Chong-Anna📚🌈Reads Banned Books
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Blasian Gen X married mama, non-profit executive, pro-worker, pro-union, survivor, former political operative. I post about poetry, public health and politics. she/her
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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We went from a country that defended others from being invaded for their natural resources, to a country that is now threatening to invade others for their natural resources.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We went from a country that defended others from being invaded for their natural resources, to a country that is now threatening to invade others for their natural resources.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
Happy Release the Epstein Files Day to all those who celebrate
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Happy Release the Epstein Files Day to all those who celebrate
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Truer words were never spoken
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Truer words were never spoken
Accurate.
open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
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What Happens Next After The Good Thing Happens?
A post in two parts!
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Accurate.
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Some men would rather demolish the White House than go to therapy
October 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Some men would rather demolish the White House than go to therapy
Apropos of nothing, I’m driving a Jeep the rental company gave me while my car is in the shop and I witnessed a phenomenon and consulted my personal White Person (darling husband) to learn more
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Apropos of nothing, I’m driving a Jeep the rental company gave me while my car is in the shop and I witnessed a phenomenon and consulted my personal White Person (darling husband) to learn more
This is genius
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
October 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is genius
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The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.
October 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.
What kind of shit hole country would dismantle its own public health system, a system whole imperfect has been the envy of the world? Oh, wait
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
What kind of shit hole country would dismantle its own public health system, a system whole imperfect has been the envy of the world? Oh, wait
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
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“It is not a radical idea to say that every man, woman and child in America can have a decent standard of living.”
September 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“It is not a radical idea to say that every man, woman and child in America can have a decent standard of living.”
Dark times indeed…
All of the U.S. military service academies are canceling lectures and ceremonies which feature speakers critical of President Trump. Dark times.
September 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Dark times indeed…
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No, we didn't, which is why we paid them repararions in 1988.
Q: “Are you going to make sure that all the [immigrants detained]…have due process"
Indiana Lt. Gov. Beckwith: “They don't have a right to see a judge…When the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, did we give them due process?”
Read more about it in Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/drinks-app...
Indiana Lt. Gov. Beckwith: “They don't have a right to see a judge…When the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, did we give them due process?”
Read more about it in Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/drinks-app...
August 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
No, we didn't, which is why we paid them repararions in 1988.
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we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
August 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
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Parts of the Constitution were erased from the Library of Congress website, including the section featuring the foreign emoluments clause.
The removal was blamed on a "coding error."
Here's a reminder of what the clause says, just in case Congress ever decides to enforce it...
The removal was blamed on a "coding error."
Here's a reminder of what the clause says, just in case Congress ever decides to enforce it...
August 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Parts of the Constitution were erased from the Library of Congress website, including the section featuring the foreign emoluments clause.
The removal was blamed on a "coding error."
Here's a reminder of what the clause says, just in case Congress ever decides to enforce it...
The removal was blamed on a "coding error."
Here's a reminder of what the clause says, just in case Congress ever decides to enforce it...
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Jordy Meiselas: ICE didn't just lower the age requirement—they removed the age requirement. Now, at any age—you can go and join. They've riled up their base and have given them one lane to occupy: take out your anger, become an ICE agent, and chase down migrants. They are preying on people's hate.
August 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Jordy Meiselas: ICE didn't just lower the age requirement—they removed the age requirement. Now, at any age—you can go and join. They've riled up their base and have given them one lane to occupy: take out your anger, become an ICE agent, and chase down migrants. They are preying on people's hate.
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The fact that on the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, its promise of an equal voice for every citizen is more threatened than ever shows exactly what is terribly wrong in this country.
August 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The fact that on the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, its promise of an equal voice for every citizen is more threatened than ever shows exactly what is terribly wrong in this country.
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They’ll tell us war is peace, vice is virtue, and that empathy is a sin
I hate this for us so much
This is not normal and the pot is boiling
I hate this for us so much
This is not normal and the pot is boiling
Darren Beattie, fired from the Trump White House in 2018 after it was revealed he attended a white supremacist conference, has just been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.
July 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
They’ll tell us war is peace, vice is virtue, and that empathy is a sin
I hate this for us so much
This is not normal and the pot is boiling
I hate this for us so much
This is not normal and the pot is boiling
We live in a Nazi bar now, I guess
"President Trump has repeatedly, during his time in office, appealed to not just people who have what you might call far right ideology or views, but even people who are willing to act out in violence on behalf of those views."
How Trump filled key positions with people who spread extremist views
The first few months of President Trump's second term, including some selections for key jobs in his administration, have sparked new questions about his complicated history with elevating extremist v...
www.pbs.org
July 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We live in a Nazi bar now, I guess
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