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Mar. 22, 2026 Solartopia™ - Grassroots Election Protection Coalition YouTube video by Solartopia™ GrassRoots Election Protection

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Stop Trump's Illegal Forever War with Iran On February 28, Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu launched a massive unprovoked bombing campaign inside Iran. In his statement, Trump said he started this war, and Americans are likely to die. "The liv...

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Feb. 23, 2026 Solartopia™ - Grassroots Election Protection Coalition YouTube video by Solartopia™ GrassRoots Election Protection

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NEWS: CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico and ordered him not to mention the cancellation over fear of FCC chair Brendan Carr.

Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.

“He was supposed to be here, but… 1/

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu… YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Per Britannica:
Bombardier beetles shoot a corrosive, boiling discharge when threatened. They have two chambers in their abdomens filled with two different reactive substances that become volatile when mixed.
(Remind me to not threaten those beetles) 😮

Per Britannica:
In the early 20th century Korea’s national anthem was sung to the tune of the Scottish folk song “Auld Lang Syne.” After the creation of the Republic of Korea in 1948, the country kept the song’s lyrics but gave it new music.
#Trivia 🎶🎵

Per Britannica:
Groundhogs are also known as “whistlepigs” because when they are alarmed they make a high-pitched sound to alert the others in their colony.
#Trivia
(I know, should have posted this on 2 February) 🤷‍♀️

Per Britannica:
During one of her raids to free enslaved people in the American South, Harriet Tubman fed a baby a piece of bread soaked in laudanum (a mixture of alcohol and opium) to make sure the infant didn’t cry out.
#Trivia

Per Britannica:
In 1717 Russian tsar Peter the Great went to France to seek an alliance. The king of France was Louis XV, then just 7 years old. When he met the boy king, Peter (who was said to stand taller than 6 1/2 feet) scooped him up into his arms, a terrible breach of royal protocol.
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Mid-1840s Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier predicted the existence of an 8th planet in the solar system based on irregularities in the orbit of Uranus, then thought to be the last planet in the solar system. His calculations were so precise astronomers were able to find Neptune w/in an hour of looking.

Per Britannica:
The fake snow used during production of The Wizard of Oz was made from asbestos.
#Trivia #ThingsWeDidNotKnow

255 Zoom, Feb. 2, 2025, Special Guest! US REP. RO KHANNA (D-CA), On the Ground Reports: War in MN, O YouTube video by Solartopia™ GrassRoots Election Protection

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UGH! South Florida weather warning, freeze warning.
🥶 Watch out for falling iguanas.

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.

(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

The United States Postal Service has temporarily suspended mail delivery to some residential and business customers across parts of Arkansas due to hazardous conditions caused by Winter Storm Fern.

I grew up with "neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail, nothing stops the U.S. mail.
Safety 1st

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Jan. 26, 2025 Solartopia, Grassroots Election Protection YouTube video by Solartopia™ GrassRoots Election Protection

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As we return to a pre-WW2 order, the middle powers face a challenge With economic stagnation and extremes of inequality comes corrosion of trust in democratic institutions. So Trump may be a symptom, not a cause, of what Carney called a "rupture" with the post-WW2 ord...

This is actually a long, but well worthwhile read! Please take the time.
It will most likely connect with those from post WWII idealism.
I, for one, never thought the USA would become as toxic as it has.
#25thAmendmentNow

Per Britannica:
Some athletes drink pickle juice as studies suggest it alleviates cramps 40 percent faster than water. In part it replaces sodium lost while sweating, and it also triggers a reflex in the mouth that sends signals to muscles to stop cramping.
#trivia

Tell Congress to Abolish ICE Donald Trump and Stephen Miller have turned ICE into a massive secret police force that is kidnapping, terrorizing and killing American citizens with impunity - in flagrant violation of our Constituti...

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Congress to Abolish ICE. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

All regime mouthpieces who have lied about the murder of VA nurse Alex Pretti must resign immediately. All DHS officials and agents involved must be prosecuted.

Per Britannica:
Earth is about 15 times larger in the Moon’s sky than the Moon is in Earth’s sky. Light from a “full Earth” can be about 50 times brighter than the light from a full moon.

Per Britannica:
The 20th U.S. president, James A. Garfield, published an original proof confirming the Pythagorean theorem (a2 + b2 = c2) while he was a congressman.

Per Britannica:
Martin Luther King, Jr., skipped two grades in school and entered college when he was 15 years old.

Per Britannica:
Florence Green served in Britain’s Women’s Royal Air Force during the last two months of World War I. She was 17 at the time. She was the last surviving World War I veteran, dying at age 110 in 2012.
#trivia

Per Britannica:
In 2010 the U.S. Postal Service wanted to put an image of the Statue of Liberty on a stamp. Instead, it mistakenly used a picture of a replica statue found at the NY-NY casino in Las Vegas. A court ordered the agency to pay the replica’s artist $3.5 million for using his work.

Per Britannica:
Several U.S. Navy nuclear submarines have photonic masts (modern periscopes) that are operated by Xbox controllers.
#trivia #WhoKnew 🤷‍♀️