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Poet in NM, retired English prof, editor, Poetry Playhouse Publications, author, Tubbables. #HarrisWalz! 🇺🇦 No DMs. Spoutible: JRPlacitasPoet Website: https://www.poetryplayhouse.com/
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Good trouble! “The arrests occurred roughly 15 minutes after Barber, the Rev. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Steve Swayne, director of St. Francis Springs Prayer Center, started praying in the Rotunda as dozens of police stood nearby, some prepared with plastic handcuffs.”

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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester lit it up:Where does the power come from? The people! Republicans are trying to rip Medicaid away from millions—but they can’t take what we refuse to give up. Our healthcare. Our dignity. Our lives. The power is ours. Now let’s use it.✊🏽✊🏾✊🏼 #HandsOffOurMedicaid

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Canada election LIVE: first polls close

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If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line. You can still cast your ballot. Your vote matters.

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Omg electricity is back in Madrid!! 🎉

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I would back JB Pritzker for POTUS over Gavin Newsome. That’s a 180 for me.

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Levi Strauss shareholders vote against proposal to end diversity programs www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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I just voted. Make sure you do, too. #CanadaStrong

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Good trouble! “The arrests occurred roughly 15 minutes after Barber, the Rev. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Steve Swayne, director of St. Francis Springs Prayer Center, started praying in the Rotunda as dozens of police stood nearby, some prepared with plastic handcuffs.”

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Nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump tariffs: POLL abcnews.go.com/Business/vid...

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Fired Disney employee gets 3 years in prison for hacking and changing menus edition.cnn.com/2025/04/28/b...

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Decency.

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Oh but Moses Mike is ok And the "White Christian HYPOCRITES

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And burned 130+alive

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Everyday I see criticism of this admin and I agree with all of it. But what I want to know is what is the fix, what does the "After" look like? Who is going to step up , where are they going to take us and how are they going to do that? I don't trust Jeffries or Schumer they do not have any plans..

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Who did this? 😂

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🤗💪🏻

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#GVerse Really don't be waiting that long to see him drop dead! But do like the view of this image!

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Two men that are greatly missed! Sincerely thoughtful & compassionate leaders are hard to come by, demonstrated by the stark difference to what we have today. This is going to be a long & painful haul…

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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

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We’re not there yet. “On Hitler's 101st day of power, university students burst into their library and drug books out into the square, burning them in a giant heap. "This is not the regime doing this," Pizzo explains. "This is pure volunteerism and spontaneity on the party of twenty-year-olds...”

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Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.

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Other countries have watched their democracies slip away quietly, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.

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There was a flurry of news about tariffs. It passed. The real consequences will hit US consumers around Memorial Day. Important then to remind everyone of cause and effect.

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WHY IS THIS EVEN A THING

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To find out more about the curious case of FBI chief Kash Patel receiving $25,000 from a Ukrainian-Russian-American filmmaker who was part of a Putin-financed propaganda operation, I knocked on the door of a house in Beverly Hills. Here's what happened. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5-C...

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I keep hearing bits of tales about Edolf suggesting he's been drugged-out needy crazy weird for years. Please hit me up in replies with the best comprehensive pieces written on him?

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Damn, Gov. Pritzker’s throwing hands at the gutless Democrats trying to abandon immigration or the trans community. Good for him.

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Judge Hannah Dugan needs to make a call the lawyer who got multimillion-dollar defamation judgments for E. Jean Carroll.

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When you dump your human shield….

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Yo, the town of Bellingham WA is considering making the city an official transgender sanctuary and they're having a town hall meeting this Monday at about 6:30-7ish! Would mean a lot to me if folks in the area showed support, id love a city close to my heart to be a sanctuary!

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A Eurasian Collared Dove taking a drink. #eurasiancollareddove #dove #birds #birdlovers #naturephotos #naturephotography #birding #wildlife #nature #islandinfocus #westcoast #cowichanvalley #britishcolumbia #canada #photography #vancouverisland #cowichanvalleyestuary

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Sen. Jon Ossoff has signaled support for impeaching Trump. On Trump's meme coin last week: “When the sitting president of the United States is selling access for what are effectively payments directly to him, there is no question that that rises to the level of an impeachable offense."

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🛑 Help STOP the Great American Data Breach! 💌 Resistance can take many forms! One is an actual form. 📬 Stick it to this administration by FOIAing DOGE! Learn how much of YOUR DATA has been compromised in this illegal crime spree. jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy... AMERICA IS AN IDEA ✊🏻🇺🇸❤️🤍💙🇺🇸✊🏻

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Dear Canada- Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever. ❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸 #MakeAmericaNormalAgain

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Oh. Russia is building up its military presence at the border with Finland over a potential clash with NATO? Sure seems like Putin wants peace. 🙄

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You guys don't get it. America needs more babies. Also, we should deport babies.

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The bond market loves arresting judges. If you wanna see real “dollar flight” this will do it.

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