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@smolineux

Veteran, former intelligence officer Practical Democrat Animal lover Dance mom

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04.11.2025 19:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.08.2025 03:32 πŸ‘ 4566 πŸ” 1574 πŸ’¬ 172 πŸ“Œ 63
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03.08.2025 13:06 πŸ‘ 24496 πŸ” 9936 πŸ’¬ 1090 πŸ“Œ 539

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.Β 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

03.08.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 18151 πŸ” 5954 πŸ’¬ 478 πŸ“Œ 269
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03.08.2025 00:31 πŸ‘ 25526 πŸ” 7913 πŸ’¬ 760 πŸ“Œ 369
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02.08.2025 12:54 πŸ‘ 19313 πŸ” 7541 πŸ’¬ 403 πŸ“Œ 281
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Today marks 16 years since the federal minimum wage was last raised.

Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?

24.07.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 8157 πŸ” 3559 πŸ’¬ 306 πŸ“Œ 243
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Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism Support for Donald Trump is linked to darker personality traits, including increased psychopathy and decreased empathy, new research finds. The study also connects conservative political beliefs to lo...

You don't say.

www.psypost.org/trump-suppor...

23.07.2025 13:08 πŸ‘ 878 πŸ” 156 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 24

Great American institutions and many leaders have capitulated to the onset of fascism in America in much the same way the Vichy French did to the Nazis. No fight. No principles. A betrayal of their country. Universities. Media. Law firms. Political leaders. Clergy.

24.07.2025 00:09 πŸ‘ 305 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4
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16.07.2025 03:57 πŸ‘ 226 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

Wow, irrefutable!

13.07.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4
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09.07.2025 23:58 πŸ‘ 25391 πŸ” 10562 πŸ’¬ 725 πŸ“Œ 628

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30.06.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 37217 πŸ” 9982 πŸ’¬ 939 πŸ“Œ 449
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β€œThere’s no recording allowed out here.” I just grabbed this uncredited off Facebook. Does anyone know who recorded it? I want to make sure they get proper credit.

12.06.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 9027 πŸ” 3236 πŸ’¬ 893 πŸ“Œ 323
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Wow. California Sen. Alex Padilla is wrestled and detained by federal officers after showing up to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference in LA. (video from Bill Melugin of Fox News)

12.06.2025 18:19 πŸ‘ 11771 πŸ” 4553 πŸ’¬ 1372 πŸ“Œ 741

β€œAnd whose fault is that? Not really his, he didn't create this situation of fear, he merely exploited it, and rather successfully. Cassius was right, the fault dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” #GoodNightAndGoodLuck

08.06.2025 00:48 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

In U.S. v. Lovett (1946), the Supreme Court held that not even Congress, in a bill signed by POTUS, may cut off all contracts with a named individual or organization: that’d be an unconstitutional bill of attainder. Only courts can decide who deserves to be punished. SoTrump can’t do it with an EO!

27.05.2025 13:39 πŸ‘ 6215 πŸ” 2098 πŸ’¬ 236 πŸ“Œ 101
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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil.

26.05.2025 17:39 πŸ‘ 44120 πŸ” 10529 πŸ’¬ 1119 πŸ“Œ 668
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26.05.2025 03:26 πŸ‘ 901 πŸ” 209 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6

The Wall Street Journal had a piece last night that the Judicial Conference of the United States β€” the policy making body for the federal judiciary β€” is discussing whether the Judiciary should have its own armed security force rather than rely on the U.S. Marshals for federal judges’ protection.

25.05.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 6851 πŸ” 2016 πŸ’¬ 394 πŸ“Œ 250

I’m so so sorry for your loss. I know your pain. Try to find comfort in good memories.

21.05.2025 22:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Casar: What we discovered last night, which is really breaking news, is that they’re not just robbing Medicaidβ€”it turns out they’re also planning to rob Medicare of nearly half a billion dollars if they pass this bill.

21.05.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 14078 πŸ” 6444 πŸ’¬ 438 πŸ“Œ 339

DOGE staffers attempted to assign a team and take control of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), but CPB leaders resisted citing federal law that protects the nonprofit’s independence from government interference.

13.05.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 6215 πŸ” 1282 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 56
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Rule of law is β€˜endangered,’ chief justice says Speaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced β€œad hominem” criticism of the justices.

It's almost as if granting a criminal blanket immunity was a bad idea.

13.05.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 25202 πŸ” 6754 πŸ’¬ 2224 πŸ“Œ 754

Just FYI because evidently Fox or OAN or whatever is pushing the lie that America accepted the Statue of Liberty and that’s equivalent to the plane.

Congress VOTED to approve receiving the statue. So congress should vote on the jet

13.05.2025 12:21 πŸ‘ 38111 πŸ” 9963 πŸ’¬ 2171 πŸ“Œ 605

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:

β€œno Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

11.05.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 23385 πŸ” 7520 πŸ’¬ 2159 πŸ“Œ 687
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Homeland Security Dept. accuses lawmakers of β€˜storming’ an ICE facility despite oversight laws saying they could be there | CNN Politics The battle over immigration came to a dramatic head Friday afternoon when Democratic lawmakers faced off with Homeland Security Department officers as they tried to visit a Newark, New Jersey Immigrat...

"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.'

The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..."

www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...

11.05.2025 02:19 πŸ‘ 26386 πŸ” 9219 πŸ’¬ 710 πŸ“Œ 326

It’s horrible, but the cruelty is the point

10.05.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Love thy neighbor doesn’t come with fine print.

10.05.2025 10:21 πŸ‘ 20064 πŸ” 3855 πŸ’¬ 342 πŸ“Œ 152