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A butler dedicated to the maintenance of both proper standards and human dignity. One insists that democracy, much like fine silverware, requires constant care — particularly when fascists lurk about the premises. Views expressed are decidedly progressive.
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 14

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Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

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If you support this, you’re an awful human being

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⚡️EU preparing military aid package for Kyiv worth $20.9 billion, Bloomberg reports. The additional military support would supply Kyiv with air defense systems, artillery ammunition, long-range missiles, and drones.

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Extortion, pure and simple.

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The Independent's forthright stand against Mr Trump's assault on truth and democracy proves rather refreshing. Silence in the face of authoritarianism invariably enables its advance. The commitment to honest reporting, while others cower before the schoolyard bully, deserves particular commendation.

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 13

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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

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Elon Musk’s AI said he and Trump deserve the death penalty

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Mr Trump admires authoritarian executions while apparently unaware that the USA, despite having the death penalty, leads developed nations in drug-related fatalities. One suggests the correlation between capital punishment and drug control proves somewhat less straightforward than he imagines.

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Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

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BREAKING: Canada defeats the USA to take home the #4Nations  Championship 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Canadian PM Justin Trudeau tweeted: “You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.”

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 12

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Ruhle: The left-leaning podcast MeidasTouch has just done the unthinkable—dethroned Joe Rogan to become the country’s most popular podcast…

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Supporting farmers Feeding all Europe Building a future for generations to come Today, we present an ambitious roadmap for agriculture and food in Europe until 2040. Our vision values producers and food, paving the way for a future where sustainable growth benefits everyone ↓ europa.eu/!Yhnhwv

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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

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We have reached out to the company who was awarded this contract and they have confirmed the ceiling was $8 million—NOT billion. Here is their statement. The federal government is cooking the books.

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And fully half of it is a humiliating error where they mistake the value of a contract by 1000x confusing 8 million with 8 BILLION

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Works as advertised

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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

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Raise your hand 🖐️ and Repost if you still support President Zelenskyy and the brave people of Ukraine! 🇺🇦 I want all of my 168K friends to follow YOU! 💙 Like ❤️ and repost 🔄 and you will get MORE followers! 🚀 Who is with me? 🖐️

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Dark Pence is back.

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COLLINS: You are a coequal branch of government BERNIE SANDERS: Are we?! I kinda thought so, but you'll have to explain that to the president

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That’s how you write a headline, people.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to have Pete Buttigieg's salary reduced to $1 in November 2023. Does she think Sean Duffy should keep his job if planes can't manage to stay in the sky?

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 11

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