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A mini picture gallery of myself and Jasmine.
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Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
wrd.cm
February 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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worth saying again these these unilateral cuts are illegal. neither trump nor musk has the authority to unilaterally slash appropriated funds.
Hearing that the DOGE chaos hurricane is hitting HUD soon, and the plan is to devastate federal housing funding. Let's be clear: this would cause a cascade of catastrophic impacts nationwide, shutting down housing and dumping families into the street.
February 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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If you are preaching this Sunday, follow Karl Barth’s dictum: read the lectionary then read the news.

And let your sermon write itself.
Blessed are the poor. Woe to the rich.

Sunday Musings open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Sunday Musings
The Politics of Woe
open.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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When they say they want to outlaw "DEI," they mean they want to eliminate any mention of the existence of non-white people.
February 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa
Police say motive for killing of Hendricks, who ran a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims near Cape Town, is unknown Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s “first openly gay imam”, has been shot dead near the southern city of Gqeberha, South African police have…
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The community note 🤌😘
February 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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To continue to refer to a Gulf of Mexico is a rejection of the hate movement and/or an attempt to push back against the power grab.

To refer to a Gulf of America is to agree to be part of bolstering the hate movement and power grab.
February 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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The biggest cage match ever will be between Musk and Trump. Elon will try to implement AI in a manner that automates much of what Trump is now trying to control.

Trump will have no understanding of what is going on and will have to turn to the AI oligarchs to support him in this battle.
February 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Re-upping this piece since its author is now traveling on a major international trip with our secretary of defense
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/o...
Opinion | JD Vance Just Blurbed a Book Arguing That Progressives Are Subhuman
A MAGA-world celebration of Francisco Franco and Joseph McCarthy.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Americans don't do history.

That's why we don't need a Department of Education anymore. Knowing facts is boring. Watching TikTok videos is more fun.
February 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Tremendous new addition to the Louvre
February 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Every other day but not today. Today is the day that we traditionally allow the corporations to audition for us and then we reward them by purchasing one Jeep Cherokee per household organism.
You can always mute your tv during commercials and never have to think about ads again
February 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Too true!
February 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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More of this, America.
February 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Even hellsite's severely limited and compromised fact-checking system won't abide a lie this blatant:
February 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Folks (and this thing has gone around quickly), it's still unclear *what* has been "deleted"; as many of you have noted DirectFile remains active. Part of the danger of Government-By-Unelected-Nutball is that what's actually *true* is a moving target.

If you RT'd my initial post, RT this as well.
Elon Musk claims to have "deleted" the office in the IRS which has enabled people to file their tax returns electronically, simply, and for free.
February 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Feeling accomplished with the small things in life. Put on my F150 #Lightning mid guards so my running boards won’t be caked in ice. Had to enjoy this 70° /21c day before winter reappears mid week.
February 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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I don't throw around the word "Kapo" lightly. But unless the head of the ADL and everyone who endorsed this apology for Elon's fascist gesture resigns, the name fits and should be used.
January 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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every elected Democrat who felt good putting out a statement today calling it a “peaceful transfer of power” should be fucking embarrassed
January 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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It’s time for you to sit down old man. You have allowed the Republicans to destroy this country. You are not a leader. You should not be in Congress. You are an abomination and will be remembered as a sick old man who worked with Nazis instead of protecting the population all while lying like a rug.
It is time to look to the future.

The challenges that face America are many and great.

The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
January 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Like this post if you pooped today. Repost if you shitted
January 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Auto moderation is broke, again, way too much unsolicited dicks!
Tag your photos, people, please! Be sensible!!
January 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM