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I just want to read and garden and knit and not have to fight a fascist government.
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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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When I was a young mom in the early 2000s I had a brief period of delayed vax. I'm glad I grew to see the worth of the science. Have my own MMR booster scheduled.

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New preliminary injunction barring DOGE from Treasury data systems requires govt to provide, by 3/24, proof of DOGErs' training in relevant laws & regs, security clearances, *and* full explanations of their chains of command.

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Want to knit. Want to read. Trying the audiobook version but my mind wanders far too much! Facing life's hard choices today!

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www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YsPakd/ I was kinda hoping the share link would share the video itself and not just the link but just like Hillary was right in 2016, Kamala was right too.

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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Please 🙏

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WSJ: “Trump has taken the highly unusual step of revoking an extension of temporary protected status from roughly 520,000 Haitians — will effectively flip more than half a million immigrants from legal to illegal in August.” www.rawstory.com/haitian-tps/

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Me, with a glass of wine in my hand at a reception: “Have you by any chance heard of Curtis Yarvin?”

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Living through a coup and I still need to get groceries and wash dishes and file my fucking taxes, like wtf.

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Guess which law enforcement agency is tasked with enforcing judicial rulings?

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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Pause, and read... • Ellen Bass •

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Here's a look at how the DOGE claim of $55 billion in estimated savings -> ~$16 billion in "receipts" -> (actually ~$8 billion because of a typo) -> = just $2 billion in verified potential savings Contract data shows the math doesn't add up:

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So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

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Women belong in the kitchen. Men belong in the kitchen. Everyone belongs in the kitchen. Kitchen has Food.

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don't talk to me until i've had my morning two hours of existential disassociation

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JD Vance owns AcreTrader, an app that lets wealthy—often foreign—investors buy up U.S. farmland. Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies. civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...

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