Alabama State Motto

The last 2 years we’ve been exploring the state flowers and the state animals.  Starting this year, we’ll explore the state mottos and state trees.  (I was going to do state insects–who knew the states had state insects?–  but most turned out to be honey bees…LOL)

We start with Alabama.  Their motto is…

“We dare to
defend our rights”

The Alabama State Motto
The Alabama State motto is expressed in Latin as “Audemus jura nostra defendere” which means: We dare to defend our rights.

The motto is sometimes translated as “We dare to maintain our rights”. The motto was approved on March 14, 1939.

The Meaning of the Alabama State Motto
The meaning of the Alabama Motto reflects the aspirations and concepts of freedom, justice and independence. The motto also reflects the history of the War of Independence and the part Alabama played in the American Civil War.

106 thoughts on “Alabama State Motto

    1. Good morning, Pat! Clear skies here w/temp @ 32. Wheezer’s dish was empty w/him nowhere in sight. Refill done and waiting. I re-ordered some of the fake cigs from Amazon for the hubby of the clerk at FD that arrived yesterday. I was in there last week and she said he’s still using the last one of the first order, even tho it’s filthy and tattered – he keeps it with him wherever he goes. He has lung cancer and is having a real battle not to smoke but these work for him so I re-ordered. They’re only $10….I’ll run them over to the store later today.

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      1. Good Morning Filly!
        awww that’s sweet of you!!
        tomorrow after lunch, we’re doing our walmart run. since we’re using the tractor/ jeep set up for now, we like to do it in the daytime to make sure we don’t leave something in the jeep and it’s easier all the way around,

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  1. kalbokalbs
    kalbokalbs(@kalbokalbs)Online
    Wolf
    January 6, 2026 06:40

    Looking forward to this ass wipe fraud, being booted from US. Trash his diplomatic cover. Ideally arrested. Prolly has a Green Card, which needs to be revoked.

    “More to Come” – HHS Deputy Secretary Hints Something Big Is Coming as Questions Swirl Around Somali UN Ambassador’s Ties to Ohio Health Agency Convicted of Medicaid Fraud
    The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is signaling that major revelations are imminent involving Somalia’s sitting ambassador to the United Nations, a man who now presides over the UN Security Council while allegedly tied to an Ohio healthcare company convicted of Medicaid fraud.

    The Gateway Pundit previously reported on troubling new evidence showing that Abukar Dahir Osman, Somalia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, once worked deep inside Ohio’s Medicaid bureaucracy and later ran — or was formally associated with — an Ohio home healthcare company now appearing on a federal fraud exclusion list.

    Osman, often referred to by the nickname “Baale,” has served as Somalia’s UN ambassador since 2017. As of this month, he holds one of the most powerful rotating posts in global diplomacy: President of the UN Security Council.

    Osman relocated to the United States in the late 1980s and built his career in Ohio’s taxpayer-funded social services apparatus.

    From 1999 to 2012, he worked at the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services, serving as:Case Manager Social Program Specialist

    Osman was also a supervisor for the Medicaid office in Franklin County, Ohio, from 2007 to 2012.

    Mr. Osman also founded Beacon Educational Services, according to his profile on the UN. He served as a consultant for the organization from 2007 to 2010.

    The most alarming revelation involves Progressive Health Care Services Inc., an Ohio-based home healthcare company linked to Osman.

