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Gem
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To those that know me….well nuf said!
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February 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Why do the virus epidemics seem to come tan Cheetos time?
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Experts have sounded the alarm about a 'very concerning' development in America's bird flu outbreak which could lead to a new super virus https://bit.ly/4hqKetA
February 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Called out a racist ignorant southerner on the “other” social media. I expect my inbox to blow up. Some days it’s really tiring to deal with cult members.
January 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Stop what you're doing & read this exceptional piece from @brennancenter.bsky.social's @mawaldman.bsky.social that explains how the pending SAVE Act will make it more difficult for Americans to vote, ending advances in online and mail in registration brennancenter.substack.com/p/restrictin...
Restricting the Freedom to Vote
The SAVE Act would be one of the worst voting laws in congressional history.
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January 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Oklahoma state superintendent Ryan Walters moves to require students to prove citizenship. The rules, if approved, are likely to be challenged in court as a violation of a 1982 Supreme Court case.
Oklahoma schools leader Ryan Walters moves to require students to prove citizenship
The rules, if approved, are likely to be challenged in court as a violation of a 1982 Supreme Court case.
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January 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink
If there's one universally accepted truth in the modern age, it's that sequels suck. And Trump 2.0 will be no exception. Trump, Vance, and their MAGA minions feel vindicated by the victory of their bi...
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November 15, 2024 at 7:30 AM
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Idaho just demanded SCOTUS overturn marriage equality.

Here's my legal breakdown of this dangerous move and what it means for civil rights nationwide ⚖️
Watch the full analysis:

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This State Is Trying to END Marriage Equality | Legal Breakdown
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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January 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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It’s the new American 80s so I dug out my ancient copy of THE CLOTHES HAVE NO EMPEROR, a book which laid bare the Reagan admin just by listing all the idiotic things that happened. Introduction still holds up!
This book is a work of self-defense. It is the response of one observer who realized that his perception of the truth—an actor is playing the President—was a distinctly unpopular one. An observer who saw his nation's history being fictionalized as it occurred— an actor is playing the President! —while the ratings race turned media "watchdogs" into accomplices, bit players in the hit TV show the Presidency had become. An observer whose very sanity was threatened by the ease with which illusion-an actor is playing the President! —was embraced as reality. I did not find the President's ignorance charming. I was unwarmed by his genial head-waggling, unreassured by his stern frowns of manly purpose, uncheered by his hearty waves as he strolled to and from his limos and choppers and jets. His smooth purr did not soothe me. His nostalgic fables about an America that never was did not inspire me. And his canned one-liners, perversely celebrated as "wit" ("If I'd gotten a hand like that in Hollywood, I never would have left") definitely did not amuse me. The voting majority, humbled by its recent presidential choices, was thrilled to have elected someone who at least looked the part, but all I could see was the emptiness of his suit. To me, the President was a pitchman who seemed not to exist when the camera light was off, a front man so personally invisible that he'd actually called his autobiography Where's the Rest of Me?, an aging star who'd spent way too much of his time watching his own movies, like Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. Astonished that so few seemed to share my vision, I was compelled to document it. Armed with scissors, file folders, yellow highlight pens and a bank of VCRs, I embarked on an eight-year quest, gathering evidence to prove my case: AN ACTOR IS PLAYING THE PRESIDENT! I began reading four, then six, then eight papers a day (and five, then 10, then 20 magazines a week), seeking out the absurd and the outrageous, clipping and filing everything … landscapes. I became a media prospector, mining vast acres of ink in search of the perfect details and telling quotes that held the golden nuggets of truth. I began a video file, recording the evening newscasts—first one network, then two, then three—and dubbing the key sound-bites onto meticulously logged master tapes. The events of the decade were like a surreal novel unfolding in the media, and I found myself scrambling to get it all down, compiling a memory for a nation that clearly didn't want one. The Clothes Have No Emperor is the result—a presentation of the Reagan years as I saw them, an invitation to historians to set the record straight while Nancy is around to see it, and a call to vigilance as we set about choosing who will lead us into the next millennium. Yes, The President Reagan Show is off the air now, but a similar entertainment-Dan Quayle's Playhouse—is waiting in the wings. As we head into the '90s, the powers that be are working overtime-with the complicity, once again, of segments of the media that surely know better-to lull us into thinking that our Vice President is "growing" into his office and will soon be ready for bigger things. Do not assume that this lightweight can never be elected to the White House. Back in the '60s, we knew the very notion of "President Reagan" was preposterous. Paul Slansky New York July 1989
January 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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As mortgage rates and home prices have risen, the rent vs. buy calculation has changed. If you're renting when you'd planned to buy, tell us your story.
Did you plan to buy a home -- but found renting is cheaper? We want to hear from you
As mortgage rates and home prices have risen, the rent vs. buy calculation has changed. If you're renting when you'd planned to buy, tell us your story.
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January 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.
Caroline Kennedy calls her cousin, RFK, Jr., a "predator" ahead of his confirmation hearings
In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.
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January 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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🧵 STATEMENT: WHO expresses deep concern on the implications of the immediate funding pause for #HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries.

These programmes provide access to life-saving HIV therapy to more than 30 million people worldwide.

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WHO statement on potential global threat to people living with HIV
January 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM