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Gift article. Because reckless accounting shouldn’t be a ‘thing.’ wapo.st/3DcnJcP

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#orchids Saturday morning bliss: checking my orchids and discovering a surprise bloom. Diaca Orchid Spring Fragrance ‘Hawaii’ (Cattleya x Diacrium hybrid)

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“Some contracts the group claims credit for were double- or triple-counted. Another initially contained an error that inflated the totals by billions of dollars…” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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FYI • Hawaii • After 30 Years, Man Finally Exonerated, Freed From Prison!! ⚖️ www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/02/22/m...

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U.S. Military Times • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Two Other Military Officers 'Relieved' Of Duties!! 🤬 www.militarytimes.com/pentagon/202...

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams filed a lawsuit Friday against President Donald Trump and others in his administration over $80 million the White House removed from a city bank account without permission, after Elon Musk threatened the withdrawal on X. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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From 2021 OTP vp www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

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Some ok polling: -63% are concerned about Musk stealing all their data -62% say Trump needs to do more to reduce prices -83% oppose Trump pardoning violent 1/6 criminals Yet they vote for him… Also- there’s apparently another Jessica Piper (a Politico writer)!

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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‘Polling consistently shows the US president is deeply unpopular with British voters, a majority of whom think ministers should now prioritise building bridges with the EU over the US’ Starmer is only adding to his own unpopularity by grovelling. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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“At 1:58 p.m., President Donald Trump tweeted, ‘Long live the king,’” she said at a news conference. “I’m here to say, New York hasn’t labored under a king in over 250 years and we sure as hell are not going to start now.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...

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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

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ProPublica has released another study related to the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., this time showing a spike in sepsis cases in Texas following the implementation of that state's "heartbeat" abortion ban in 2021.

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This is the kinda energy and attitude I love to see.

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As long as Musk has access to our voting systems, I'm not sure how we're supposed to have faith in free and fair elections. Modus operandi (Russian technique) - accuse others, then do what you accuse of. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/jus...

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Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"

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Does Congress even remember that it has the power of the purse? www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.

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Selby Botanical Gardens Exhibition “George Harrison — A Gardener’s Life”

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With all due respect, Congressman, he’s not trying to distract from anything here. He’s a grandiose pathological narcissist. A narcissistic sociopath. A malignant narcissist. A psychopath. A megalomaniac. This is what he thinks of himself. And what he wants others to think of him.

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How will the United States recover from this? 👇🏼👇🏼 👇🏼

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This is the most cowardly administration in history.

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“The Trump administration plans to all but eliminate the office that oversees America’s recovery from the largest disasters, raising questions about how the United States will rebuild from hurricanes, wildfires and other calamities made worse by climate change.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/c...

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What’s behind Trump’s false claim dead people are receiving social security payments? #Trump

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Fossil fuel firm’s $300m trial against Greenpeace to begin: ‘Weaponizing the judicial system’ #Trump

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✈️ Flying, arguably, is less safe under the Musk-Trump regime; the risk of calamities is higher. How many in the past 4 weeks? May want to reconsider air travel for a while. #resist

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"Rosy assessment of." No, surrender to. #BrokenCNN Two GOP senators rail against Putin despite Trump’s rosy assessment of Russian leader www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/p...

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“Scientists are sounding the alarm: Bird flu’s jump into an animal with which humans have such close contact is a serious warning sign. If this outbreak isn’t controlled, the virus could mutate and plunge humans into a new public health emergency.”

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American presidents don’t even joke about this. Just because he’s petty doesn’t mean this isn’t dangerous.

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"New York hasn't labored under a king in 250 years" Hochul is not sounding tentative about defending congestion pricing.

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The coming backlash is so intense that it activated the political instincts of Kathy Hochul, a person not previously known to have any political instincts at all.

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“I am a king and my will is law” isn’t a clever distraction from what he’s doing, it’s the central underlying justification for everything he’s doing.

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Gift article. Because he’s trying to rewrite history. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

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Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."

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"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov

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❌❌ ECONOMIC BLACKOUT!! ❌❌ Buy NOTHING on 2/28. No gas, no groceries, no supplies, no fast food, nothing online. Zero! ❌ Stock up at Costco days before and buy some Ben & Jerry's! 💙💙 PERMANENT everyday boycott list: ❌ Target ❌ Walmart ❌ Amazon ❌ Hobby Lobby (Share more below) SHARE EVERYWHERE‼️

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How did we get here?

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We should ALL be doing this! U.S., Canada and Mexico! Stand together and suffocate them financially.

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