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Social Security benefits were essential to the care and well-being of raising my children.

It's a promise from their father, who paid into the system his entire working life.

It's a promise to all of us who pay into the system our entire working lives. - Lisa Bogacki
April 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Sure, Kamala Harris would have have preserved our global power and domestic prosperity. But she would have done so as a Black woman.

by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
April 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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That is exactly true.
March 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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“Transitioning” from 50 straight months of job growth, a 400% rise in manufacturing construction and the best back-to-back years for the stock market in a quarter century. 🤡
Mike Johnson: "We're transitioning from Bidenomics and the terrible economy that was delivered by the last administration. It takes a while to turn that ship around."
March 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I can't believe Big Balls, the Douche and Tommy Tuna could make a mistake like this, given their combined year of work experience.
DOGE’s federal property sell-off has accidentally revealed a CIA black site in Northern Virginia, according to Bloomberg.
March 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Suozzi: When that guy asked Zelenskyy a question, he said, 'You don’t have a suit? You come in here without a suit on?' That was Marjorie Taylor Greene’s boyfriend. Why is he asking questions in the Oval Office, and why doesn’t he ask that question when Elon Musk shows up?
March 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...
March 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Today, a reporter from the Russian state news agency TASS gained unauthorized access to the Oval Office. How does one gain unauthorized access to the Oval Office? Meanwhile, AP and Reuters were blocked.
February 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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The firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are “going to affect safety of flight, safety of shipping, safety of everyday Americans,” Admiral Tim Gallaudet, who was acting NOAA chief during the first Trump term, told the AP. “Lives are at risk for sure.”
Firing workers from US weather and oceans agency risks lives and the economy, former agency heads warn
NOAA's 301 billion weather forecasts every year reach 96% of American households.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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The Trump Admin has terminated funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.
February 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”

There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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An unvaccinated school-age child has died of measles in West Texas, the first known death from an outbreak of the disease that is spreading in the state and in neighboring New Mexico, officials said on Wednesday. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
Unvaccinated Child Dies of Measles in Texas, Officials Say
At least 124 cases of measles have been identified in Texas since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who are either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, officials say.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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On the HHS Leadership call today: 1 employee from CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Service) and 2 employees from SSA (Social Security Administration) have died by suicide after their firing.
February 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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February 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.
February 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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“The controller who was handling helicopters in the airport’s vicinity Wednesday night was also instructing planes that were landing and departing from its runways. Those jobs typically are assigned to two controllers, rather than one.”
Staffing was ‘not normal’ at airport tower, according to a preliminary F.A.A. report.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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FAA says a military helicopter collided with the American Airlines passenger jet from Wichita near DCA.

There must be immediate hearings on how the federal government/Department of Defense allowed this to happen and if removal of safety protocols and recent personnel changes led to this incident.
January 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is a longtime friend of RFK, Jr. and reportedly has not yet committed to voting against him.

Personal friendship are not relevant to whether a nut job like RFK, Jr. is qualified.

Call Whitehouse: 202-224-2921

Or message: whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/email-sheldon
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January 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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8 inches of fresh snow laid on the ground for President John F. Kennedy's inauguration on Jan. 20th 1961. The temperature at 10 am was 19.4°F in Washington DC.

In his speech JFK urged American citizens to "ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country."
January 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM