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Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

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Amanda Zurawski, one of the Texas women who nearly died due to the states abortion ban, has been named one of Time’s Women of the Year.

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Amanda Zurawski has been named one of TIME magazine’s Women of the Year. Amanda’s Story: Citing the state’s abortion laws, Texas doctors denied Amanda Zurawski emergency medical care when her water broke at only 18 weeks of pregnancy. It was September of 2021, and Amanda was miscarrying. Her…

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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

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apnews.com/article/ukra... Trump’s attempts to denigrate Zelenskyy have led to a surge in Ukrainian unity

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looking back everything went to shit when Schoolhouse Rock stopped airing

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A friend in need is a friend indeed.. 🐢

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A friend just texted me this list of economic protests.

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Feb. 28: If you don't give them your money, they can't use it against you! Boycott massive companies like Amazon, Walmart & Best Buy. Raise awareness of the enormous power of our collective action & set the stage for bigger future actions. #WeHaveThePower

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"Like many Americans lately, I am seized with curiosity about who is actually running the government of the United States. For that reason, I watched Sean Hannity’s Fox News interview with President Donald Trump and Elon Musk," writes Tom Nichols.

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Nights BLUE SKIES 🧵thread (🎵) February 18, 2025 My heart breaks, so does yours Our National Parks are not Red or Blue They are National Treasures The National Park Service Rangers and employees are dedicated wonderful people Same goes to The National Forest Service How dare tRump/Musk

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Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.

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Indiscriminate mass layoffs by Elon Musk are ravaging key programs, depriving our people of nuclear safety inspectors, air traffic controllers and food safety inspectors. These cuts crush democracy and devastate the livelihood of tens of thousands of public servants.

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Van Hollen: "Can you imagine FDR in the middle of WW2 saying to Churchill, 'you know, we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.' That's not how you behave when you want to support a friend who's under attack by an authoritarian like Putin."

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I can't vouch for the authenticity of this photo, or if what's described in the text is actually what was happening. However...if it was....this is one of the most promising glimpse of hope I've seen in at least three weeks. 🤞

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Jim Acosta: I think the AP should consider whether or not to sue the administration… and the rest of the press corps should start seriously considering whether it’s worth sending everyone into the Oval Office, onto Air Force One, or into the briefing room.

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Marco Rubio's collaboration with Russia's Sergei Lavrov and Putin is one of the most disgusting acts of betrayal to democracy and our nation. Rubio has secured his place in history of infamy.

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"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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Go ahead. Let the people see you for what you are.

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Asians are the second largest group of undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles county, affected by FOTUS’s deportation policies. Those from India are third largest. Please share Know Your Rights information to all immigrants under threat of deportation #Voices4Victory www.scmp.com/news/world/u...

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I'm in. February 28, 2025!

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Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.

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This is the way… “The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.” With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.

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Fact check: nearly 70 percent of US money for Ukraine actually went to US defense industry to replenish the stocks of OLD stuff that went to Ukraine to use. Much of which we would have paid to destroy as their lifespan expired.

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Volodoymyr Zelenskyy has BALLS! God I admire the Ukrainian people! youtube.com/shorts/85Wdd...

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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as allude to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

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You cannot fire so many people and shutter so many agencies and services and not expect things to start to go very bad very quickly. Our job is to highlight not only the chaos and cruelty of the firings, but also the devastating consequences. The public must turn on this madness and soon.

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I remember when Attorney General Pam Bondi said she'd protect federal whistleblowers in her confirmation hearing. Now they're being threatened with illegal "discipline, including dismissal."

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I am ready to join a class action lawsuit with all whose sensitive tax information were illegally stolen by Musk & Trump. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpvj...

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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she has rejected a request from Louisiana Governor Doug Landry to extradite a New York doctor who was previously indicted by a Louisiana grand jury on felony charges related to her prescribing abortion-related medication to a woman in Louisiana.

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🚨🚨🚨 Trump just fired USAID inspector general Paul Martin—one day after he exposed how Trump’s foreign aid freeze & mass firings have made it easier for U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund terrorist groups like Hamas & ISIS.

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The sudden suspension of USAIDS international programs has left large quantities of American grain and other products stranded at ports over the last several days. American farmers rely on these shipments in 2020 USAID bought 2.1 billion food stuffs from American farmers. This hurts our farmers .

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"Karina's Law" was signed into law on yesterday by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. The bill requires guns to be removed from an accused abuser's home after the victim in a domestic violence case is granted an order of protection. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.

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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.

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In my opinion, Pete Buttigieg is THE most effective communicator in the United States.

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I wrote about how Doge is involved in cutting cancer research www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...

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AMA updates on infectious disease the government is suppressing! youtube.com/@americanmed...

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Leave it to cops to turn a simple shoplifting at Target rap into criminal conspiracy and still keep their jobs fox59.com/news/indycri...

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@annabower.bsky.social is fire

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Executive Order How much is it going to COST YOU FOR all changes to maps, books, etc.. When the rest of the world will recognize it as the Gulf of Mexico His "name change " is only LEGAL in the United States Seriously, I'll never call it the Gulf of America, will you?

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Please watch this amazing press conference that was held by Senator Van Hollen & Alsobrooks today at the Social Security building in DC to fight for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid! I hope you will find this inspirational & motivational. We all need to fight. www.youtube.com/live/2JxalA_...

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