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I Just Showed Up With a Sign and Wound Up Running for Marana Town Council

*By Jackie McGuire, Candidate for Marana Town Council. Jackie is a data scientist, former financial advisor, co-host of Enterprise Security Weekly, and a candidate for Marana Town Council. Learn more at voteforjackie.com On December 10, 2025, I walked into the Marana Town Hall holding a homemade sign. I did not have an agenda, I did not know anyone else at the meeting, and I had not prepared a…

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Colin the Mathmo 1d ago

Do you know a young person?

Ask them what famous people they've heard of from before 1950 and let me know.

For example: Einstein? Marie Curie? Cleopatra? Donatello? da Vinci? Isaac Newton? Queen Victoria? Elizabeth I? Henry VIII? William Tell? Robin Hood?

Ask them, and let me know ...

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There's an AI company where you pay them and they'll get anything you want into GenAI results via Reddit.

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Anthony 6h ago

According to research by Ben Johnson in Inequality By Design, the level of inequality in the US today matches that of France in the run up to the French Revolution. If you think things are bad for the vast majority of people, it's because they are.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD 1h ago

If screwworm is confirmed in Texas from the sample that was sent for analysis, I have a sneaking suspicion that the incompetent Brooke Rollins will be toast, keeping Trump’s rate of throwing women out of his Cabinet steady at 100%.

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Heidi Li Feldman 2h ago

Finally. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/house-passes-war-power-resolution-trump-iran

US House passes war powers resolution to curb Trump’s authority in Iran

Stunning rebuke to president as lawmakers vote 215-208 for measure forcing him to seek congressional approval

The Guardian

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六四事件・天安門事件

37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

The world remembers.

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Zach Everson 6h ago

🚨 The FBI says Kash Patel was in Milan during the Winter Olympics for work.

I filed a FOIA for Public Citizen asking for proof.

The FBI said that’ll take 2,000 days.

Today PC sued the FBI to speed it up.

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https://www.citizen.org/news/was-kash-patels-winter-olympics-trip-for-work-or-play/

Was Kash Patel’s Winter Olympics Trip for Work or Play? - Public Citizen

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Do you remember FBI Director Kash Patel’s viral video showing him drinking with the US men’s national ice hockey…

Public Citizen

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD 2h ago

“In March 2025, funding was cut by USDA for animal disease control and prevention, including…New World Screwworm…from several agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). That funding supported more than 180 outbreak investigations and responses in 22 countries…”

USDA cuts budget, staff for an...

USDA cuts budget, staff for animal disease control, suspends imports of live cattle from Mexico…again

%%excerpt%% Another import ban of live cattle from Mexico has been announced after USDA cut funding for animal disease prevention and control including the New World Screwworm.

KBHB Radio

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