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Today’s #coffee pick: Eight O’Clock brand Donut Shop blend. Said to be bright and balanced, but that isn’t necessarily what one looks for in something called Donut Shop, is it? Not much clue came from opening the bag, but during brewing there came a lovely sweet, almost sugary aroma that fit my

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Surprise fluorescent find at #GoshenHistoricalMuseum on Saturday. Luckily I had my trusty UV light with me and happily showed them how the pieces lit up. They didn’t realize what they had and were delighted.

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'Act of God': Trump-supporting farmers reel from funding cuts: The Trump administration has many farmers struggling as they deal with a poor economy and executive orders from the president that freeze needed federal funding, States Newsroom reported Monday. Some of those farmers voted for Trump.…

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I don't read writing books much anymore, except for a re-read of A Swim In a Pond in the Rain, but this recent book inspired me. www.amazon.com/Never-Say-Yo...

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On Monday, thousands of protesters across the country hit the streets to tell Donald Trump and Elon Musk “No kings on Presidents’ Day” in response to the barrage of alarming actions—from legally questionable executive orders to mass firings—taken by the administration since the inauguration.

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Tax Enforcers, Rocket Scientists, Bank Regulators Fired as Trump Slashes Federal Workforce: By Pete Schroeder, Nathan Layne and Joey RouletteWASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration targeted bank regulators, rocket scientists...

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White House Says Elon Musk Is Trump's Adviser and Not the DOGE Administrator: The White House says billionaire Elon Musk is not the administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency team sweeping through federal agencies, but rather a senior adviser to President Donald Trump

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In 2019, RFK Jr visited Samoa to spread anti-vax lies, spurring a measles outbreak that led to the deaths of 83 people - mostly children. We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread. www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...

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This is as much the era of MCU good guys will save us pornography as “aspirational” bad guys. Hear me out, how about instead of asking artists to take on the responsibility of guiding society toward virtue we put money into our schools and go back to teaching media literacy and the humanities.

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Blatant lie. Agencies inform one another of beneficiary deaths and immediately stop payments, and for those with no next of kin to inform, the IG constantly monitors for this. But you’d know that if you didn’t fire all the IGs.

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I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.

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Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.

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Deadly storms and widespread flooding in Kentucky killed 12 people. Gov. Andy Beshear says it will take a long time to recover and the state will need federal help.

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CDC staffers, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation, speak of the increasing chaos upending their work since Trump's return. “We can’t do the science and the public health work because we’re so consumed with responding to the executive orders."

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From firing employees at the FAA to federal employees responsible for wildfire prevention and disease doctors, there are real stories impacting Americans on the ground. These are the stories Democrats should be messaging directly to their voters. Also, less singing please.

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“And when we prioritize money at all costs, what we get is generic material that appeals to the most amount of people and we’re told that’s the best. (...) Right now, people don’t think they’ll make any money off it so it doesn’t get made.”

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"If you voted for Donald Trump, this is what you were voting for." Watch: youtu.be/ujsQ3bp9-4I

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Guys, Muskrat finally figured out that he can be liable, personally, for the wrongful terminations. So now he's not responsible for DOGE. THAT, is the reason for the WH nonsense thst came out last night.

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DO NOT QUIT! I started my journey with Being Liberal 15 years ago - just around the fight we lost while campaigning against Citizens United... since then we had our victories and our defeats. I didn't quit then and I am not planning to quit now.

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BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Sen. Van Hollen has scathing criticism on Trump's Ukraine aid conditions, "Can you imagine FDR saying to Churchill, 'we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.'"

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I'd bet cash money that he cut a deal to get a private mail delivery contract, and to hand over his project to electrify the USPS truck fleet to Tesla in exchange for his resignation. Just a hunch.

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DOGE in practice: Disabled Army veteran who has 4 kids and did 3 tours overseas is fired from his job at Bronx VA hospital

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I’m begging Democrats to stop talking about tax breaks for billionaires and the price of eggs! They are firing Air Traffic Controllers, stranding Americans in hostile countries, and getting ready to download our data from the IRS. No one is sitting around thinking “I’m worried about the deficit!”

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Any air traffic accident is on him now... 100%

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"He fears that without USAID administration, these supplies will vanish into the ether of the corruption that is all too common in Africa to the benefit of the politically well connected. If they haven’t already." More waste. www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-dism...

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"Tonight, I shall talk to you about glorious conformity. About the delight of our unified society." #S2E6 Twilight Zone's Eye of the Beholder" by Rod Serling

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"Most cases are in school-age kids, and 13 have been hospitalized..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Let me speak to the DOGE audit language. Many people who work in both the Treasury and specifically the IRS are CPAs. Most audit firms hire CPAs. A 19yo coder has absolutely no idea how to accurately identify waste or fraud. Calling what DOGE is doing as a audit, is a flat out lie.

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NEW: Trump’s FEMA administrator just sent out an email ordering all employees to stop sending things to the media without prior authorization. It was immediately sent to me by a FEMA employee without prior authorization to share with you.

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The FAA's Lament

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MAGA acts like finding fraud in government is some new thing DOGE invented. They aren’t good at it, but experts who were let go were.

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It’s a great time to send a letter to Congress and tell them: Don't cut Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security

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RT @CP24: IN PHOTOS: Plane crashes at Toronto Pearson

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No idea why they need access to our IRS data, but this needs to end right now. Tell your Members of Congress--call and send a letter below: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Republicans are gonna try and come for our Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. We must stop them. Call and send letters to your Members of Congress: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Kash Patel wouldn't be cleared to be AN INTERN at the FBI. We need to keep lighting up the phone lines and filling up their inboxes. Let's go actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Kash Patel wouldn't be cleared to be AN INTERN at the FBI. We need to keep lighting up the phone lines and filling up their inboxes. Let's go actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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🚨🚨BREAKING: Yet another passenger plane has crash landed, this one a Delta plane that flipped upside down with 80 passengers at Toronto Pearson Airport. Miraculously, no fatalities have been reported. The chaos continues under the Trump Admin.

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