Donald Trump just did something truly awful and is hoping you won't notice. He fired all of the special education staff at the Department of Education. What kind of person abandons kids with special needs?

Trump’s new Defense plan quietly outlines a “National Guard response force” trained in crowd control and civil unrest, to be deployed across all 50 states by April 2026. Let that sink in. They’re not preparing to leave office; they’re preparing to lock the country down.

Retired intelligence analysts confirm what the political scientists are telling us — and what the world outside is telling us — the goal of these people is the end of law, the end of democracy, and the end of a recognizable republic. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o…

This is a lie. Yesterday, Republicans blocked a bill I cosponsored that would have paid our service members and all federal workers. They could stop health care premiums from doubling and reopen the government today, but they’re choosing higher costs and a shutdown.

Wells Fargo scammed millions of people by opening fake accounts. The Trump Administration just reduced a former Wells Fargo exec's $10 million fine to $0. Trump is making life more affordable for Wall Street executives — and more expensive for everyone else.

The platypus is a mammal but lays eggs, its duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed and venomous. It has electroreceptors for locating prey, eyes with double cones, no stomach, 52 chromosomes. It's fluorescent and glows under UV light.

A rich man can buy the entire U.S. military? Seems important.

Trump’s America First policy: $40 billion bailout for Argentina $12 billion in weapons for Netanyahu Threatening war with Venezuela Awarding an Air Force Facility in Idaho to Qatar $0 to lower your premiums $0 to prevent 15 million Americans from losing healthcare

Friday Night Melissa Update: This could be catastrophic for Jamaica. Strong Cat 4 or possibly Cat 5 Hurricane. National Hurricane Center urging all residents to have all preparations completed by late Saturday.

A 16-year-old Black student says he was held at gunpoint and handcuffed outside his Baltimore County school after AI wrongly flagged his bag of chips as a weapon. He could’ve been injured or lost his life over a false alert. This trauma should not be “protocol.”

FACT: Venezuela is NOT a major producer of cocaine. They do not have large cocaine factories. They do not produce fentanyl either. What Venezuela does have is the world’s largest oil reserves.

Most marketers speak to only 5% of decision-making. What they miss? Up to 95% of decisions are driven by emotion, not logic. Even those neat pro-and-con lists? Subconsciously influenced by how you feel. Ever wonder why certain influencers or products succeed with no logical

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“When you are arguing against God you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all.” - C.S. Lewis

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'There is a plan' for Trump to seek third term in 2028, Steve Bannon says usatoday.com/story/news/pol… by Zach Schermele @usatoday

SCOOP: Timothy Mellon, a billionaire and major financial backer of Trump, is the anonymous private donor who gave $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the shutdown, according to two people familiar with the matter. nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/…

Just going to say this. If we keep isolating our history and keep changing it, then nobody can learn it at all!