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What Happened Today – August 29

🗺️ Normalization moves fast.

Nineteen days since the DC takeover, Chicago is next and Boston and Baltimore are already threatened. Texas already gerrymandered its districts, California voters will decide in November whether to follow, and Missouri has jumped into the fray. That’s 109 of 435 House seats already being rigged.

They’re banking on exhaustion so move faster than they do, and fight back.

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I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don't kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
MN Senator Tina Smith, replying to RFK's comments on Fox & Friends that SSRIs and other psychiatric drugs might have contributed to the mass murder at Annunciation School.
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CVS blocks Covid vaccines in 16 states until CDC panel meets, leaving access restricted while federal delays stall new recommendations.

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