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Ohioan (but I have come to accept it). MAGA hater. Hard core liberal. Retired newspaper writer. Sober 20 years. Trusts no one, suspects everyone. Follows Ravens and Orioles. Towson State Class of 1976. NO DMs!!!
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MORE OF THIS, PLEASE!

Commissioned in 1865, right as the U.S. Civil War ended, the Statue of Liberty was originally designed holding broken chains in her left hand—this fact has been whitewashed from history b/c of the clear allusion to U.S. chattel slavery; the chains were replaced by the current tablet-like object. 🇺🇸

MAGA family member: I'm starting to doubt him, but I have to believe there is a master plan. Otherwise I can't face it. (verbatim) ME: There Was Never a Master Plan - The Atlantic apple.news/APAbDiO7eQLi...

it’s friday

I want everyone who posts ageist comments about Boomers to take a close look at photos from the protests today and see who's out there fighting and marching. It's never been an age thing. It's always been a personality thing.

They are obviously slow learners

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The Great Gatsby was published 100 years ago today. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” 🧠🗃️ #BookSky

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: Australia 0 Canada 0 Denmark 0 Finland 0 France 0 Germany 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Italy 0 Japan 0 Netherlands 0 Norway 0 Portugal 0 Spain 0 Sweden 0 UK 0 United States 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

Tulsi Gabbard voted in Hawaii last year after declaring under oath she was a Texas resident and claiming a homestead exemption there. This would appear to be (1) a fraud in her loan application, and (2) voter fraud in Hawaii, where she no longer resided.

All this talk about stocks is making me want soup.

Crockett: This administration has someone who is heading up DHS that is going out there cosplaying with guns, it’s clear she doesn’t know how to operate the guns

Microsoft cancels $1 Billion project to build 3 new data centers in Ohio—just 5 days after Trump tariffs. Licking County, Ohio will now lose roughly 1,000 jobs & $150 million per year in revenue for the local economy. 400–600 construction jobs & 540 permanent jobs were expected to be created

Voters wanted to LOWER the cost of living Trump and Republicans promised they would Now instead they're RAISING costs -- through tariffs (national sales taxes of 10-50% on EVERYTHING) and now by cutting the ACA and Medicaid (raising healthcare costs) 100% BAIT-AND-SWITCH