Cstmelton 🫘
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Childless pet lady, love elephants, travel, outdoors. Counting down to retirement.
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Frozen Friday. This morning's sunrise in Chicago.
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Frozen Friday. This morning's sunrise in Chicago.
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My dad was Chairman of the FCC. This is how he responded to an angry President who complained about a network news story.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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How to Say No to the President
My father taught me that American values are nothing without those who have the courage to uphold them.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My dad was Chairman of the FCC. This is how he responded to an angry President who complained about a network news story.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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“Making dinner” is 10% cooking and 90% staring into the fridge hoping it tells you what to make. #MakingSwedishmeatballs
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“Making dinner” is 10% cooking and 90% staring into the fridge hoping it tells you what to make. #MakingSwedishmeatballs
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The government shutdown is especially tough on men, who are losing $1.00 for every 75¢ a woman loses.
October 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The government shutdown is especially tough on men, who are losing $1.00 for every 75¢ a woman loses.
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Once again, the Japan Times delivers a genius take, months late …
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Once again, the Japan Times delivers a genius take, months late …
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TIL Woody Guthrie lived in one of Fred Trump's [white's only] housing developments and wrote two song about how much he hated "Old Man Trump."
Old Man Trump: Tom Morello gives new life to Woody Guthrie's protest song
Three artists are finishing and producing Guthrie’s song criticizing Donald Trump’s father and reflecting on race – a very current topic in his campaign
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
TIL Woody Guthrie lived in one of Fred Trump's [white's only] housing developments and wrote two song about how much he hated "Old Man Trump."
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Official rendering of the $200 million ballroom extension at The White House. It's bigger than the WH.
Mussolini would be proud.
Oh, also: #EpsteinFiles
Mussolini would be proud.
Oh, also: #EpsteinFiles
August 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Official rendering of the $200 million ballroom extension at The White House. It's bigger than the WH.
Mussolini would be proud.
Oh, also: #EpsteinFiles
Mussolini would be proud.
Oh, also: #EpsteinFiles
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“I learned that there were not just perpetrators, victims, and heroes, but there was another category, a category into which most people fell: Bystander…They were present, but they didn’t do anything.”
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Standing by
Resisting tyranny starts with resisting the allure of being a bystander
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June 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“I learned that there were not just perpetrators, victims, and heroes, but there was another category, a category into which most people fell: Bystander…They were present, but they didn’t do anything.”
open.substack.com/pub/kristind...
open.substack.com/pub/kristind...
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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On D-Day, 81 years ago, bravery fell like rain on the parched soil of Europe. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is shown with Company E, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, at the 101st Airborne Division camp, Greenham Common, England, on June 5, 1944 - one day before the landing. Heroes all.
June 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
On D-Day, 81 years ago, bravery fell like rain on the parched soil of Europe. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is shown with Company E, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, at the 101st Airborne Division camp, Greenham Common, England, on June 5, 1944 - one day before the landing. Heroes all.
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Wow! This is powerful
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, renowned journalist Scott Pelley just highlighted how Donald Trump is working to stifle free speech in America, and how he plans on fighting back. This is huge.
May 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Wow! This is powerful
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On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.
May 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.
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"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
This Memorial Day, let us not forget that every freedom we have was paid for with the ultimate sacrifice. It’s our duty to protect those liberties so heavily paid for.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
This Memorial Day, let us not forget that every freedom we have was paid for with the ultimate sacrifice. It’s our duty to protect those liberties so heavily paid for.
May 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
This Memorial Day, let us not forget that every freedom we have was paid for with the ultimate sacrifice. It’s our duty to protect those liberties so heavily paid for.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
This Memorial Day, let us not forget that every freedom we have was paid for with the ultimate sacrifice. It’s our duty to protect those liberties so heavily paid for.
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The Afterword of Normally Weird including horror movies and dark angels uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm... #normallyweird
May 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The Afterword of Normally Weird including horror movies and dark angels uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm... #normallyweird
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The Qatari jet is unconstitutional. There is no getting around this.
The Emoluments Clause Is Not a Suggestion
Two plus two equals four.
www.notesfromthecircus.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Qatari jet is unconstitutional. There is no getting around this.
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This has all the feels today
This has all the feels today
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
YouTube video by SuperWhoopass
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May 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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This has all the feels today
This has all the feels today
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Far down the list of troubling things about the moment we’re living in, but still on it, is that it’s very hard to come up with something new to say about it.
May 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Far down the list of troubling things about the moment we’re living in, but still on it, is that it’s very hard to come up with something new to say about it.
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Donald Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in the Middle East Are Staggering
He is now openly mingling his personal and political interests.
He is now openly mingling his personal and political interests.
Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest in the Middle East are staggering
He is now openly mingling his personal and political interests.
www.motherjones.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Donald Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in the Middle East Are Staggering
He is now openly mingling his personal and political interests.
He is now openly mingling his personal and political interests.
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#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1893: Workers for Pullman Palace Car Co. go on strike, protesting 25% wage cuts without decreases in rents and costs at the Pullman company town. It led to a large-scale strike and boycott that disrupted rail traffic for months. /1
Today in history, 1893: Workers for Pullman Palace Car Co. go on strike, protesting 25% wage cuts without decreases in rents and costs at the Pullman company town. It led to a large-scale strike and boycott that disrupted rail traffic for months. /1
May 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1893: Workers for Pullman Palace Car Co. go on strike, protesting 25% wage cuts without decreases in rents and costs at the Pullman company town. It led to a large-scale strike and boycott that disrupted rail traffic for months. /1
Today in history, 1893: Workers for Pullman Palace Car Co. go on strike, protesting 25% wage cuts without decreases in rents and costs at the Pullman company town. It led to a large-scale strike and boycott that disrupted rail traffic for months. /1
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MAGA Republican political discourse in one easy to understand meme.
May 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
MAGA Republican political discourse in one easy to understand meme.