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Man killed in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse Alex Pretti: ‘He wanted to help people’ Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research Melody Schreiber Sat 24 Jan 2026 20.09 EST The Minnesota man who was killed...

Trump has "left the building"? In ruin? [first the East wing, next the West wing?] In context this meme seems as S2 #1,119 asserts. Rather than side-stepping, Trump's white house has doubled down.

I'm not enough of an insider to have reliable insight here, but I've wondered whether Hillary went along w/ GWB on Iraq so that her political opposition couldn't call her a dove. Of U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), former Speaker Newton Gingrich (R-GA) said: "She's serious, she's...

Thank you S2. from Wiki "Born and raised in Arkansas, Clinton graduated from Georgetown University in 1968, and later from Yale Law School, where he met his future wife, Hillary Rodham. After graduating from law school, Clinton returned to Arkansas and won election as state attorney general...

- sanity check - Objective analysts recognize the detrimental consequence of extremist derision of political opponents. In more sensible times, it can cloud rather than clarify. And part of the problem, while by definition hyperbole exaggerates, accurate objective reports of exceptional cases...

Presidential approval / disapproval ratings one year into their terms Table with 3 columns and 5 rows. (column headers with buttons are sortable) Donald Trump (term 2)42.4% 55.6% Joe Biden40.7% 54.1% Donald Trump (term 1)40.1% 55.2% Barack Obama (term 1)49.9% 44.2% George W...

Whether running the steel brush through the chimney is more of a burden, subjective. Wood pellet stoves have been available for years, but if the prominence of wood-stove pellet fuel is an indication their popularity has peaked, and is in decline around here. I've seen glass chimneys on oil...

I'd be interested in a more comprehensive Sen. Sanders analysis. I suspect Sanders advocates that because he thinks it's the least politically unlikely of the possibilities. Not sure what Sanders actually thinks would be best. I've been getting my healthcare from the VA throughout the new...

zero-sum game n. A situation in which a gain by one person or side must be matched by a loss by another person or side: "It's not a zero-sum game in which either youth or pensioners must lose" (Earl W. Foell). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright...

Please pardon me if my #530 is a stretch. Kingsford is a brand that makes charcoal briquettes, along with related products, used for grilling. Established in 1920 by Henry Ford, the brand is now owned by The Clorox Company. Currently, the Kingsford Products Company remains the leading...

Perhaps that would require judicial determination. But if you're suggesting expanding the population of those eligible for VA medical coverage, without a proportionate expansion of the VA's limited (& by some standards inadequate) budget, that might be fairly broadly considered cheating veterans.

President Obama was neither a perfect man, nor a perfect president. And certainly within his decade of federal tenure he earned some demerits. BUT ! By the Republican demigod's standard, Ronald Reagan's standard: "Are you better off ... ?" we certainly were. A disgraceful blunder. In context...

Obama was the worst president ever! And so was Biden! satire of MAGA

omg We're going to be conquered by Greenland !

epicforamerica.org #32 says it was $Trillions. Smacking Russia down would have been a good idea. Biden didn't. And Trump surely isn't either. And today's reports indicate Trump threw a tantrum Rewarding Putin for his carnage in Ukraine is an international blunder humanity can hope to regret...

Your #31 has me wondering if the way we express our speculations about Trump is handicapped by projecting our more rational minds. Trump is a rational thinker. BUT ! Don't be distracted by Trump's improper methodology. It's Trump's Project 2025 ambitions that ought not escape our attention...

Understood. For sake of analysis, if the pool against which an athlete must compete is reduced by 20%, I suspect that tends to make success more probable. In the Trump era, doing what is right is subordinate to winning.

We have a shameful history. Some of the most famous political rhetoric in our culture: "All men are created equal ...". The man that penned them, a slave owner. After Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox April 9, 1865 both Confederate and Union troops rode trains to return to...

It's one of very few issues MAGA is in accord with me. Americans decided the 2024 election. Right? note: Some literal-minded taxpaying voters may believe, due to the Constitution's 22nd Amendment Trump can't run for president again. Seems simple enough. Right? Problem is, former president...