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I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
June 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
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Powerful piece by Tressie McMillan Cottom.
“Trump is the Republican Party. That is settled. His violent talk is, then, the official political communication strategy of the ruling party and its followers. And that ruling party is stripping this country for parts.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
“Trump is the Republican Party. That is settled. His violent talk is, then, the official political communication strategy of the ruling party and its followers. And that ruling party is stripping this country for parts.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
Opinion | Political Violence Is Here, and It’s Working
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Powerful piece by Tressie McMillan Cottom.
“Trump is the Republican Party. That is settled. His violent talk is, then, the official political communication strategy of the ruling party and its followers. And that ruling party is stripping this country for parts.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
“Trump is the Republican Party. That is settled. His violent talk is, then, the official political communication strategy of the ruling party and its followers. And that ruling party is stripping this country for parts.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
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“What will survive of us is love.”
Phillip Larkin.
Phillip Larkin.
June 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“What will survive of us is love.”
Phillip Larkin.
Phillip Larkin.
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Boulder was a total failure of Homeland Security. They're too busy standing outside of Immigration Courts and grabbing people who are following the law to ferret out actual violent people. And now they want a bonus that equals a lot of people's yearly income...
June 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Boulder was a total failure of Homeland Security. They're too busy standing outside of Immigration Courts and grabbing people who are following the law to ferret out actual violent people. And now they want a bonus that equals a lot of people's yearly income...
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Data harvesting and collection is what tech oligarchs were always after. They had no intention of saving money or reducing U.S. debt.
June 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Data harvesting and collection is what tech oligarchs were always after. They had no intention of saving money or reducing U.S. debt.
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Shavuot, the holiday marking the wheat harvest and the giving of Torah on Sinai, begins tonight.
The Torah commands, as part of its observance--
"you shall be joyful"
but... can you legislate a feeling?
And if not, what might this verse teach us about what it is to experience, and create, joy?
The Torah commands, as part of its observance--
"you shall be joyful"
but... can you legislate a feeling?
And if not, what might this verse teach us about what it is to experience, and create, joy?
Re(joy)cing
some thoughts on doing
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Shavuot, the holiday marking the wheat harvest and the giving of Torah on Sinai, begins tonight.
The Torah commands, as part of its observance--
"you shall be joyful"
but... can you legislate a feeling?
And if not, what might this verse teach us about what it is to experience, and create, joy?
The Torah commands, as part of its observance--
"you shall be joyful"
but... can you legislate a feeling?
And if not, what might this verse teach us about what it is to experience, and create, joy?
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Awww but this, y'all ?
So pretty
So pretty
Have you ever heard the unplugged version? I love it.
a-ha - Take On Me (Live From MTV Unplugged)
YouTube video by ahaVEVO
youtu.be
May 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Awww but this, y'all ?
So pretty
So pretty
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music feeds the soul that we need now
just gonna make this an ongoing thread of covers because I feel like it
and because editing this thing I'm editing is tedious
just gonna make this an ongoing thread of covers because I feel like it
and because editing this thing I'm editing is tedious
Lola Young covers The Cure’s ‘Close To Me’ for Like A Version
YouTube video by triple j
www.youtube.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
music feeds the soul that we need now
just gonna make this an ongoing thread of covers because I feel like it
and because editing this thing I'm editing is tedious
just gonna make this an ongoing thread of covers because I feel like it
and because editing this thing I'm editing is tedious
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i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
May 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
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“We’ve had tremendous complaints about Africa, about other countries, too, from people.”
~The U.S. President, today, to South African President Ramaphosa
Trump thinks Africa is a country.
Also "from people."
As opposed to, I don't know, bats?
~The U.S. President, today, to South African President Ramaphosa
Trump thinks Africa is a country.
Also "from people."
As opposed to, I don't know, bats?
May 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“We’ve had tremendous complaints about Africa, about other countries, too, from people.”
~The U.S. President, today, to South African President Ramaphosa
Trump thinks Africa is a country.
Also "from people."
As opposed to, I don't know, bats?
~The U.S. President, today, to South African President Ramaphosa
Trump thinks Africa is a country.
Also "from people."
As opposed to, I don't know, bats?
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For over half a century, the National Weather Service has operated 24/7. But after the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency pushed to shrink the federal workforce, that’s no longer possible in parts of the country.
May 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
For over half a century, the National Weather Service has operated 24/7. But after the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency pushed to shrink the federal workforce, that’s no longer possible in parts of the country.
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#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1900: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is first published. One of the best-known stories in American literature, some analysts have argued that it has a political basis, particularly related to turn-of-the-century monetary policy. /1
Today in history, 1900: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is first published. One of the best-known stories in American literature, some analysts have argued that it has a political basis, particularly related to turn-of-the-century monetary policy. /1
May 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1900: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is first published. One of the best-known stories in American literature, some analysts have argued that it has a political basis, particularly related to turn-of-the-century monetary policy. /1
Today in history, 1900: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is first published. One of the best-known stories in American literature, some analysts have argued that it has a political basis, particularly related to turn-of-the-century monetary policy. /1
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Trump school-boy-taunting a nuclear power on his social media swamp-site is terrifying.
April 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump school-boy-taunting a nuclear power on his social media swamp-site is terrifying.
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Trump: We're in a 5-alarm national emergency!!!!
Also Trump: I'm off to a 4-day golf weekend in Florida, bye.
Also Trump: I'm off to a 4-day golf weekend in Florida, bye.
April 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Trump: We're in a 5-alarm national emergency!!!!
Also Trump: I'm off to a 4-day golf weekend in Florida, bye.
Also Trump: I'm off to a 4-day golf weekend in Florida, bye.
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Privileged assholes born into money have no clue about - nor interest in - honest work and savings over a lifetime by honest people who just want to live good lives.
Stock market’s crashing, retirement savings are disappearing… and he’s out golfing.
April 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Privileged assholes born into money have no clue about - nor interest in - honest work and savings over a lifetime by honest people who just want to live good lives.
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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And this is just one of many examples. After courts ordered Musk to be transparent about his operations, federal employees are now being instructed to avoid putting critical information in writing. The effort to obscure the truth is only escalating
March 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
And this is just one of many examples. After courts ordered Musk to be transparent about his operations, federal employees are now being instructed to avoid putting critical information in writing. The effort to obscure the truth is only escalating
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Musk is actively working to discredit our movement. We raised legitimate concerns about the threat of SSA phone line cancellations—yet now they’re dismissing it as misinformation. This follows a clear pattern of deception.
March 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Musk is actively working to discredit our movement. We raised legitimate concerns about the threat of SSA phone line cancellations—yet now they’re dismissing it as misinformation. This follows a clear pattern of deception.
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Hey, Christians… would you join me in boycotting this antisemitic trash?
There’s an animated Jesus movie coming from Angel Studios and idk what made me spit my drink more, the look of the (((Pharisees))) or the cast
March 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Hey, Christians… would you join me in boycotting this antisemitic trash?
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***Taps the sign again.
March 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
***Taps the sign again.
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Around 1,000 people gathered in Bethesda Saturday to express their frustration and fear over possible cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and research at the National Institutes of Health headquarters. Many were doctors worried federal cuts could come for them. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Protest outside NIH headquarters in Bethesda opposes possible cuts to healthcare
Denna McGrew says her 23-year-old son, Ethan, who died Tuesday, was given another year of life thanks to the NIH Clinical Center.
www.wusa9.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Around 1,000 people gathered in Bethesda Saturday to express their frustration and fear over possible cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and research at the National Institutes of Health headquarters. Many were doctors worried federal cuts could come for them. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
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To be clear: a tariff is a tax.
March 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
To be clear: a tariff is a tax.
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Really wish people would stop talking about the problem with Science under Trump as “budget cuts”.
No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut.
What’s happening are *purges* and *censorship*.
No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut.
What’s happening are *purges* and *censorship*.
March 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Really wish people would stop talking about the problem with Science under Trump as “budget cuts”.
No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut.
What’s happening are *purges* and *censorship*.
No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut.
What’s happening are *purges* and *censorship*.
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The crazy thing is, this isn't new. This quote comes from Bob Woodward's book "War," which came out October 2024. Gen. Milley knows more about this than most, and has been saying it to anyone who would listen.
March 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The crazy thing is, this isn't new. This quote comes from Bob Woodward's book "War," which came out October 2024. Gen. Milley knows more about this than most, and has been saying it to anyone who would listen.
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Putin has been on the inside since the first day McFelon was in office the first time. Everyone in the world knew this. This begs the question - how does a nation function with so many stupid people in it?
Answer: it doesn’t. USA exists no more.
Answer: it doesn’t. USA exists no more.
March 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Putin has been on the inside since the first day McFelon was in office the first time. Everyone in the world knew this. This begs the question - how does a nation function with so many stupid people in it?
Answer: it doesn’t. USA exists no more.
Answer: it doesn’t. USA exists no more.