PaulaBehnken
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Retired paragraph-factory worker, nana, NE based with ties to the EU. Just sledding through, trying to avoid the ice and slush. IYKYK where. I foolishly believed we were old enough to know better than this! Warning: No profile/no posts=no folo! 🇺🇲🇳🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪
Gift story from the NYT: www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | It’s Time to See Elon Musk for What He Is
Elon Musk has developed a troubling obsession: the film “Citizen Vigilante.” For the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie, Musk’s latest fixation reveals a broader embrace of far-right ideas. He argues tha...
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I wonder how quickly most men would retaliate to a very aggressive woman's mean word, taunt, threat, slap, push into a wall, head punch, or head/neck lock, let alone the point of a gun? I'm betting she wouldn't make it to the push. If he killed her In response, would that be a family matter, too?
Calling a reporter "piggy" is not the sign of a successful leader.
Telling reporters "you are low-IQ" is not a successful strategy for leadership.
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
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What happened to release-the-epstein-files-day? 🤬
@atrupar.com Shouldn't this be broadcast from the highest rooftops, leading tonight's news and undermining Trump/Repubs' only leg to stand on? Get with the program, Dems. You now have the Glass Slipper, the Magic Bean and the Hope Diamond, in hand. Don't drop it! wapo.st/44XKMT7
Trump’s claims of election interference in doubt after release of declassified intelligence
Declassified evidence points to Beijing seeking personal data for espionage, not election interference.
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"Lie, cheat and steal" is not a successful leadership strategy.
"Insult your allies" is not a successful leadership strategy.
"Fall asleep in important meetings" is not a successful leadership strategy.
"Don't answer questions" is not a successful leadership strategy.
"Blame the other guy(s)" is not a successful leadership strategy.
I wonder if all the hopeful MAGAs who have watched their jobs, savings, health, futures, kids' futures slip into the toilet in less than 2 years thanks to incompetent charlatans at the helm, are asking themselves if maybe there IS something to this thing about quality college educations, after all.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
ALT: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
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This is what happens when you give power to a political movement made up of 4th-grade dropouts who fly confederate flags and consider Duck Dynasty and Honey Boo Boo to be ‘fine family entertainment.’
I wonder if all the hopeful MAGAs who have watched their jobs, savings, health, futures, kids' futures slip into the toilet in less than 2 years thanks to incompetent charlatans at the helm, are asking themselves if maybe there IS something to this thing about quality college educations, after all.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
ALT: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
static.klipy.com
So, lessee how we're doing: No new wars. XXX More good jobs. XXX Affordability. XXX New healthcare plan. XXX Better schools. XXX Less crime. XXX Better environment. XXX Lower taxes. XXX More benefits. XXX More leisure time.XXX More help from FEMA. XXX Safer life. XXX Nope!
"Kick up sand" is not a successful leadership strategy.
"Bark louder" is not a successful leadership strategy.
"Blame a straw man" is not a successful leadership strategy.
Trump approval rating related to Trump's approach to Iran war slips to 28%, while he maintains a slightly higher rating (32-34%) for handling the presidency overall. apnews.com/newsletter/m...
AP-NORC poll shows Trump’s approval rating on Iran has fallen, Fauci pleads the Fifth, what ‘Best By’ grocery dates actually mean
Welcome back and thanks for joining me.
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The person ahead of me in line at Dunkin just paid for my order. Made my day! Thank you!!!!!
NYT: Loyalty to Trump Proves a Double-Edged Sword for Attorney General Nominee Who would show loyalty to someone who has never been loyal to anyone for a single day in his life?
Not that I want Trump to bomb Iran more. It's not working. But for him to deflect Minnesota's concerns because they're a blue state is outrageous and far more damaging that what the Iranian hackers did to MN's water supply.
"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
Humans May Have Spoken 75,000 Languages Just 2,000 Years Ago. Today’s 7,600 languages might seem like a lot, but they're just a fraction that survived a vast, ancient extinction. The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene🏺🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
