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Michael Tolbert
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Positive, persistent & patient. The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time. -Edison #TruthBeBold
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BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING

BAH is the modern version of a military program dating from 1878 under which service members (National Guard) are provided government quarters or a cash substitute when quarters are unavailable. The allowance is not taxable. ec.militarytimes.com/guard-reserv...
Guard & Reserve Handbook Pay and Benefits| Military Times
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During his first term, his actions became increasingly difficult for me to justify, culminating with the Jan. 6 attack on Congress as it tried to execute its duties. I hoped he had learned from those errors, but it only took a few days of his second term for me to realize he had not.
Opinion | I resigned from the military because of Trump
I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution.
www.washingtonpost.com
Trump compared Santos’ actions to those of Sen. Blumenthal, who mischaracterized his military service.
“This is far worse than what George Santos did, and at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!,” Trump said of Blumenthal’s statements.
Trump grants clemency to disgraced former lawmaker George Santos
The former member of Congress from New York served less than three months of a seven-years sentence for wire fraud and identity theft.
www.politico.com
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War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength...
...and from now on #math is #woke

#Orwell1984
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Reports of the Trump Administration’s latest weaponization of the IRS to go after Democrats are a gross abuse of power that demands a full investigation.

Take it from Ted Cruz:
"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice" - Martin Luther King Jr
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"Brilliant. Exhilarating. The boldest documentary anyone could make right now."

Official trailer for Academy Award-nominee Raoul Peck's ORWELL: 2+2=5. In select theaters 10.3.
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ORWELL 2+2=5 - Official Trailer - In Select Theaters October 3
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How can we arrange for a showing in less densely populated cities?
"I had reduced everything to the simple theory that the oppressed are always right and the oppressors are always wrong: a mistaken theory, but the natural result of being one of the oppressors yourself" - George Orwell -to escape from all forms of man's dominion over man. youtube.com/watch?v=npwm...
ORWELL 2+2=5 - Official Greenband Trailer - In Select Theaters October 3
YouTube video by NEON
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"True #peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice" - Martin Luther King Jr
PEACE
a state of tranquility or quiet: such as a : freedom from civil disturbance
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Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.
SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records
The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.
www.beltway.news
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o