coastalgardener
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Gardener, cat person, theatre actor, singer, coffee, movies, nature lover, Democrat, liberal, The Beatles. Stand with Ukraine, immigrants, LGBTQ+. Careers in geriatrics and tech. Garden photos mine unless reposted. 🚫MAGA, 🚫DM, 🚫porn, 🚫soliciting money.
Pinned
Trump’s revenge is a house of cards. There is no plan, no future for the U.S. His anger over losing to Biden is focused on everyone, not just liberals. Will Congress ever take back their power? We the people have power, use your voice and protest.
This Is the End
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This Is the End
Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:04 AM
This Is the End
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Every day I see at least one story that ushers forth the thought, “The Trump family is trash.” Every. Single. Day.
January 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Every day I see at least one story that ushers forth the thought, “The Trump family is trash.” Every. Single. Day.
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We tend to mistake strength for intensity.
But resilience is often quieter than that: regulation, continuation, adaptation. This piece explores why so many people already possess deep inner strength...and simply haven’t been taught how to recognize it.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
But resilience is often quieter than that: regulation, continuation, adaptation. This piece explores why so many people already possess deep inner strength...and simply haven’t been taught how to recognize it.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
We tend to mistake strength for intensity.
But resilience is often quieter than that: regulation, continuation, adaptation. This piece explores why so many people already possess deep inner strength...and simply haven’t been taught how to recognize it.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
But resilience is often quieter than that: regulation, continuation, adaptation. This piece explores why so many people already possess deep inner strength...and simply haven’t been taught how to recognize it.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Taxpayers pay for foreign trips where the President dismantles credibility and alienates allies. Remember when DOGE was supposed to cut waste? That was never real. It was a convenient story. And it worked...briefly.
January 21, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Taxpayers pay for foreign trips where the President dismantles credibility and alienates allies. Remember when DOGE was supposed to cut waste? That was never real. It was a convenient story. And it worked...briefly.
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Ryan: The fact that he couldn’t even get the name of the country right that he was saying he wanted to invade… his cognitive decline is well documented but that can’t be at the expense of my constituents and the people in uniform.
January 21, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Ryan: The fact that he couldn’t even get the name of the country right that he was saying he wanted to invade… his cognitive decline is well documented but that can’t be at the expense of my constituents and the people in uniform.
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Exclusive: The Pentagon has ordered active-duty military police soldiers based in North Carolina to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar with the matter told MS NOW.
At least a few hundred soldiers are being prepared for the possible mobilization to Minneapolis.
At least a few hundred soldiers are being prepared for the possible mobilization to Minneapolis.
Pentagon orders more active-duty soldiers to ready for possible Minneapolis deployment
The department has issued a ready to deploy order for a Army military police brigade stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
www.ms.now
January 21, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Exclusive: The Pentagon has ordered active-duty military police soldiers based in North Carolina to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar with the matter told MS NOW.
At least a few hundred soldiers are being prepared for the possible mobilization to Minneapolis.
At least a few hundred soldiers are being prepared for the possible mobilization to Minneapolis.
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Heads up: The Trump admin has started arresting immigrants in Maine as part of a new federal operation targeting the state.
The operation is intended to target immigrants from Somalia. People from countries including Sudan, Guatemala and Ethiopia were swept up on the first day of the operations.
The operation is intended to target immigrants from Somalia. People from countries including Sudan, Guatemala and Ethiopia were swept up on the first day of the operations.
Trump Administration Starts Immigration Operation in Maine
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Heads up: The Trump admin has started arresting immigrants in Maine as part of a new federal operation targeting the state.
The operation is intended to target immigrants from Somalia. People from countries including Sudan, Guatemala and Ethiopia were swept up on the first day of the operations.
The operation is intended to target immigrants from Somalia. People from countries including Sudan, Guatemala and Ethiopia were swept up on the first day of the operations.
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Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Dick Durbin have fired off letters to Pam Bondi and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte demanding they hand over all documents and communication related to criminal investigations of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. tinyurl.com/w74zdwc3
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January 21, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Dick Durbin have fired off letters to Pam Bondi and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte demanding they hand over all documents and communication related to criminal investigations of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. tinyurl.com/w74zdwc3
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Lots of businesses in Minneapolis are shutting down on Friday in support of the economic blackout. Way to go!
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Lots of businesses in Minneapolis are shutting down on Friday in support of the economic blackout. Way to go!
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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A mad “king” threatening everyone else isn’t strength. It’s weakness and instability.
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 PM
A mad “king” threatening everyone else isn’t strength. It’s weakness and instability.
