Chipperella
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Just trying to remain loving and kind in an increasingly negative world.
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What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
The Night Raids
CIA-backed operations killed countless Afghan civilians, and the U.S. hasn't been held accountable. A reporter returns to investigate her past and unravel the legacy of the secretive Zero Units.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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“We’re going to hold them fairly to account, and by that we mean we’ll use the propaganda term they invented and not the legal name for the department. In short, MAGA.”
CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements
October 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“We’re going to hold them fairly to account, and by that we mean we’ll use the propaganda term they invented and not the legal name for the department. In short, MAGA.”
You and your purpose in life are the same thing. Your purpose is to be you. ~ George Alexiou
~✿ La dame de Trèfle (2013) by Céline Excoffon ✿~
~✿ La dame de Trèfle (2013) by Céline Excoffon ✿~
August 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
You and your purpose in life are the same thing. Your purpose is to be you. ~ George Alexiou
~✿ La dame de Trèfle (2013) by Céline Excoffon ✿~
~✿ La dame de Trèfle (2013) by Céline Excoffon ✿~
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Donald Trump, complaining that a woman wouldn’t do as she’s told
Trump: "I did something with Switzerland the other day. I spoke to their prime minster. The woman was nice but she didn't want to listen."
August 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Donald Trump, complaining that a woman wouldn’t do as she’s told
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I genuinely don’t know if they’re this dumb or pretending to be this dumb because Trump is this dumb.
Burgum: "When the sun goes down, you have a catastrophic failure called sunset and there's no solar energy produced, and yet we're subsidizing these things that are intermittent, unreliable, and expensive. We've gotta get back to base load."
July 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I genuinely don’t know if they’re this dumb or pretending to be this dumb because Trump is this dumb.
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Barack Obama isn’t going to prison.
He doesn’t have 34 felony convictions.
He wasn’t found liable for sexual assault in court.
He never tried to overthrow the government.
And he’s not hiding the Epstein files.
If any of that rings a bell, DJT, it should.
He doesn’t have 34 felony convictions.
He wasn’t found liable for sexual assault in court.
He never tried to overthrow the government.
And he’s not hiding the Epstein files.
If any of that rings a bell, DJT, it should.
July 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Barack Obama isn’t going to prison.
He doesn’t have 34 felony convictions.
He wasn’t found liable for sexual assault in court.
He never tried to overthrow the government.
And he’s not hiding the Epstein files.
If any of that rings a bell, DJT, it should.
He doesn’t have 34 felony convictions.
He wasn’t found liable for sexual assault in court.
He never tried to overthrow the government.
And he’s not hiding the Epstein files.
If any of that rings a bell, DJT, it should.
I wish people would stop blaming God or pointing to God as an answer to get through horrifying ordeals when the accountability of said tragedies rests solely upon the shoulders of human--but not humane--individuals who created and supported the evil policies that allowed them to happen.
July 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I wish people would stop blaming God or pointing to God as an answer to get through horrifying ordeals when the accountability of said tragedies rests solely upon the shoulders of human--but not humane--individuals who created and supported the evil policies that allowed them to happen.
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Tried a watercolor tutorial/challenge by Kolbie Blume. Their calm low-stress teaching style works well for me. Pretty happy with the result. #watercolor
June 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Tried a watercolor tutorial/challenge by Kolbie Blume. Their calm low-stress teaching style works well for me. Pretty happy with the result. #watercolor
Cuts to every social program, eliminating entire federal agencies, deporting hard working people wo are missing a simple piece of paper.. why? To give tax breaks to the ultra wealthy.
Billions for bombs? Sure no problem.. and still tax cuts for the ultra wealthy.
Greatest nation on earth? Fuck this.
Billions for bombs? Sure no problem.. and still tax cuts for the ultra wealthy.
Greatest nation on earth? Fuck this.
June 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Cuts to every social program, eliminating entire federal agencies, deporting hard working people wo are missing a simple piece of paper.. why? To give tax breaks to the ultra wealthy.
Billions for bombs? Sure no problem.. and still tax cuts for the ultra wealthy.
Greatest nation on earth? Fuck this.
Billions for bombs? Sure no problem.. and still tax cuts for the ultra wealthy.
Greatest nation on earth? Fuck this.
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So just to be clear: we are potentially entering/starting world war three, and the president is not currently speaking to the secretary of defense or the director of intelligence
June 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
So just to be clear: we are potentially entering/starting world war three, and the president is not currently speaking to the secretary of defense or the director of intelligence
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Trump needs to be removed from office. This is destabilizing the entire world.
He is either a) causing panic in a city of 10 million for no reason, b) preparing to launch a nuclear attack or c) divulging an ally's intent to launch a nuclear attack.
None of this acceptable.
He is either a) causing panic in a city of 10 million for no reason, b) preparing to launch a nuclear attack or c) divulging an ally's intent to launch a nuclear attack.
None of this acceptable.
Trump just posted “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”
June 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Trump needs to be removed from office. This is destabilizing the entire world.
He is either a) causing panic in a city of 10 million for no reason, b) preparing to launch a nuclear attack or c) divulging an ally's intent to launch a nuclear attack.
None of this acceptable.
He is either a) causing panic in a city of 10 million for no reason, b) preparing to launch a nuclear attack or c) divulging an ally's intent to launch a nuclear attack.
None of this acceptable.
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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
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This right here y’all
If you’re looking for a potential 2028 candidate who isn’t spending this dark and crucial time sucking up to gutless centrist beltway losers, here’s a start…
June 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This right here y’all
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I feel like we’re all in the middle of a 14-year social experiment on subjecting an entire society to political trauma and PTSD.
June 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I feel like we’re all in the middle of a 14-year social experiment on subjecting an entire society to political trauma and PTSD.
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Every single foreign student at Harvard and every other US institution had to get a visa which required them to specify the school, and is tracked in a DHS system called SEVIS by their school.
Trump: "Part of the problem w/ Harvard is there are about 31% of foreigners coming to Harvard...but they refuse to tell us who the people are...it shouldn't be 31%. It's too much. Bc we have Americans who want to go there...we want a list of those students...I assume with Harvard many will be bad"
May 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Every single foreign student at Harvard and every other US institution had to get a visa which required them to specify the school, and is tracked in a DHS system called SEVIS by their school.
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It's like saying "Europeans killed other Europeans in *insert European war* - they deserved it!"
I don't know why this flawed logic wasn't shut down decades ago. It feeds into the racist idea that people of African descent MUST be perfect in order to attain humanity... & then, only conditionally.
I don't know why this flawed logic wasn't shut down decades ago. It feeds into the racist idea that people of African descent MUST be perfect in order to attain humanity... & then, only conditionally.
OMFG THE RIGHT WING OBSESSION WITH “AFRICANS WERE ACTIVE IN THE SLAVE TRADE”!!
“Africans” didn’t collectively sell themselves into slavery because they didn’t see themselves as Africans. They were Igbo, Fulani, Kongo, Mali. Nations.
Just like slavers were Portuguese, Spanish, English.
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“Africans” didn’t collectively sell themselves into slavery because they didn’t see themselves as Africans. They were Igbo, Fulani, Kongo, Mali. Nations.
Just like slavers were Portuguese, Spanish, English.
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amazingly fucked up that the NYT is uncritically publishing the claim, “Race has some biological reality.”
that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.
that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.
May 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's like saying "Europeans killed other Europeans in *insert European war* - they deserved it!"
I don't know why this flawed logic wasn't shut down decades ago. It feeds into the racist idea that people of African descent MUST be perfect in order to attain humanity... & then, only conditionally.
I don't know why this flawed logic wasn't shut down decades ago. It feeds into the racist idea that people of African descent MUST be perfect in order to attain humanity... & then, only conditionally.
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Please enjoy this stock photo the local CBS affiliate chose for a story about traffic this summer
May 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Please enjoy this stock photo the local CBS affiliate chose for a story about traffic this summer
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Pope Leo with a message so many need to hear.
(cc: @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP @TNHighwayPatrol @JDVance @RepTimBurchett @SenatorHagerty @CSexton25)
(cc: @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP @TNHighwayPatrol @JDVance @RepTimBurchett @SenatorHagerty @CSexton25)
May 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Pope Leo with a message so many need to hear.
(cc: @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP @TNHighwayPatrol @JDVance @RepTimBurchett @SenatorHagerty @CSexton25)
(cc: @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP @TNHighwayPatrol @JDVance @RepTimBurchett @SenatorHagerty @CSexton25)
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When you watch these heartbreaking videos showing the cruel and thuggish behavior of ICE agents, remember that these people are not being FORCED to commit these acts — they do so willingly. They could quit their jobs at any time. They could say “enough!”
ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
May 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
When you watch these heartbreaking videos showing the cruel and thuggish behavior of ICE agents, remember that these people are not being FORCED to commit these acts — they do so willingly. They could quit their jobs at any time. They could say “enough!”
ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
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None of what he's saying makes any sense. It's just pure gibberish from a profoundly addled mind. This flargle-blargle isn't going to help consumer confidence. Or anything.
Trump: "We're gonna put down the price that people are gonna have to pay to shop in the United States. Think of us as a super luxury store. A store that has the goods."
May 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
None of what he's saying makes any sense. It's just pure gibberish from a profoundly addled mind. This flargle-blargle isn't going to help consumer confidence. Or anything.
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(a) Men admire, and want to be admired by, other men.
(b) Men want a relationship with a woman.
MAGAs refuse to see that their difficulty with (b) is caused by (a) "who" they admire/emulate. It's easier to get angry and blame women instead of finding better quality men to admire
(b) Men want a relationship with a woman.
MAGAs refuse to see that their difficulty with (b) is caused by (a) "who" they admire/emulate. It's easier to get angry and blame women instead of finding better quality men to admire
May 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
(a) Men admire, and want to be admired by, other men.
(b) Men want a relationship with a woman.
MAGAs refuse to see that their difficulty with (b) is caused by (a) "who" they admire/emulate. It's easier to get angry and blame women instead of finding better quality men to admire
(b) Men want a relationship with a woman.
MAGAs refuse to see that their difficulty with (b) is caused by (a) "who" they admire/emulate. It's easier to get angry and blame women instead of finding better quality men to admire
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May 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM