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BS degree political science, minors in Mediterranean history and biology. University of Utah, Continued Education UNLV. Employment: High Tech industry. Living large!!
Love UK, Scotland, France, Roman history
Love UK, Scotland, France, Roman history
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Corporate sponsors for the usually apolitical event held on the White House South Lawn include tech giants Meta, YouTube and Amazon.
White House solicits corporate sponsors for its Easter Egg Roll event
Corporate sponsors for the usually apolitical event held on the White House South Lawn include tech giants Meta, YouTube and Amazon.
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April 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Corporate sponsors for the usually apolitical event held on the White House South Lawn include tech giants Meta, YouTube and Amazon.
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True facts are true
April 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
True facts are true
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
NEW HAVEN, CT—Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling over the exact definition of a concentration camp was a sign of a healthy society. “Studies of the past tell us that nitpicking the particular semantics […]
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April 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
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Van Hollen: I should also just say, I mentioned the fake margarita, they actually wanted to have the meeting by the side of the pool in the hotel. They want to create this appearance that life was just lovely for Kilmar. Which of course is a big, fat lie.
April 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Van Hollen: I should also just say, I mentioned the fake margarita, they actually wanted to have the meeting by the side of the pool in the hotel. They want to create this appearance that life was just lovely for Kilmar. Which of course is a big, fat lie.
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Seems like @mcuban.bsky.social has this handled
March 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Seems like @mcuban.bsky.social has this handled
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Trump gave us a preview of his commitment to policing antitrust this week when he fired the FTC’s two Democratic commissioners.
“The president wants the FTC to be a lapdog for his golfing buddies,” said one of these commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya.
“The president wants the FTC to be a lapdog for his golfing buddies,” said one of these commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya.
Trump’s Latest Tariff Stunt May Be His Most Deranged Yet
The president’s trade war frenzy continues, now framed as liberation—only without the nylons and cigarettes.
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March 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Trump gave us a preview of his commitment to policing antitrust this week when he fired the FTC’s two Democratic commissioners.
“The president wants the FTC to be a lapdog for his golfing buddies,” said one of these commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya.
“The president wants the FTC to be a lapdog for his golfing buddies,” said one of these commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya.
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this stuff is happening across the country and even more intensively downstream of the veterans admin but it's happening in so many places at once and without any public notification that it's still only barely emerging in the news
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
this stuff is happening across the country and even more intensively downstream of the veterans admin but it's happening in so many places at once and without any public notification that it's still only barely emerging in the news
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I just signed the first bill of the year: lowering costs for small grain buyers.
Prosperity for our ag community is not a partisan issue. I’m glad to see legislators come together in a bipartisan way to get this done.
Prosperity for our ag community is not a partisan issue. I’m glad to see legislators come together in a bipartisan way to get this done.
March 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I just signed the first bill of the year: lowering costs for small grain buyers.
Prosperity for our ag community is not a partisan issue. I’m glad to see legislators come together in a bipartisan way to get this done.
Prosperity for our ag community is not a partisan issue. I’m glad to see legislators come together in a bipartisan way to get this done.
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At issue was whether plane-loads of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang were deported despite the judge's order to turn the planes around.
Judge seeks sworn declaration from Justice Department in deportation case
At issue was whether plane-loads of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang were deported despite the judge's order to turn the planes around.
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March 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
At issue was whether plane-loads of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang were deported despite the judge's order to turn the planes around.
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“What has happened here is an illegal takeover of a private nonprofit:" DOGE used police and private security to forcefully take over the U.S. Institute of Peace–an independent nonprofit founded by Congress–after firing its president and board last week.
Elon Musk’s DOGE Uses Police to Seize Independent Nonprofit
The U.S. Institute of Peace is not a federal agency or located in a federal building. That didn’t stop DOGE from taking over.
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March 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“What has happened here is an illegal takeover of a private nonprofit:" DOGE used police and private security to forcefully take over the U.S. Institute of Peace–an independent nonprofit founded by Congress–after firing its president and board last week.
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Looks like the Last Supper from hell.
March 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Looks like the Last Supper from hell.
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BREAKING:
The DOJ has informed European officials that the U.S. is withdrawing from a multinational group established to investigate war crimes in Ukraine and hold those responsible accountable, including Putin, The NYT reports.
The US can no longer claim to be the leader of the free world
The DOJ has informed European officials that the U.S. is withdrawing from a multinational group established to investigate war crimes in Ukraine and hold those responsible accountable, including Putin, The NYT reports.
The US can no longer claim to be the leader of the free world
March 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING:
The DOJ has informed European officials that the U.S. is withdrawing from a multinational group established to investigate war crimes in Ukraine and hold those responsible accountable, including Putin, The NYT reports.
The US can no longer claim to be the leader of the free world
The DOJ has informed European officials that the U.S. is withdrawing from a multinational group established to investigate war crimes in Ukraine and hold those responsible accountable, including Putin, The NYT reports.
The US can no longer claim to be the leader of the free world
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Donald Trump is commenting on his repeated campaign promise to settle the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office:
“I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that.”
MAGA voters were duped by the sarcasm of a psychopath.
“I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that.”
MAGA voters were duped by the sarcasm of a psychopath.
March 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Donald Trump is commenting on his repeated campaign promise to settle the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office:
“I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that.”
MAGA voters were duped by the sarcasm of a psychopath.
“I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that.”
MAGA voters were duped by the sarcasm of a psychopath.
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BREAKING: The Continuing Resolution cloture motion has passed 62-38, advancing the CR to a final vote.
These are the Democrats who voted to invoke cloture:
These are the Democrats who voted to invoke cloture:
March 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The Continuing Resolution cloture motion has passed 62-38, advancing the CR to a final vote.
These are the Democrats who voted to invoke cloture:
These are the Democrats who voted to invoke cloture:
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The State Department has quietly terminated a contract that was in the process of transferring evidence of alleged Russian abductions of Ukrainian children—a potential war crime—to law enforcement officials in Europe, two people familiar with the situation tell The New Republic.
Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Children
The fate of abducted Ukrainian children is a white-hot issue for peace negotiations—and it looks like the State Department may have just undercut the cause.
newrepublic.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The State Department has quietly terminated a contract that was in the process of transferring evidence of alleged Russian abductions of Ukrainian children—a potential war crime—to law enforcement officials in Europe, two people familiar with the situation tell The New Republic.
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Trump just made it easier for Russian oligarchs to buy their way into America
March 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Trump just made it easier for Russian oligarchs to buy their way into America
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Who looks more stunned? The WWE crowd or the media after Trump met with Zelenskyy
March 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Who looks more stunned? The WWE crowd or the media after Trump met with Zelenskyy
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Conservatives warning about George Soros but make the footage Elon Musk
March 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Conservatives warning about George Soros but make the footage Elon Musk
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Lewis Black has some choice words for young people taking up all the early bird reservations.
March 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Lewis Black has some choice words for young people taking up all the early bird reservations.