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Currently obsessed with politics as I watch, in horror, America’s steady slide into authoritarianism. Retired from Aetna as a Paralegal Manager. Avid reader continuing my fight against cancer. Happily married for 45+ years.
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The gift is bad enough on its own, but can we talk about how insane it is to use a foreign-gifted jet as *Air Force One* Air Force One has a lot of capability that a luxury jet simply doesn’t, and that’s before we even consider the obvious spying/bugging/security concerns.

submitted 6 hours ago • 804 comments

Easy motion to dismiss. If they even get that far.

submitted 19 hours ago • 190 comments

Welcome to the RFK Jr public health era.

submitted 20 hours ago • 845 comments

“But there is also a more chilling possibility that we should not rule out…that..every toxic choice made by Trump is not in fact due to mental defect but, on the contrary, is intentional. That it is consciously thought out & well-executed, part of a plan” www.thedailybeast.com/is-trump-out...

submitted 20 hours ago • 358 comments

Elizabeth Holmes is in prison for defrauding investors through her blood-testing company, Theranos. Her partner, Billy Evans, is now trying to raise money for a company that describes itself as “the future of diagnostics.” nyti.ms/3FbtZm9

submitted 1 day ago • 186 comments

And now the real pain begins. Ports are emptying, dockworkers getting laid off, truckers unable to ship anything. What are now ripples are gonna turn into a tidal wave hurting us all. It’s incomprehensible that ALL of this is being caused by one man who doesn’t understand what tariffs are.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Just say no to thugs.

submitted 23 hours ago • 2 comments

The messages have been loud and clear: You are worried about the future. You are frustrated that more is not being done. We are all angry that so few will stand up and fight. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-h...

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

Once again, Donald Trump's diplomacy has turned into a farce. Just two hours after his statement, Pakistan brazenly violated the ceasefire. It’s clear now — neither allies nor adversaries take him seriously. Under his leadership, America's global credibility has hit rock bottom.

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem and a whole lot of ICE/DHS types is will discover a Strange New Respect for habeas corpus and the rule of law when the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation Commission arrests them for human trafficking, conspiracy, kidnapping, and child abuse.

submitted 1 day ago • 2076 comments

🦊 Competition time! To celebrate the beginning of summer, I'm giving away a signed edition of my Reynard the Fox, a Fox for All Seasons journal, packets of Dorset biscuits & tea to honour my other main character Old Fox & a charming & fluffy fox companion! Simply like, repost & follow to enter! 🌷🦊

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I knew it! The White House is considering SUSPENDING HABEAS CORPUS. And here I thought I was being paranoid.

submitted 2 days ago • 1412 comments

Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.

submitted 1 day ago • 1637 comments

The reason why I cry listening to these old songs isn't because I want to return to the past. It's through music that I get to bear witness to all my past selves. I can see the girl and woman I used to be. She doesn't know I'm there. I know my future self is here, right now, watching these tears.

submitted 1 day ago • 305 comments

1/ On 4/16, fed’l Judge Paula Xinis characterized the steps the gov’t had taken to facilitate Kilmer Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S. by saying, “The record reflects defendants have done nothing at all.” She ordered expedited discovery including depositions. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-record...

submitted 2 days ago • 144 comments

You mean to tell me that Chicago gets to claim Michael Jordan, the first Black President AND the first American Pope? Good lord you ain't going to be able to tell them NOTHING.

submitted 3 days ago • 784 comments

Our government is committing numerous crimes against immigrants right now

submitted 3 days ago • 120 comments

“I never thought the leopards would eat MY judiciary.”

submitted 3 days ago • 962 comments

We should be grateful to the Lord to now be blessed with having an American on the world stage who embodies good and not evil.

submitted 3 days ago • 922 comments

Like we’ve been saying. Republicans are going to kick millions of people off their health care.

submitted 4 days ago • 48 comments

Rachel Maddow re-posting No Kings? I'll take it 👍👍

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments