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Tiny blue dot, former fed, old and angry

A hard situation deep into the Thai Jungle today after we got a tip off. Nobody lives here. Managed to get the first boy saved (more soon we hope) and medical care. I've never seen a dog go from scared to happy to be rescued so quick

Yeah?!?! Huh…. I’m not so sure we ‘need’ NFL, MLB, or NBA either! Near as I can tell, all we do is fund the exclusive billions of dollars stadiums that most of us will never see the inside of! We could EASILY survive without those too! taxfoundation.org/blog/sports-...

Taxpayers Shoulder a Heavy Burden for Sports Stadium Subsidies

Sports stadium subsidies are salient political gimmicks designed to appear as if politicians are providing tangible benefits to taxpayers. The empirical evidence shows repeatedly that stadium subsidie...

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In other news - Rollin Horton and the council passed eminent domain in NASHVILLE late last night, taking another step towards blocking the data center project planned for the property next to the zoo. (From @nonewdatacenters )

Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions.

🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵

Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million (Gift Article)

The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.

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Pete Hegseth’s reckless weapons testing caused a civilian medevac plane to crash into a mountain in New Mexico, KILLING everybody onboard! Stunning new reporting from WIRED reveals that the US military was testing experimental jamming weapons without proper warning in May, which caused

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his pathological insecurity about his masculinity and the masculinity of the US military. And people die. Americans die. Iranians die. Innocents all over the world are dying because of Pete Hegseth, and he needs to be held accountable for every death.

Exclusive: The Trump administration is preparing to set a price floor and impose tariffs on polysilicon and related products, sources told Reuters, putting a material critical to solar panels and semiconductors at the center of US efforts to compete with China on AI and energy reut.rs/4yTmCad

“The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress.“ This is insane. You can’t walk four blocks without running into a group of them standing around and doing nothing.

Guard deployment to Washington into 2029 will cost roughly $1.4B, estimate shows

The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress. The figure offers...

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WE NEED 4 SEATS TO FLIP THE SENATE. JOSH TUREK SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM. I was researching Josh and came across one of his signature issues: Right to Repair. I had no idea how important this was. Most people in big cities probably don’t either. 🧵

This is why this is not just about Max Miller. It’s about “devout Christian” House Republican leadership who is standing with this guy because they crave power above all else. It’s the culture of MAGA and it comes straight from Trump. Vote them out.

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This Thursday, SpaceX insiders will be released from their first post-IPO stock lockup and can cash out early. As I've been saying, this has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme.

Your vote could be all the difference. In communities across the state, elections have been decided by margins as small as 12 votes. That's a reminder that the future of our communities is shaped by those who show up. Vote blue and elect leaders who will fight for SC.

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