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Foodie. Music junkie. History and languages nerd.
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AOC on senate Dems caving and backing the CR: “A wide sense of betrayal.”
March 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
AOC on senate Dems caving and backing the CR: “A wide sense of betrayal.”
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A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
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David Sipress, The New Yorker 😢
March 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
David Sipress, The New Yorker 😢
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Some elderly and disabled people who rely on Social Security or SSDI as their only or primary income could become homeless if this happens.
The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says
New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.
www.cnbc.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Some elderly and disabled people who rely on Social Security or SSDI as their only or primary income could become homeless if this happens.
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We could have been part of that.
March 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We could have been part of that.
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Another strong woman speaks
the TRUTH…
the TRUTH…
March 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Another strong woman speaks
the TRUTH…
the TRUTH…
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old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
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After we published a public audit on Saturday, Elon Musk’s DOGE deleted hundreds more claims from its mistake-plagued “wall of receipts,” wiping out an additional $4 billion in so-called savings that the group had claimed to secure for U.S. taxpayers.
March 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
After we published a public audit on Saturday, Elon Musk’s DOGE deleted hundreds more claims from its mistake-plagued “wall of receipts,” wiping out an additional $4 billion in so-called savings that the group had claimed to secure for U.S. taxpayers.
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NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...
www.military.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
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Having out of town guests over. We were going to make them a meal, as has been the custom in virtually every culture in human history, but I think instead we'll berate them, criticize their clothing choices, and demand they thank us for everything.
March 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Having out of town guests over. We were going to make them a meal, as has been the custom in virtually every culture in human history, but I think instead we'll berate them, criticize their clothing choices, and demand they thank us for everything.
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The accuracy of the political cartoons recently is incredibly painful.
March 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The accuracy of the political cartoons recently is incredibly painful.
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New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.
March 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.
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Leaders of the free world stand united in London
The United States is not among them
The United States is not among them
March 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Leaders of the free world stand united in London
The United States is not among them
The United States is not among them
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Thou shalt not deport hard working, good people whilst importing vile criminals like the Tate brothers and still claim you have morals.
March 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Thou shalt not deport hard working, good people whilst importing vile criminals like the Tate brothers and still claim you have morals.
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Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.
March 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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The Onion is within a hair's breadth of reporting real news apnews.com/video/robert...
February 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Onion is within a hair's breadth of reporting real news apnews.com/video/robert...
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Here are our 5 bullet points of what we did this week; keep in mind that NASA receives less than 1% of the entire federal budget.
1 week. All in 1 week. 🚀🚀
1. NASA installs heat shield on first private spacecraft bound for Venus
phys.org/news/2025-02...
1 week. All in 1 week. 🚀🚀
1. NASA installs heat shield on first private spacecraft bound for Venus
phys.org/news/2025-02...
NASA installs heat shield on first private spacecraft bound for Venus
Led by Rocket Lab of Long Beach, California, and their partners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Rocket Lab's Venus mission will be the first private mission to the planet.
phys.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Here are our 5 bullet points of what we did this week; keep in mind that NASA receives less than 1% of the entire federal budget.
1 week. All in 1 week. 🚀🚀
1. NASA installs heat shield on first private spacecraft bound for Venus
phys.org/news/2025-02...
1 week. All in 1 week. 🚀🚀
1. NASA installs heat shield on first private spacecraft bound for Venus
phys.org/news/2025-02...