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November 23, 2024 at 11:57 PM
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A Trump supporting, anti-trans, anti-gay Republican was elected commissioner of the county where I grew up. He won despite being in jail on election night for a sexual assault in Vegas.
It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter.
fox59.com/news/indycri...
It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter.
fox59.com/news/indycri...
Politician pleads guilty in sexual assault case after being elected to Hancock County Council
HANCOCK COUNTY, Ind. — A current central Indiana county commissioner has pleaded guilty in a Nevada sexual assault case, days after being elected to his local County Council. John D. Jessup – a cur…
fox59.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:22 AM
A Trump supporting, anti-trans, anti-gay Republican was elected commissioner of the county where I grew up. He won despite being in jail on election night for a sexual assault in Vegas.
It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter.
fox59.com/news/indycri...
It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter.
fox59.com/news/indycri...
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2025 white house cabinet meeting
November 19, 2024 at 11:35 PM
2025 white house cabinet meeting
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The right to criticize the government is foundational to American democracy, unless the person being criticized is an alarmingly online federal judge with access to a printer
Conservative Judges Have No Interest In Tolerating Your Dissent
Criticizing the government is a foundational right in American democracy, unless that criticism is directed at an alarmingly online federal judge.
buff.ly
November 19, 2024 at 9:37 PM
The right to criticize the government is foundational to American democracy, unless the person being criticized is an alarmingly online federal judge with access to a printer
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Cenk fantasizing that Elon Musk’s two second reply means that he is going to hold some important influence in Trump’s gov is a confirmation of my new theory that most political pundits really just wanna be told they’re important and cute
November 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Cenk fantasizing that Elon Musk’s two second reply means that he is going to hold some important influence in Trump’s gov is a confirmation of my new theory that most political pundits really just wanna be told they’re important and cute
Lmao so lions got Shaboozey but Ravens got the Queen. Big show difference
Netflix announces Beyoncé will perform at halftime for the Texans-Ravens game live on December 25
November 18, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Lmao so lions got Shaboozey but Ravens got the Queen. Big show difference
How many picks is Kyle McCord going to throw against Cal tomorrow?
November 15, 2024 at 7:48 PM
How many picks is Kyle McCord going to throw against Cal tomorrow?
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If you are a 71-year-old man calling another man "daddy," you are weird af
Rep. Jeff Van Drew on Newsmax: "Daddy's home. And things are gonna change."
November 14, 2024 at 4:16 PM
If you are a 71-year-old man calling another man "daddy," you are weird af
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Here's an immigration starter pack I put together. I'm sure it's missing lots of great people, so suggested additions are welcome.
go.bsky.app/Pj3Lv7f
go.bsky.app/Pj3Lv7f
November 12, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Here's an immigration starter pack I put together. I'm sure it's missing lots of great people, so suggested additions are welcome.
go.bsky.app/Pj3Lv7f
go.bsky.app/Pj3Lv7f
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FINE, I'LL MAKE MY OWN CALGORITHM STARTER PACK: go.bsky.app/LMbrZGk
November 12, 2024 at 4:51 PM
FINE, I'LL MAKE MY OWN CALGORITHM STARTER PACK: go.bsky.app/LMbrZGk
I’m not leaving twitter yet but…
September 10, 2024 at 11:19 PM
I’m not leaving twitter yet but…
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Worth noting that "Gypsies steal and eat local pets / livestock" was a staple scare story in the leadup to any of many ethnic cleansings of Romani people across Europe across centuries, including during the Romani Holocaust.
I wrote a piece about how Vance’s immigration worldview was fundamentally racist, and a columnist at the ny times tut tutted me for my intolerance. Anyway Vance is now spreading blood libels about haitian migrants eating animals
September 10, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Worth noting that "Gypsies steal and eat local pets / livestock" was a staple scare story in the leadup to any of many ethnic cleansings of Romani people across Europe across centuries, including during the Romani Holocaust.
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'You deserve the raise': Joe Biden becomes first sitting US president to join picket line – video
'You deserve the raise': Joe Biden becomes first sitting US president to join picket line – video
Biden said he believed the striking United Auto Workers members deserved higher pay
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2023 at 6:38 PM
'You deserve the raise': Joe Biden becomes first sitting US president to join picket line – video
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The BASIC Act would prohibit California prison commissaries from charging more than a 35% markup on what they paid to the vendor. Incarcerated people in the state currently face up to 200% markups on certain items. @elizabethweill.bsky.social has more.
Gavin Newsom Can Sign a Bill to End Price-Gouging in California Prisons
California prisons typically sell essential items like deodorant or medication at a 65 to 200 percent markup.
theappeal.org
September 18, 2023 at 8:17 PM
The BASIC Act would prohibit California prison commissaries from charging more than a 35% markup on what they paid to the vendor. Incarcerated people in the state currently face up to 200% markups on certain items. @elizabethweill.bsky.social has more.
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Whatever kind of bad PR week you’re having, never doubt your ability to make it worse.
BREAKING: Two audience members of the Drew Barrymore show were kicked out for wearing "Writers Guild on Strike" pins.
The pair was handed pins by striking writers picketing directly outside the show.
They were asked to leave before the show began.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/d...
The pair was handed pins by striking writers picketing directly outside the show.
They were asked to leave before the show began.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/d...
‘Drew Barrymore Show’ Audience Members Say They Were Kicked Out for Writers Guild Support Amid P...
The talk show resumed taping without its three WGA writers on Monday as picketers demonstrated outside of CBS Studios.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 11, 2023 at 6:43 PM
Whatever kind of bad PR week you’re having, never doubt your ability to make it worse.
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Ooooooof the claim is that a court clerk spoke to the jurors and told them "not to trust him [Murdaugh, the defendant]."
IF that's true...whoooo that's bad.
IF that's true...whoooo that's bad.
@AP: Attorneys for convicted murder Alex Murdaugh want to call jurors and others back into the courtroom in an effort to get a new trial. https://t.co/BfLFRQsuqW
September 5, 2023 at 6:19 PM
Ooooooof the claim is that a court clerk spoke to the jurors and told them "not to trust him [Murdaugh, the defendant]."
IF that's true...whoooo that's bad.
IF that's true...whoooo that's bad.
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I know that performative cruelty is popular and effective now, but I have to take a stand — barbed wire on floating barriers is just cruel, and no matter how much we want to protect what’s ours, it shouldn’t be used to keep Libertarian Party members out of of Build-A-Bear Workshop
July 27, 2023 at 5:56 PM
I know that performative cruelty is popular and effective now, but I have to take a stand — barbed wire on floating barriers is just cruel, and no matter how much we want to protect what’s ours, it shouldn’t be used to keep Libertarian Party members out of of Build-A-Bear Workshop