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Gen X. Feminist. Trial lawyer. EVAW. Protect 🏳️‍⚧️ kids. Nazis fuck off. “The Horrors persist, but so do I.”
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he's right and he's right to say it

This is oligarchy. This is obscene. While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%. End this oligarchy.

Jeff Bezos is worth $230 billion and is reportedly spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailing around on his $500 million yacht. If he can afford to do that, he can afford a wealth tax and to pay Amazon workers a living wage. Hello?

This man has been nominated by Trump for a judicial appointment. Hearing on Weds "Senior Justice Department official, Emil Bove III, told subordinates he was willing to ignore court orders in order to fulfill the president’s aggressive deportation campaign, according to a whistle-blower complaint."

Brilliant oriental poppy blooming in my garden. 🌱

The fact that our military was perfectly happy to use weapons abroad in violation of the War Powers Act doesn't bode well for us when they are asked to use weapons at home in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.

Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸

Wanna see a self-immolation in OA? #LadyLawyerDiaries [And ftr the judge handled being called “honey” by the male advocate with tremendous calm and grace]

Colorado Springs! #NoKings

Jared Polis vetoes bill that would have restricted the use of rent-setting software, like RealPage

When they show you who they are, believe them. speakermjohnson 🇺🇸 www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Nick Cave on Hopefulness 🎯

happy bday Ralph Waldo Emerson, b.1803, Boston "The Religion that is afraid of science dishonors God." "This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag,...

Remember how they gaslit us with the so-called Obama death panels? Now they're real, and they're the GOP's death panels.

“Experts have been closely watching the variant, which is now dominant in China and is on the rise in parts of Asia. Hong Kong authorities say that rates of COVID-19 in the city have climbed to the worst levels they have seen in at least a year…”

"I want people to be safe and protected. I want to live on the right side of history. I am an immigrant. My parents are refugees from Chile. We fled a dictatorship and I was privileged enough to grow up in the United States after asylum in Denmark. I stand by those protections, always."

Quote of the day. 🤔☮️💙🌊🐕‍🦺

Portugal is taking online disinformation and fake news seriously. As part of a broader attempt to encourage media literacy, it’s offering 15-18 year olds a free digital subscription to a range of respected newspapers and magazines as well as online upstarts that don’t spread lies. (Monocle)

Scary stuff right here …

I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” - President Theodore Roosevelt

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