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Much prefer it when the horrors are fictional. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

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“Patriotism is supporting your country all of the time, and your government when it deserves it.” — Mark Twain

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The federal government could announce tomorrow that it will no longer recognize same-sex marriages and every single person in one would need to sue to enforce the recognition of their marriage. If you can't sue, it won't be recognized. No right is safe.

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I love the Pumpkins’ entire discography. And one of my standout favorite songs is Stand Inside Your Love. Here's a beautiful, stripped-down version: youtu.be/flqc4Vi6GP8?...

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Helluva time to be rereading Swan Song, reading about an obliterated Manhattan this morning.

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The cognitively impaired, convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, serial bankruptcy filing WAR CRIMINAL must be impeached and his cabinet of bootlickers removed.

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From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

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It’s not simply doing this, or doing it without congressional approval, or doing it without explanation of risks, or doing it without declaration of war, or doing it on behalf of an ally mid-genocide. It’s the fickleness that suggests what’s to come. Rule, war, death by his whim.

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Today’s moment of zen: discovering a new artist and composer at the end of an episode of Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney. Daniel Hope and New Century Chamber Orchestra performing Spring 1 from Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons youtu.be/E0lXSzFk7Ck?...

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The HWA continues to misrepresent what you get when you purchase a virtual ticket to StokerCon. I experienced this issue in 2023 and 2024 and let those in charge know each time. It’s ridiculous that a professional association of writers fails to plan and communicate such basic info year over year.

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There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.

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Biden’s ultimate legacy will be that he didn’t do a single goddamn thing to protect the people of the country from the rise of fascism. Pack the courts, force through a bunch of legislation, etc. An affable, completely ineffectual President who set the stage for what we’re living through now.

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“We” are fighting a foreign war with zero consultation with or authorization from Congress, and no address to the nation other than Truth Social posts.

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BREAKING: What you just witnessed was a state-sanctioned kidnapping. These people aren’t identifying themselves. Citizens can no longer distinguish between state authority & rogue violence. This is not a warning about what might come. We are not watching the start of something. We are living it.

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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

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After ruling the NIH grant terminations illegal, Judge Young ended the hearing with an eye-opening speech. “This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”

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This is a turning point. This is the line we draw. This is the moment history will remember — when millions stood together to say NO to Trump, Vance, Vought, Theil, and all the corrupt cronies and cult. Follow the movement. Learn what comes next. Join us at FiftyFifty.One. #FiftyFiftyOne #NoKings

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Hundreds of patriots gathered in Elk Grove for the #nokings protest. My sign for the day:

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Let's put up some numbers today.

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I've spent the last few months examining the +1,450 grants terminated at the NIH, including reading hundreds of abstracts. Many were studying how to solve or improve health disparities – not just identify or explain them. Some of the terminated grants (h/t to @scott-delaney.bsky.social + team)

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Aww. Just like that, seemingly overnight, the kiddo promoted from elementary school this morning. Now to blast some Alice Cooper.

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Hey just so we’re clear - DOGE accessed and stole all of our data, gave it to Palantir, and now ICE is partnered with Palantir in order to track all of us Palantir is run by evil billionaire Peter Thiel. Truly, scarily evil.

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Newsom on Trump's military parade: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, you see it with Putin, you see it with dictators around the world that are weak ... Weakness masquerading as strength ... that's about as small as it gets ... that's Donald Trump."

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It’s looking more and more like a dictatorship. That’s no way to treat a U.S. Senator. Claiming he was an attacker and failed to identify himself is delusional he’s a sitting senator. America is watching, and the tides are turning.

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Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

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Are we really fucking doing this. Had nothing happened to Senator Padilla at all, what she was describing is a federal takeover of a major city by military force with no specified end-date, with no legal authority. Do not let the fascists talk their way out of that.

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If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.

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Senator Padilla was violently assaulted for doing his job. If this is how federal agents treat a sitting U.S. Senator peacefully asking questions, how far will they go?

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It's time for the entire country to go on strike against fascism.

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I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla. This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.

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House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.

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A few key points: - Senator Padilla is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety - He identified himself as a Senator - Right before this happened Noem literally said she was there to liberate Los Angeles from its elected leadership

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It's official: we live in a fucking police state.

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Wow. California Sen. Alex Padilla is wrestled and detained by federal officers after showing up to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference in LA. (video from Bill Melugin of Fox News)

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!!!! "In a previously unreported development, federal agents came to suspect that Bukele and members of his inner circle had diverted U.S. aid funds to the (MS-13) gang..."

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Must read. Shattered Science: The Scientific Research Lost Amid the Trump Administration’s NIH Cuts @anniewaldman.bsky.social @asiafields.bsky.social @ashleyclarkejourno.bsky.social

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leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control

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If you’ve ever wondered what you would’ve done in 1930s Germany — look around. You’re doing it now. We are so proud of the people rising up in nonviolent defiance — in LA, in #Chicago, and in cities nationwide. ❌👑 Join us Saturday, June 14 to protest Trump’s fascist regime: NoKings.org #NoKings

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Democrats should introduce articles of impeachment for RFK jr Even if it doesn’t work, which it probably won’t, democrats need to make clear that he’s not gonna get away with it

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PSA that Eli Roth does not deserve your support, horror fans.

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