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Netflix- All the Empty Rooms

Watch it. Really watch it. This is the reality of school shootings on the US. And, it’s the reason that I’m grateful all of mine are almost finished with school. Heartbreaking.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
All the Empty Rooms Examines the Lasting Grief of School Shootings
“In many ways, this film is about silence,” says filmmaker Joshua Seftel.
www.netflix.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
There is simply a fundamental moral difference between the two parties and I will never be able to reconcile that.
There are two Americas. Which one you choose? Ours, or that of "family values"?
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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On “The Necessary Conversation” podcast, Chad’s Trump supporter parents tell him the military should follow Trump’s illegal orders and kill everyone in LA if Trump commanded it — even with him and his sister in the city😳
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Interesting!
Dr. Harini Bhat (PharmD) | Science Storyteller
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November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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WIRED: “ICE expands plans to outsource immigrant tracking to private surveillance firm… up to $280 MILLION…”

Bounty hunting (nonviolent) immigrants. Cruelty is big business — spending our money to harm our own economy.

An own goal. America’s Brexit.
www.wired.com/story/ice-bo...
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Fuck all the way off with this. Your fascination with control is some serious Handmaids Tale shit.
“The bill would have banned abortion from the moment a pregnancy is “clinically diagnosable”
Mary Ziegler points out that no Republicans voted against the failed South Carolina bill that would have jailed women for up to 30 years for abortion. But the point of such bills is that they incrementally mainstream the most extreme anti-abortion positions.
South Carolina Tried to Pass a Bill Jailing Women for Abortion. No Republican Voted Against It.
South Carolina legislators debated what would be the most stringent abortion law in the nation.
slate.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
More ramblings from a demented madman
Please don't write that I am ANGRY about the (IRRELEVANT) Epstein files. I don't even care about them and don't think about them AT ALL!!
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Pls pls pls do it!
The stakes are too high to wait: we need to impeach Trump now.

I’ll be speaking at the Remove the Regime rally in Washington, DC this Saturday. I hope to see you there!
@flareusa.bsky.social @removalcoalition.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
But let’s give them guns and power
ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”

www.esquire.com/news-politic...
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If stuff like this doesn’t exemplify the need for Alzheimer’s research, idk what would
Um. Did he forget what happened? The dementia is really, really bad.
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Could? That’s a little light, I’m afraid.
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
If only more people in office would take a stand! 👏👏👏👏
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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THOU SHALT NOT CALL WOMEN ‘PIGGY’!

Never. Not once. Not even in a dream. Every decent human being knows this.
Thou Shalt Not Call Women “Piggy"
Can God get a frigging amen?
www.thegodpodcast.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you can support TORCH, pls do. They’re a wonderful resource in our community. givebutter.com/torchbearer2...
TORCH Bearer Luncheon 2025
"No child sleeps outside."
givebutter.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.

Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.

It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Medicare for All Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Why are my tax dollars going to protecting some mid country singer I’ve never heard of, who isn’t even married to the unqualified conspiracy theorist running the FBI? Why can’t she pay for her own private security detail? All this administration does is corruption.
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
MTG has ulterior motives and becoming a decent human is not on the list.
Lol Marge actually becoming a good person is about as likely as Trump not being in the Epstein files.
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
So, essentially: “I want a higher position within the Republican Party, and I’ll do anything I can to get there including insult Dear Leader. This is the strategy I’m choosing.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I can disagree with the president at times, especially this past Monday, on the Marines' 250th anniversary, when he honored the new Syrian president who is an Al Qaeda terrorist and was wanted by our government for years."
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM