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@tristan1949

Happily and gayly married; father and grandfather; lover of opera, movies, classical music, and gardening; very worried about the next four years.

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Review: ‘Tristan und Isolde’ Heralds a New Era at the Met Opera

Brava, Lise Davidsen! Bravo, Michael Spyres. Sharing the complete review.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/a...

10.03.2026 21:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Live Updates: U.S. Employers Cut Jobs in Sign of a Shakier Economy

Is there ANY way that Trump is not hurting our country? A friend wants to know.

Live Updates: U.S. Employers Cut Jobs in Sign of a Shakier Economy www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

06.03.2026 16:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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04.03.2026 12:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The United States gave Netanyahu over $24 billion in taxpayer dollars to fund his horrific war in Gaza.

That wasn't enough. Netanyahu wanted war with Iran. Trump gave him one.

The American people — not Netanyahu’s right-wing government — should determine U.S. foreign policy.

03.03.2026 21:58 👍 3125 🔁 1012 💬 109 📌 50

While the McDonald’s CEO gets roasted for his awkward burger taste test...

McDonald’s is among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

And McDonald's CEO recently raked in $18.2M — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

That should leave a bad taste in your mouth.

04.03.2026 00:04 👍 12355 🔁 3715 💬 401 📌 138
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Father who gave gun to Georgia school shooting suspect for Christmas is guilty of 2nd-degree murder A Georgia man who gave his teenage son the gun he’s accused of using to kill two students and two teachers at a high school has been convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.

This is a step in the right direction.

apnews.com/article/geor...

04.03.2026 12:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lyft steps in to offer rides after Kansas voids transgender residents’ driver’s licenses The rideshare company is helping trans Kansans get around after the Republican-controlled legislature immediately took their ability to drive away.

Another reason to support Lyft and not use Uber, a MAGA donor.

www.advocate.com/business/lyf...

03.03.2026 11:50 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Met Opera Gambles on a Visionary Director for Its New ‘Tristan’

Sure to cause controversy, but I won't condemn something I've not seen or heard. Opens with Lise Davidsen in 6 days.

The Met Opera Gambles on a Visionary Director for Its New ‘Tristan’ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/a...

03.03.2026 11:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Live Updates: Iran Retaliates Against Israel and U.S. Allies

It's not just FOTUS who is to blame. ALL MAGA politicians and ALL MAGA VOTERS caused these deaths. THREE DEAD Americans and more injured.

Live Updates: Iran Retaliates Against Israel and U.S. Allies www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

01.03.2026 18:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | War and Peace Cannot Be Left to One Man — Especially Not This Man

"Here’s the bottom line: Trump should have gotten congressional approval for striking Iran, or he should not have struck at all."

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/o...

01.03.2026 14:48 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Death toll at girls' school hit in strike rises to 148 US President Donald Trump crossed “a very dangerous red line” after Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes, an Iranian official told CNN. Follow for live updates

FOTUS the Murderer

The number of people killed in a blast that hit a girls’ school in the southern Iranian city of Minab during joint US-Israeli strikes has risen to 148, with 95 more wounded.

www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

01.03.2026 14:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kansas immediately revokes transgender residents’ driver’s licenses The Kansas Division of Vehicles sent a letter to affected people on Monday.

Kansas is just another home for haters. #DisarmHatred

www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

27.02.2026 18:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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WARNING: Illinois Is About to Elect a MAGA-Aligned Senator But it's not too late -- here's what we need to do to prevent a catastrophic failure and instead elect someone whose record aligns with our values

Having this man as an IL senator would be a major setback for the state. Unless you want another corporate owned politican backed with MAGA money.

WARNING: Illinois Is In Danger of Electing a MAGA-Aligned Dem to the Senate
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27.02.2026 13:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How Trump’s pick for surgeon general uses her big online following to make money President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. surgeon general has said the nation’s medical and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at the expense of Americans’ ...

Yet another charlatan being promoted by FOTUS and RFK, Jr. Her medical credentials are bad.

apnews.com/article/surg... Trump’s pick for surgeon general uses her big online following to make money

26.02.2026 12:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“Violently pornographic riffing.” Rachel Maddow calls out all the “violence porn” in Trump’s “gory” State of the Union speech.

25.02.2026 13:17 👍 91 🔁 40 💬 5 📌 4
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The overwhelming scientific evidence is clear: vaccines do not cause autism.

So why couldn’t Trump’s nominee for Surgeon General simply say that?

25.02.2026 18:30 👍 1425 🔁 305 💬 55 📌 12
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Watch Miriam Margolyes' Oscar-nominated short A Friend of Dorothy for free online now - Queerty The short features Miriam Margolyes and Stephen Fry.

Oscar nominted short film now free to view on youtube.

www.queerty.com/watch-miriam...

26.02.2026 11:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

People don't want data centers polluting their cities.

They don't want masked thugs terrorizing their neighbors.

They don't want warehouses being turned into ICE prisons.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home.

They want their basic needs met.

23.02.2026 19:15 👍 11303 🔁 3306 💬 307 📌 127
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Robert Carradine, Actor Who Played the Father in ‘Lizzie McGuire,’ Dies at 71

RIP

Robert Carradine, Actor Who Played the Father in ‘Lizzie McGuire,’ Dies at 71 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/o...

24.02.2026 14:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.

#BrutalButAccurate

17.02.2026 20:55 👍 30024 🔁 8724 💬 834 📌 455
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Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks The Trump administration has killed scores of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far.

The FOTUS MURDER tally is now 144.

Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

18.02.2026 18:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84

RIP

Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...

17.02.2026 12:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Robert Duvall, Chameleonlike Actor of Film, Stage and TV, Dies at 95

One of the greats has left us. RIP, Robert Duvall!

Robert Duvall, Chameleonlike Actor of Film, Stage and TV, Dies at 95 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...

16.02.2026 19:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation

Repealing science? We are doomed if this continues.

What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

13.02.2026 19:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | Trump and the Death of Shared Morality in America

Sharing the complete article, but highlighting this quote: "This is somebody who is setting about — in a systematic way — to destroy institutions."

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...

12.02.2026 18:21 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Report shows data centers could significantly add to electricity cost in Illinois The report shows that without policy change, data centers will increase the state’s demand for electricity from outside Illinois, when historically, the state has been an exporter of electricity.

A new analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that data centers in Illinois could add up to $37 billion to the cost of electricity over the next 25 years.

www.nprillinois.org/illinois/202...

12.02.2026 12:53 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.

11.02.2026 16:13 👍 12687 🔁 3597 💬 412 📌 159

RIP Bud Cort

local.newsbreak.com/norwalk-ct/4...

12.02.2026 12:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Protest set at NYC’s Stonewall after Trump administration removes Pride flag from national LGBTQ+ monument The Trump administration says the move is about policy. Critics call it erasure at the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.

This is such MAGA bullshit. May each of them rot in hell.

advocate.com/politics/stonewall-monument-pride-flag?utm_source=equalpride&utm_campaign=8b0a6671d1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_10_05_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_11dd7c7578-8b0a6671d1-387228041&mc_cid=8b0a6671d1&mc_eid=e49191c354

10.02.2026 19:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ian McKellen recites Shakespeare to slam 'mountainous inhumanity' in U.S. The gay actor delivered a 400-year-old monologue on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that fiercely confronts American cruelty toward immigrants in 2026.

Why, you must needs be strangers

www.advocate.com/television/s...

06.02.2026 12:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0