Laurel
@laurelpatton.bsky.social
Culture hound ~ Online ESL tutor
Endeavoring to be a Beatitudes Christian
I love NC, my patient husband, and these neurotic cats
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Endeavoring to be a Beatitudes Christian
I love NC, my patient husband, and these neurotic cats
https://preply.com/en/tutor/1045987
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Don't forget that the made up Venezuelan conflict is all about distractions from the Epstein files.
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Don't forget that the made up Venezuelan conflict is all about distractions from the Epstein files.
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The normalization of this madness is so quick that we’re debating whether a second illegal strike was wrong after an initial illegal strike with no proof of any crime and we’ve already seen just random murders of fishermen normalized with the excuse they’re running drugs, which isn’t legal either.
December 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The normalization of this madness is so quick that we’re debating whether a second illegal strike was wrong after an initial illegal strike with no proof of any crime and we’ve already seen just random murders of fishermen normalized with the excuse they’re running drugs, which isn’t legal either.
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The United States laws and international laws against war crimes not only protect the enemy, but those laws also protect your sons and daughters if they are wounded or captured after a military action. Whatever you do to them, they are perfectly justified in doing to your soldiers.
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The United States laws and international laws against war crimes not only protect the enemy, but those laws also protect your sons and daughters if they are wounded or captured after a military action. Whatever you do to them, they are perfectly justified in doing to your soldiers.
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This is so messed up… Amnesty International reports that detainees at Alligator Alcatraz (and at another facility, Krome North Service Processing Center) describe being placed in a “punishment box,” a cage-like structure in the yard so cramped that people could not sit, lie down, or
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is so messed up… Amnesty International reports that detainees at Alligator Alcatraz (and at another facility, Krome North Service Processing Center) describe being placed in a “punishment box,” a cage-like structure in the yard so cramped that people could not sit, lie down, or
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Military officers breaking the law and commiting war crimes and acts of war is exactly what you'd expect under a criminal tyrant president who incites violence and terror.
December 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Military officers breaking the law and commiting war crimes and acts of war is exactly what you'd expect under a criminal tyrant president who incites violence and terror.
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Venezuelan gangs didn't poison 140,000 of my neighbors in Flint. American capitalists did that.
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Venezuelan gangs didn't poison 140,000 of my neighbors in Flint. American capitalists did that.
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If the president can magically claim that drug runners are “narco-terrorists” to justify killing them, what’s to stop him from declaring democratic lawmakers as “political terrorists” or legally protesting American citizens as “agitator terrorists” to justify their murders?
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If the president can magically claim that drug runners are “narco-terrorists” to justify killing them, what’s to stop him from declaring democratic lawmakers as “political terrorists” or legally protesting American citizens as “agitator terrorists” to justify their murders?
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How many other murders/war crimes has Hegseth committed that we haven't yet heard about?
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
How many other murders/war crimes has Hegseth committed that we haven't yet heard about?
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Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
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Whatever Mark Kelly runs for, I'll be voting for him.
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Whatever Mark Kelly runs for, I'll be voting for him.
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The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
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This whole “double tap” language makes it seem like someone playing Call of Duty and not the United States government murdering fishermen.
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This whole “double tap” language makes it seem like someone playing Call of Duty and not the United States government murdering fishermen.
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Repetitive bragging about acing a cognitive exam is itself a diagnostic marker
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Repetitive bragging about acing a cognitive exam is itself a diagnostic marker
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The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
December 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
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BREAKING: The FBI has paid nearly $1 million in overtime to redact the Epstein files, per Snopes.
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: The FBI has paid nearly $1 million in overtime to redact the Epstein files, per Snopes.
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Dems in Congress should start demanding the list of names of all ICE “agents”. These people seem to walk more carefully when they know consequences may be around the corner.
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Dems in Congress should start demanding the list of names of all ICE “agents”. These people seem to walk more carefully when they know consequences may be around the corner.
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Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
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It has been 15 minutes since our last “if this had happened in any other administration” event
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It has been 15 minutes since our last “if this had happened in any other administration” event
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One issue is the constitution being written by educated men, imagined that future citizens and leaders would be as educated as them or more, and that therefore their future was always going to be one that respected unwritten but agreed upon centuries of English legal tradition
December 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
One issue is the constitution being written by educated men, imagined that future citizens and leaders would be as educated as them or more, and that therefore their future was always going to be one that respected unwritten but agreed upon centuries of English legal tradition
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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The same people who i used to fight with in the GOP, who wanted to withdraw American troops from everywhere, are now the ones justifying the murder of two survivors.
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The same people who i used to fight with in the GOP, who wanted to withdraw American troops from everywhere, are now the ones justifying the murder of two survivors.
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
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Look all I can think about when I hear the notion that the President got an MRI for poorly defined reasons is how incredibly hard it is for your average normie to get one for a clear, unambiguously important reason
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Look all I can think about when I hear the notion that the President got an MRI for poorly defined reasons is how incredibly hard it is for your average normie to get one for a clear, unambiguously important reason
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The complete silence among most conservatives at the extremely well-documented civil liberties violations of a heavily armed federal paramilitary force deployed on American soil tells you everything you need to know about where that movement is today.
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The complete silence among most conservatives at the extremely well-documented civil liberties violations of a heavily armed federal paramilitary force deployed on American soil tells you everything you need to know about where that movement is today.
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“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”