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Prairie Land

@prairieland.bsky.social

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Retired news reporter, married a looong time, Oma to THE best little boy, dog-lover, I am a safe person, live in a red small town but at least it is in Minnesota. (Actual name: Kris Langland) No DMs answered - unless I know you.

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Prairie Land @prairieland.bsky.social · 18h

How close is it now?

James Madison:

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

Prairie Land @prairieland.bsky.social · 1d

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JD Vance says Trump ‘looking at all of his options’ as he weighs Insurrection Act

Vice President JD Vance joins Meet the Press as NBC News reports that White House officials are having serious talks about whether President Trump should invoke the Insurrection Act to send troops int...

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Prairie Land @prairieland.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm. Wasn’t Trump president at that time?

Has he forgotten, or just another lie from pathological liar?

How can people still support him (I never knew how they could in the first place)?

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Senators Warn Trump Administration Is Developing Secret Watchlist of Americans

One called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 “a greater infringement on freedoms than the Patriot Act.”…

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Prairie Land @prairieland.bsky.social · 1d

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Donald Trump Says He Doesn't Think He's 'Heaven-Bound' After Fundraising for Help Getting There

President Donald Trump is once again referencing his wish to be 'heaven-bound.' Speaking to press aboard Air Force One on Oct. 12, the president joked, 'I think I'm not maybe heaven-bound.'

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Here you go; this is the plan! From the mouth of Stephen Miller. Awake yet?

A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations. It is derived from the Latin term plenus, 'full.’

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‘There's a Glitch’: Stephen Miller Makes Alarming Claim About Trump's Power on Live TV Then Freezes After Realizing What He Said Out Loud

🚨 Stephen Miller drops bombshell about Trump’s power, then goes silent live on TV. What did he reveal? Click to uncover the glitch! #Step...

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Prairie Land @prairieland.bsky.social · 8d

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Trump met with silence as he tries to provoke Navy crowd into booing Obama

President Trump referenced "Barack Hussein Obama" in his speech this afternoon, in an apparent attempt to get the crowd to boo the former president

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Break from protocol in what they think is a strength flex.

From the article: “Traditionally, agencies provide information on the status of the funding lapse and what services won’t be available, but they stay away from partisan talking points.”

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Trump administration uses government websites and email messages to pin the shutdown on Democrats

Some federal workers received suggested templates of out-of-office emails saying they were furloughed because "Democrat Senators are blocking passage" of a funding bill.

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Prairie Land @prairieland.bsky.social · 12d

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The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay

Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.

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Prairie Land @prairieland.bsky.social · 13d

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‘To Terrorize Americans Into Quiescence’: Reagan Judge Excoriates Trump

At least one judge gets it. U.S. District Judge William Young for...

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President Trump’s sweeping national security memo directs feds to investigate and prosecute any person, non-profit, or entity displaying what Trump calls political violence: anti-capitalism, anti-Americanism, anti-Christianity, and “extremism” on race, gender, and migration.
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Trump’s “Anti-American” Order Will Double Domestic Terrorism Watchlist

Why is everyone mum on Trump’s troubling new presidential memo?

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Hide the Adderall. Give him a glass of milk and tuck him into bed.

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Donald Trump Pushes Racist Conspiracy Theory in String of Late-Night Reposts

The president flooded his social media account again.