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Retired manager from Juvenile Court System, married 52 years, 2 sons,4 grands. Democrat to the core, active in MDP. Raise roses and live in country. Reside in a Red state.
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Your School House Rock moment...🤔

The Buck Stops Somewhere Else open.substack.com/pub/marytrum...

Musk Suggests Billions in Cuts to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare truthout.org/articles/mus...

@rbreich.bsky.social: “For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”

It’s done.

Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that the Trump administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program WON'T SAVE THE GOVERNMENT ANY MONEY, the administration’s own data shows. apnews.com/article/doge...

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Let’s do this.

Why did the Senate pull an all-nighter on the budget? A peek inside vote-a-rama: WASHINGTON — U.S. senators pulled an all-nighter Thursday into Friday, debating dozens of amendments to the chamber’s budget resolution that ranged from access to Medicare and Medicaid to whether Congress should…

TAX THE CHURCHES TAX THE RICH REMOVE THE CAP FROM SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS HANDS OFF OF SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND SNAP AGREE? âś‹

Please share this fact sheet about Ukraine with anyone who needs it.

Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees. Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law Time to do things that make him react to you. apnews.com/article/trum...

My husband & I are going to ask questions. Are you?

DOGE staffers have gained access to federal student loan data, which includes personal information for millions of borrowers.

I called my AG again today to demand he doing something to protect Missouri citizens and our data from the biggest data breach in history. I’d encourage all of you to call your Attorney General every day. Missouri AG, constituent services: 573.751.6078

Talk about government overreach! President Trump signed an executive order that outlines plans to establish a sovereign wealth fund as an economic development tool. Trump suggested the fund could be used to purchase TikTok’s U.S. business. (The order)

Jan 6 must be fully & conclusively adjudicated in a court of law if this country is to ever move forward. They can't just wish it away unless we let them.

fortune.com/2025/01/31/a...

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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say By Tim Reid January 31, 20254:20 PM CSTUpdated 5 hours ago Musk's team works around the clock, installs sofa beds at OPM Concerns include cybersecurity and lack of oversight WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters)

Americans should not just brush away trump's press briefing on the air collision in DC as just another example of trump being trump. It was an epic disaster, but it was normal for 2 minutes. Please read and share my latest free Substack. brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/the-bullsh...

Watching this on repeat how is your day going?

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...

Companies that have publicly defended the existing commitment to DEI include: American Airlines Southwest Airlines United Airlines Delta Airlines Apple Cisco Costco Salesforce

The companies that took the first opportunity to ditch their commitment to diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace include the following: Amazon Boeing Caterpillar Ford Harley-Davidson John Deere Lowe’s Coors McDonald’s Meta Nissan Stanley Black & Decker Target Tractor Supply Toyota Walmart

Just saying.

Men, Help women out by setting up a profile on period tracking apps. States are looking to start monitoring the period tracker apps to possibly use against them if they leave the state for an abortion. Mess up the data that they collect. Get your wives, daughters, and sisters off the apps. #resist

Missouri is 49th in funding for public schools -- 50th in starting teacher pay. We don’t provide public schools with enough for the basics. The state funds just 32% of schools’ budget --residents must pay for the bulk of their local school budget through property taxes. pv4ps.org/public-schoo...

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Well folks the day has finally arrived and while we all tried to warn them he was a wolf, the sheep refused to listen. I now accept that I am part of the #Opposition and I will be fierce. I have no fucks left to give for anyone that voted for this chaos, you’re on your own. Good luck!!

Yep. That sums it up. Catch up now with our daily bulletin 👉 www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...

Proud Boys back in DC today. Video by scootercaster.com

No congressional spouses were allowed in the Rotunda for the ceremony today. Different rules for the oligarchs.

Lovely.