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Mark.from the north
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My name is Mark. I live in the north
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January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I grew up going to Catholic school. I read the same Bible stories and say through mass. I will never understand how people came away with a "fuck the poor" concept of Christ.
I was reading an article about the cancellation of food aid to Minnesota, and it reminded me of a story about my dad. He was a vet, an organizer and very deeply involved in his church. And one day he stood up and asked a question: “what the f*ck’s the point of having a church?”
January 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Important to note that whatever is happening with management and ownership at CBS News, they still have good journalists doing good work.
So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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The Republican-controlled Utah state legislature put a moratorium on health care for trans kids, and ordered an exhaustive review of the evidence. Two and a half years later, the 1000-page report said, in short, care for trans kids is safe and effective.

www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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They really do plan to make healthcare for trans kids illegal… without even passing a law.
October 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Every time life gets hard I remember that I can bake bread.
Struggling with being a first time parent: learn to bake bread.
COVID 19: I can bake all of our sandwich bread from here on our. Lasted maybe a month.
Fall of democracy: I'm sure I have something useful in this dumb head.
March 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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From Col. Schappert:

“I spent a good portion of Sunday afternoon responding to emails from here and abroad. It's quite remarkable. All were respectful, appreciative, and a salve to the deep frustration and hurt.”

He goes on:
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Happy 10 years to my favorite podcast. Thanks Arnie and gang for making me feel less weird about the type of things I find funny.
March 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Here is a pick me up for when you are feeling helpless in these dark times. Make a list...of mother fuckers you are going to haunt and how. It's like a Highlights find it puzzle of spite.
February 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I grew up in a family that has a little bit of land. Multi generational farm. My parents always taught us that we were stewards of this privilege. To harvest the timber carefully. To use the land sparingly and it would be there for the next generation. Leave it better than you found it.
February 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
If you dropped me into the dark timeline future from back to the future 2 and told me christian conservatives and dumb dumbs voted for Bif Tannon... that would totally make sense to me.
February 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM