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Being new here, a brief introduction. I am passionate about democracy, equality, public education and the ethics & honesty of people in elected office. I am inspired by Ukraine and all who fight authoritarianism. I enjoy travel, history, new tech, old cars, music & golf. I have dry sense of humor.

06:49 AM - Apr 25, 2024

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Portrait photographers often engage in banter with the subject before a shoot. This one asked Trump, how does he weather the storm.

“I am the storm,” Trump calmly replied.

It was more than macho bluster.
#Photography #Election #Politics #GOP #Republicans

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What It's Like Capturing Portraits of the World's Most Powerful People | PetaPixel

Portrait photographer Platon explains what it's like to photograph the world's most powerful people, including Putin and Trump.

07:59 AM - Apr 30, 2024

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Sommeliers use the French term terroir to describe how environmental conditions like soil & climate affected the taste of grapes. But wine isn’t the only food with terroir.
#GlobalWarming #Climate #ClimateChange #Nature #Environment #Politics

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Your favorite foods may not taste the same in the future. Here's why.

Everything from temperature, soil conditions, and rainfall can affect how food tastes. As the climate changes, it’s messing with our favorite flavors.

07:45 AM - Apr 30, 2024

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Will Biden legalize marijuana at the federal level before November?

I hope young voters find some political enthusiasm, this election is waaay bigger than they realize.
#Florida #Abortion #Politics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Democracy #JoeBiden #BidenHarris

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Election 2024: Democrats hope abortion, marijuana questions will draw young Florida voters | AP News

Democrats believe young Florida voters will go to the polls in November because of the abortion and marijuana measures on the ballot.

07:42 AM - Apr 30, 2024

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Many of the female Fox News personalities have a similar "look" as well. 🤔
#FoxNews #Election #Politics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA

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The Look-Alike Women in Donald Trump’s Orbit

His deputy communications chief, Margo Martin, has popped up at his trial—and there is something very familiar about her.

07:37 AM - Apr 30, 2024

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Horrible. 😢

Fight intolerance & extremism regardless of the religion they claim.
#Iran #Theocracy #Evangelicals #Fundamentalists #ChristianNationalists

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Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester

Revolutionary Guards' papers passed to the BBC give chilling details of Nika Shakarami’s last movements.

07:33 AM - Apr 30, 2024

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Zero deterrence value.

$10,000 means absolutely nothing to Trump. Republican donors contribute that within seconds.

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Trump Faces Possible $10,000 Contempt Fine as Trial Resumes - The New York Times

As Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial enters its third week, new witnesses will appear and the judge will weigh a request to hold him in contempt for violating his gag order.

07:26 AM - Apr 30, 2024

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Perfect choice, if you intend to destroy democracy.
Genuine conservatives need to form a new political party, the GOP can not be saved from Trumpism.

Kevin Hilbiber @kscience

Perfect choice.

Arizona GOP taps 'fake elector' for RNC post

The Arizona GOP has selected state Sen.

10:50 PM - Apr 29, 2024

06:04 AM - Apr 30, 2024

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IF (BIG "if") Biden (or any Democrat) were asking for presidential immunity, the Supreme Court, Republican lawmakers, and Fox News would be outraged.

This is 100% about enabling Trump and his desire for absolute power.
#SCOTUS #Law #Crime #Election #Politics #GOP #Republicans #Democracy

04:42 PM - Apr 29, 2024

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"The split was striking: on average across the three states, respondents viewed their state’s economy at least 20 points more positively when Trump was president than viewed the economy positively now."
#Election #Politics #Democracy

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02:38 PM - Apr 29, 2024

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she will draft articles of impeachment against Clarence Thomas.
#AOC #SCOTUS #Corruption #Law #Crime #Immunity #Election #Politics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Democracy #Trumpism #Impeach

01:05 PM - Apr 29, 2024

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When dirty tricks go wrong – Republicans funded RFK Jr thinking he would skim more votes from Biden.

It isn't working out that way. 😂
#RFKJr #AntiVax #3rdParty #Election2024 #Politics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Democracy #Trumpism

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RFK is now openly gunning for Trump voters — and Republicans are starting to worry | Salon.com

Kennedy wants more marks for his anti-vaccination grift — he'll find way more of them by marketing to MAGA

09:52 AM - Apr 29, 2024 (Edited)

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"There's no rational and plausible excuse for Noem shooting a juvenile dog for normal puppy-like behavior."

Noem and Trump represent the absolute worst of America. 🤬
#Election #Politics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Democracy #Trumpism #Pets #Dogs

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Trump VP contender Kristi Noem defends shooting her dog : NPR

The Republican South Dakota governor details what she says was a tough decision to shoot an "untrainable" family dog in a forthcoming memoir. Animal rights advocates and Democrats decried the move.

09:47 AM - Apr 29, 2024

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"Trump seems small, shriveled, old, pathetic, and weak, falling asleep, (among other things), and whining in pressers and on Truth Social to the point where anyone else would have been tossed in the slammer for violating the gag order."
#Politics #Law #Election

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The gag "trap" of Manhattan's hush-money trial: "Trump will take the bait" | Salon.com

Will Donald Trump take the stand in his own defense? Experts weigh in on his first criminal trial

09:42 AM - Apr 29, 2024

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This climate work in Iceland is very interesting...
#GlobalWarming #Climate #ClimateChange #Nature #Environment #Politics #Business #Science

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Inside the Icelandic plant turning CO2 into rocks

The world's largest direct air capture plant sucks CO2 from the air and deposits it underground.

09:37 AM - Apr 29, 2024

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Take the stairs.
#Health

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Climbing stairs is linked to a longevity boost. How many flights is enough? : Shots - Health News : NPR

A new study shows people who are in the habit of climbing stairs are less likely to die from heart disease compared to those who don't. Stair climbers also had a slight boost in longevity.

09:33 AM - Apr 29, 2024

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Buy an EV, just not a Tesla.
#GlobalWarming #Climate #ClimateChange #Nature #Environment #Politics

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A small EV tax credit change makes going electric more enticing - The Washington Post

Car buyers can now claim the $7,500 EV tax credit as an upfront discount.

09:29 AM - Apr 29, 2024

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Polling Biden-Trump nationally is clickbait.

The Electoral College, not the popular vote, will determine the POTUS. Effectively, voters in just a handful of Purple States will decide the election. Wait for those poll results.
#Politics #Media

08:30 AM - Apr 29, 2024

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The founding fathers risked everything to create this country and escape monarchies.

The SCOTUS is about to turn us into one.

#Immunity #Election #Politics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Democracy #Trumpism #Law #Crime

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'It's much worse': Yale historian says SCOTUS is flirting with making Trump more than king - Raw Story

Some say Donald Trump is seeking the status of a "king" as he fights for complete and total criminal immunity, but it's actually much worse than that, according to a history professor at Yale Sunday.Renowned Yale Prof. Timothy Snyder, who previously said Putin wants Trump to win becaus..

10:10 PM - Apr 28, 2024 (Edited)

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Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) voted against Ukraine military aid.

Her hometown in Ukraine feels betrayed.

#Election2024 #Politics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Democracy #Trumpism

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Victoria Spartz, a Ukrainian congresswoman, voted against aid for Ukraine - The Washington Post

Indiana Republican Victoria Spartz, the first Ukrainian-born member of Congress, voted against aid for Ukraine, drawing fury in her home city, which is still under Russian attack.

10:00 PM - Apr 28, 2024 (Edited)

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Congressional delays did real damage to Ukraine's ability to defend itself. Ukraine's commander-in-chief has said the situation on the frontline has worsened in the face of multiple Russian attacks.
#StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #War #Politics

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Situation on frontline has worsened, Ukraine army chief says

Oleksandr Syrskyi says Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from positions in eastern Donetsk.

09:56 PM - Apr 28, 2024

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The World Central Kitchen said on Sunday that it would resume operations in Gaza with a local team of Palestinian aid workers.
#Genocide #Terrorism #Antisemitic #Israel #Gaza #Hamas #Palestine #Politics #War #WCK

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World Central Kitchen Will Resume Operations in Gaza - The New York Times

The organization halted aid efforts in the enclave after seven of its workers were killed in an Israeli attack. It said it would resume operations with a local team of Palestinian aid workers.

09:52 PM - Apr 28, 2024 (Edited)

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On Friday, April 5, 2019, then President Donald Trump tweeted, the press is "truly the ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!"

Dictators & wannabe dictators hate a free press.
#Media #Journalism #MSM #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #War #Republicans #GOP #MAGA

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09:46 PM - Apr 28, 2024

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Consequences for Trump? I'm not holding my breath. Trump acts like he is above the law, and even I'm actually starting to believe it. 🤬
#Politics #Law #Crime #Election #Justice #GOP #MAGA #Republicans #SCOTUS

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Trump’s Trial Could Bring a Rarity: Consequences for His Words - The New York Times

The former president has spent decades spewing thousands and thousands of words, sometimes contradicting himself. That tendency is now working against him in his Manhattan criminal case.

02:30 PM - Apr 28, 2024

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"Russia’s torture of prisoners of war has been well documented by the United Nations, with former inmates speaking of relentless beatings, electric shocks, rape, sexual violence and mock executions."
#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #War #Politics #StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini

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Many Ukrainian Prisoners of War Show Signs of Trauma and Sexual Violence - The New York Times

As they return with physical and psychological wounds stemming from torture by their Russian captors, soldiers are being sent back to active duty — often without adequate treatment.

02:25 PM - Apr 28, 2024

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“Can we just acknowledge how refreshing it is to see a president of the United States at an event that doesn’t begin with a bailiff saying ‘all rise’?”
#Politics #Trump #Election #Humor #Jokes

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02:22 PM - Apr 28, 2024

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Trump changed everything. Now Republicans are even okay with killing puppies... if Trump says so.

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02:17 PM - Apr 28, 2024

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Stand With Ukraine 🇺🇦
#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #War #Politics #Photography #Photojournalism #SlavaUkraini

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Enduring Mayhem: Images From Year 3 of the War in Ukraine - The New York Times

A photographic chronicle of the third year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

02:13 PM - Apr 28, 2024

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Anyone surprised?
#Republicans #GOP #MAGA #Racism

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Tim Sheehy GOP Campaign Aide’s X Account Shared and Liked Racist Posts

Tim Sheehy, GOP candidate for Senate in Montana, hired a campaign staffer with social media accounts and public statements emblematic of the fringe far right.

02:09 PM - Apr 28, 2024

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Do we really need all these Trump coup cases? Yes, and here are four major reasons:
1) Accountability Matters
2) Each New One Incriminates Trump
3) Insurance (just in case)
4) Deterrence
#Politics #Election #Arizona

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Opinion | Why Arizona’s conspiracy case against Trump allies matters - The Washington Post

A state case regarding attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results has the capacity to shake up the former president’s defense.

02:07 PM - Apr 28, 2024

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This is making me sick, actually nauseous.
#Politics #Election #Trump #SCOTUS

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The Supreme Court Is Poised to Unshackle a Second Trump Term - The Atlantic

The Supreme Court seems to be endorsing his views on presidential power.

01:57 PM - Apr 28, 2024

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