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Retired Army Veteran of 27 years. Female combat veteran. Love cats and other living creatures. Can’t stand what is happening to our military because of the new faux defense leaders. Stopping misinformation from the right is key to our democracy. X SUCKS!
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Every single county in the state of Wisconsin swung to the left. This is not a statistical anomaly—it's voters choosing action over complacency Paid subscribers can watch the full livestream with Jen, Norm, and Secretary Sarah Godlewski on Substack now: contrarian.substack.com/p/coffee-wit...

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Two years ago next week.

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Important discussion here on why it is so dangerous to fire scientists at the FDa, CDC, and NIH from one day to the next. I have a lab and I have to follow procedures for working with and storing chemicals and biological samples. And don’t work with pathogens!

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Nauseating

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Increasingly rare GOOD bill alert: #HB1004, which expands postpartum Medicaid to 12 months postpartum, passed the House yesterday with 71 votes. This is a big step in the right direction to lowering our dismal maternal mortality rate. #arpx #arleg

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Most people in Wisconsin can't be bribed. I'm not saying we always make the best voting choices, but in the end, we vote based on our beliefs, not on who's paying us.

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Last night's Wisconsin victory demonstrated the true strength of the pro-democracy movement, mirroring the democratic momentum from 2017-2020. Jen Rubin lays out 5 important lessons to carry forward over the next 4 years.

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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Very sad to see this www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

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