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So Cal native. Sun Devil. Free people read freely.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Lesson: Voters need to make sure that 8 gop-sympathetic Democrats cannot destroy our party and its momentum for change again.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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SHUTDOWN TAKEAWAY: send home as many federal employees as you want, cut off people's food stamps, let health care system career towards a cliff, but don't mess with air travel, especially with holidays looming.
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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This pile of flap meat has more spine than Chuck Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is the moderate wing of Democratic Party in a nutshell.
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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if the Democrats are willing to accept this deal, in particular, i don't think a single Senator should make it through their primary. this just makes health inequity worse and lets Trump send out checks with his name on them!
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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I don't know maybe it's just me but it seems like kind of a stretch to reopen the government on the basis of a pinky swear from people who LIE ALL THE FUCKING TIME ABOUT EVERYTHING
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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I am NOT donating to the DNC or DLCC until the leadership stands up to Trump; the party doesn't cave into his demands. What part of "he's on the ropes now" does the party leadership not get. Cave in again and the party has once again lost credibility. DO NOT CAVE; compromise to our strengths.
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Yeah it seems like the best political move is to give into this guy
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Congratulations to the LA Dodgers for the win and to the Toronto Blue Jays for almost making me care deeply about baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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What a game. What a freaking series.
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Please sir I am just a small soybean farmer and a common man
October 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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The first step to fostering Ss' self-belief?

Letting them know how much you expect of them, says educator Kareem Farah:
October 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Your advocacy, worry and love never stop mattering!

(Reminder via educator Shonda Hobbs) #TeacherSky
October 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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⚡🎧 Our 2nd School of Practice podcast episode is out!

In this week’s show, we tackle a classic teacher dilemma: DESK LAYOUTS.

Is there one to rule them all?
October 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Ok. So. A lot of congress will say they “submitted a letter to forgo pay during shutdown.”

Congress is paid once a month so they have 30 days. Secondly, they want you to believe they are saying they will give up their pay. No. They just hold it until it reopens
October 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Landscape, by Mary Oliver
September 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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This is not your average broccoli soup. This recipe gives the soup a layer of caramelized flavor while also preserving the fresh green taste of the broccoli itself. nyti.ms/4nsuyJs
September 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM