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John Gilda
@verbalprimate.com
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Ex tech wage prol. Blog @ www.verbalprimate.com. Amateur: backpacking, guitar, and social media. Anti: techlordlings, surveillance, and soggy toast. Pro fun stuff, freedom, and democracy.

Happily married. Independent voter. #DOOR #Blues #GTS
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John Gilda @verbalprimate.com · Apr 3
What's my junior senator up to in #Colorado.

No good me thinks.

#dirtydatacenters #meta

www.verbalprimate.com/colorado-a-w...
Colorado - a warning about the scheming dirty data center McCormicks
A warning about potential data center development on Senator Dave McCormick's Colorado ranch land.
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We're 60 days away from the midterm elections. It’s time to get every single member of Congress on the record as to whether they support Epstein survivors. There's a new bipartisan measure to do that. Can you add your name in support? share.weareultraviolet.org/s/91gfpviL
Does your member of Congress support survivors?
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September 9, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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September 2, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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Happy Wednesday Good Morning Sign with Sunflowers
ALT: Happy Wednesday Good Morning Sign with Sunflowers
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September 2, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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September 1, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Lake Trump
Lake America
Lake Ontario

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September 1, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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The Last Time Steve Perry Ever Sang 'Faithfully' Live with Journey
YouTube video by Boston on MV
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September 2, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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OMFG

“…if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal [marriage name change] then USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well...”

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IHIP News: WTF?! Vance DROPS WILD BOMBSHELL as Trump Gets OUTED BY WHISTLEBLOWER!
YouTube video by I've Had It
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September 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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September 1, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Always leave room for joy! Life will never stop giving us things to worry about, but also reasons to hope. Make sure you leave a little room for the things that make you smile. Joy deserves a place in your day.
#Jaye’sMorningLight
September 1, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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Its National Self Care Awareness Month

🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊

Self-care is often neglected in our everyday lives
Considering the daily barrage of political craziness we have been experiencing it is even MORE important

Happy September 1st!

We will be okay

Love
Foxy
1878 First female telephone operator starts work, Emma Nutt, for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Dispatch Company in Boston 1894 Wildfire destroys 350,000 acres, including the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, killing over 418 people 1911 Harriet Quimby passes her pilot's test and becomes the first US woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate 1919 Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago, Illinois after a schism with the Socialist Party of America 1944 Anne Frank's last diary entry; she is arrested 3 days later 1957 Solar Building in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the first commercial building heated by the Sun 1964 Beatles' single "A Hard Day's Night" goes to #1 and stays at #1 for 2 weeks 1971 "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" debuts on CBS-TV, with comic actor and singer Jimmy Durante as guest 1981 Music video cable channel MTV debuts in the US at 12:01 AM with The Buggles' song, "Video Killed the Radio Star" 1988 Rush Limbaugh begins his nationally syndicated radio program 1996 George R. R. Martin publishes the epic fantasy novel "A Game of Thrones," the first in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire" 2001 Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit for its removal and his own removal from office 2012 Eight female badminton doubles players are disqualified from the 2012 Summer Olympics for attempting to manipulate the draw by throwing matches 2020 Egypt tells Elon Musk its pyramids were not built by aliens after Musk tweets in support of a conspiracy theory that they were 2023 Former US President Donald Trump is indicted by special counsel Jack Smith on charges conspiring to defraud the country and prevent the peaceful transfer of power
September 1, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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August 31, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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It's Like Soul Man
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August 31, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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August 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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August 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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August 31, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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16/ Do not let these remain separate scandals. Follow the appropriations. Track the intermediaries. Demand the contracts, salaries, grant criteria, communications records, and measurable work products. If taxpayers funded it, the public has the right to know whose politics it purchased.
August 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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15/ This is bigger than officials stealing money for themselves. It is government acting as patron, publisher, employer, advertiser, ideological enforcer, and political benefactor for one movement. The public is being made to subsidize the machinery used to persuade and govern against it.
August 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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14/ The method repeats. Take a legitimate public program. Rewrite its mission around MAGA ideology. Give money, jobs, access, legitimacy, or media reach to aligned actors. Then call it education, journalism, free speech, constituent communication, or fighting “weaponization.”
August 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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13/ Trump made museum and library grants leverage, demanding “uplifting” history, action on alleged anti-Christian bias and alignment with his orders. Funding became ideological pressure. www.propublica.org/article/inst...
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...
www.propublica.org
August 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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12/ In Congress, Rep. Mike Collins spent more than $400,000 from his official office budget on TV ads resembling his Georgia Senate campaign messaging. They praised him through Trump’s words and used a Republican ad firm. popular.info/p/gop-senate...
GOP Senate candidate spent $400,000 of taxpayer money on campaign-style ads
Georgia Congressman Mike Collins is using public funds to pay a political ad firm — the same firm that makes his Senate campaign ads.
popular.info
August 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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11/ The Pentagon-linked La Tilde operation went further: military-friendly messaging disguised as independent Latin American journalism, using AI content, contractors, and country-specific sites. theintercept.com/2026/06/02/l...
The Pentagon Is Running an AI Propaganda Mill Targeting Latin America
La Tilde publishes an unusual mix of personal finance guides and articles extolling American military efforts in Latin America.
theintercept.com
August 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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10/ The Pentagon quietly gave conservative influencers government roles while they promoted Hegseth and attacked critics. It withheld their duties, pay and terms. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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9/ Trump froze $268 million for independent media in Syria and Myanmar while funding media aligned with anti-immigration politics. The money changed ideological direction. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
Trump Administration to Support ‘Independent Journalism’ in Europe With Anti-Immigrant Focus
This piece was originally published at The Redoubt, a reader-supported publication based in Vienna,...
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August 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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8/ Next came government-backed “journalism.” More than $7.9 million was made available for European projects focused on migration, “civilizational values,” sovereignty, and national identity, with State Department power to shape strategy and approve key personnel.
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