Barbara who knows stuff
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All the things I want to do but cannot do…ME/CFS patient…2 children; 2 grandchildren.
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It's their entire history. Endless. Everyone should shun them, on every front.
December 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's their entire history. Endless. Everyone should shun them, on every front.
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Monstrous sentence against Yehor Kuch, a young Ukrainian accused by russian invaders of ‘spying’ for his own country
Monstrous sentence against Yehor Kuch, a young Ukrainian accused by Russian invaders of ‘spying’ for his own country
The 20-year sentence is far worse than those regularly passed against violent criminals, with the other difference being that criminals will receive pardons and pay if they agree to fight in Ukraine
khpg.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Monstrous sentence against Yehor Kuch, a young Ukrainian accused by russian invaders of ‘spying’ for his own country
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Trump's backing splits European far right
by Nette Nöstlinger and Victor Goury-Laffont
The Alternative for Germany party wants legitimacy from #Trump to end its isolation, while France's National Rally sees him as a liability.
by Nette Nöstlinger and Victor Goury-Laffont
The Alternative for Germany party wants legitimacy from #Trump to end its isolation, while France's National Rally sees him as a liability.
Trump’s backing splits European far right
The Alternative for Germany party wants legitimacy from Trump to end its isolation, while France’s National Rally sees him as a liability.
www.politico.eu
December 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Trump's backing splits European far right
by Nette Nöstlinger and Victor Goury-Laffont
The Alternative for Germany party wants legitimacy from #Trump to end its isolation, while France's National Rally sees him as a liability.
by Nette Nöstlinger and Victor Goury-Laffont
The Alternative for Germany party wants legitimacy from #Trump to end its isolation, while France's National Rally sees him as a liability.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz:
“In my discussions with the Americans, I say: 'America First’ is fine, but ’America Alone’ can't be in your interest. You need partners in the world'
“In my discussions with the Americans, I say: 'America First’ is fine, but ’America Alone’ can't be in your interest. You need partners in the world'
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz:
“In my discussions with the Americans, I say: 'America First’ is fine, but ’America Alone’ can't be in your interest. You need partners in the world'
“In my discussions with the Americans, I say: 'America First’ is fine, but ’America Alone’ can't be in your interest. You need partners in the world'
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December 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Eileen Higgins blows it out in Miami, wins 59%-40%!!!! In the last 2 years Dems have flipped Florida’s two largest cities, Jacksonville and Miami. Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
Eileen Higgins Blows It Out In Miami, Wins 59%-40%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Eileen Higgins blows it out in Miami, wins 59%-40%!!!! In the last 2 years Dems have flipped Florida’s two largest cities, Jacksonville and Miami. Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
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Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
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BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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“For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.”
We honor the men and women who laid down their lives for Ukraine.
RIP - Ihor Savera, Volodymyr Fedorovych, Taras Bazarnyi, Colombian fighter Yeison Fernando Vanegas Avila
We honor the men and women who laid down their lives for Ukraine.
RIP - Ihor Savera, Volodymyr Fedorovych, Taras Bazarnyi, Colombian fighter Yeison Fernando Vanegas Avila
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
“For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.”
We honor the men and women who laid down their lives for Ukraine.
RIP - Ihor Savera, Volodymyr Fedorovych, Taras Bazarnyi, Colombian fighter Yeison Fernando Vanegas Avila
We honor the men and women who laid down their lives for Ukraine.
RIP - Ihor Savera, Volodymyr Fedorovych, Taras Bazarnyi, Colombian fighter Yeison Fernando Vanegas Avila
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#KINDFund teacher: ‘If you educate a girl, you educate the nation’ youtu.be/BpafpGP6-Lg?...
December 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
#KINDFund teacher: ‘If you educate a girl, you educate the nation’ youtu.be/BpafpGP6-Lg?...
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AP: “Hundreds of immigrant children lingered in federal detention beyond a court-mandated limit, some more than five months… Attorneys highlighted the government’s own admissions to longer custody times, contaminated food, lack of medical care…” apnews.com/article/immi...
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
AP: “Hundreds of immigrant children lingered in federal detention beyond a court-mandated limit, some more than five months… Attorneys highlighted the government’s own admissions to longer custody times, contaminated food, lack of medical care…” apnews.com/article/immi...
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In 1985 Trump was already attacking fellow NATO members and saying we should join Moscow in bombing and starving the rest of the world into submission—in the name of “peace”
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In 1985 Trump was already attacking fellow NATO members and saying we should join Moscow in bombing and starving the rest of the world into submission—in the name of “peace”
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🇺🇸‼️🇺🇦 Trump: It was an understanding that Ukraine would not be going into NATO. This was long before Putin.
When Zelensky first went in and first met Putin, he said, “I want two things. I want Crimea back and we’re going to be a member of NATO.” He didn’t say it in a very nice way either.
When Zelensky first went in and first met Putin, he said, “I want two things. I want Crimea back and we’re going to be a member of NATO.” He didn’t say it in a very nice way either.
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🇺🇸‼️🇺🇦 Trump: It was an understanding that Ukraine would not be going into NATO. This was long before Putin.
When Zelensky first went in and first met Putin, he said, “I want two things. I want Crimea back and we’re going to be a member of NATO.” He didn’t say it in a very nice way either.
When Zelensky first went in and first met Putin, he said, “I want two things. I want Crimea back and we’re going to be a member of NATO.” He didn’t say it in a very nice way either.
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Powerful statements pulling no punches regarding the murders on the high seas by American fighters following illegal orders apparently with a faux justification by DOJ lawyers who should be disbarred. Ambassador Eisen is raising the key issue: can Americans now get away with murder under Trump?
The supposed legal justifications for these boat strikes just don't make sense
Even in war you can’t target civilians
Experts across party lines agree: this looks like murder
We need the memo, the full video & an investigation
I explained on @ms.now 👇
Even in war you can’t target civilians
Experts across party lines agree: this looks like murder
We need the memo, the full video & an investigation
I explained on @ms.now 👇
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Powerful statements pulling no punches regarding the murders on the high seas by American fighters following illegal orders apparently with a faux justification by DOJ lawyers who should be disbarred. Ambassador Eisen is raising the key issue: can Americans now get away with murder under Trump?
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I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
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This is literally the best thing anyone has ever written about Trump's "negotiating" style.
"US officials claim they are in the final stage of reaching an agreement but there is little sign that either Ukraine or Russia is willing to sign the framework deal drawn up by Trump’s negotiating team."
"US officials claim they are in the final stage of reaching an agreement but there is little sign that either Ukraine or Russia is willing to sign the framework deal drawn up by Trump’s negotiating team."
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is literally the best thing anyone has ever written about Trump's "negotiating" style.
"US officials claim they are in the final stage of reaching an agreement but there is little sign that either Ukraine or Russia is willing to sign the framework deal drawn up by Trump’s negotiating team."
"US officials claim they are in the final stage of reaching an agreement but there is little sign that either Ukraine or Russia is willing to sign the framework deal drawn up by Trump’s negotiating team."
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Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
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BREAKING: A federal judge said the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein.
Justice Department can unseal Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case records, judge says
A federal judge says the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein.
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge said the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein.
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I was a Libertarian placeholder candidate in a SBOE race, just to have someone on the ballot. My only opponent was a Republican.
84,000 people voted for me, only because I wasn't the Republican.
I was totally perplexed as to why the Democrats didn't run anyone.
Overjoyed to see this happen now.
84,000 people voted for me, only because I wasn't the Republican.
I was totally perplexed as to why the Democrats didn't run anyone.
Overjoyed to see this happen now.
December 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I was a Libertarian placeholder candidate in a SBOE race, just to have someone on the ballot. My only opponent was a Republican.
84,000 people voted for me, only because I wasn't the Republican.
I was totally perplexed as to why the Democrats didn't run anyone.
Overjoyed to see this happen now.
84,000 people voted for me, only because I wasn't the Republican.
I was totally perplexed as to why the Democrats didn't run anyone.
Overjoyed to see this happen now.
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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
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Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“
And by extension, a Supreme Court
And by extension, a Supreme Court
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“
And by extension, a Supreme Court
And by extension, a Supreme Court
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“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
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December farmers market haul.
I love living in California. ❤️
I love living in California. ❤️
December 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
December farmers market haul.
I love living in California. ❤️
I love living in California. ❤️
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💡Most of Sumy is without power due to a massive drone attack, - Sumy City Administration
December 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
💡Most of Sumy is without power due to a massive drone attack, - Sumy City Administration