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Second half of this is my core political conviction for the moment.

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Trump and the MAGA movement have done far more to annihilate social solidarity than any migrant ever has. "I don't hate migrants...I just think they are an infection in the body politic" is the thinnest attempt to fool one's self and the country.

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Dem Leadership: "Flying to El Salvador to highlight Trump's use of a foreign gulag is a stupid distraction." Also Dem Leadership:

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When media reports "administration figure supports suspending habeas corpus," they need to speak English: "Kristi Noem thinks the government should be able to lock you up indefinitely without giving a reason or evidence in court."

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In PA, softball moderates have lost Senate elections (2016, 2024, so national environment), and Fetterman was unapologetically left when he ran for Senate, but came off as a tough guy who could talk to anyone.

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I've been looking for weeks, but now it is fully #warbler season in Erie, PA! Today's list: yellow, yellow-rumped, palm, bay breasted, black-throated green, black and white, magnolia, Blackburnian. #birding

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People just started catching on to Newsom as he cozied up with MAGA figures, but cruelty has always been his first instinct with homelessness.

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"We have no interest in whether or not two nuclear-armed states with combined populations around 1.5 billion go to war" is perfect encapsulation self-defeating nationalism.

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#TrekIcons Day 23: Iconic Ship Shot In "Crisis Point" (LDS), the over-extended sequence of views of the Cerritos was a hilarious take on the comparable moment from The Motion Picture while also being awesome in its own right.

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#TrekIcons #StarTrek Day 22: Iconic Pop Culture Moments Seinfeld: Jerry quoting "Wrath of Khan" at Susan's funeral traps George on the board of a charitable foundation in her honor.

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"He must be bad; why else is he being punished so badly?" is the lowest form of moral reasoning.

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“I’ve been disappeared because a rainforest killing plagiarism machine picked me out of a hat”, coming to a dystopia near you

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A must-read on discomfort with "politics" in the church as willingness to abandon our friends and neighbors. pres-outlook.org/2025/04/a-le...

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There is a portion of the legal profession completely disconnected from human consequences. It's all just clever debate club crap.

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David leonhardt gushing with wonder about why Defense Department k-8 schools, which are showered with funding and exclusively teach a student body that is adequately fed and housed, outperform state public school systems. Don’t worry, some Harvard people are on the case.

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The admin is already floating relief packages for sectors that will be affected by tariffs, likely to be used as carrots and sticks to enforce political loyalty.

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PA politics posting.

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"We are currently clean on OPSEC." #StrangeNewWorlds

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Me and the gang watching the new #StrangeNewWorlds trailer.

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For any UVA alums out there

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Abusive dad/husband/boyfriend dynamics is the most dependable model for understanding the admin

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The inverse of this is Fetterman, who began like this and now looks completely hollow.

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Trump's support is underwater, the economy is heading towards a recession, and Schumer is still waiting for "the right moment" to be an opposition party.

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You can tell that neither Trump nor Musk have set eyes on the Grand Canyon or Yosemite Valley. Nothing to exploit, incapable of awe or gratitude.

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Checked out the 14A text and was astounded at how straight-forward it is.

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Another reminder to Dems to get on the "we knew this would be bad from the beginning" wagon and realize that opposing Trump will be like leaning onto an already open door.

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Warner was the OG for turning VA Democratic, but it's clear that he's lost the thread; needs to go.

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#Treksipodes Underrated Episode "The Cloudminders" (TOS) is one of the most thorough analyses of the structures of racism and oppression--environment, education, law, language, labor--in all of Trek but but is often overlooked.

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Beyer can be seen as a lame moderate, but is showing today's real distinction in the Democratic Party: those who know the stakes and those who want to play cute.

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#GenreTrek Commentary on Humanity "Return to Tomorrow" (TOS) This episode tackles the beauty of the human experience: what it means to connect, touch, love, and the drive to explore.

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Outbreak of bird flu and a preventable plane collision showing that gutting USDA and FAA leadership is bad, actually.

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#GenreTrek Metaphor A geopolitical rival's collapse is marked by an ecological disaster and fears of transition and instability. Star Trek VI was released in 1991 and reflected the ongoing conclusion of the Cold War and the idea of "the end of history."

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