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Was IowaCaptive on Twitter. Non profit director , wife , mom, obsessed w/ dahlias, Iowan. I post insanely gorgeous pics of flowers. Sometimes I curse . Pushing back on hate . If you want peace , work for Justice. Opinions my own . Find me in the garden ….
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Imagine if we called men boys the way women are called girls. “Love that the CEO is a boy.” “They have a boy head coach.” “That boy is hot.” Language is power.

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We had a doggo emergency so again with the #FlowerFriday post

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

At the emergency vet with our old man doggo Milo . Happy Friday ! Could use some good vibes please

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

In addition to it being a grab for that very large pension fund, I’d imagine we’d never be able to trust voting by mail again. There’s a reason the USPS is not part of the government. And the people who scream about election integrity are surprisingly unconcerned with actual election integrity.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

This is evil. Straight up

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Least shocking thing ever.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Schedule yourself and/or family members for every vaccine or booster shot that you may be missing. Now is the time to do it. This is also the the pre-RFK Jr vaccine schedule. Save it for reference before it’s deleted or changed.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

All the men who vote Republican gladly throw their own spouse and daughters under the bus. These psychopaths and rapists will never be held accountable because they’ve been elected.

submitted 2 days ago • 33 comments

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

submitted 4 days ago • 802 comments

Replace "western" with "white" and "unvetted" with "non-white," and you'll understand exactly what he's saying here.

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker

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An Alabama grand jury has recommended that a city's police department be "immediately abolished," finding there is a "rampant culture of corruption," officials said Wednesday while announcing the indictment of five of the agency's officers, including its police chief abcnews.go.com/US/hancevill...

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