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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
September 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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I love her in the local Irish pub with an impromptu performance! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qXF...
Dolly Parton in Paídi Ó Sé's Pub
YouTube video by paidiosekerry
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August 25, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I love her in the local Irish pub with an impromptu performance! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qXF...
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Enjoyed this touching NYT tribute to Dolly Parton. What a great talent, generous heart, and heroic life.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 (Gift Article)
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Enjoyed this touching NYT tribute to Dolly Parton. What a great talent, generous heart, and heroic life.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
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I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
Our tour guide in Ecuador just told us that voting is mandatory here. Citizens are fined if they don’t vote. 🤯
April 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Our tour guide in Ecuador just told us that voting is mandatory here. Citizens are fined if they don’t vote. 🤯
In college my final for Personality Theory was to write my own theory of personality. I wrote that social class determines much of someone’s personality throughout life. I got an A and my theory stands.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/class-money-finances/682301/
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/class-money-finances/682301/
What the Comfort Class Doesn’t Get
People with generational wealth control a society that they don’t understand.
www.theatlantic.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
In college my final for Personality Theory was to write my own theory of personality. I wrote that social class determines much of someone’s personality throughout life. I got an A and my theory stands.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/class-money-finances/682301/
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/class-money-finances/682301/
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“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
~The Great Gatsby
~The Great Gatsby
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
~The Great Gatsby
~The Great Gatsby
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Wow! Updated estimates now put turnout at 2.3 million — and we’re still waiting on reports from coalition members in other areas, with some events yet to begin! If you’re free, come out and join us. Over 1,400 events are planned across the country.
April 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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ABC NEWS:
Thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Boston demonstrating in the anti-Trump "Hands Off!" rally. It's one of 1,200 other protests unfolding in all 50 states across the country.
Thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Boston demonstrating in the anti-Trump "Hands Off!" rally. It's one of 1,200 other protests unfolding in all 50 states across the country.
April 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ABC NEWS:
Thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Boston demonstrating in the anti-Trump "Hands Off!" rally. It's one of 1,200 other protests unfolding in all 50 states across the country.
Thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Boston demonstrating in the anti-Trump "Hands Off!" rally. It's one of 1,200 other protests unfolding in all 50 states across the country.
Let this remind all of us that resistance training has more than one meaning.
We needed eloquent leadership and fight. We got that today from Booker.
April 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Let this remind all of us that resistance training has more than one meaning.
Tim Kaine on the Senate floor talking about Patrick Henry and whether we’ll have a democracy to celebrate on the 250th anniversary. Thank you to the gentleman from Virginia.
April 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tim Kaine on the Senate floor talking about Patrick Henry and whether we’ll have a democracy to celebrate on the 250th anniversary. Thank you to the gentleman from Virginia.
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March 27, 2025
March 27, 2025
Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
March 27, 2025
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
March 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
The amount of people sitting on the couches in the National Gallery staring at their phones instead of priceless 400 year old art is such a snapshot of modern life.
March 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The amount of people sitting on the couches in the National Gallery staring at their phones instead of priceless 400 year old art is such a snapshot of modern life.
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Anyone who tells you you're overreacting is underreacting.
February 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Anyone who tells you you're overreacting is underreacting.
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Raise your ✋ and repost this if you're participating.
February 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Raise your ✋ and repost this if you're participating.
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Medicaid covers nearly half of all children born in the country and around two-thirds of nursing home care for seniors.
The Republican Party is voting today on a budget framework with will gut Medicaid to finance more tax cuts for the top 1%.
"Party of family values."
The Republican Party is voting today on a budget framework with will gut Medicaid to finance more tax cuts for the top 1%.
"Party of family values."
February 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Medicaid covers nearly half of all children born in the country and around two-thirds of nursing home care for seniors.
The Republican Party is voting today on a budget framework with will gut Medicaid to finance more tax cuts for the top 1%.
"Party of family values."
The Republican Party is voting today on a budget framework with will gut Medicaid to finance more tax cuts for the top 1%.
"Party of family values."
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(1/2) 79,308,002 people were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP (Child Health Insurance Programs) as of Oct. 2024. That's over 1/5 of the US population. In some states, this could affect over 1/3 of residents.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
February 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
(1/2) 79,308,002 people were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP (Child Health Insurance Programs) as of Oct. 2024. That's over 1/5 of the US population. In some states, this could affect over 1/3 of residents.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
action.aclu.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.