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I love art & animation, movies from the 1930s & 40s. Gen X mom/stepmom to 4 amazing people, married 27 yrs to the best friend I've ever had. I love dogs but prefer cats. I believe in magic, fairies, & the Jersey devil, just for fun. Phantom of the family.
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Marco Rubio just announced 10 more people were sent to be imprisoned in CECOT. They were flown there from Gitmo to be imprisoned potentially for life based not on any crime for which they were convicted, but on unproven allegations of gang membership with no due process. This is not lawful.

Purging wrongthink

Elon Musk cutting that waste, fraud and abuse!

This man is a sick piece of shit

“A lot of the best Americans will vacation in Canada this summer. Be extra kind. They’re coming here to support us.” Sometimes solidarity looks like showing up, spending money, and giving a damn — even across borders.

Always knew he was a Nazi slimeball, now we know he's a despicable Nazi slimeball Tesla allegedly ”knowingly overstates the distances traveled in Tesla vehicles” by manipulating odometers, allowing the company to dodge repair responsibilities tied to warranties.

Authoritarian Party Line Alert. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

LOL

Hegseth saber-rattling

When Mayor Brandon Johnson came into office, his handpicked City Council ethics leader hoped the new mayor promising big change might reform the rules meant to keep elected officials in line. But then Johnson fought those efforts, Ethics Committee Chair Ald. Matt Martin said.

The impact of the grassroots rebellion is beginning to show in Tesla’s financial reports.

An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed from life support, his family said.

Trump just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene, calling it “unwarranted.”

Cursory reminder that fascism, by its very nature, always destroys itself eventually. Always. Without exception. The question going forward is not *if* we'll ever get out of this, but rather how much damage will be done before we do.

Now penguins are putting Trump in his place. #USPoli

Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.

@booker.senate.gov: "For a guy who spends the weekend on his golf course and brags to the media about him winning a tournament while the struggling-- this is the kind of gross arrogance of a Marie Antoinette saying, "let them eat cake" ... Screw him for telling people to accept pain."