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Mountain Mama
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Pro Democracy. LGBTQ Rights. Social Worker. I vote every time. Always reading, always learning, always watching. I escape through my camera lens. No DM’s #BlueCrew #Angrets
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“It’s hard to avoid the thought that no homeowner, and certainly not a temporary tenant, plans a major renovation like this to a house they’re planning to leave in three years.”

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The Week Ahead
October 26, 2025
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“Americans need food on their tables and affordable medical care. Instead, they will get a gilded ballroom for the ultra-wealthy.”

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The Week Ahead
October 26, 2025
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Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
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““Deploying these federal forces appears to be an intimidation tactic meant for one thing: suppress the vote.”’.

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Justice Department Will Monitor Elections in California and New Jersey
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“…the donation appears to be a potential violation of the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits federal agencies from spending money in excess of congressional appropriations or from accepting voluntary services.”

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Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
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Does anyone feel good about the idea that that our national defense will depend on something made by Junior?

Do you feel any better about it, knowing that Trump is likely to try to use them on American Citizens?
The Trump administration has just agreed to buy thousands of drone parts from Donald Trump Jr.’s new drone company.
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3/ They plan to take the issue to SCOTUS so that they can get a ruling that effectively criminalizes abortion in all 50 states. x.com/jennycohn1/s...
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Russia was caught, red handed, interfering in the 2020 election. Trump never did anything to punish them.
The president got his feelings hurt, so we're doing 10% more tariffs on Canada. Joke of an administration.
“[During Covid] early on, the prospect of shutdowns and quarentines were leading to a sharp decrease in fossil fuel usage, which threatened the profits of fossil fuel ..This helped weaponize “MAGA” against the public health community and the use of vaccines. “

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Five Questions with Doctors Peter Hotez and Michael Mann
The War on Science Continues
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“The president is establishing the principle that he can order the murder of anyone he deems a threat. And Congress is letting it happen.”

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October 22, 2025
“It’s not his house.
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"This plan only creates chaos at a critical time of the year for American cattle producers, while doing nothing to lower grocery store prices," said Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association industry group.

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Now Trump is talking about importing beef from Argentina. Farmers were already upset that Trump’s tariff war ended Chinese imports of U.S. soybeans; now ranchers are outraged at Trump’s focus on Argentina rather than on Americans.

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October 23, 2025
Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez of NBC News reported today that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s rush to get new recruits onto the street has meant they have pushed into their training program mo...
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