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arper's Profile
New Nebraskan 2020
Gender: male
Location: NE
Occupation: retired teacher
Groups: Acoustic TradMusic, 12dog
Diaries published: 74 (112 days since last diary on Sun Oct 19, 2025 at 01:26 PM PDT)
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- A grand jury today refused to indict New York Attorney General Letisha James on mortgage fraud. The return of a "no true bill" is historically exceptionally rare for federal grand juries, but is becoming more common in Trump's weaponized Department of...148 comments 507 Recs
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- Once again, something online is driving me nuts. Today it’s an oligarch is making billions off a service, and there's not a damn thing I can do about it. In this case it's Meta. It's always one of the top few. Their product Facebook Messenger is...7 comments 18 Recs
