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FinTech attorney. Principal at Middlebrook LLC. Interests: prepaid cards, payments, earned wage access, civil rights, Native American and Inuit art, old photographs, chipmunks.
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Is Musk admitting that he lies on Twitter?
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Love the kitties, but god damn, that wall paper.
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Remember when Republicans called Obama an “Emperor.”
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Yeah. I knew the Chinese Exclusion Acts existed, but didn’t really learn about them until law school. Challenges to the Exclusion Acts created important Supreme Court decisions like Wong Kim Ark which holds individuals born in the US, regardless of their parents' nationality, are U.S. citizens.
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For clarity, the OK History requirement is in high school.
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So we went to the library and looked it up and I was right. In reading real historical accounts, I also learned that what I was taught in high school was not a particularly complete nor honest rendition of the facts. That was decades ago. I’m glad the facts about the massacre has been revisited
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In Oklahoma there is a requirement for a semester of Oklahoma History so we were told about the “Tulsa Race Riot.” In college in a discussion about civil unrest I mentioned Tulsa as one of the worst disturbances and was challenged because no one had ever heard of it and didn’t believe it happened.
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I hope you don’t mind if I use this thread to plug my educational video series “A Million and One Uses for a Banana.” I just posted episode #42,583 “Suicide.” Be sure to like and subscribe.
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Must be their professors.
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I hear you. I went to public schools in Oklahoma. But lucky for me, my Dad took us to the library a lot.
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If you want to learn more about the Chinese Exclusion Acts, I highly recommend this PBS American Experience documentary. It explains the history of Asian immigration, the origin of the Exclusionary Acts, and the social and legal challenges to the laws. It’s really good.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
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If you want to learn more about the Chinese Exclusion Acts, I highly recommend this PBS American Experience documentary. It explains the history of Asian immigration, the origin of the Exclusionary Acts, and the social and legal challenges to the laws. It’s really good.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
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This is wonderful. I sense that you, like me, like many here on BlueSky, are angered/devastated/scared by what’s happening. I know you personally have had to endure some extreme nastiness. I want you to know that who you are and what you do is much appreciated by many people. Stay safe, my friend.
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Please God just let it be easy to opt out of this crap.
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Donald Trump declares war on America.
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Is “journalist” the new, all-purpose insult among these Neanderthals? What a totally bizarre choice.
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Darth, the neo-Nazi community on Twitter is a loving, supportive community that nurtures its members.
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If you don’t prioritize his comments and put them at the top, he feels that you’ve blocked his ability to comment.
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I have to wonder if this was pushed this weekend in part to ensure protests in DC next weekend which will be used to justify federalizing the police there and taking control of the DC government.
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Is Stephen Miller acting like this just because Musk is going to inseminate his wife?
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Rioters and looters in Los Angeles?
Is he watching a movie and thinks it’s real?
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Good price too
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Thanks. Seems like a prudent purchase.
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Would this protect one from tear gas?
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You can’t get rid of the rats. Stephen Miller needs friends too.
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Trump officials are insane and they blame the court.
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Exquisite.
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Exquisite. Just exquisite.
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Apple isn’t afraid to commit to DEI.
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I agree we are better off with a strong, independent WaPo - I just don’t know what to do to move it in that direction.
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They banned Peter Griffin’s chin.
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When I was a kid we made our own which we called Texas Trash. Mix together wheat and rice Chex, Bugles, Cheerios, pretzels, peanuts. Melt butter, Worcestershire, Tabasco, garlic salt and pour over cereal. Bake at 250 for 1 hr, stirring every 15 mins. Beauty is you control the spice level.
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One of the hallmarks of communism is free samples of turkey sausage, spicy hummus and cherry cheesecake bites.
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The Catholic Church does not figure in the future of Christianity? Does Pope Leo know this?
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This is also quite good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty9P...
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Yeah, that used to throw me too. Apparently there was already a band named The Fontaines so they added the D.C.
Not a US political reference.
And for those unfamiliar, listen to this:
youtu.be/3AoOfJP3r40?...
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But the name Adam’s Rib does remind me of that episode of M*A*S*H where Hawkeye sends to Chicago for an order of takeout ribs.
Damn, he forgot to order coleslaw.