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Aziri
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Veteran, old-ish and cranky.

OMG, for Bast's sake, read Eric Hoffer's, "True Believers" if you want to understand what's going on in America.
What has this timeline come to when Marjorie Taylor Green has started her face turn and I have to agree with her.

I want my admission back. This movie sucks.
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I'm tired of 'Dems in disarray' stories from media when it's clear to any reality-based observation that the story is 'Republicans behaving badly.'
October 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is, unfortunately, true.
Oh look, it's the thing every fascist government says about the opposition party before they dissolve them and turn the country into a one party state.
August 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Any elected official who will take the word of any elected Republican not to do something evil doesn't understand that said Republicans will lie to get their hamburger today and it will never be Tuesday.
July 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
So. Many. Parallels.
This is all so well laid out. The part about the importance of accurately describing the Everglades concentration camp instead of the name they’ve given it is in the 5 minutes beginning at about 17:30.
Here it is:

A guide to understanding our new concentration-camp era and how to fight it.

From Andrea Pitzer, drawing from her global history of concentration camps, a history of how humanity turned to camps and what it takes to turn away from them.
July 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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WEAR YOUR FAVORITE SHINY THING.
July 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Can we just get on with calling ICE the American Gestapo?

Or should we wait on that for more blatant raids, terrorizings of people/families and disappearings perpetrated by masked LEO who won't identify themselves?

Is the quiet part loud enough, yet?
July 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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BATTLE AWAITS. TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.
June 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Smucker joins a growing number of big food companies that have announced plans to eliminate artificial dyes.
J.M. Smucker plans to remove artificial colors from its jams and other products
Smucker joins a growing number of big food companies that have announced plans to eliminate artificial dyes.
n.pr
June 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Regarding the loyalty test idea, here's the thing: Testing for loyalty is fine if you're hiring for business or some sort of personal aid.

Where it's not fine is when you're hiring for government bureacracy where partisanship can get in the way of the job when you tell peeps it's the priority.
June 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
A friend of mine recently opined that you've got to listen to both sides of an argument.

This is just a reminder that you do not, in fact, have to listen to conspiracy theorists, purponents of altfacts, bad faith arguments or fascists.
Hundreds of thousands of people also claim they’re being harmed by chemtrails, but we absolutely do not need to listen to them.
FDA Commissioner Makary: "Hundreds of thousands of Americans have claimed that they have been injured by the covid vaccine. And we gotta listen."
May 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Because, of course, this is an autocratic plutocracy and Der Fuehrer has the final say in one's healthcare options.
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · May 14
BREAKING: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced he has ordered the FDA to consider new nationwide restrictions on medication abortion — and that President Trump, not scientists or doctors, will make the final decision.
May 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
About damn time.
opb.org OPB @opb.org · Apr 15
Senate Bill 1016 would prevent Oregon’s child welfare agency from putting kids’ belongings in trash bags as they move placements and make it explicit that luggage must be provided.
Oregon lawmakers make it explicit: no garbage bags for kids in foster care
A bill moved out of the Oregon state Senate and onto the House for final approval.
www.opb.org
April 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The cruelty is the point

Also, now, disassembling the government.
April 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
No lie detected.
it's always morally correct to have tomato soup and a grilled cheese
December 11, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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Cat food
November 28, 2024 at 6:02 AM
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Across the country, people are starting meal preparations and traveling to be with friends and family.

Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou
November 27, 2024 at 8:40 PM
I've said it before: When Hillary called Trump supporters a basket of deplorables, she was being kind.

People who support a candidate who lies even when it could benefit him, assaults women and cultural norms, suggests fascism over democracy and stages a coup are, IMO, worse than garbage. Traitors.
October 31, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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"While the State’s interest in protecting 'unborn' life is compelling, until that life can be sustained *by the State* -- and not solely by the woman compelled by the Act to do the State’s work -- the balance of rights favors the woman."
September 30, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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DAD!!! NO!!! BAD DAD!!!
The Norwegian navy paints barcodes on the sides of its ships so that when they return to port they can scandinavian.
July 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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Hi. I was away for a week. Hope everyone is doing well.

There are people who believe the reasons for my absence are shameful and disqualifying for full participation on public life.

Those people can snort my taint.

If you need help, get help. Don’t wait to be in crisis. You can feel better.
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July 25, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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BATTLE AWAITS. TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.
July 25, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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I have no doubt that Donald Trump associates the laughter of women with unpleasant memories.
July 22, 2024 at 12:25 PM
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A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.
July 20, 2024 at 9:49 AM
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June 30, 2024 at 9:57 AM