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A win! Lindsey Halligan is officially out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Virginia. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
A win! Lindsey Halligan is officially out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Virginia. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
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Harry Enten: “Wanna know how poorly Trump buying Greenland polls? Worse than the Epstein files. Seriously, Trump's net approval rating on any attempt to buy Greenland (-40 pts) is lower than his net approval on the Epstein files (-38 pts). Greenland is arguably Trump's worst polling issue.”
January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Harry Enten: “Wanna know how poorly Trump buying Greenland polls? Worse than the Epstein files. Seriously, Trump's net approval rating on any attempt to buy Greenland (-40 pts) is lower than his net approval on the Epstein files (-38 pts). Greenland is arguably Trump's worst polling issue.”
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Either Trump’s policies are supported by a sufficient percentage of Americans to be viable; or America’s constitutional order is so ossified that it no longer functions to safeguard the will of the people. (Neither option is good.)
This Is the End
Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Either Trump’s policies are supported by a sufficient percentage of Americans to be viable; or America’s constitutional order is so ossified that it no longer functions to safeguard the will of the people. (Neither option is good.)
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#Trump brought gangland diplomacy to #Davos, threatened Europe with Champagne #tariffs, and watched markets blink and allies freeze. Courts, meanwhile, started enforcing reality. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy #gangsta
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“We Will Remember” Is Not a Foreign Policy
Markets blink, Europe walks away, courts push back, and Trump’s protection-racket presidency hits resistance.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:58 PM
#Trump brought gangland diplomacy to #Davos, threatened Europe with Champagne #tariffs, and watched markets blink and allies freeze. Courts, meanwhile, started enforcing reality. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy #gangsta
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Trump Backs Off Greenland Tariff Threat, Claiming 'Future Deal' But Providing No Specifics
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January 21, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Putin: We could direct $1B to the Board of Peace from the Russian frozen assets by the previous US administration, and the rest we could use to restore territories affected by the fighting after a peace treaty between Russia and Ukraine is concluded, this option is being discussed with Mahmoud Abbas
January 21, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Putin: We could direct $1B to the Board of Peace from the Russian frozen assets by the previous US administration, and the rest we could use to restore territories affected by the fighting after a peace treaty between Russia and Ukraine is concluded, this option is being discussed with Mahmoud Abbas
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Newsom accuses Trump administration of icing him out of a Davos media appearance
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Newsom accuses Trump administration of icing him out of a Davos media appearance
“How weak and pathetic do you have to be to be this scared of a fireside chat?” Newsom wrote on X.
www.ms.now
January 21, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Newsom accuses Trump administration of icing him out of a Davos media appearance
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“Groundbreaking research led by a Swansea University academic has revealed a synthetic glycosystem - a sugar-coated polymer nanoparticle - that can block Covid-19 from infecting human cells, reducing infection rates by nearly 99%.”
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 PM
“Groundbreaking research led by a Swansea University academic has revealed a synthetic glycosystem - a sugar-coated polymer nanoparticle - that can block Covid-19 from infecting human cells, reducing infection rates by nearly 99%.”
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it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
January 20, 2026 at 8:45 PM
it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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Trump admits Republicans are headed for trouble this November and immediately starts fantasizing about canceling elections. He knows what’s coming—and it’s not pretty.
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Trump admits Republicans are headed for trouble this November and immediately starts fantasizing about canceling elections. He knows what’s coming—and it’s not pretty.
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Dementia land folks…
Q: What goals do you have for '26 in Congress for your agenda?
TRUMP: I have great executive orders. Like, water coming out of a sink. The water wouldn't come out. They had all sorts of restrictions. I took them off. Straws. They don't have to be paper anymore. I'd like to have all that confirmed.
TRUMP: I have great executive orders. Like, water coming out of a sink. The water wouldn't come out. They had all sorts of restrictions. I took them off. Straws. They don't have to be paper anymore. I'd like to have all that confirmed.
January 21, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Dementia land folks…
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A narcissist’s own needs, insecurities, and desire for validation override everything else.
In Trump’s worldview, there are no allies or even "America"—just his own needs, insecurities, and insatiable appetite for validation.
In Trump’s worldview, there are no allies or even "America"—just his own needs, insecurities, and insatiable appetite for validation.
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 AM
A narcissist’s own needs, insecurities, and desire for validation override everything else.
In Trump’s worldview, there are no allies or even "America"—just his own needs, insecurities, and insatiable appetite for validation.
In Trump’s worldview, there are no allies or even "America"—just his own needs, insecurities, and insatiable appetite for validation.