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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter. They graded it. Bwahahaha.

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You can make yourself better, or you can make yourself LOOK better. Most people choose the latter. Don’t be most people.

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If as President you answer “I don’t know” when asked if you’ll follow the Constitution, you have violated your oath of office and should be removed.

submitted 7 days ago • 932 comments

The fact that good, thoughtful , honest journalism is often trapped behind paywalls while misinformation is freely available and widely distributed is surely part of the problem.

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In your opinion/experience…are men afraid of beauty? Maybe afraid to talk about beauty?

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What are you pretending not to know? Answering this one question could be the thing that turns your whole life around.

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Thermostat > Thermometer

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What’s your biggest fear?

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Who do I know in children’s publishing?

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

The moment in the movie where Lindsay Lohan realizes she swapped bodies with the FBI director

submitted 49 days ago • 729 comments

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

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Threatening to impeach judges who check your power is proof you need judges checking your power.

submitted 54 days ago • 201 comments

Antisemitism includes anti-Arabic, right? Just…you know…definitionally.

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The way Tramell Tillman pronounced the word “monosyllabically” in the latest episode of SEVERANCE like Jesus just give him the Emmy already.

submitted 57 days ago • 183 comments

What you focus on, you manifest more of. It’s your choice: positive or negative; success or failure; abundance or scarcity. It’s always your choice.

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The right loves to rail against the “nanny state” — big government overreach, too many regulations, the idea that bureaucrats want to micromanage every aspect of your life. And I agree, I don’t want a government that treats grown adults like toddlers who can’t be trusted with large sodas. 🧵

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“It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.” (Voltaire)

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Anyone know how to get one of those jobs where George Soros pays you to protest at town hall meetings? Asking for a friend. Probably.

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“Transgender mice” is the new “we totally meant to do this press conference in the Four Seasons Total Landscaping parking lot”.

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There’s an old Arabian proverb: “When one man calls you an ass, pay him no mind. When seven men call you an ass, go buy a saddle.”

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I don't know who this guy is but he's absolute right.

submitted 70 days ago • 1200 comments

Key takeaway from DOGE: There’s less government fraud/waste than expected.

submitted 71 days ago • 221 comments

Ten years ago Sean Baker made Tangerine on three iPhones and tonight he won FOUR OSCARS. Hollywood is still a land of dreams.

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

The word of the day is Patrimonialism:

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Gene Hackman’s death has me thinking about HOOSIERS — which has me thinking about sports movies — which has me wondering: What’s the best sports movie of all time?

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“When you overstate, readers will be instantly on guard, and everything that has preceded your overstatement as well as everything that follows it will be suspect in their minds because they have lost confidence in your judgment or your poise.” -Strunk & White

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I mean- What did you *think* would happen?

submitted 73 days ago • 14 comments

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” -Theodore Roosevelt

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#booksky #bookcomics

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Carriers of dysfunction only become causes of dysfunction when their bad behavior is tolerated, encouraged, and/or enabled.

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“It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.” (Voltaire)

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Do I know anyone who is a Civil Rights Attorney? Need some help drafting a policy for a nonprofit organization.

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Is January over yet?

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When I was a preacher, I used to remind folks that the “separation clause” was never intended to keep faith from informing politics. It was, rather, intended to prevent government officials (like, say, Congressman Josh Brecheen) from telling a pastor what they could & could not say from the pulpit.

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