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When you can’t outcompete, just ban them. Classic.

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This Memorial Day weekend, the best way to honor the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is to honor and protect the freedoms and the democracy they died for.

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Trump’s attacks on the media recently resulted in the U.S. plummeting in the global press freedom index issued by Reporters Without Borders. We now rank 57th globally. Reporters without Borders warns of an “authoritarian shift” in the administration’s treatment of the press.

submitted 13 days ago • 38 comments

After Trump slashed VA staffing, Dallas veterans are now facing months-long waits for care. Surgeries are being postponed, and mental health support is falling through the cracks. A fine way for Republicans to "honor" the fallen.

submitted 13 days ago • 65 comments

A beautiful sight and what Clare Staples fights for: #wildhorses, whose families and freedom are stolen by an inhumane and broken US gov’t bureaucracy. Thanks to her, #bluezeus and his family are free and protected at #skydogsanctuary in #Oregon for the rest of their lives.

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Remember the 2nd case like Abrego Garcia, involving the gay man deported to Mexico n/w/s having been terrorized and held for ransom there? Judge Murphy orders the US to bring him back. not facilitate, not effectuate, bring him back.

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In mid-May, the gate opens to Sheep’s Rock pine forest that rises to 5000 ft. A stream flows, moss covers old growth, #native bunch grasses abound on rugged terrain with trails worn into the hillside. Now they get to be the #wildhorses they were born to be and teach their young the wild ways.

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Trump tried to falsify intelligence reports to show that Tren de Aragua is here on orders from the Venezuelan government to justify disappearing people under the Alien Enemies Act. Andy McCabe and I will discuss on tomorrow's UnJustified Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

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🏠 The Scottish Government are delivering more homes per head than anywhere else in the UK. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The SNP are focused on what matters to you: secure homes, strong communities, and a fairer Scotland.

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Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.

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Jon Stewart roasts CNN for their nonstop promotion of the Biden book.

submitted 17 days ago • 412 comments

My sister got me out for a beer tonight. Rarely happens. Here I am holding her the day she came home from the hospital.

submitted 14 days ago • 131 comments

The first lily of the season! 🌱

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My wife watching The Prisoner: “Patrick McGoohan seems like the kind of guy who would be offered the role of James Bond and turn it down.” And she was right!

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Twitter’s down again? Leon should be nowhere near air traffic control systems. Agree? 🙋‍♀️

submitted 13 days ago • 84 comments

Little boys. 💕 Postcard from my collection, unsent, 1902.

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Alliums and wisteria in downtown #ROC

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Medicare for All isn't radical. What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Don’t believe me? Listen to what these nurses have say:

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12 Grammys 3 Grammy Hall of Fame awards Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award First Black artist and First female to be on the cover of Rolling Stone In the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Twice. Had her biggest hit when she was in her 40s Tina Turner passed away 2 years ago today.

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So we’ve got $90 million to throw the parade he wanted, but we don’t have the money to fix North Carolina. Got it!

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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

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Yesterday, I joined the Braddock Carnegie Library for their grand reopening celebration. Together with U.S. Steel, the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation and state grants, this community space is now open again to serve the public and provide space for learning, tech and creativity.

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Patrick Gaspard was the U.S. ambassador to South Africa from 2013 to 2016. 🇺🇸 🇿🇦

submitted 16 days ago • 599 comments

While I appreciate the "lock him up" and "impeach him" sentiments (and I'm with you), if Mueller, Garland, and impeachment taught us anything, its that 1) SCOTUS is corrupt and 2) We have to do this ourselves. As I've been saying for nearly 8 years: it's up to us. Always has been.

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