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@kkardin

HR Leader who values diversity, equity & inclusion. My interests are books, travel, cats, and anthropology, but I’m mainly here to follow news & politics. Democrat in KS. πŸ’™ #KW4KH

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No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict

It is beyond dangerous & inexcusable that no advance arrangements were made for evacuation. One American β€œcalled the U.S. State Department hotline, but the agent who eventually picked up was little help, she said, asking her to spell Oman and advising her to β€œmonitor the news and shelter in place.”

05.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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11 Million Visitors Short: Inside America’s Continuing Tourism Slump

Billions of dollars lost to the US travel industry thanks to the policies and actions of this administration.

11 Million Visitors Short: Inside America’s Continuing Tourism Slump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/t...

23.02.2026 02:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just want to live in a country where the leader can’t enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws.

You know, like a democracy.

22.02.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 36597 πŸ” 7478 πŸ’¬ 937 πŸ“Œ 369

The β€œprosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

07.01.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 86941 πŸ” 21349 πŸ’¬ 1612 πŸ“Œ 1508
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Emergency video: The Shooting in Minneapolis by ICE (AGAIN) Here we are again.

open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

07.01.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

12.10.2025 23:30 πŸ‘ 24086 πŸ” 9097 πŸ’¬ 787 πŸ“Œ 423
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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

24.08.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:

A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.

22.06.2025 01:37 πŸ‘ 44429 πŸ” 10317 πŸ’¬ 1820 πŸ“Œ 707

Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.

05.04.2025 02:45 πŸ‘ 58884 πŸ” 6946 πŸ’¬ 2047 πŸ“Œ 464
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Women really need to be paying attention to this, especially if you don’t have a passport. Don’t let them take your vote.

03.04.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside the Turmoil at the V.A. Mental Health System Under Trump (Gift Article) A chaotic restructuring ordered threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

More losses for veterans under this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...

22.03.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention | CNN Politics Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites as the ...

It’s irresponsible & unacceptable to remove articles regarding the Holocaust, 9/11, cancer awareness, suicide prevention, etc., under the guise of scrubbing DEI. And fixing it just takes more time and effort. None of this helps American people whatsoever.

20.03.2025 01:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything she said.

13.03.2025 00:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.

Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."

11.03.2025 00:35 πŸ‘ 22404 πŸ” 7565 πŸ’¬ 1470 πŸ“Œ 430

Science works!

09.03.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency (Gift Article) Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired. With deeper cuts coming, some are warning of potential harms to veterans.

Sharing to help increase awareness of how these random cuts will lead to critical absence of care or medical errors. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/u...

09.03.2025 18:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Folks, #Trump is lying. He just said his plan calls for β€œno tax on tips, OT, or Social Security.” But the Tax Bill the House GOP just passed has absolutely none of this. Zero. Nada. Nothing.

But it does have trillions in new tax cuts for billionaires.

#TrumpSpeech #SOTU

05.03.2025 02:59 πŸ‘ 1865 πŸ” 631 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 21
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Make your calls!

Have you heard about this MAGA attack on our voting rights? It would make voter registration harder and keep millions of Americans from voting. We have to call our Senators and Congressional Representatives - tell them to vote 'NO' on the SAVE Act! social.redwine.blue/s/ppG3LU6C

05.03.2025 02:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.

02.03.2025 04:24 πŸ‘ 37081 πŸ” 6517 πŸ’¬ 490 πŸ“Œ 230

Marshall is just another cowardly puppet of the Musk-Trump administration bsky.app/profile/muel...

02.03.2025 02:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hundreds Gather at National Parks Across U.S. to Protest Job Cuts (Gift Article) From Acadia in Maine to Joshua Tree in Southern California, protesters turned out to stand up against what they see as threats to public lands.

Awesome to see these protests at National Park sites across the country today! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

02.03.2025 02:36 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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"History will remember this dayβ€” when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

28.02.2025 21:25 πŸ‘ 127842 πŸ” 34291 πŸ’¬ 3044 πŸ“Œ 1405
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video) America hurt itself badly today.

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
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01.03.2025 03:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.

An apology to President Zelenskyy, please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...

01.03.2025 03:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dear angry Republican voters who've showed up at GOP Town Halls to complain about the spending cuts, firings and chaos: Speaker Mike Johnson just told CNN's @kaitlancollins.bsky.social that you were 'paid democrat protestors'. They don't care about you. Remember this for the 2026 midterms

27.02.2025 02:39 πŸ‘ 4422 πŸ” 1223 πŸ’¬ 138 πŸ“Œ 28

🚨 If you make one call today, make it be to your House Rep to VOTE NO on the billionaire hand out budget resolution! πŸ”₯

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Over 37 million children are covered under Medicaid. Contact your representatives now.

25.02.2025 04:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Senate Democrats Can Shut Down Trump's Agenda with Procedural Hardball

indivisible.org/resource/how...

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