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Trump admin deals a blow to military families.
Broken campaign promise
Trump had pledged: “under the Trump administration, your government will pay for, or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for, all costs associated with IVF treatment.”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/p...
Broken campaign promise
Trump had pledged: “under the Trump administration, your government will pay for, or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for, all costs associated with IVF treatment.”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/p...
Military families hit with bitter blow after Congress strips fertility treatment funding from defense bill | CNN Politics
Back in 2017, when my husband was still in the Army, we learned he was unexpectedly deploying right as we were going to start trying to get pregnant. Military families get accustomed to this pattern: ...
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Trump admin deals a blow to military families.
Broken campaign promise
Trump had pledged: “under the Trump administration, your government will pay for, or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for, all costs associated with IVF treatment.”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/p...
Broken campaign promise
Trump had pledged: “under the Trump administration, your government will pay for, or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for, all costs associated with IVF treatment.”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/p...
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Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.
December 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.
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Zelenskyy calls Russia’s claim of a strike on one of Putin’s residences a “complete fabrication,” a lie designed to sabotage diplomacy, justify more attacks on Kyiv, and excuse Moscow’s refusal to end the war. He warns the world must not stay silent as Russia tries to derail peace.
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Zelenskyy calls Russia’s claim of a strike on one of Putin’s residences a “complete fabrication,” a lie designed to sabotage diplomacy, justify more attacks on Kyiv, and excuse Moscow’s refusal to end the war. He warns the world must not stay silent as Russia tries to derail peace.
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The New York Times are trying to rehab Marjorie Taylor Greene and they'll look past her still being one of the most anti trans people in Congress while highlighting her statement about wanting "to be more like Christ."
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The New York Times are trying to rehab Marjorie Taylor Greene and they'll look past her still being one of the most anti trans people in Congress while highlighting her statement about wanting "to be more like Christ."
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What the absolute [expletive] was that?!?
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What the absolute [expletive] was that?!?
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Imagine being this much of a piece of shit father.
December 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Imagine being this much of a piece of shit father.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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This is such a stunning example of how far we’ve fallen. In his first term, he said this in a private meeting, it was front-page news everywhere, he denied saying it, Republicans criticized him.
Now he repeats it in front of cheering rally crowd, nobody blinks, it’s not even reported in the news.
Now he repeats it in front of cheering rally crowd, nobody blinks, it’s not even reported in the news.
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This is such a stunning example of how far we’ve fallen. In his first term, he said this in a private meeting, it was front-page news everywhere, he denied saying it, Republicans criticized him.
Now he repeats it in front of cheering rally crowd, nobody blinks, it’s not even reported in the news.
Now he repeats it in front of cheering rally crowd, nobody blinks, it’s not even reported in the news.
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This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
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Pardon incoming 🙄
The plot thickens. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Pardon incoming 🙄
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A Pentagon watchdog has found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated some of the department’s regulations when he shared sensitive information from his cellphone on Signal earlier this year, according to Sen. Mark Kelly.
Pentagon’s Signalgate Review Finds Hegseth Violated Defense Department Regulations
Department watchdog also states as Pentagon chief, Hegseth has the authority to declassify information.
on.wsj.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A Pentagon watchdog has found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated some of the department’s regulations when he shared sensitive information from his cellphone on Signal earlier this year, according to Sen. Mark Kelly.
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COLLINS: “You’re leaving the door open to potentially running again next year?”
AFTYN: “Perhaps, yeah. Absolutely.” 👀
AFTYN: “Perhaps, yeah. Absolutely.” 👀
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
COLLINS: “You’re leaving the door open to potentially running again next year?”
AFTYN: “Perhaps, yeah. Absolutely.” 👀
AFTYN: “Perhaps, yeah. Absolutely.” 👀
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Yeah isolation is one word for it.
Another is "apartheid".
Another is "apartheid".
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Yeah isolation is one word for it.
Another is "apartheid".
Another is "apartheid".
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The US put jury trials in our constitution in the 6th amendment to prevent shit like this.
Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The US put jury trials in our constitution in the 6th amendment to prevent shit like this.
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My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
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NASHVILLE Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social on voting for @aftynbehn.bsky.social in TN-7: “You will never have a chance to have as much impact in an election as you do right now.”
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NASHVILLE Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social on voting for @aftynbehn.bsky.social in TN-7: “You will never have a chance to have as much impact in an election as you do right now.”
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Viktor Orban is currently having a coronary.
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Viktor Orban is currently having a coronary.
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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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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM