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FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HAS DIED AT 84

The VICE File: Dick Cheney Declassified | National Security Archive

Dick Cheney Dies at 89: A Look Back on His Consequential Career
President George W. Bush and his VP Dick Cheney.

Dick Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the United States, died on Monday.  He was 84.⁠ ⁠ Cheney's family shared that he passed from complications of  pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.⁠ ⁠ "

(FOX NEWS) – The family stated…“His beloved wife of 61
years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other
family members were with him as he passed,”

Cheney reportedly died from complications of pneumonia
and cardiac and vascular disease.

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A REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG

Delaware - Election day will be here before you know it. Mark your  calendars and start making your voting plan. To answer some of your most  pressing election questions, go to: www.eac.gov/voters/voter-faqs

Oregon's Election Day deadlines: Voter registration, ballots, and results

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A REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG

Vintage Alarm Clock - Daylight Saving Ends Card

Save Mart Center on X: "Don't forget to set your clocks back before you go  to bed tonight. https://t.co/9he32PXQTM" / X

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A SOLID GOLD TOILET IS UP FOR AUCTION

Solid gold toilet 'America' by Maurizio ...

LONDON (AP) — For sale: The world’s most valuable toilet,
a lavatory literally worth its weight in gold.

Sotheby’s announced Friday that it will auction off the solid
gold cistern, a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan
entitled “America.”

The auction house calls it an “incisive commentary on the
collision of artistic production and commodity value.” It’s
also a fully functional toilet, identical to one that gained
global fame when it was stolen
in an audacious heist from
England’s Blenheim Palace in 2019.

The starting price at the Nov. 18 auction in New York will be
the price of the just over 101.2 kilograms (223 pounds) of
gold used to make it – currently about $10 million.

The Golden Toilet Returns as a Sotheby ...

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THE POLITICAL JOKE FOR THE DAY

District Judge Colleen Kollar-kotelly - Dr Choice Colleen Halloran Bernie  Ward

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s request to add
a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal
voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge
ruled Friday.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C.,
sided with Democratic and civil rights groups that sued the
Trump administration over his executive order to overhaul U.S.
elections.

She ruled that the proof-of-citizenship directive is an
unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers.

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