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There must be no moving forward when we get past this. Steven Miller needs to be held accountable for his anti-Constitutional and evil actions.

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you may not like it but this is what 2 high agency males look like

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Enough of “OK, kids, you’ve had your fun, now it’s back to being tedious policy wonks” From Alinsky (Rules for Radicals): 5. “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” 6. “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.”

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This!

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There’s not enough corn in Iowa for *this* show..,

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Check Engine xkcd.com/3096/

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It's like they read the instructions

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FFS. I’m old and retired so it’s moot; if I were 20 years younger I’d be packing my bags and taking my chemistry PhD to another, more welcoming shore.

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i’m here you fuckaas bitch

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From one of the world's leading Old Testament scholars, Richard J. Clifford, SJ, who has taught generations of students (and priests): "Why the Ten Commandments should not be posted in public school classrooms" www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...

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#OtD 24 May 1910 German shipyard worker August Landmesser was born. He is thought to be this worker defiantly refusing to perform a Nazi salute. He was later conscripted to a penal battalion then killed, while his Jewish partner was murdered in a camp stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9676...

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Vetinari stirred his cocktail. Death watched, shaking the timer again. The last grain still refused to fall. "You must have seen the worst of us, as a species." The ex-Patrician said. BUT ALSO THE HEIGHTS TO WHICH YOU CAN SOAR Vetinari angled his head. "Really? Such as?" BUTTERED TOAST /1

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IT IS TIME The man looked up from his beach chair. "Really?" He said. "I've only just retired." Death held up a timer. A single grain was about to fall. And then... It didn't. CURIOUS Vetinari shrugged. "I've only just discovered drinks with little umbrellas. I'll let it fall in a bit" 1/17

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Oldthinkers unbellyfeel INGSOC!

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“Christian Nationalism” is heresy.

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And I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And its rider's name was Death.

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Popehat’s Rule of Goats applies.

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