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Chicago writer, culinarian, nurturer of children, RN. Former Houstonian. Owned by an Australian shepherd. Blue to the bone. Je ne capitule pas.

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Senator Markey ๐ŸŽฏ

06.03.2026 03:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 7032 ๐Ÿ” 1409 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114 ๐Ÿ“Œ 47
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Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

06.03.2026 20:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 24621 ๐Ÿ” 7063 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 526 ๐Ÿ“Œ 425
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Northern Virginia today

06.03.2026 06:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 814 ๐Ÿ” 309 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 131 ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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A budget is a moral document.

06.03.2026 03:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 7586 ๐Ÿ” 3018 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 208 ๐Ÿ“Œ 110
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The fuck kind of answer is this

06.03.2026 02:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 14468 ๐Ÿ” 4846 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2045 ๐Ÿ“Œ 701
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MASSIE: โ€œIran is not Venezuela. The Ayatollah was not a president. He was a religious leaderโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ & ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ turned him into a martyr, expended billions, 6 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ families must now lay to rest their sons & daughters. And for what? This administration can't even give us a straight answer.โ€

06.03.2026 04:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 19842 ๐Ÿ” 6086 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 557 ๐Ÿ“Œ 238
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06.03.2026 22:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New files released detail a woman met with the FBI at least four times to allege she had survived being sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump when she was a child.
Nothing happened.

06.03.2026 06:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2124 ๐Ÿ” 772 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 75 ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

If itโ€™s true that the United States bombed an elementary school and killed scores of children it is an unfathomable crime. I have never been more disgusted to be an American.

06.03.2026 04:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 21038 ๐Ÿ” 4110 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1324 ๐Ÿ“Œ 366

Iโ€™ve seen a great deal of outrage about it.

28.02.2026 15:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He is devoid of soul. He was profoundly personality disordered as a child, and is following the progression expected of a psychopath.

28.02.2026 15:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Those around him *want* people to die.

28.02.2026 15:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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28.02.2026 14:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 10227 ๐Ÿ” 3359 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 630 ๐Ÿ“Œ 167
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Margaret Sullivan on how Trump coverage still falls short "A different, more skeptical approach is absolutely necessary."

New in PN: A conversation with @sulliview.bsky.social on the state of political coverage in 2026

"This is a long-term campaign against a reality-based press. Thanks to a lot of factors that are going on in the overall media ecosystem, itโ€™s been successful."

21.02.2026 14:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1055 ๐Ÿ” 307 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officersโ€™ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as โ€˜violent perpetratorsโ€™

A MN protester accused of assaulting ICE officer had case dropped after vids showed no assault.

LA protester accused of assaulting ICE w/ โ€œhatโ€ had case dropped; judge said govt acted in โ€œbad faithโ€

In Chicago, 92 ppl were arrested for assault/impeding ICE; 0 convicted

DOJ keeps lying and losing:

21.02.2026 21:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 5888 ๐Ÿ” 2146 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 118 ๐Ÿ“Œ 107

fellow leftists: when someone says to a politician "why are you not keeping to your campaign promises?" it doesn't help to go "lol did you really expect them to?" bc often the answer is no. they didn't. they're just trying to invoke some public accountability. stop being jerks.

21.02.2026 02:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 3432 ๐Ÿ” 439 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25 ๐Ÿ“Œ 46
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Today, we celebrate the life and legacy of John Lewisโ€”and his lifelong fight for civil rights, democracy, and human dignity.

May we all get into a little good troubleโ€”today and every day.

21.02.2026 23:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1188 ๐Ÿ” 313 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Public un-redacted files via Europe

21.02.2026 21:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 17902 ๐Ÿ” 5173 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1057 ๐Ÿ“Œ 504
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Iโ€™ve written about this multiple times, but MOST countries arenโ€™t prepared for this kind of war.

I donโ€™t think folks understand how much combat has evolved during the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Itโ€™s unrecognizable from other modern conflicts.

www.thetimes.com/business/com...

21.02.2026 22:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 4914 ๐Ÿ” 1437 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 225 ๐Ÿ“Œ 68
U.S. Reps Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (R) and Angie Craig (D-MN) speak to press after conducting oversight at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in St Paul, Minnesota. The two congressional representatives from Minnesota were touring the facility after being denied access last month. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images)

U.S. Reps Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (R) and Angie Craig (D-MN) speak to press after conducting oversight at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in St Paul, Minnesota. The two congressional representatives from Minnesota were touring the facility after being denied access last month. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images)

Angie Craig: "They removed everyone from the ICE facility 30 minutes before we arrived โ€” this is not the intent of the law. DHS is violating the law"

Ilhan Omar: "What happened today is a blatant attempt to obstruct members of Congress from doing their oversight duties"

21.02.2026 21:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 5150 ๐Ÿ” 1951 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 156 ๐Ÿ“Œ 93
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Surprise ICE warehouse could house up to 10,000 detainees for months at a time, new documents show After weeks of speculation about what the 400,000-square-foot warehouse in Surprise might be used for, the documents confirm it will be retrofitted as an ICE detention center, potentially housing 7,00...

We must stop every single proposed concentration camp. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

19.02.2026 04:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 13975 ๐Ÿ” 5250 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 478 ๐Ÿ“Œ 253

The UK arresting Andrew.

South Korea tossing their wannabe dictator in jail for life.

John Roberts better be getting a really nice Edible Arrangement from the White House.

19.02.2026 12:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 22706 ๐Ÿ” 3994 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 530 ๐Ÿ“Œ 152
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๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก

19.02.2026 17:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 3860 ๐Ÿ” 2046 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 325 ๐Ÿ“Œ 153
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Excellent choice

19.02.2026 19:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1127 ๐Ÿ” 169 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 47 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office It comes after Thames Valley Police said they were assessing a complaint over the alleged sharing of confidential material by the former prince with Jeffrey Epstein.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office - BBC News
This is huge...... History is being made.....

19.02.2026 10:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 37 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.

19.02.2026 19:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 30163 ๐Ÿ” 8714 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1151 ๐Ÿ“Œ 462
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Donโ€™t get overwhelmed. ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿฆ‹

19.02.2026 18:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 245 ๐Ÿ” 74 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?

19.02.2026 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 18561 ๐Ÿ” 7240 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2375 ๐Ÿ“Œ 952

He knows it well.

03.02.2026 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes. Yes, they do.

03.02.2026 19:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0