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Kentucky Colonel, Author, multi generational Poet, Home Cook, Adoptive mother. https://nitter.gq/t.co/HIlqcygKxZ

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Joined November 2008
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BREAKING: ANOTHER SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC! Trump is spending $5 million in taxpayer money to gold-plate horse statues in Washington while slashing social services for millions of Americans. Donald Trump is cutting health care for the poor. He's gutting food assistance for hungry families. He's eliminating housing programs for struggling Americans. And he's spending $5 million to put 23.75-karat gold leaf on four horse statues near the Lincoln Memorial. Although many will wish this is satire, it’s not. The National Park Service awarded a no-bid contract in mid-April to The Gilder's Studio, a Maryland gilding company, to "conserve and regild" four monumental bronze equestrian sculptures along the roads surrounding the Lincoln Memorial — in time for America's 250th birthday on July 4th. The contract documents confirm it was "NOT COMPETED" and awarded to "ONLY ONE SOURCE." The statues currently look fine. They've been standing since their first restoration in the 1970s. Their gold-toned coating is admittedly a bit faded and patchy. Their stone bases have some cracks. But five million dollars worth of crisis? Not exactly. This is the same administration that is using the July 4th deadline as justification for bypassing competitive bidding across Washington — handing no-bid contracts to handpicked vendors for everything from the gold horse statues to the leaking Reflecting Pool, where a company Trump selected because it cleaned his golf club pool charged a 20 percent profit margin and still can't stop the leaks. The Interior Department has handed out nearly $100 million in contracts in a rushed beautification spree, most without full competition. A conservative watchdog already noted the obvious: "We've known that this is going to be America's 250th anniversary for 250 years. It's not like we didn't have time to plan." Meanwhile, Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" slashes Medicaid by hundreds of billions of dollars, cuts SNAP food assistance, and eliminates programs that keep working families in their homes. But the horse statues will be gleaming with nearly 24-karat gold by July 4th. Because that's what this administration's priorities look like in contract form. Gold horses. No health care. No competitive bidding. No shame. This is the Marie Antoinette administration — and they're not even hiding it anymore. Please like and share this post to spread the news of what should be a HUGE scandal.
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A man just collapsed at the ATL airport. Unresponsive. Not breathing. Turning blue. All in an instant, strangers raced to his aid—some administering CPR, others grabbing the defibrillators nearby—as several of us stood praying. After a scary minute or so, he kicked a leg and started breathing, It would be another 5 minutes before paramedics arrived on the scene. Were it not for the immediate action taken by those strangers—people who knew nothing about this man, people who would soon scatter to their own destinations, people this man will never get the opportunity to thank—he would be dead right now, headed to the morgue instead of home to his family. A vivid reminder of our shared humanity. One I won’t soon forget.
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I send my heartfelt condolences to the family and all those who knew and loved Lance. I’ll never forget the huge smile and heartfelt hug Lance gave me as I walked on the set of John Wick for the first time. (1/2)
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I ran from a mass shooting today with my two little girls in my arms. We got separated from my wife. We hid behind a car and then sheltered in the apartment of some good Samaritans for 5 hours watching swat teams from the windows. We are all ok but we’re angry, very very angry. – at Highland Park, IL
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It’s been waaaay too long since I promoted my book. 🙈 So, here’s a little retweet of my publisher’s promo…which I would love it if you could possibly retweet too! Anyone looking for a fun, adventure fantasy for kids? Why not grab a copy 😊 Thanks, as always #WritingCommunity
Read the brilliant 'The Vulture King' by Nikki Turner (@nixwaxeslyrical), young fantasy at its best. Can Aram save those he holds dearest? blkdogpublishing.com/vulture… #fantasy #youngadult #nikkiturner
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BREAKING: In a bombshell interview, the January 6 Committee’s Adam Schiff reveals that the Committee may refer Trump to the Justice Department for criminal charges — a clear escalation in the Committee’s quest to hold Trump accountable. RT IF YOU THINK THAT TRUMP MUST BE CHARGED!
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Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee. — John Donne #BlackLivesMatter
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Trump & his current circle will say it’s “fake” or the County Officials are “corrupt” or “covering something up” (they’re not). He won’t read or bother with the report - but he will most certainly have reasons why they’re wrong & he was cheated.
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BREAKING: Mitch McConnell ruins Trump’s night by defending the January 6 Committee, puts Trump on notice that “we’re all going to be watching,” and says that the investigation is “seeking to find out something the public needs to know.” RT IF YOU SUPPORT THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE!
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BREAKING: Fox News' Peter Doocy complains to Jen Psaki that the network's "half-a-million-dollar" Christmas tree was set on fire by an arsonist, asks if President Biden thinks that's "good governing." RT IF YOU THINK BIDEN HAS MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO FOCUS ON THAN FOX'S TREE!
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BREAKING: Elon Musk, who built his company with billions of dollars in government subsidies before going on to slam Biden’s Build Back Better bill for increasing the deficit, is named Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year.” RT IF YOU THINK FRONTLINE WORKERS ARE MORE DESERVING!
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BREAKING: A federal January 6 judge asks if Trump should be criminally charged with “interfering with a federal government procedure” for trying to convince Mike Pence to overturn Biden’s win, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years. RT IF YOU THINK THAT TRUMP MUST BE CHARGED!
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This is one hell of an ad from a Democrat running for Congress. The question is whether people will watch it and share it.
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RT if you agree. It’s time to do what the majority of people and 96% of Congressional Democrats support: pass both the infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better Act that invests in our communities.
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We can't ignore Fox News lies about the Covid vaccine since its potentially killing Americans. That's why I FILED a COMPLAINT AGAINST Fox News with FTC for possible violations of Covid-19 Consumer Protection Act. We need FTC to investigate Fox! My MSNBC: msnbc.com/opinion/fox-news-c…
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Life is hard at the moment, we are all struggling in different ways. So I sent a personal message to my closest friends, telling them all the things I love about them. The silly, inconsequential things that make them special and unique. I hope I cheered them up. It felt good 😊
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Mitukeye Oyasin: “We are all related.” Black Elk, Lakota Sioux.
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Retweet if you think trying to violently overthrow our democracy should result in some consequences.
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No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protestors yesterday that they wouldn’t have been treated very differently than the mob that stormed the Capitol. We all know that’s true — and it’s unacceptable.
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