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Trying to be a writer. Civil War historian. Wide Awake Progressive leaning Federalist. Retired from social studies, financial analysis, small biz. Covered over 50k US miles for my research. Nature knows best and intends no ill will.
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Help me spread my poem if you like it! Repost 🙏🏼 #RESIST

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NEW: The Trump administration, via a senior State Department official, says Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison. But they still won't say if they're doing anything to get him back. Details w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

submitted 11 hours ago • 117 comments

National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is hosted a congressional fly-in to DC to celebrate the “Pro Gun Industry” administration. This gun lobby grp has spent more on lobbying than the NRA since 26 children & educators were hunted & killed by an AR-15 that they heavily marketed to Americans.

submitted 15 hours ago • 4 comments

Also this is how it starts: academics banding together, which leads to universities banding together, which leads to companies banding together, which leads to states banding together, which leads to nations banding together - all so Trump can’t extort us one by one

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

Military Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of the United States and Repelling Invasions Presidential Memoranda April 11, 2025 now. Whitehouse website

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

We have no right to privacy in the US. Never forget it and operate accordingly. Judge lets one DOGE person see all our bank accts and other financial data. Fuck that judge.

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

This is good reporting, lays it out clearly: “The Department of the Navy’s purge of 381 books there picked sides in the racism debate, and those that examine and criticize historical and current racism against Black Americans lost.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

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