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Born in the Mon Valley. Studied architecture, still love it. Work in advertising, live in Brooklyn. Pragmatic Progressive who knows we'll get there someday. Moonlight as servant to Gracie the cat.

  1. Yes. Excellent story by @camcgrady.bsky.social in @nytimes.com . www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...

    Where D.C. Crime Is Bad, Residents Question Trump’s Motives

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  2. Day 1272 of my 3 day war. Great powers do not ask for security guarantees, they give them. If you still don't know how my war has reduced Russia, read that sentence again until you do.

    I remain a master strategist.

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  3. For years, the FDA quietly allowed substandard foreign manufacturers to ship drugs to the U.S. from factories the agency had officially banned.

    We compiled a list of the drugs and their makers 👇

    ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no…

    The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.

    ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no…

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  4. It is August 2025.

    If you suggest anyone at all is locked in for the Democratic presidential nomination three years out from the election, you're begging to be ignored

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  5. I am a bit of a broken record on this, but are local DAs going to let this continue indefinitely? The ICE agents didn't have any kind of warrant, didn't identify themselves, and then recklessly started firing. Let them argue federal immunity.

    A man understandably refused to hand over his ID or get out of the car for a bunch of masked thugs who refused to identify themselves.

    And when he drove away, they opened fire on him.

    This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.

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  6. Vermont’s Republican Governor Phil Scott has REJECTED Trump's second request to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.

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