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@rhapsodybooks.bsky.social
Pro democracy, justice, & firm believer that education is a life-long and necessary process, & humility over all you don't know is key to compassion & enlightenment. Blogs: http:// rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com and http://legallegacy.wordpress.com
More purging of Black history, women's history, and other "DEI" subjects. US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI
US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI
The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops
abcnews.go.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
RFK Jr. - when he's not sexting, he's making American kids die again.... Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates https://wapo.st/4iQ7VwN
December 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Yes.
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Don't be surprised if soon you won't be able to purchase books about Martin Luther King, Jr. at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park. #NationalParks abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI
The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops
abcnews.go.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Americans can't afford groceries, housing, healthcare or utilities.

Trump's answer:
Give another $67 billion tax break to Big Tech, and their billionaires who gave him millions in donations, to write off their R&D retroactively.

This is what a corrupt oligarchy looks like.
December 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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This is the man who runs the federal police force. What could go wrong?
MS NOW, citing three unnamed sources, reports Patel has, at least twice, ordered his girlfriend's FBI security detail to also escort one of her allegedly intoxicated friends after a night of partying. Agents have objected to the order, only for Patel to throw a fit trib.al/IruNVbk
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Truth.
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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During his time in office, Trump has taken advantage of one of the greatest powers of presidency by pardoning or granting clemency to nearly 100 people for drug-related crimes despite promises to crack down on America's drug crisis.
Trump pardons major drug traffickers despite his anti-drug rhetoric
The president has granted clemency to about 100 people accused of drug-related crimes during his two terms in office, a Post analysis shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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TRUMP: “I said why is it we only take people from shithole countries? Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark… But we always take people from Somalia— places that are filthy, dirty, disgusting.”

Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Trump says Venezuela sends US lethal drugs, but data tells different story www.yahoo.com/news/article... via @@YahooNews
Trump says Venezuela sends US lethal drugs, but data tells different story
The president is justifying deadly military strikes on fatal US overdoses. But Venezuela is linked to cocaine, which is far less deadly than fentanyl.
www.yahoo.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Trump consistently promises one thing and does another. How long before MAGA wise up?

www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/p...
Analysis: It’s Epstein all over again on Trump and the boat strikes video | CNN Politics
If there is nothing truly damaging to President Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files, he and his administration did a great job of making it look like there could be.
www.cnn.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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If you're a farmer getting hosed by Trump's tariffs, not to worry, he's handing you a nice fat check for your troubles. If you rely on the ACA for your health insurance, sorry, not only is your premium about to skyrocket, but it will cover fewer services. Trump's America! 🙄
December 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Wondering how has the need for all the gold in the White House and the new $300 million ballroom has been affected by "Biden's affordability crisis"?
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Reader, he is, in fact, making this stuff up
Kudlow is just lying to his viewers: "Unemployment is at rock bottom. These are real facts. I'm not making this stuff up. Unemployment claims are as low as they're ever going to get."
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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It is important that people understand Trump is using DOJ as a weapon against people for mortgage fraud, when it appears he did the same thing. It's an abuse of the Justice Department.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Making America Poisonous Again.
December 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Trump does great harm to American farmers with his stupid, unconstitutional tariffs and then forces American taxpayers to bail out those farmers who were done great harm to by his stupid, unconstitutional tariffs. MAGA, MAGA.👇
December 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Shouldn’t this news about Trump Jr. spend at least a few hours atop the newscycle?
Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract
Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department.
finance.yahoo.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Mark Kelly: “Jobs are down. Wages are flat. Costs are up & this President is asleep — Like literally, he’s falling asleep on the job. It’s hurting the American people — He’s doing nothing to try to help people with the cost of groceries, rent, & healthcare”
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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“table-sized”
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
From the NYT re the disinformation and misinformation from Trump Admin about Gaza:

December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Enduring hardship in Gaza: Famine's Long Shadow @JewishCurrents
Famine's Long Shadow
Even if food is surged into Gaza today, the history of weaponized mass starvation shows that the social aftershocks will reverberate for generations.
jewishcurrents.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Manu Raju (CNN) attempted to get a statement from Darrell Issa about his plans to run for a seat in TX, even though he lives in CA. If a Democrat was doing this, all hell would break.🤨
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Apologies for yelling, but—

ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM