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It is almost the fifth anniversary of when I started the doomscrolling reminders. Five years of me helping people. I honestly wish I didn't need to keep posting them, but there are much worse things to be known for.

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Do not listen to bullies. U.S. military planes arrived in Greenland at a U.S. military base — bc the PM REFUSED to meet them. Delegation includes Congressman Mike Waltz, who plan to make the islanders “an offer they can’t refuse.” HOW is this not an act of war?! This is how they annexed Hawaii.

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Pete Hegseth accidentally texted a journalist at The Atlantic the U.S.' plans to bomb Yemen: "The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing." JFC.

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A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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🚨 in senate Judiciary at NOON today 👇🏽 (House Judiciary Wednesday) @rustygrills & @SenJohnStevens are either being played by Bayer, or playing with Bayer against Farmers. Neither is good.

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MEMPHIS VS. MUSK: “There’s a silent takeover happening in MEMPHIS, and the people most affected by it are being left in the dark… Elon Musk claims XAI will create over 300 jobs, but only 37 listings exist and they’re mostly in California...”

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I don’t wanna hear MAGA screech about cartels after Kash Patel fires 1000 ATF agents.

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Protesters in Chicago are out against Donald Trump’s plan to privatize the USPS. Love this place!

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Anyone know if this is true? Spoke Out Against Trump? You Might Get Stopped at the U.S. Border balleralert.com/profiles/blo...

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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." —FDR, 1937

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The Trump led US has targeted Yemen’s capital Sanaa, reportedly hitting a residential neighbourhood in the middle of the night.

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Fair question.

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Every day on the internet makes it abundantly clear that some people have never had a single person turn around and say to them, ‘Cite your sources’ because, and I say this with every ounce of love I can muster as a teacher: while you are entitled to your opinion, that does not make it fact.

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Accurate, to scale 👇🏽

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Tucson expected 3,000, but Bernie and AOC spoke to a crowd of 23,000.

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Something special is happening, people. Ignore it or downplay it at your own peril…

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Columbia Chuck Schumer Paul Weiss Morning Joe Nikki Haley Marco Rubio John Fetterman The Washington Post All cowards. All capitulated. All are complicit in the destruction of our country.

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Social Security is financed through a dedicated payroll tax. Employers and employees each pay 6.2 % of wages up to the taxable maximum of $176,100 (in 2025), while the self-employed pay 12.4 % www.ssa.gov/news/press/f...

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We posted a statement about the attack on the rule of law. I urge others to do the same.

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So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.

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This from @fpwellman.bsky.social is exactly right - Russ Vought promised the Trump administration would “traumatize” federal Employees and incapacitate the government, and they are doing exactly that — as the media normalizes it. fpwellman.substack.com/p/terrorizin...

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While he’s doing this, remember: he’s extending an invitation to white South Africans to emigrate here. ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-revoke...

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AOC: We need to be taxing the rich on the floor of the Congress We need to be establishing guaranteed healthcare on the floor of the Congress We need to be passing a living wage on the floor of the Congress

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Fuck Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to hell. Goddamn bastards, both of them.

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We have arrived at the point where Iran’s supreme leader is critical of the Trump Admin’s record on civil liberties and human rights.

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WATCH: “I tell her daddy’s working, but she calls me a liar. Next week she turns 5.” 💔 Is this who we are? Never mind, don’t answer that. 🇺🇸 😕 More: apnews.com/article/trum...

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the people who told you to calm down about Roe are the same people telling you to calm down about Social Security, in case you hadn't noticed

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I will be clipping this Hands Off Social Security rally outside a Social Security office scheduled for closure. DOGE is laying off thousands of SSA workers and plans to close nearly 50 local field offices, including the one in White Plains, NY. www.youtube.com/live/PBp7ugz...

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