: this post is satirical. The image is AI generated. VVV)
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
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Fight King trump’s regime.
Ensure that democracy lives on when this asshole is turning to dust #USDemocracy
Ensure that democracy lives on when this asshole is turning to dust #USDemocracy
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fight King trump’s regime.
Ensure that democracy lives on when this asshole is turning to dust #USDemocracy
Ensure that democracy lives on when this asshole is turning to dust #USDemocracy
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DOGE has not really gone away. The mission and ideology is still there. Components have been taken over by other departments and some of the former DOGE staff have been placed into new roles. Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb a trump cronie designs government websites.
DOGE has not really gone away. The mission and ideology is still there. Components have been taken over by other departments and some of the former DOGE staff have been placed into new roles. Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb a trump cronie designs government websites.
Trump’s Government Efficiency Department Disbands Eight Months Before Mandate Ends
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate, ending an initiative launched with fanfare as a symbol of Trump's pledge to slash...
ground.news
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
ground.news/article/trum...
DOGE has not really gone away. The mission and ideology is still there. Components have been taken over by other departments and some of the former DOGE staff have been placed into new roles. Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb a trump cronie designs government websites.
DOGE has not really gone away. The mission and ideology is still there. Components have been taken over by other departments and some of the former DOGE staff have been placed into new roles. Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb a trump cronie designs government websites.
ground.news/article/acti...
This will only get worse and it's has not been a year in office for this regime. Despicable!
This will only get worse and it's has not been a year in office for this regime. Despicable!
RI judge intervenes after ICE wrongfully detains high school Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
ground.news
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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This will only get worse and it's has not been a year in office for this regime. Despicable!
This will only get worse and it's has not been a year in office for this regime. Despicable!