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Navy veteran, husband Army. It’s alarming that the DoD is now led by someone who advocated to pardon war criminals. The Germans didn’t believe soldiers would turn on its citizens either. But, DoD is now being remade. Knitting and sewing are my yoga 🧵🧶
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Throwback to my early knitting days. Vogue fall 2003. I still have this magazine and pattern in my stash. Will be making it again this year; although I might need to wait until the fall as it’s almost March. #knitting #handknitting

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Let the right fix the mess that DOGE has created. Those who voted for this Administration wouldn’t believe it if the help came from the Dems.

Almost there…. One more sleeve. #knitting #handknitting

Screen shots of my daily newsletter. This is why we need cute cat photos.

“What are you looking at?”

At the direction of RFK Jr., America’s newly confirmed secretary of Health and Human Services, the CDC has suddenly fired nearly 1,300 employees in a single day. 10% of America’s vital team of health experts — considered global leaders in disease control — have been axed. Although HHS…

Another sun sets in PA.

The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.

One stitch at a time…. #knitting #handknitting

This is just one of thousands of harrowing stories told about the U.S. Government abandoning Americans abroad in the USAID shutdown. This is Benghazi times a million. 1/

Farmers: “He was supposed to hurt other people, not us.”

“(P) in Washington could wave a magic wand and make all these people disappear — you’d have dead cows piling up outside the dairy farms,” he said. “The industry would die a horrible death within 48 hours. Because no one would be there to slaughter the cows, let alone milk them.” on.ft.com/3CAbruP

❌ NOTICE Federal US website newly deleted. https://childtaxcredit.gov Action taken by the Executive Office of the President at or around 2025-02-08 06:09:04.

Elon Musk has been attacking USAID — because USAID has been investigating Musk Why? Because USAID paid for the Starlink units Musk claimed to give Ukraine in 2022 (!!!) Some ended up with Russia — so USAID opened an inquiry Meanwhile Musk started speaking to Putin in late 2022

Sunset in the city

Just heard from the U of M about the impacts of Trump/Musk’s funding cuts to health research. They painted a grim picture — cutting off funding designed to help unlock new cures and treatments that save lives. Republicans need to grow a spine and stand up to this.

True publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/tubercu...

Donald Trump‘s plan to forcibly displace Gazans so the United States can “own” the Gaza strip amounts to “ethnic cleansing” and is against international law, a United Nations expert said.

Donald Trump’s dramatic and vile dismantling of USAID came as USAID’s inspector general was conducting an investigation involving Musk’s company, Starlink. In three steps, Trump’s administration killed the investigation that was sure to embarrass Elon’s company. www.thealtmedia.com/p/how-trump-...

Worth the thirteen minutes.