    According to reporting cited by PJ Media and Prime Business Africa:Osman served as Managing Director of Progressive Health Care Services from 2014 to 2019 He was also listed as a statutory agent in 2018, after becoming Somalia’s UN ambassador in 2017 — raising serious conflict-of-interest concerns

    Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill wrote on X:“I can confirm public speculation that Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative of Somalia to the UN and President of the Security Council, is in fact associated with Progressive Health Care Services, a home health agency in Cincinnati. HHS has previously taken action against Progressive in response to a conviction for Medicaid fraud. More to come.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/more-come-hhs-deputy-secretary-hints-something-big/

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  2. Ryan Saavedra
    @RyanSaavedra
    🚨 Interesting details via NYT on why the Trump admin decided to not back María Corina Machado as Nicolas Maduro’s replacement, and it has nothing to do with her winning the Noble Peace Prize:

    -Trump was persuaded by arguments from senior officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who said that if the United States tried to back the opposition, it could further destabilize the country and require a more robust military presence inside the country. A classified C.I.A. intelligence analysis reflected that view

    -Senior U.S. officials had grown frustrated with her assessments of Maduro’s strength, feeling that she provided inaccurate reports. They also grew skeptical of her ability to seize power in Venezuela.

    -Richard Grenell, Trump’s envoy, met with Machado’s representatives and asked them to arrange an in-person meeting with Machado in Caracas and for a list of political prisoners they wanted liberated. But the in-person meeting never happened. Machado, despite promises from the American delegation that she would be protected, refused to meet with Grenell.

    -Over time the relationship deteriorated, according to people briefed on the interactions. Machado and her team ignored the request for a list of political prisoners

    -Grenell repeatedly pressed Machado to outline her plan for putting her surrogate candidate, Edmundo González, into office after she was barred from running. He grew frustrated when she expressed no concrete ideas of how to put the democratically elected government into power.

    -Machado was upset that Grenell did not forcefully denounce Maduro as illegitimate. Grenell told colleagues that such a statement, while true, would have undercut his diplomatic outreach.

    -Categorical rejection of any talks or contact with Maduro’s government has been a bedrock of Machado’s political strategy, but it has crippled her ability to build a broader coalition capable of enabling her bid for power.

    -Machado’s unequivocal support of sanctions has destroyed her relations with Venezuela’s business elite, which had built a modus vivendi with Maduro to continue working in the country after a quarter-century of his government’s rule.

    -Machado’s economic advisers have argued that every dollar going into Venezuela was a dollar for Mr. Maduro, a radical stance that had alienated many members of Venezuela’s civil society working to improve living conditions in the country. Her message had increasingly begun to mirror the views of the diaspora and deviated from the realities of people who remained in Venezuela.

    -Machado’s team and allies in exile took to social media to attack and discredit public figures whose work deviated from their views. These actions cost Machado the support of members of the Democratic Party and many businesspeople, American and Venezuelan, who had interests in Venezuela and influence in Mr. Trump’s orbit.

    -Orlando J. Pérez, a professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas, said of Machado and her allies: “They don’t have the levers of power. They don’t have the institutions, and without us over assistance, they’re not going to get back into power in Venezuela.”

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    1. Didn’t she technically win the popular vote in the election??? Seems to me if that’s who “the people” voted for, that’s who should be in office…..🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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      1. she never showed up for meetings with Grenell to discuss taking over the country–never had any plans in place to establish a good gov’t and POTUS didn’t want to risk the drug pins/commies/chinese taking control after he liberated the country.
        how do you rule without plans?

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  3. Select Subcommittee on January 6th
    @J6Select
    🚨BREAKING🚨: Chairman Loudermilk issues statement ahead of five-year anniversary of January 6.

    “Over the course of the three years I have spent investigating the events surrounding January 6, a few things have become clear: The intelligence suggested January 6 was going to be a lot worse than it was, yet the Capitol was still breached; former USCP Chief of Police Steven Sund was denied the National Guard numerous times leading up to and on January 6; the Capitol Complex is no more secure today than it was on January 6; and Democrat’s January 6 Select Committee was never about uncovering the truth or fixing the security failures—it was a partisan exercise designed to advance a narrative to target President Trump and his political allies. This partisan exercise will be reenacted tomorrow as Rep. Bennie Thompson carefully reads a prepared script like he once did as Chair of the Select Committee.

