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DonnaHackemackBryant
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Diehard screaming liberal. Environmental & gun control activist. Grammar & punctuation nazi, Oxford comma advocate. Texas Aggie Democrat (not an oxymoron). Dog & human Mama & Oma. On Threads @schpinna.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“I love the smell of [DJT] panic in the morning…” AND #ImpeachBondi is becoming a real thing. #2026KarmicJustice
HCR December 26, 2025
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December 26, 2025
On Tuesday, December 23, the U.S.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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I was kind of sad and angry when MSNBC let @katiephang.bsky.social go, but now I think they did us all a big favor because we get Katie Phang unleashed. She no longer has to hold back to protect a big corporation. We scored.💙
Phang: If that happened in January, how in the actual hell is Blanche now telling the American people that they suddenly discovered a million more documents?

GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
December 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Remember the horrible story in the Epstein files about the limo driver who met a survivor of Trump and Epstein who was afraid for her life if she reported it and was then found shot to death?

The Oklahoman may have uncovered evidence of her death this week.

www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
'Ruled a suicide': Newly uncovered records support FBI tip about Epstein and Trump
Explosive claims in an FBI tip about President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein gained new weight this week after a local newspaper uncovered death records consistent with details described in the tip...
www.rawstory.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.

(Published Oct. 2024)
Gun Companies Gave Customers’ Sensitive Personal Information to Political Operatives
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm o...
www.propublica.org
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
December 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Worn out by xmas—couches & dogbeds all around & she crashes on the concrete floor. #SweetWindy
December 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy.
Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025. See the impact of his tariffs, in four charts
Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy — building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#BestOf2025, from @josephinelee.bsky.social: Seven years into the costly experiment that is Texas Partnerships, the Observer has carried out a wide-ranging investigation into whether these state-backed charter arrangements have actually benefited Lone Star State kids in struggling schools.
Texas Already Gives Public Ed Dollars to Private Operators. Here's How That Worked Out.
The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer investigation has uncovered numerous academic and financial issues.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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“If we are stuck talking about this from just a scientific or political standpoint, that’s an incredibly narrow set of stories to tell, when this is the biggest story on the planet.”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/26/us-voters-link-climate-crisis-affordability?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
US voters linking climate crisis to rising bills despite Trump’s ‘green scam’ claims
New polling shows 65% of registered US voters believe global heating is affecting cost of living
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December 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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New York to require social media platforms to display mental health warnings reut.rs/4jh7Wdp
New York to require social media platforms to display mental health warnings
Social media platforms with infinite scrolling, auto-play and algorithmic feeds will be required to display warning labels about their potential harm to young users’ mental health under a new law, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Friday.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers.

Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.

With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supe...
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December 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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December 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I told my daughter Kristen that I didn’t want any presents this year, so she gave me the most delightful nongift EVER, a song about our dogs. (Mimi adds that it’s not all her: Lulah, not shown here, helps.) In the interest of brevity, here’s the final verse of the song—1/3
December 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
December 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Outside city hall, a monument to the apian invaders draws visitors like bees to honey. 🐝 https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/hidalgo-texas-killer-bee-statue/
When Africanized Bees Moved to Hidalgo, Someone Had a Killer Idea
Outside city hall, a monument to the apian invaders draws visitors like bees to honey.
www.texasmonthly.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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The DOJ is lying when it says they *just now* received Epstein files from the Southern District of New York.
December 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Before you hit the UNSUBSCRIBE button on all the junk email you’re getting right now, hit reply (DON’T hit SEND) & check out the email address you’re sending that unsubscribe to. 1/2
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The Criminal-in-Chief is now handling the twitter acct of the agency that’s supposed to be investigating him. Fascism 101.
joycevance.substack.com/p/which-side...
Which Side Is DOJ on: The Epstein Files
With apologies for writing about such a serious topic as we enter the Christmas holidays, these developments seemed too important to ignore.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Great read. Spread it far and wide. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
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Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is (no shyte) across the street from me. It’s higher than the peak of the roof, so at least 20ft high. This isn’t jolly; it’s fckng SCARY. #YayHouston
December 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
You know how Maduro could black 47’s eyes & achieve perfect revenge? Put all the victims sent to CECOT Prison that were released into Venezuela on jets to the US.
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A Conviction, Two Orders, and A Lawsuit
Also announcing a very special Substack Live in the morning
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December 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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I’m sure this will be popular. 5 million people are in default right now. The Dept of Ed estimates as many as 10 million by end of next year because of job market.
December 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM