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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. Thomas Jefferson
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Pope Leo XIV has revealed a closely held secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day.
Pontifical secret revealed: Pope Leo XIV changes his Wordle start word each day
Pope Leo XIV has revealed a closely held secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day. Leo divulged his strategy playing the popular New York Times online game during an online encounter with American young people.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Pope Leo XIV has revealed a closely held secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day.
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Fuck, it feels like 2025 all summed up in one headline....
Why is it never a truck of sleepy but otherwise healthy koalas?
Maybe they can add “fast breeding”, “sexually excited”, and “bitey” to the list of attributes to make it all more 'exciting'?
Steven Miller wants his staffers back though.
Why is it never a truck of sleepy but otherwise healthy koalas?
Maybe they can add “fast breeding”, “sexually excited”, and “bitey” to the list of attributes to make it all more 'exciting'?
Steven Miller wants his staffers back though.
Truck hauling ‘aggressive’ monkeys carrying herpes and COVID overturns in Mississippi
According to authorities, the Rhesus monkeys were on their way to a testing facility in Florida after being at Tulane University.
www.actionnews5.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Fuck, it feels like 2025 all summed up in one headline....
Why is it never a truck of sleepy but otherwise healthy koalas?
Maybe they can add “fast breeding”, “sexually excited”, and “bitey” to the list of attributes to make it all more 'exciting'?
Steven Miller wants his staffers back though.
Why is it never a truck of sleepy but otherwise healthy koalas?
Maybe they can add “fast breeding”, “sexually excited”, and “bitey” to the list of attributes to make it all more 'exciting'?
Steven Miller wants his staffers back though.
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Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Animal shelter evacuated after FBI incinerates meth at facility
Fourteen staff were hospitalised and 75 cats and dogs evacuated.
www.bbc.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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If they're not going to get rid of RFK Jr., everyone just ignoring him as if he has no authority also works for me.
GOOD NEWS: Despite RFK Jr saying he would cancel $500 million in mRNA research, the House Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending package, that includes $1.1 billion for “advanced research and development” at BARDA, which includes research on mRNA vaccines.
September 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If they're not going to get rid of RFK Jr., everyone just ignoring him as if he has no authority also works for me.
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Let’s celebrate the hard work and positive attitude of Hispanics in the USA! ✊🏽
July 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Let’s celebrate the hard work and positive attitude of Hispanics in the USA! ✊🏽
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"The number of people who expected Mrs. Hutchinson to win a Bendix washer at the end would amaze you."
—Shirley Jackson
—Shirley Jackson
July 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"The number of people who expected Mrs. Hutchinson to win a Bendix washer at the end would amaze you."
—Shirley Jackson
—Shirley Jackson
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“Superman is too woke!”
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
July 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Superman is too woke!”
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
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You can rationalize it however you want but staying on twitter is a terrible choice. It is not the “town square.” It is the world’s disease-ridden dump. You don’t need to be there to think critically or write relevantly or stay abreast of current events.
July 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
You can rationalize it however you want but staying on twitter is a terrible choice. It is not the “town square.” It is the world’s disease-ridden dump. You don’t need to be there to think critically or write relevantly or stay abreast of current events.
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House Democrats just launched HouseRepublicanPriceHike.com — a brutal receipt generator that shows exactly how much more you’re paying for groceries under GOP control.
Add items to your cart, see the spike, then send the “Republican receipt” straight to your followers and friends. 💥
Add items to your cart, see the spike, then send the “Republican receipt” straight to your followers and friends. 💥
July 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
House Democrats just launched HouseRepublicanPriceHike.com — a brutal receipt generator that shows exactly how much more you’re paying for groceries under GOP control.
Add items to your cart, see the spike, then send the “Republican receipt” straight to your followers and friends. 💥
Add items to your cart, see the spike, then send the “Republican receipt” straight to your followers and friends. 💥
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It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
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😮 “while carving out an exemption for themselves” is wild
June 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
😮 “while carving out an exemption for themselves” is wild
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“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.
Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
www.tpr.org
June 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.
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Oh no, an "insurrection" of dancing
Imagine being the sourpuss deploying 700 very expensive Marines to ... what? Make LA be the town from Footloose?
Imagine being the sourpuss deploying 700 very expensive Marines to ... what? Make LA be the town from Footloose?
This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Oh no, an "insurrection" of dancing
Imagine being the sourpuss deploying 700 very expensive Marines to ... what? Make LA be the town from Footloose?
Imagine being the sourpuss deploying 700 very expensive Marines to ... what? Make LA be the town from Footloose?
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Check out the look on Rep. Darin LaHood's face at the very end of this clip. Even he doesn't really believe his BS about why Republicans need to incentive private equity work instead of doctors or teachers.
June 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Check out the look on Rep. Darin LaHood's face at the very end of this clip. Even he doesn't really believe his BS about why Republicans need to incentive private equity work instead of doctors or teachers.
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NEW: Monday's lesson: Don't mess with librarians.
Ultimately, though, Trump's effort to take over the Library of Congress could come down to whether Congress says, "Don't mess with Congress."
This morning, at Law Dork:
Ultimately, though, Trump's effort to take over the Library of Congress could come down to whether Congress says, "Don't mess with Congress."
This morning, at Law Dork:
Monday's lesson: Don't mess with librarians.
Ultimately, though, the question with Trump's effort to take over the Library of Congress could come down to whether Congress says, "Don't mess with Congress."
www.lawdork.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
NEW: Monday's lesson: Don't mess with librarians.
Ultimately, though, Trump's effort to take over the Library of Congress could come down to whether Congress says, "Don't mess with Congress."
This morning, at Law Dork:
Ultimately, though, Trump's effort to take over the Library of Congress could come down to whether Congress says, "Don't mess with Congress."
This morning, at Law Dork:
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Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
The President has named a new Acting Librarian of Congress. It's his former defense lawyer.
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
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Does Karoline Leavitt think the Library of Congress is an elementary school library?
She says the Librarian of Congress was fired because she put “inappropriate books for children” in the LOC, which files every book that's copyrighted in the nation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
She says the Librarian of Congress was fired because she put “inappropriate books for children” in the LOC, which files every book that's copyrighted in the nation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
White House reveals why Trump fired Librarian of Congress
Carla Hayden was the first woman and first non-white person to lead the Library of Congress
www.independent.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Does Karoline Leavitt think the Library of Congress is an elementary school library?
She says the Librarian of Congress was fired because she put “inappropriate books for children” in the LOC, which files every book that's copyrighted in the nation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
She says the Librarian of Congress was fired because she put “inappropriate books for children” in the LOC, which files every book that's copyrighted in the nation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
May 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
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I am once again begging people to realize that the law is words on paper and is not self executing.
"That's illegal" is not and has never been synonymous with "that's impossible" or "that can't be done."
"That's illegal" means "you might get in trouble for that depending on who you are."
"That's illegal" is not and has never been synonymous with "that's impossible" or "that can't be done."
"That's illegal" means "you might get in trouble for that depending on who you are."
April 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I am once again begging people to realize that the law is words on paper and is not self executing.
"That's illegal" is not and has never been synonymous with "that's impossible" or "that can't be done."
"That's illegal" means "you might get in trouble for that depending on who you are."
"That's illegal" is not and has never been synonymous with "that's impossible" or "that can't be done."
"That's illegal" means "you might get in trouble for that depending on who you are."
I had totally sworn off cable news after the election, and have held fast to that, but @stephruhle.bsky.social has drawn me back in for an hour a night. She is the only one explaining exactly what is happening financially to our country. Take note @msnbc.com. More of this.
April 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I had totally sworn off cable news after the election, and have held fast to that, but @stephruhle.bsky.social has drawn me back in for an hour a night. She is the only one explaining exactly what is happening financially to our country. Take note @msnbc.com. More of this.
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I'm seeing grown-ass adults marvel at how high stocks jumped today - they must think their mom actually vanished when she played "peek-a-boo."
April 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm seeing grown-ass adults marvel at how high stocks jumped today - they must think their mom actually vanished when she played "peek-a-boo."