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Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy's letter so everyone is informed about RFK Jr. Please repost far and wide.

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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984

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According to Mark Zuckerberg, people who live in California are biased but people who live in Texas are objective

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I used to think this was an expression of concern, not a promise.

submitted 48 days ago • 249 comments

Guess who is happy like a child to see Christmas lights for the first time in years in Kharkiv? Yep, me.

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People who insist that you use the proper channels to make change, have seized control of the proper channels.

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Make America White Men Again. Seems to be working.

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Reports are that the rebels are freeing prisoners in Syria. Fingers crossed they find kidnapped journalist Austin Tice and set him free!

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If you know anything about Syria, these scenes will make you cry.

submitted 78 days ago • 4 comments

Just me sitting here, watching russians get their asses kicked in Syria.

submitted 78 days ago • 39 comments

This is the family in Ukraine the Russians were laughing at in the UN.

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Well said.

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Heard about the Hawk Tuah girl rugging bitcoin. I won't judge her. If she was 30 years older and male, I'm kind of curious what cabinet position she'd be nominated for

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I'm posting this because the holidays can be difficult for a lot of us. This is a national help hotline. SAMHSA’s National Helpline www.samhsa.gov/find-help/na...

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I’m crowdsourcing a list of non-corporate / independent media sources. This could include independent journalists, bloggers, podcasters, creators, etc. Please share this post and reply with your favorite trusted sources. Thank you.

submitted 79 days ago • 433 comments

OK sports fans, so this is my last bulletin for my position at @losangelestimes.bsky.social. I resigned yesterday in protest of the paper's and owner's cozying up to Trump. Here's my explanation on my substack, where I hope you will follow me going forward. harrylitman.substack.com/p/why-i-just...

submitted 80 days ago • 1310 comments

48 years ago Sex Pistols and The Clash – Johnny Rotten, Paul Simonon, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones at the Anarchy Tour bus. December 1976. Photo by Ray Stevenson #punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory

submitted 79 days ago • 2 comments

A commission I did years ago of USC and #dtla #art #architecture

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One of the Trump era’s most deplorable charlatans now admits that his “2000 Mules” mockumentary was utter bullshit. This was known, but history ought to take note of the thorough and complete humiliation of one of our age’s most repellent hucksters open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

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The University of Southern California is urging international students who are traveling home for the holidays to be back in the United States prior to Trump’s inauguration, citing uncertainty over immigration policy.

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Thanksgiving challenge! What’s something that you never thought you’d be grateful for but today you are? Me: Being an alcoholic. Other people can get through life without ever perusing spiritual growth. I have to, or I may drink again. It’s not an easy journey but it has so many gifts.

submitted 87 days ago • 209 comments

It'll be dead soon. Nature abhors a vacuum.

submitted 93 days ago • 125 comments

So if you know where Ann Frank is hiding, give us a call

submitted 88 days ago • 19 comments

"The ‘moderates’ got their candidate in every single election in which the Republicans nominated Trump: 2016 Clinton, 2020 Biden, 2024 Harris… and they lost to Trump two out of three times. And now they’re going to blame the left for that? No f*cking way." My rant:

submitted 88 days ago • 336 comments

Only 29 shopping days ‘til Christmas and 55 protesting days before we get shot by the military.

submitted 89 days ago • 7 comments

I would not even be alive if it hadn’t been for Henry Rollins. The music he made with Black Flag and the Rollins Band gave me comfort when I was a depressed, lonely teenager. I tried to tell him this once, and he told me I was the one who found the strength and he just supplied the soundtrack.

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The latest images from the JWST can be found on the NASA Webb Flicker site. The image of the Sombrero Galaxy is gorgeous! www.flickr.com/photos/nasaw...

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It's all tied together and don't let them trick you into thinking it's for safety

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