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On 16 April, Caz Craffy, a US Army civilian employee (DAC) and Major in the US Army Reserve, pleaded guilty to bilking millions of dollars from Gold Star families. From May 2018 to Nov 2022, he obtained over $9.9 million from victims who received a...
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The neighbors have been replanting their front yard flower beds and trimming their hedges.� The birds have stopped coming for daily baths, I assume their time is otherwise engaged.� New shoots are ...
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Ukrainian forces struck a Russian military airfield in occupied Dzhankoi, Crimea, overnight on April 16 to 17.
Geolocated footage posted on April 16 shows explosions at the airfield in ...
by annieli
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SPOILER WARNING: A late night gathering for non serious palaver that does not speak of that night’s show. Posting a spoiler will get you brollywhacked. You don’t want that to happen to you.
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The Hill — Johnson turns to Democrats on Ukraine aid amid ouster threat Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will lean heavily on Democrats to move a series of bills in the coming days providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and other democratic allies overseas — a...
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Okay, I got this in my e-mail, and since I was doing other weird research, it drew my attention, as the numbers seemed really high (On immigration). I’m pasting this all, then snipping it into bits. Democrats Blocked Secretary Mayorkas' Impeachment...
by CrystalHR
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Apparently non-senior Biden staff have a nickname for Trump. as MSNBC’s Laurence O’Donnell reports that a Trump posting on Truth Social violated the gag order. Protesters shut down San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in both directions for hours Monday...
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Mitch McConnell: “Tabling articles of impeachment would be unprecedented in the history of the Senate.” Well, so was tabling the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Mitch. But you had no qualms with that, did you? Maybe you should just...
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Today is International Bat Day…�Bats are beautiful creatures, and kitties appreciate their place in the world…�Let’s celebrate bats tonight… But first, the rules… You are all ...
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I’m sure he won’t testify. But that didn’t stop me from writing an approximation of how it would sound.
But first, a word from our sponsor!
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by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
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Guest: LawDork's Chris Geidner Also: Scam GOP impeachment trial ends in one day AZ Repubs spike repeal of 1864 abortion law (again) Voter turnout doubles in AL's new majority minority U.S. House District... On today's BradCast: If only the corrupted...
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Good Evening. Where to start! I am doing very good, today I was at drakestone working on the trailer, I was drilling & tapping the almost 300 fasteners in the 6 pieces of 3/16 aluminum diamond plate. (I have 100 to go) Got there at 7:15 am & at noon I...
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Sixty years ago today was the debut of one of the world’s most successful cars, and my personal favorite, Ford’s Mustang .
The first-generation Ford Mustang was manufactured by Ford from March ...
by jck
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Jerome Powell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was nominated by Donald Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the US Senate. President Joe Biden renominated him when he entered office in January of 2021. The job of the Fed...
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Brett Murphy of ProPublica reports that “SOS Blinken has not acted upon the recommendations of a Special State Department Panel that found that several Israeli military and police units do not qualify for US arms transfers under the Leahy law due to...
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I hadn't thought about him for months. But during the Spring and Summer the windows tended to be open we'd hear him every night just at dusk. One minute of thumpity like music. Always the same melody, always the same duration of time. Then the Fall and...
by phcarb
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"Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. The Battle of Gettysburg, what an unbelievable, I mean it was so much, and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways. It represented such a big portion of...
by KeithDB
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Somehow, I stumbled upon the video shown below, and oh what delicious news it delivers! Apparently, the bond issuer chosen by Donnie DumbQuips (Knight Specialty Insurance Company) originally considered underwriting the entire $450M+ obligation set as a...
by Northern Pol
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I know it’s public information when the jurors are questioned and things about their background are discussed. But how many of them maybe hunted down with the information published? The defense can’t say names and the judge has instructed only the...
by Dune
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Florida Democrat Bob Graham, who served as governor from 1979 to 1987 and as a U.S. senator from 1987 until his 2005 retirement, died Tuesday at the age of 87. Graham, who won all five of his statewide elections by at least 9 points, was one of the...
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