    “Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s unprecedented rejection of Kevin McCarthy’s selections for the Select Committee set a partisan tone, resulting in a panel that lacked a true ranking minority member and operated without essential checks and balances. This allowed Rep. Thompson, former Rep. Liz Cheney, and the rest of their pardoned Select Committee Member colleagues to ignore exculpatory evidence, suppress dissenting witnesses, and operate without due process or cross-examination. Even former Biden-era Special Prosecutor Jack Smith rejected some of the Select Committee’s assertions characterizing Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony as ‘secondhand hearsay’ and that her testimony ‘may or may not be admissible’ in court. Hutchinson was Thompson and Cheney’s star witness who formed the basis of the Select Committee’s false, but most sensational claims against President Trump.

    “True accountability requires focusing on facts, not selective storytelling for partisan gain. My Select Subcommittee remains committed to transparency and accountability and ensuring the security failures that occurred on January 6 and the partisan investigation that followed never happens again.”

    -Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)

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  4. interesting questions about the fraud network…

    FTA

    If accurate, that finding raises a far more serious concern. Terrorist organizations do not stop at cash transfers when operational infrastructure is available. A network of licensed service providers — child-care centers, transportation companies, and health services — offers precisely the kind of cover such groups seek to move people, materials, and money discreetly inside the United States.

    The full extent of al-Shabaab’s involvement remains unclear. Covert operations rarely reveal themselves all at once. They are built deliberately, in stages, with long timelines. Minnesota records suggest (and the explosion in Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar’s personal wealth seems to indicate) that much of the large-scale fraud linked to Somali-run entities accelerated over the past decade. That timeline raises the possibility that the scheme was still maturing when investigators uncovered it.

    If so, authorities may have disrupted a funding and logistics pipeline before all layers of criminal activity were fully deployed.

    One point remains undeniable: Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Fraud at this scale almost never stands alone. Where investigators uncover massive deception, additional crimes often lie beneath the surface.

    Federal authorities should pursue this case to its roots. That means examining every entity, every financial flow, and every operational link — not just to recover stolen funds, but to determine what else those structures were built to conceal.

    https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/what-investigators-still-havent-asked-about-minnesotas-fraud

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      1. yellow. duplicitous scum in congress. reading so many opinions that the Maduro capture was part of him giving up the keys to the kingdom on the voting machines. if we get fair elections here–a lot of deepstaters are done.

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  5. JinWis

    January 6, 2026 8:51 am

    The republican controlled CONgress is again stabbing President Trump in the back by restoring almost all White House’s proposed budget cuts in their latest “bipartisan plan” to avoid another shutdown on 31 Jan. There will NEVER be meaningful budget cuts in this nation. The cuts left in the bills are peanuts in the grand scheme. GOP deserves to lose 100 seats in the midterms.

    https://www.eenews.net/articles/takeaways-from-congress-latest-spending-package/

    Appropriators mostly defy Trump
    
    Appropriators sprinkled cuts to some energy and environment programs throughout the spending package but avoided the much steeper reductions to Democratic-favored initiatives that the Trump administration proposed last year.

    A number of energy and environment programs would maintain their current funding levels under the legislation. EPA is facing a $320 million, or 4 percent, cut to its top-line budget — a much smaller slash than the more than $4 billion reduction President Donald Trump requested.

    DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy would face a cut much smaller than the one proposed by Republicans. Democrats said the bill rejects Trump’s proposal to “zero out funding for critical solar, wind, and hydrogen research programs.”

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        1. Oh, I’d have to have internet access via Elon’s satellites! So not TOTALLY off grid…..gotta have the basics. LOL -not totally self-sufficient – I’m way too old for that shit!!!!

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              1. whoa.
                we pay $95 for shitty internet.
                the vacation home guy down on the road got starlink and pays $110 for unlimited data.
                when we go over the data limit, we can either buy tokens (a racket and a half) or it just slows the speed down that you can’t even open emails. but cable internet is not available here and for the longest time, our satellite internet was the only game in town.

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              2. Mine is via a radio on my roof with line-of-sight to the unit on the tower on the highway 2 blocks north of me. I don’t have any data or time limits that I’m aware of.

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              3. wow!
                up here there was nothing available unless we wanted to pay them to run cable to the house FROM the blacktop road–a little more than 5 miles away–and you pay BY THE FOOT!
                so satellite was the only option and the company we have was THE only option available.

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  6. “Outrage From Dems Who Once Demanded Trump Target Maduro Is Completely Fake”

    The Federalist, By: Brianna Lyman, January 05, 2026

    President Donald Trump speaks about capture of Nicolas Maduro

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Many of the Democrats condemning President Donald Trump’s decision to arrest Nicolas Mauduro over the weekend once complained that the president wasn’t tough enough on the Venezuelan dictator. On Saturday, Trump announced that U.S forces had captured Maduro and his wife on charges of narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and conspiracy to import cocaine. The furious reaction from Democrats was immediate (and so was the hypocrisy).

    Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., was among the loudest critics, with Murphy posting on X: “The invasion of Venezuela has nothing to do with American security. Venezuela is not a security threat to the U.S.. This is about making Trump’s oil industry and Wall Street friends rich. Trump’s foreign policy – the Middle East, Russia, Venezuela – is fundamentally corrupt.”

    “Every dictatorship is not a ‘legitimate government.’ That does not give you or any president the constitutional power to invade the country without the consent of Congress and the people,” Murphy posted in a separate X post. Of course Murphy’s anger was nonexistent just seven years ago, when in 2019 he criticized Trump for apparently not doing enough.

    “If Trump cared about consistency, he would make the realist case for intervention in Venezuela (getting rid of Maduro is good for the United States) rather than trying to pretend his Administration all of the sudden cares about toppling anti-Democratic regimes.”

    Former Vice President Kamala Harris said in a post on X: “Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela do not make America safer, stronger, or more affordable. That Maduro is a brutal, illegitimate dictator does not change the fact that this action was both unlawful and unwise … The President is putting troops at risk, spending billions, destabilizing a region, and offering no legal authority, no exit plan, and no benefit at home.”

    Much like Murphy, Harris sang a different tune in 2019. “What’s happening in Venezuela is a crisis. The people who have fled Maduro’s dictatorial regime deserve safety and protection,” Harris said. “America must show moral leadership in this hemisphere.”

    Harris’ future running mate Joe Biden similarly criticized Trump for talking “tough on Venezuela, but admires thugs and dictators like Nicolas Maduro. As President, I will stand with the Venezuelan people and for democracy.”

    Just before Biden and Harris left office, their administration raised the bounty on Maduro to $25 million, offering cash for information leading to his arrest.

    Democrats spent years accurately describing Maduro as a narco-terrorist dictator, claiming that removing him would benefit the United States, and offering millions of dollars for his arrest. Now that Trump has actually done what they asked for, they feign outrage.”

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    1. we need some enterprising aide in congress to compile side by side photos of these asswipes –first blaming POTUS for NOT getting Maduro and them blaming him FOR getting Maduro. Have them in the background at every congressional meeting…so the cameras can pan to them and show how stupid they are!

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  7. “Moral of the story? Don’t shoot at the  LAPD choppers in front of the dog…

    He’s a K-9 crusader! A heroic Los Angeles police dog took down a crazed gunman on his own front porch after he wildly fired at a police helicopter, ending an almost four-hour standoff with cops — footage (above) released Sunday shows.

    The police video showed the moment the canine was released by officers, pouncing on the suspect after he took aim at the helicopter hovering above him. The pooch easily took down Anthony Whitsey, 57, after he opened his front door to speak with cops, video showed. Before he was taken out, Whitsey was seen in front of his home, ranting and shooting a 9mm handgun into the air at the chopper. The full length (19+ minutes) video is here:”

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    1. Much of the research behind the Byrd daycare has been done by Susan Daniels, a private investigator, on her Substack page. There, Daniels provides a copy of a home inspection report from the Maryland Department of Education, appearing to show the Byrd daycare in operation as recently as June of 2025. It also shows it listed as “unaccredited.”

      Curiously, the investigator also notes that the daycare, having been run in the previous family home, was, and is still, allegedly listed as “forfeited.”

      “Kaleska Byrd ran a daycare center since 2008 at their previous house, but the company was forfeited when she did not renew it in 2018 or pay $25. It now appears to have a new registration number, but the state record still shows the company as forfeited,” Daniels writes.

      “However, an inspection was conducted for the business on June 17, 2025, during which she had four children enrolled. The document notes that she is not accredited.”

      Daniels also claims that there are 73 daycares within five miles of the Byrd family home, of which “only six of them are accredited.”

      Accreditation is voluntary in Maryland—it’s not required for licensing or operation.

      ChildcareCenter lists seven inspections conducted at the Byrd home between 2021 and 2023, which yielded only minor documentation and training issues, and were subsequently corrected. The final inspection listed in May of 2023 indicates they were in full compliance.

      Naturally, news that the Capitol Police Officer who killed an unarmed woman and was previously punished for leaving his service weapon lying around in a bathroom, running a daycare with his wife, raised eyebrows on social media.

      The Spectator’s Ben Domenech, who recently welcomed his third child with wife Meghan McCain, joked that he had all the makings of a daycare facility at his home.

      Fox News anchor Kevin Corke seemed taken aback by the Byrd daycare revelations, writing simply, “Wait … What?”

      “Of COURSE the guy who killed Ashli Babbitt is running a daycare center,” another follower responded. “OF COURSE he is.”

      Perhaps the most intriguing response to the news is a lone review posted on the aforementioned ChildcareCenter site from 2021, clearly written by someone who knew Officer Byrd’s past.

      “Owner’s husband … has guns in the house and has a history of leaving guns … laying around where anyone can access them,” the person wrote.

      Brutal.

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  8. POTUS on Truth Social

    California, under Governor Gavin Newscum, is more corrupt than Minnesota, if that’s possible??? The Fraud Investigation of California has begun. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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  9. Just The News: “Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., has died at the age of 65, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer stated on Tuesday.

    “Jacquie and I are devastated about the sudden loss of our friend, Congressman Doug LaMalfa,” Emmer posted, along with an image of him with LaMalfa and their wives. “Doug was a loving father and husband, and staunch advocate for his constituents and rural America. Our prayers are with Doug’s wife, Jill, and their children.”

    The cause of death has not been made public as of press time. LaMalfa’s death further narrows the GOP majority in the House, though his district is considered reliably Republican.”

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  10. “October, 1962 was a dangerous month, especially here in Florida…

    U.S. Army anti-aircraft rockets, mounted on launchers and pointed out over the Florida Straits in Key West, Florida, on October 27, 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.

    President John F. Kennedy meets with Air Force Maj. Richard Heyser, left, and Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Curtis LeMay, center, at the White House in Washington to discuss U-2 spy plane flights over Cuba.

    There are more photos of the Missile Crisis here.”

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    1. Svetlana Lokhova
      @RealSLokhova
      Why was it so important for Obama, Brennan, and Comey that I, an academic in England, be falsely portrayed as a ‘Russian spy’ who had an affair with President Trump’s National Security Advisor, Gen. Flynn?

      Why, on January 5, 2017, did Obama order that the fake Flynn investigation be kept open, even though the FBI knew it was based on lies?

      Answer: On January 6, they were about to publish the fabricated Intelligence Community Assessment, designed to de-legitimise President Trump by falsely stating that Russia interfered to install him.

      But it was not enough for ‘Russia’ to ‘interfere’; the trio needed the Trump campaign to be active participants in the scheme. Therefore, they invented ‘contacts’ between Russian intelligence and Trump campaign officials.

      That’s why I was smeared as a Russian spy who had an affair with President Trump’s National Security Advisor, Gen. Flynn.

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  11. just came in from shoveling some of the snow/ice that fell off the roof…it’s warming up slightly, but hubby says strong possibility of rain this afternoon. we can’t catch a break! there’s still the ice on there from the last few times we got freezing rain and it isn’t going anywhere!

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  12. The Remote Mountain Village

    Now that’s a talent!

    Ceiling detail of 14th century barn. Imagine the investment of wealth and collection of skill it took to do this at that time.

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  13. 🧾 Retail Crime You Didn’t Notice

    Home Depot busted for a $2M “scanner trap.” Prices on shelves didn’t match register prices — systematically. Dollar General does the same thing.

    🍕 The Pentagon Pizza Meter Strikes Again

    Just hours before the Venezuela operation, pizza orders near the Pentagon spiked overnight. This “Pizza Meter” has predicted crises since the 1990s.
    Late-night food orders = people working who weren’t supposed to be. Still undefeated

    🔐 An 800-Year-Old Lock With 4.2 Billion Combinations – Built by Iranian astrolabe maker Muhammad ibn Hamid al-Asturlabi.

    Still intact. Still uncracked. Still silently winning against human forgetfulness. What was inside?

    🐭 Mystery Pick of the Day

    A rare true Dumbo mouse named Despereaux was born — a spontaneous genetic surprise. No health defects. Big ears. Main character energy. World domination plans remain unconfirmed.

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      1. The link opened for me – here is a small part: “….This combination lock is the work of the astrolabe-maker Muhammad ibn Hamid al-Asturlabi al-Isfahani in 597 H. The four double dials, each of which can be set in 16 positions, allows for 4,294,967,296 combinations. When the right combination is entered, it releases the inner metal plate, attached both to an external handle and to the locking mechanism itself.Citation of this web page:

         “Fragment of a box with a combination lock” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.

        Source: [https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;22;en&cp]

        https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;22;en

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    1. Benny Johnson
      @bennyjohnson
      BREAKING: The White House has published a page revealing the full TRUE story of January 6 — before, during, and after.

      It includes:

      • Video and evidence showing Nancy Pelosi’s involvement
      • A complete, detailed timeline of events
      • A tribute to those who died on or because of J6

      A full investigation into Nancy Pelosi and everyone involved is now essential.

      You can view the page here: https://whitehouse.gov/j6/

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    1. Benny Johnson
      @bennyjohnson
      If you run a LEGITIMATE business in America, you want customers.

      Except for one specific industry…

      Somali daycares.

      Here’s the most maddening element of the Somali fraud story…

      It’s impossible to check kids into their ‘daycares.’ Dozens of independent journalists have captured this on camera. Ask to enroll a child and you’re met with screaming, door slamming and cop calling.

      These ‘businesses’ operate with no kids, no customers, yet rake in millions in taxpayer dollars.

      They don’t even WANT customers. They’re not trying to hide it.

      Not only are they committing fraud, they are committing civil rights violations by openly turning away potential customers because of their skin color — also on camera.

      These fake daycares are only for Somali children and the parents are in on the cut.

      Do we live in a fake country or a real one? If we are a REAL country all these Somali frauds need prison and/or deportation.

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  14. ok, it got me laughing…

    TIME says PROMINENT dems are calling for POTUS’s impeachment. Here’s who they name in order:

    Rep. April McClain Delaney of Maryland (never heard of her)

    California state Sen. Scott Wiener (name says it all…)

    Rep. Delia C. Ramirez of Illinois (who???)

    Rep. Dan Goldman of New York (I thought he was murdered by OJ)

    Rep. Maxine Waters of California (nuttier than a fruitcake)

    that’s their list or PROMINENT dems calling for impeachment.

    https://time.com/7343574/trump-impeachment-calls-gather-pace-venezuela-fallout/

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