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David Baldacci has written more than 50 suspense and legal novels. Now, the author and his wife are tackling a major real-world problem. https://to.pbs.org/3Yvw9Dv
How author David Baldacci and his wife are working to counter toxic political discourse
David Baldacci has written more than 50 suspense and legal novels. His latest is “Nash Falls,” a story about a successful businessman recruited by the FBI to expose a global crime network. But Baldacc...
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December 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Thanks to "Momma Spanberger" Eileen Davis for reminding us all about the amazing work of Kim Drew Wright (who passed away in 2024) in helping to turn Chesterfield blue (it went by nearly 18 points for @SpanbergerForVA on Tuesday). Just added Kim to the WINNERS list! bluevirginia.us/2025/11/poli...
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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In hindsight, James Walkinshaw’s 50 point win in the VA-11 special was foreshadowing

Everyone waved it off as just another Dem special over performance

But NOVA results show a huge backlash to changes in DC

GOP gains here after 2020 wiped out
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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🚨🧵Why We Can't Panic:

Humans Are Designed to Keep Calm and Carry On

Ten months into Trump’s return to power, America feels like it’s full of pod people (you youngsters can go ahead and Google that one). open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Why We Can't Panic
Humans Are Designed to Keep Calm and Carry On
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.
October 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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BREAKING: Sinclair FOLDS and ends its preemption of Jimmy Kimmel Live! The show will return tonight on Sinclair's ABC affiliates.
September 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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ICYMI from Tuesday’s show: We took a little trip down to the National Mall to check out a Trump-Epstein statue dedicated to their “friendship.” We found a steady stream of tourists and local residents who had to see it for themselves.
September 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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A new, tour de force review on the future approaches to treat and potentially cure Type 1 diabetes
@thelancet.com
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
September 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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ABC and Disney bent the knee again. First $16M to Trump over Stephanopoulos, now firing Kimmel at his command. Timothy Snyder, in On Tyranny, warned: “do not obey in advance.” Trump signaled in July he wanted Kimmel fired. This is authoritarian rule. Boycott ABC and Disney for eternity.
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: A higher up at the Bureau of Prisons WAIVED Ghislaine Maxwell's sex offender status in order to transfer her to a minimum security camp in Texas, per source. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas
According to sources, you can't move someone with a Public Safety Factor (PSF) designation - which Maxwell had - without waiving it. That's what happened here.
www.muellershewrote.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Trump has had his friend and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to a minimum security prison.

The MAGA movement is about to let Trump strip Epstein’s victims’ of the only justice they ever got.

Epstein pled the 5th when asked about his activities with Trump.
August 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Silver lining:

Europe became a Union yesterday.
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March 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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BASH: I remember a time when Republicans were very careful about the government having access to personal data

NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore

BASH: You are the government
February 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
February 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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President Trump has ordered agencies to halt funding for many climate and infrastructure projects. That's created uncertainty for communities expecting tens of millions of dollars for everything from solar projects to electric school buses. via @wbur.org
Federally funded climate projects in Mass. face uncertainty under Trump
Uncertainty lingers for many federally-funded climate, energy and environment projects in Massachusetts, as President Trump works to unwind some of the signature initiatives of the Biden era.
www.wbur.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry, or scream... or all of the above.
February 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
January 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Please listen.
Please.
Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
January 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Today I ignored the #&5@show and went with my granddaughter to give blood. Day of service for MLK.
January 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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LAST CALL FORECAST MAP IS HERE -- FRIDAY NIGHT/ SATURDAY EARLY AM

tinyurl.com/m39tj2nd
please the info and LOOK at the maps
LAST CALL FORECAST MAP — this is turning out to be a decent moderate snowstorm for southern VA/…
Amazingly all the data continues to come in wetter with each new model run. We saw the trend start midday and we saw it continue at18z/…
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January 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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**ALERT** MAJOR DEVELOPENT RE 2nd SNOW MONDAY NIGHT ..looks MUCH heavier

0z MONDAY 3km NAM significantly increases 2ND SNOW with 3 hours of really heavy snow. Previous NAM did NOT drop this 2nd round of snow into central/ eastern VA (RIC Northern Neck/ Mid Peninsula.
January 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
*Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms
*William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury
*Virginia Woolf’s essay A Room of One’s Own

All enter public domain on Jan 1, 2025.
December 10, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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Staffers at The Washington Post are "gutted and worried" after Matea Gold's exit to The New York Times, which interim top editor Matt Murray stopped the outlet's media desk from covering.

More from Inside The WaPo in Status: www.status.news/p/matea-gold...
Gold Rush
As Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis near a pick for The Washington Post's next top editor, staffers are "gutted and worried" by the loss of Matea Gold to The New York Times.
www.status.news
December 10, 2024 at 4:30 AM
But so glad they’re here.
We don't deserve dogs.
This is Theo. He's always looking out for his older sister Mia. Sometimes that means simply making sure she gets enough pets at day care. 13/10 for both
December 10, 2024 at 3:14 AM