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Douglas L. Graham
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human for 66 years in a universe some 13.7 billion years old. still learning. waiting to merge back into the mystery.
No free speech in the Republican Reich

Private security guards charged after woman was dragged out of chaotic Idaho town hall meeting
Private security guards charged after woman was dragged out of chaotic Idaho town hall meeting
Prosecutors in northern Idaho have filed misdemeanor charges against six men in connection with the forcible removal of a woman from a legislative town hall meeting in February.
apnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
April 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The poor get poorer.

Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing.
Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decisio...
finance.yahoo.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Thought crimes. In the USA.

Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
Facing a deadline from an immigration judge to turn over evidence for its attempted deportation of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, the federal government has instead submitted a brief mem...
www.yahoo.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Egg on your face? Mine's clean.

Egg prices increase to record high despite Trump's predictions and bird flu outbreak slowing
Egg prices increase to record high despite Trump's predictions and bird flu outbreak slowing
U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record-high of $6.23 per dozen despite President Donald Trump’s predictions, a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu outbr...
apnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Only three months to destroy decades and centuries of a great nation. Three FUCKING months. Proud you voted for this still?
Millions of Social Security recipients were told they won’t get their payments
A combination of outdated technology, new untested software, and planned DOGE staff cuts is leading concern among experts and panic among recipients.
www.pennlive.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Reckless cruelty isn’t strength.

Capitulation isn’t courage.

Cultish allegiance isn’t patriotism.

We used to know the difference.
April 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Never thought I'd see this nation fall so far so fast. Heil Trump!

Trump administration is having early talks to hold a military parade in nation's capital on June 14
Trump administration is having early talks to hold a military parade in nation's capital on June 14
The Trump administration is having early discussions about a grand military parade in the nation's capital this summer.
apnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers

"Not being able to read urgent weather alerts could be a matter of life or death." Nothing in this dictatorship cares about life or death of "subhumans," i.e., non-white Christians.
National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers
The National Weather Service is no longer providing language translations of its products, a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing potentially life-saving warnings ...
www.yahoo.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
FAFO

Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500
Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500
A second unvaccinated school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness. That was confirmed Sunday by a spokesman for UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas.
apnews.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
FAFO

Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
A recent immigration enforcement action that resulted in the arrests of employees and owners at a Texas bakery has shocked residents of the town of Los Fresnos.
apnews.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It is inevitable. The end of this fourth Reich will come.
April 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
 Markets plunge with S&P 500 down 6% and Dow down 2,200 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs

Remind me again, who was president then?
Markets plunge with S&P 500 down 6% and Dow down 2,200 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs
Wall Street’s worst crisis since COVID slammed into a higher gear. The S&P 500 plummeted 6% Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 5.5% and the Nasdaq composite dropped 5.8%.
apnews.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Trump decried the Republicans who voted against the Canadian tariffs by saying it was a “wild and flagrant push to not penalize Canada for the sale...of large amounts of Fentanyl" and that "by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug [it will] make it more costly to distribute and buy.”
April 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump administration drops funding for Pa. farmers who help  food banks. Shapiro moves to reverse it

It's OK you voted for him...you're not a farmer and you're not poor. Right?
Trump administration drops funding for Pa. farmers who help  food banks. Shapiro moves to reverse it • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Trump administration drops funding for Pennsylvania farmers who help food banks. Gov. Shapiro moves to reverse it.
penncapital-star.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
An ‘administrative error’ sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison, ICE says

Whoops.
An ‘administrative error’ sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison, ICE says
President Donald Trump's administration has acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison.
apnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Republicans in Congress move to restrict federal judges who have blocked President Trump

Death of democracy.
Republicans in Congress move to restrict federal judges who have blocked President Trump
Furious over nationwide injunctions, Congressional Republicans are seeking to limit the impact of the federal judiciary.
www.yahoo.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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1/ The college experience could very soon be one that bears little semblance to the classic picture. Your kid could end up on a campus with reduced student services & activities, aging rec centers, shrunken-down humanities dep'ts, less prestigious faculty.

Gift link.
The End of College Life
If they persist, Donald Trump’s attacks on universities will destroy a cornerstone of American life.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM