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An election win well beyond significant.
#USpol

“It is a historic result in the deeply conservative southern state that last sent a Democrat to the US Senate in 1982, and had not seated a black senator since 1875.
Colom follows Hiram Revels, who became the first black person ever to serve in the chamber when he was seated from 1870 to 1871, and Blanche Bruce, whose term ran from 1875 to 1881. Revels and Bruce were both members of the Republican Party.” - BBC News
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Lt. Col. (Ret.) Amy McGrath was the first woman to pilot the F/A-18 in combat and served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 20 years. She flew 89 combat missions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban and then became an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy. She’s more than qualified to pass judgment on Pete Hegseth and like every other retired senior officer from every branch of our military, she thinks Hegseth is an unqualified, incompetent, fool. - Truth And Accountability Project
#USpol

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Part of an email received today from the Bobblehead Hall of Fame Museum.
#CashinIn

“With his victory over Republican U.S. representative Tom Tiffany, Crowley became Wisconsin’s first African American governor. The first David Crowley bobblehead is produced by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum and is part of a new series featuring some of the most requested political bobbleheads related to the 2026 Midterm elections and the upcoming 2028 elections.”
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The measles outbreak in southwestern Wisconsin continues; from a press release I received about an hour ago from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. This poor kid.
#MAHAMyAss

“It is with a heavy heart we are reporting the first death of an infant connected with a measles outbreak in Wisconsin in many years. My heart is broken for the family," said DHS Secretary Kirsten Johnson. "Any death of a child is a tragedy and even more so when it is related to a vaccine-preventable disease.”