This is important to read. Ron and I get lots of these and because we did have a car mistaken for ours that came by mail, Ron keeps panicking that these are really. I know he is struggling with memory but I am worried he will try to pay one of these. Yesterday I walked by his desk as he was calling someone, then I noticed the toll file folder. I asked him and he said he was calling the state toll people to make sure. I told him Ron please hang up. I showed him how they all come in from different email or addresses. None of them the official state toll places. Hope this helps others getting these scam texts. Hugs

Why so many people are getting scam texts saying they have unpaid tolls
A rise in text messages telling people they have unpaid toll fees is emerging as the latest iteration of a ballooning form of fraud.

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I am sitting in the car waiting for Ron to get his Brian MRI for dementia. I got my own blood work done as the doctor checks for the salt wasting and cancer signs. Won’t that be fun if I end up having cancer just when Ron gets diagnosed with dementia. Hugs. Kamyk is still in the ICU fighting pneumonia and sepsis so of course his family is arguing over what to call him. He hates his first name, it is the same as his father which he feels abused him and is a narcissist. He chose the name Kamyk pronounced Camick or Kamick. Soft kay sound, am then followed by ick. I guess the father feels slighted with everyone calling him Kamyk and I noticed his sisters have gone back to calling him by his dead name. I told them how I felt about it and that I wouldn’t dead name him until I heard from him that he wanted me to. Hugs

USDA halts millions of dollars worth of deliveries to food banks
The halt in deliveries comes after the Trump administration separately slashed $1 billion for schools and food banks to buy food from farms.

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Hello Everyone! This week I decided to try something new. I’m going to leave work at a decent time. So, for a week, my goal is 6:30am – 4:00pm. I’ve managed two of three days so far, and I’m really feeling better. It’s bothersome, a bit, to walk out of the shop and know that I have so much left to do, but I’ve found that doesn’t change no matter what time I leave.

I still hate mornings, though. So, a bit of morning coffee humor. Hugs! Randy

Trump fires FTC’s only two Democrats: ‘The President just illegally fired me’
Fired members of Federal Trade Commission confirmed to be Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter

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‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs
Exclusive: Palestinian activist and green card holder speaks out from Louisiana detention for first time

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Trump has already started giving Ukraine land to Russia/ Putin. It is clear he is not including Ukraine in these negotiations. Hugs

Trump says discussions to divide assets between Ukraine and Russia have begun
In talks expected Tuesday, Trump will attempt to win Putin’s unlikely support for a 30-day ceasefire agreed to by the U.S. and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia last week.

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‘Segregated facilities’ are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

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Brown University professor deported despite judge’s order, defying U.S. court
US prosecutors allege Rasha Alawieh had ‘sympathetic photos and videos’ related to key Hezbollah figures

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‘We’re not stopping’: Trump officials raise the stakes in showdowns with judges
Trump is claiming nearly limitless power through a campaign to delegitimize institutions that have long acted as checks on the presidency.

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Scottie