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Feeling a bit crotchety these days. But travel, books, music, food and drink can still bring some joy. And humor. Even dark humor. Especially dark humor
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Not surprisingly, there seems to be more commonality than differences when it comes to comparing Zizians and Musk‘s Hackerbois.

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In other words, it may as well not exist -- and probably won't. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

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open.substack.com/pub/gloriaho... This poem says it all

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Secret Service: $7M to $10M. Air Travel and Motorcade: $4M-5M. Stadium Security Upgrades:
Additional metal detectors, bomb sweeps, security checkpoints: $2M. Local Law Enforcement: Overtime and personnel: $1M. Trump's Super Bowl attendance: $15 to $20M. Where’s DOGE?

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www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...

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Folks trying to save USAID are trying to counterprogram Musk's $40 million Super Bowl ad. They're asking everyone to share this video as widely as you can today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

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If you need a laugh (in a dark humor way) follow this guy‘s trolling project

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Hope for the future: A couple of neighborhood kids are shoveling our walks and driveway!

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Trump won't like it.

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*endorsed

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Yet another incident where Members of Congress have been barred from entering a federal agency.

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One of the largest workplace immigration-enforcement actions in American history upended the Panhandle town of Cactus in 2006. The hamlet’s recovery offers warnings about Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

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Stepping away from the news cycle to immerse myself in beautiful literature. Just shy of 100 pages, but not a book to breeze through quickly. I find myself reading passages just to hear them in my head once again. Self care is essential.

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When we head back to Santa Fe in a few weeks, I plan on visiting this exhibit. We walk by the Bataan Memorial with its eternal flame daily. www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/t...

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I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls

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Journalists need to be doing their jobs. At least this one was!

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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

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Whenever we are in Brownsville visiting family, we often go out past the shipyard to see what is being scrapped out. Have seen some rather iconic vessels. The one that affected me most was seeing USS Hope being scrapped.

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www.kplctv.com/2025/02/04/l...

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Gee I wonder

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If you work for the federal government and are tempted to take Musk’s “buyout” offer please know that you’re never going to see that money.

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🚨🚨🚨 The tuberculosis outbreak has expanded from Kansas to Ohio.

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Wherein the president tries to describe a resort hotel development and an ethnic cleansing simultaneously, and clearly forgets which one he is talking about several times.

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Now DOGE is going after Veterans? Elon Musk’s DOGE May Be Meddling At VA Now, Democratic Senator Warns www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

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The Las Gaza Strip. Complete with Trump Casinos, Trump Hotels, Trump Shopping Malls, Trump Golf Courses...

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Senate Democrats are considering voting NO or delaying every Trump nominee as retaliation for his overreach on ending USAID. Smash the RT if you SUPPORT this plan. ZERO votes from Democrats!!

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As another Nazi is recruited into the Trump Administration, the ADL continues its Nazi-curious shift: www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

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1. BREAKING Several of Elon Musk’s associates installed at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) — including two recent high school graduates — have received unprecedented access to federal human resources databases containing sensitive personal information for millions of federal employees.

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If you have not been reading „The Quiet Art of Resistance“ on Substack (She Who Stirs the Storm)- go find it and read it! I just finished the 4th installment.

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open.substack.com/pub/gloriaho...

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Do not let the history of their sacrifices and their achievements be erased!

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Dear scared students, In my classroom, I don’t care about your legal status or your pronouns, and I will barricade my door if ICE or a school shooter tries to get in. I will also always refer to you as my kids, because for ten months, you are. Sincerely, an American teacher

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Musk to Germans - "Make Germany Great Again! Forget the past!" 100,000 Germans in Berlin singing back: "Wehrt euch, leistet Widerstand, gegen den Faschismus in unser‘m Land! Wir sind jetzt zusammen!" ENG. "Defend yourselves, resist, against fascism in our country! We are together now!"

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They shall henceforth be referred to as swasticars by me too. 😂

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My Dad was part of the 17th Airborne that came into The Bulge with Patton’s Army. I’m a the proud daughter of the OG Antifa. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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My, Oh My. It would be a real shame. 🇺🇸👇🇺🇸😉🇺🇸👇🇺🇸😉🇺🇸👇🇺🇸

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Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

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