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Donna D
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Mom, Grandmom (a.k.a. Gigi), retired teacher, true-blue Democrat, anti-MAGA and anti-Trump. We must fight for gun control, climate change,voting rights, Roe vs Wade, and rule of law. 🌏 Our children are counting on us. No DMs, please.🚫
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Trump’s chaos, cruelty, and corruption is costing all of us.
December 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Good question.
Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
December 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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my latest is on the odd confluence of unitary executive theory with a president who is mostly AWOL from the business of governance (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Is a Lost Cause
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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We don’t have a complete account of Donald Trump and his family’s finances. But a clear picture has emerged: enrichment of the First Family on a scale that is unprecedented in American history.
The Year in Trump Cashing In
In 2025, the President’s family has been making bank in myriad ways, many of which involve crypto and foreign money.
www.newyorker.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Call your reps and tell them we don’t want to go to war with Venezuela!
December 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
As DOJ Sues More States For Voter Rolls, Federal ‘Power Grab’ Comes into Focus
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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He'll start a war to:

1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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1. A blockade is an act of war

2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨

3. It’s always about oil.
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Despite the fact that a significant number of swing-district Republicans want to join Dems to vote for a clean bill to extend ACA subsidies which would easily pass the House, Mike Johnson refuses to bring it to the floor. NBC:
December 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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The Trump sycophants and spinmasters can twist the jobs numbers all they want to fool people, but here is one simple number they can’t change: the US unemployment rate is now the highest it’s been in 4 years.
December 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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If Not Now, When?
It's time for the 25th Amendment www.againstallenemies.net/p/if-not-now...
If Not Now, When?
It's time for the 25th Amendment.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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“[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file... [He] was on [Epstein’s] plane... He’s on the manifest.” - Susie Wiles
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/politics/trump-susie-wiles.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9E8.X5Un.RzkcVPQ2qNhM
Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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We mourn the loss of Rob and Michele Reiner.
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Just so we're all on the same page, Trump's own Chief of Staff Susie Wiles' thoughts on:
- Donald Trump has "an alcoholic’s personality”
- Pam Bondi "whiffed on Epstein"
- JD Vance a "conspiracy theorist"
- Russ Vought a "right wing zealot"
- Elon Musk an "avowed ketamine user"
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Susie Wiles tells VF that Trump "has an alcoholic's personality."

"High-functioning alcoholics or alcoholics in general, their personalities are exaggerated when they drink."

Of JD Vance, Wiles said he has "been a conspiracy theorist for a decade."
Susie Wiles Talks About The First Year of Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)
In the first half of ‘Vanity Fair’’s interview with Susie Wiles, the chief of staff discusses Elon Musk’s DOGE disaster, the FBI’s “incredible job” investigating January 6, and how Trump once berated ...
www.vanityfair.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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December 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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"The standout in Burlington started with two people and has grown to as many as 750..."

gazettenet.com/2025/12/12/a...
Activists hit the road to rally against ICE raids in Massachusetts - Daily Hampshire Gazette
NORTHAMPTON — In organizing a street theater performance in front of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Burlington this week, activists from western Massachusetts relayed, both orally ...
gazettenet.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room.

www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
Enforcement of Texas’ bathroom bill draws challenges
In its first week, one group’s test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women’s restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law's intent.
www.texastribune.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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This goes way beyond politics. This is pure evil.
This is both disgusting and expected.

The Scumbag-in-Chief
December 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Not extending ACA subsidies means millions of our people will have to choose between seeing the doctor and buying groceries or paying rent. GOP cruelty is not good for public health.
December 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Donald Trump is the most vile human being.

He is celebrating Rob Reiner's death. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
NEWS: Donald Trump Revels in the Horrific Murder of Rob and Michele Reiner.
Major fractures emerge in MAGA as Republicans struggle to coalesce. Trump officials celebrates cuts that led to Cholera deaths with cake. Ahmed el Ahmed is out of surgery and recovering.
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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This is both disgusting and expected.

The Scumbag-in-Chief
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Warnock: "If you live in Claxton, Georgia, if you live in rural America, even if you have wealth and resources and you're having a stroke and there's no ICU within a reasonable distance because of these draconian cuts, your life is in peril. We can do better than this."
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM