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Mom of daughters 💗. Loves truth, freedom, equality, human rights, women’s rights, and kindness. Trying to be a ray of sunshine in a dark world. Blue dot in a very red county and state .
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So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white **retired** Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

AP sues Trump, stocks crash, consumer confidence plummets, Trump fires the ICE director over poor deportation numbers, GOP has horrible fundraising numbers, and more. Catch up on today's news!

US consumer sentiment dropped more than expected in February to a 15-month low and inflation expectations rocketed as households worried that President Donald Trump's plans for steep and broad-based tariffs would eat into their purchasing power reut.rs/41gv4Aq

Indian authorities are looking into 'deeply troubling' information about US governmental activity in the country, New Delhi said, after President Donald Trump suggested that a US government agency had spent money trying to influence Indian elections reut.rs/3Qu2jLj

"Canada has the longest total coastline in the world, therefore we are well within our rights to rename our major oceans. Henceforth, the Pacific Ocean will be known as Poutine Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean as Hockey Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean as the Gulf of Brian Adams." - PM Trudeau

D.C. Democrats keep talking themselves into the idea that they're powerless. That any pushback is futile. It's a total misreading of the landscape, and misunderstanding of the game that's being played.

The Eagles will snub the White House visit. Go Birds 🦅

ABC: “.. Multiple current and former employees described the situation as ‘a national security crisis.’” @abcnewsgo.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

Folks, you need to read this. This is the US today - a train wreck.

I love this

A number of social media users believe Elon Musk's 4-year-old son, X Æ A-Xii, told President Donald Trump, "Shut your mouth."

Elon Musk's son tells Trump, “You’re not the President and you need to go away”

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are actively opening the door for China to step in and fill the void America has left around the world. Their moves are setting our nation back decades. This cannot continue. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

BREAKING: Consumer prices rose 0.5% from Dec., resulting in an annual inflation rate of 3%. Egg prices skyrocketed 53% in Jan compared to a year ago, bacon prices jumped 6%, and beef prices were up 5%. Thankfully, we got Elon Musk saving America through his made-up clown agency run by college kids.

Where is DOGE on this expense?

BREAKING NEWS Two real estate brothers who worked with Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner have been charged with raping 60 women. Oren and Alon Alexander are "big Trump supporters" who were "in the room" on election night and at multiple White House parties

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

Multi-level barrage of US book bans is "unprecedented," says PEN America Censorship at local to federal level recalls past authoritarian regimes "but this has never all happened at once," says PEN America's Jonathan Friedman. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #bannedbooks #notahoax

This is how the world views the US. Australia calling out fascism, then adding that "Trump is a disaster for humanity and he belongs behind bars, not the oval office."

You can’t spell FELON without ELON.

UPDATE: The U.S. Postal Service is reversing course a day after placing a ban on all inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong.

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: He choked. The market started to tank, and suddenly, he said, “Oh, didn’t you guys already have a plan to deal with the border back in December? I love that—I’ll take that.” This is Mr. Art of the Deal.

TRUDEAU: “I want to speak directly to Americans — our closest friends and neighbors… yes, this will harm Canadians, but it will also have real consequences for you.” #TrumpTradeWar

RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

Total coincidence that the NYT, NPR, and NBC are all being forced out of the Pentagon and replaced with right-wing outlets. I’m sure those names were just picked out of a hat randomly!

For a photo op & a bragging media post, Trump minions at the USACoE have thrown away millions of gals of #water farmers were relying on for later this year. This water will not be captured, will not be useful for cities or farms or firefighting. It is now lost. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Sen. Kevin Cramer touts $16 billion in cuts to the transportation budget 12 hours after the deadliest plane crash in America in 24 years

JUST IN: "Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials." www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Our beloved Canada is under threat. The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….

Here's a clip from 2009, when President Obama spoke about the Continental Airlines crash -- the LAST time we had an airline crash with fatalities in America. He didn't blame Bush. He didn't blame Reagan. He just consoled America. A REAL Commander in Chief.

NEW: At least 6 senior FBI officials have been ordered to resign or be fired by Monday. They include those that oversee cyber, national security and criminal investigations. www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/p...

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

This happened a week ago.

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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Jim Acosta is brave. We need him.