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Retired elder living in America's heartland and flummoxed about the current state of affairs.
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As a retiree who is watching a carefully planned financial strategy blow up in real time, I've taken to doing jigsaw puzzles with hubby. Next best thing to solving the puzzle of why elected officials and Musk are deliberately blowing up, well, everything. Latest completed endeavor.

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Capitalism tells you what is wrong about you, and then sells you something to make it right.

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After reading Heather Cox Richardson this morning I am now referring to Republicans as The Old Serpents.

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Counting now 5 planes that have randomly fallen from the skies since trumpsterfire took office. Just saying. . .

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open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

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I slept til I woke up, I've had good coffee, good breakfast and am reading a good book. My house is warm and cozy and I have no place to be except right where I am. So far it's a great year!!

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Oh, boy, is this worth a read! Conversation we've been having in my house for months, only more along the lines if "what's gonna happen when the government comes for MAGAs neighbors?" open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

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My latest. I wanted to take today off but I think more Americans need to know this before it's forgotten by tomorrow. "Elon Musk and JD Vance's Support of Germany's Nazi-Loving AfD Party Should Be Much Bigger News" thelefthook.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...

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Making orange marmalade and wondering when, exactly, we stopped teaching Upton Sinclair's The Jungle in high school. A sobering reminder of the utter disregard large corporations have for their labor force--which I suspect we are about to be reminded of in real time.

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I’m curious how much federal funding he thinks the ACLU receives (it’s none).

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This is a very important point. Please let everyone know.

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