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Retired Trade Book Rep living on the tundra with my favorite former bookseller. The Grandmother I never met was born in Cork in 1876 & raised by foster parents in Rossalougha. Emigrated to PA with one of her Callaghan foster siblings
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There it is. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) says Republicans’ next goal is to kick seniors off Social Security: “Get off of Social Security. Get back into the workforce.”

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Does spectacular wealth excuse depravity? Some thoughts on Elon Musk and moral character.

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In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz. The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.

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NEW: We obtained records showing how a DOGE staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wrong tool for this,” one expert said. By @bxroberts.org, @vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social

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He's right. "Nothing short of devastating" By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Ouch. Just ouch.

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It took just 15 years to get from Citizens United to this

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Performative hatred has consequences. It's not wild it's sickening.

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1. Trump and his Republican allies say their budget cuts are targeted at waste, fraud, and abuse But Trump's new 1,223-page budget proposal, quietly released on Friday afternoon, reveals the real target: Poor children

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Waking up to Ukraine absolutely shredding Russian military and air force Is amazing Slava Ukrainii

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Other things OMB chief Russ Vought has said — caught on tape, and revealed by my colleagues: “We are in the late stages of a complete Marxist takeover of the country.” -J6ers are “political prisoners” Trump presidency “is nothing more than a gift of God.” www.propublica.org/article/vide...

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Sometimes I can’t believe that MASH was as good as I remember. Then I see clips and realize it was better.

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(from the archives)

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Americans work more hours, take less vacation, work longer days, & retire later. But hey, at least we're not stuck with socialized health care.

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Never in the history of taxes and or tax cuts has there been a tax cut that has paid for itself. And yet the GOP keeps saying it and people keep believing it.

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“What's frightening to me about this moment is, you've got a lot of creatures of Washington who haven't had to be responsive to people in a while, being coupled with creatures of enormous wealth who haven't heard ‘no’ in a long time… The answer to that is supposed to be democracy.” — Pete Buttigieg

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"The bill also makes it more expensive to own an EV, instituting a new "Car Tax" for EV and hybrid owners to the tune of $250 and $100, respectively." Look, raise my taxes by all means, but not to disincentivize directionally good behavior.

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🚨 🚨 $TRUMP WHITEBOARD Today’s financial world is endlessly complex and changing rapidly. So take a minute and hear me explain the intricacies of why Trump’s meme coin gambit is so corrupt. Watch and share:

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Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn them. This was such a promising direction and now the neanderthals in charge of everything in this country and trying to kill us all.

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Brazen corruption.

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Christian Nationalism

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They are fine with Republicans destroying the Republic as long as the financial system survives. But it looks like they're finding a way even without the Fed.

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We’ve reached the point where other countries have to essentially create their own Voice of America to broadcast truth to Americans

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The Director of the FBI is openly lying to the American public about Canada being a major source of fentanyl. In the first three months of 2025, a grand total of 1.35 lbs of fentanyl was seized by border officials at our border with Canada — 0.06% of total seizures.

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