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Hex
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WI mom and voter

“Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.”
Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Reports of Cases Determined in the General Court of Virginia: From 1730, to 1740; and from 1768, to 1772”, p.140
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NEW: Google used to warn you when you were seeing low-quality search results. Then, in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election, the company quietly turned that warning off www.platformer.news/google-data-...
February 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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The Revolution will be AI-icized
February 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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IT'S A WIN! The Supreme Court just REFUSED to take up a challenge to buffer zone laws that protect patients from harassment by anti-abortion genital goons outside clinics. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
February 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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ICYMI — Trump’s budget guy Russ Vought, who now runs the CFPB that is supposed to protect consumers, got community noted for pushing lies about a company the CFPB went after for deceiving borrowers.

These guys are not on your side.

The scammers are now running the hen house.
February 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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"Patrimonial regimes couldn’t compete militarily or economically with states led by expert bureaucracies."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
February 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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The Gofundme for Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl’s legal fees following her aggressive removal from a public town hall.

Teresa happens to be a dear friend. After speaking with her today, it’s clear this situation has been overwhelming.

She is seeking legal counsel and she needs our help! Please donate!
Donate to Justice for Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl: Fight for the First, organized by Alicia Abbott
On Saturday, February 22nd, citizens gathered at a town hall in K… Alicia Abbott needs your support for Justice for Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl: Fight for the First
www.gofundme.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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We can help shift the tide! Wisconsin must have fair electoral maps going forward.

Answer Musk’s money with a blizzard of small donations. Give Musk the finger and support Judge Susan Crawford for the open WI Supreme Court seat. Our democracy depends on it.

secure.actblue.com/donate/hrccr...
February 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Breaking:

Glenn Kirschner Target of Bomb Threat at Conservative Convention.

youtu.be/uFhunDschIo
Bomb Threat Made at Principles First Summit; Will FBI & ATF Conduct The Necessary Investigation?
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.
February 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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ICYMI An Anti-Biden Conspirator Now Acknowledges That Ron Johnson Was “Doing the Bidding” of Russia

www.thenation.com/article/poli... #wipolitics
An Anti-Biden Conspirator Now Acknowledges That Ron Johnson Was “Doing the Bidding” of Russia
In sworn testimony before Congress, a former Trump henchman says the senator from Wisconsin was “our guy in the Senate.”
www.thenation.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Public Health Agency of Canada buys 500k doses of human vaccine 2 protect against #AvianInfluenza for those most at risk from being exposed to #H5N1 virus by infected animals. 60% will go 2 provinces & territories, while the rest will be stockpiled 4 national preparedness.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
H5N1 avian influenza vaccine purchased for humans at highest risk, PHAC says | CBC News
The Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday it's purchased 500,000 doses of a human vaccine to protect against avian influenza to protect people most at risk from being exposed to the virus by i...
www.cbc.ca
February 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Been thinking a lot lately about how great it would be if only the American literary canon contained a novel about how the American people voted themselves into fascism, with many voters thinking they were just choosing a straight-talking non-politician who could clean up the mess in Washington.
This is how Lewis describes the fascist President-to-be. He "was vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected, and in his "ideas" almost idiotic, while his celebrated piety was that of a traveling salesman for church furniture."
February 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Neo-Nazis appeared in Lincoln Heights (metro Cincinnati) Ohio and got ran out of dodge… but not before locals stole and burned their swastika flag in the street.
February 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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i think an important thing for people outside the US to understand is that elon musk seized control of the government today and most americans don’t even realize it happened.
February 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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@schiff.senate.gov 🔥🔥🔥KashPatel lied to you today. In DC two people who can deploy the National Guard since the 1800s. POTUS and the secretary of defense. Patel was the chief of staff Chris Miller and DENIED the National Guard 14 times. I was there. MY VIDEO www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr3P...
Timeline: The National Guard Was Requested (And Denied) 14 Times At The Capitol Riots 1/6/21
YouTube video by Sandi Bachom
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Today is January 31st, 2025.

Fuck Ron Johnson 🖕
January 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a halt to Donald Trump's sweeping aid freeze, issuing a "brief administrative stay" to preserve the status quo for at least a few days while further litigation plays out.
January 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Just so it's clear, I think Andreessen's AI argument is just a pretext. They want to crash the economy and will use different explanations for why it needs to happen depending on the audience.

I think everything I wrote a decade ago about predictions for a "leisure society" still holds true today:
The Late Great American Promise of Less Work — Paleofuture
Some French companies just  banned  employees from responding to work emails after work hours. A city in Sweden is trying out a  30-hour  work week in earnest. But while the prospe...
paleofuture.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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The plan is to crash the economy to suppress wages.
January 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Oklahoma baptist pastor, James McMillan, has been arrested for a third time for child sex crimes.

McMillan sent nude images of himself to a 14 year old girl in Kansas via Snapchat.
January 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM