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Married 40+ years and live in the beautiful PNW. Set in my ways, but open to new perspectives. I see shades of grey
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This is horseshit. If you fear protests will lead to martial law then you already live under martial law — and you’re the one who declared it. Plus, it *won’t* lead to a declaration of martial law and the fear misconstrues the nature of the threats we face.

submitted 7 days ago • 187 comments

I really need somebody to ask Trump and company if their policy is that only white males are qualified for every job in their administration. I’m so sickened by everything that happens being blamed on DEI and their definition of that appears to be anyone who isn’t able-bodied, white and male.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Caroline Kennedy, cousin to the current pick for HHS secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, has penned a scathing letter warning senators about her cousin, calling him a "predator." She also says her father and uncle would be "disgusted" by RFK, Jr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLLx...

submitted 25 days ago • 249 comments

Wanted to recommend "Six Triple Eight" about the only black women's battalion from the US serving overseas during WW2- these are the stories I didn't learn about in school but WANT TO KNOW! I remember in school wondering what women were doing throughout history- all I was learning about were the men

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Hang in there, let the lawyers deal with it. Tatonka Tuesday All our public lands Should look like this

submitted 33 days ago • 61 comments

Exclusive: German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows - www.reuters.com/world/us/ger...

submitted 35 days ago • 45 comments

Dawn over Mt. Hood

submitted 40 days ago • 119 comments

Don’t know what depresses me most…thinking about what destructive crap Trump will actually try to get away with or thinking about how Democrats appear to want to just roll over and let him get away with it.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Why do news outlets think we need color commentary for a funeral? They’re whisper talking like it’s a golf tournament and spouting inanities. When I heard “President Trump reaches into his jacket pocket…” I gave up. My mama would have knocked me into next week for talking so much at a funeral

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My husband has a prosthetic leg and we’ve fought insurance companies for decades. I want folks to understand the costs involved for the “average” person Health insurers limit coverage of prosthetic limbs doubting medical necessity www.rawstory.com/health-insur...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Read this thread and read the full article. Scary stuff

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

The most exhausting thing I do each week is change the sheets on my bed, with the assistance of the cat, who believes it is his God-given right to turn it into a game that causes a simple chore to take 4x longer than necessary

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

As someone who is expecting their first granddaughter in March, all the talk surrounding RFK Jr and vaccines has me fairly terrified.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

This story really made my blood boil. A field trip for 11 special education students and seven staff members from Maryland's Charles County Public Schools District resulted in outcry from teachers and parents when they were refused service at a local Cracker Barrel restaurant. 😡

submitted 78 days ago • 499 comments

Democrats need to stop sitting around pointing fingers over where we are. Stop whining! Face it, we’ve ceded state/local power to the right and that has to be fixed before we work our way out of this. Bottom up. Not top down. Just a thought

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

St. Helens High School principal accused of failing to report alleged sex abuse, indicted on official misconduct, criminal mistreatment charges www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/1...

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

As a businessman, Donald Trump bankrupted his business. As a President, Trump will bankrupt America with his tariffs.

submitted 89 days ago • 209 comments

Republicans spent three years saying Twitter being mean to Donald Trump cost him the 2020 election (by limiting one story for a few days). And we're supposed to say that Elon turning Twitter into a Trump campaign site in 2024 FOR THE ENTIRE ELECTION did not affect the election at all.

submitted 90 days ago • 11 comments

Elon Musk seems to think we seniors need to “sacrifice” by cutting SS and Medicare. I’ve been belt tightening for 40+ years, doing everything I was told by saving for my retirement years, denying myself any large expenses and positioning myself for a comfortable old age. So eff him. Let him pay more

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

Yes, I live in a Portland suburb. Yes, I’m used to rain. Generally it doesn’t bother me. But a “bomb cyclone”? That’s another thing altogether!!

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

The attacks on our Constitution are going to be enormous. I don’t know if it can withstand this.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

As we recover from the election and steel ourselves for what’s to come, don’t forget to stop and smell the flowers

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments