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Life long liberal, unapologetic atheist, lover of all animals and very few people. Too old to put up with any more BS. Here to toast marshmallows in the widening gyre with you all. Know my way around a few curse words. Rogier van den Weyden fan.

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Another phone banking opportunity!!!

07.03.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump joins families of six slain US service members at Dover air force base US president attends β€˜dignified transfer’ of remains of soldiers killed in Kuwait drone strike wearing β€˜USA’ golf cap

how embarrassing for this country- what kind of respect for our honored dead does this show? the baseball cap? WTF?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

08.03.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.

This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.

(πŸŽ₯ Vahid Online)

08.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 7411 πŸ” 4570 πŸ’¬ 789 πŸ“Œ 874

watching "Dave" and it really lands hard given who is in the Oval office right now....If only....

08.03.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You’ll notice the American state media relentlessly attacked President Biden over his age as he did good work and chastised President Obama for creating a healthcare program but are giving the orange felon a pass for bombing any country he chooses. They are complicit.

08.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 736 πŸ” 195 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 11
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Page One in UK:

@telegraph.co.uk

07.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 4008 πŸ” 1647 πŸ’¬ 259 πŸ“Œ 129
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Why was this story on the front page of the UK’s Daily Telegraph β€” but NOT America’s leading newspapers?

07.03.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 6141 πŸ” 3359 πŸ’¬ 559 πŸ“Œ 256
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Blue states push to ban ICE at the polls amid federal voter intimidation fears β€’ Ohio Capital Journal Several Democratic states are moving to bar federal immigration agents from being near polling places and other election sites, amid persistent worries that President Trump will use federal law…

Several Democratic states are moving to bar federal immigration agents from being near polling places and other election sites, amid persistent worries that President Trump will use federal law enforcement or the military to disrupt the midterm elections ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/06/r...

07.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We can throw another $500,000,000,000 at the Pentagon this year and spend $1,000,000,000/day on a wholly useless war, but we can't afford to hire doctors and nurses to take care of our veterans? The United States is such an irresponsible, messed up country right now.

06.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 9995 πŸ” 3936 πŸ’¬ 453 πŸ“Œ 189

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

07.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 18260 πŸ” 6102 πŸ’¬ 498 πŸ“Œ 222

And for once not directed at a woman...

07.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

By our count at @prospect.org they have killed at least 28 people since Trump's second term started.

07.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 416 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El NiΓ±o

Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

07.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 3441 πŸ” 1675 πŸ’¬ 220 πŸ“Œ 142
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We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...

β€ͺβ€œDo not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave β€” and it is often hard to be brave β€” be kind.”
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social

thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...

03.12.2024 19:11 πŸ‘ 1702 πŸ” 745 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 58

does that short leash bother little marco? anyone with a shred of self respect would be humiliated to have to grovel to the mad king like this.

07.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Black History Month Celebrates 100 Years, Can it Survive the Trump Administration? The United States must confront the truth about its history in classrooms and in publicβ€”parks, museums, and government websites.

It's been 100 years since the first Negro History Week in 1926. @sibyllan.bsky.social urges the United States to continue to confront the truth about its history in classrooms and in publicβ€”parks, museums, and government websites. πŸ—ƒοΈ #blackhistory clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/03/07/b...

07.03.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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#OnThisDay: Bloody Sunday Today marks the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, which occurred #onthisday in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. The march was named for the 600 marchers attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was there that law...

Sixty-one years ago today, on Bloody Sunday, Alabama law enforcement attacked peaceful civil and voting rights marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. They broke John Lewis’s skull. πŸ—ƒοΈ #EduSky nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...

07.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 229 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dumb, dun dun dun, DUMB!

07.03.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New analysis confirms global warming is accelerating. "all data sources agree: the warming rate has been far higher during the last decade than any previous." agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

06.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Early voting begins in Virginia's redistricting election, which could determine control of the House in midterms Early voting begins Friday in an unusual election in Virginia that could have major implications for control of the House.

🚨VIRGINIA EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN🚨

Whether/How Virginians vote on this referendum may determine control of Congress.

The larger the victory, the less likely the maps are to get overturned.

This is essentially your midterm, Virginia.

Please cast your YES ballot EARLY.
abcnews.com/Politics/ear...

06.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is that Susan Collins pearl-clutching level concern, or actually doing something about it level concerned?

06.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Does he comprehend they’re not our friends yet?

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

06.03.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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🎯🎯

06.03.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 25616 πŸ” 9242 πŸ’¬ 846 πŸ“Œ 369
Phil Stewart β€’ @phild...
TRUMP: NO EVACUATION PLAN FOR EMBASSIES BECAUSE IT HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY
David Weigel β€’ @da...

Hillary GIF

Phil Stewart β€’ @phild... TRUMP: NO EVACUATION PLAN FOR EMBASSIES BECAUSE IT HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY David Weigel β€’ @da... Hillary GIF

🎯

06.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 461 πŸ” 134 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 3
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Trump β€œfired” Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary…
then immediately gave her another job.

That’s not accountability.
That’s a game of political musical chairs.

In Trump’s world, accountability means a new officeπŸ›‘οΈ

In this administration, failure doesn’t get you fired.
It gets you relocated.

#SheShed

05.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 170 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 2
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There are currently 2,200 No Kings Day events planned in all 50 states, DC, and a dozen countries.

Find your local event (or start a new one) and join us on March 28 for the largest protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

06.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 1203 πŸ” 615 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 30

for all the time he talks about treating people like or their looking like dogs, I rather hope his end involves a pack of ravening dogs....

06.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

VERMONT

Peter Welch's phone numbers:

DC: 202-224-4242

If you can't get through or leave a message on the DC number ⬇️

Burlington: 802-863-2525

06.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 551 πŸ” 247 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 7
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What about his part time MMA job?
Is he really going to give all that up?πŸ˜‚

05.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.03.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 9279 πŸ” 2194 πŸ’¬ 629 πŸ“Œ 132