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Suzanne Werner

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First life as a professor of political science. Second life as a small business owner. Third life - still figuring out! Married with two grown, amazing kids and a heart dog named Cookie. Love hiking & gardening. Hate Trump.

  1. Crime rates in all three cities have gone down, and in Baltimore at astounding levels, in part by treating crime as a public health crisis, rather than a "need more cops" crisis. popular.info/p/the-secret...

    This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

    The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year

    This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

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    the left did their part during Biden's presidency - they weren't the ones gumming up the works, everything that didn't pass was because of Manchin or Sinema

    now, in the face of open fascism, a little party solidarity is the absolute least they should expect

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  3. The war on immigration is just all bad in every possible direction. --It is very expensive --It radicalizes government agencies --It distorts US foreign policy --It is very harmful to the economy --It is also quite cruel.

    There is no second/third order consequence that is positive.

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  4. Last wk, the FBI released 2024 crime data showing the lowest rates of violent & property crime in the U.S. since 1969.

    This success is mainly due to the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that funded community violence intervention programs! Join us to protect the essential CVI funds f/ Trump.

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  5. $170 billion could end homelessness. It could fund Head Start or pay for nutritious school meals for our kids for well over a decade. But it’s instead going to Stephen Miller so he can build his mass deportation army to target our immigrant neighbors: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/stephen-mi...

    This unprecedented allocation of taxpayer money could go to helping working families all across America, on everything from education, hunger, housing, healthcare, and the environment.

    Stephen Miller Is Getting $170 Billion To Build His Own Army To Target Our Immigrant Neighbors. Here’s What That Funding Could Do Instead

    This unprecedented allocation of taxpayer money could go to helping working families all across America, on everything from education, hunger, housing, healthcare, and the environment.

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