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🌊🌈 Blue wave. LGBTQ friend. #Resist! #Sober 4+ years. Just a dumb country lawyer. Wannabe writer. #INFJ. #Iowa #Hawkeyes. #Cubs. #Chiefs. Follow and find out.💙🌊🌐 #BlueCrew. Follow me on Substack https://substack.com/@tonyalmquist.
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2/2 "..of the Capitol to install a memorial honoring the officers who tried to hold off the mob. The deadline for installing it passed roughly two years ago"
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2/2 "..a text, a poster, a gathering in the park. “This is about presence. About refusing to look away.”
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2/2 "..settle a baseless defamation suit. “The ongoing capitulation of media corporations undermines the First Amendment, enables authoritarianism, and should alarm anyone who cares about democracy”
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2/2 "..economic warfare, shadowy cyber ops, and privatized disruption. "And while we were busy arguing over plastic straws and celebrity divorces, the lights started flickering, not from storms, but from precision-engineered chaos"
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2/2 "..to come out of it, but I hope maybe we can learn from it long term.’ “Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee Roger Wicker (R-MS) and chair of the House Armed Services Committee Mike Rogers (R-AL) have said nothing”
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2/2 "..the court says Trump can do it for now.' "Hey, how did those trade talks with China in London on Monday and Tuesday go? LOL. TWO ENTIRE DAYS of trade talks, and it seems nothing has changed"
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2/2 "..expected the LA raids to lift him up. "But Americans do not want to see families terrified—hard-working people who committed no crimes and are a part of the community—and they don’t want to see troops in the streets of US cities"
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2/2 "..are sharpening their knives to take the throne…and Taco knows it”
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2/2 "..every fascist footnote with a lawsuit and a smirk. He’s not just saying ‘Not this time.’ He’s saying, ‘Nice try, jackass. I brought receipts’”
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2/2 "..you’ll see layoffs or downsizing of staff. Our people are going to get less hours because we don’t have that money to pay them. That’s everyone’”
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2/2 "..has in fact historically been a well-run organization, with many dedicated workers doing their jobs as best they can despite often being paid less than they could earn in the private sector”