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Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.

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Opinion | ‘What the hell’s happening to your country?’ Traveling as an American under Trump 2.0 - The Guardian

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Decided to write my local representative, @gluesenkampperez.house.gov, for the 1st time ever

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Trump Administration Intends to Terminate Lease for Army Corps’ Florida Headquarters - Inside Climate News

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Have FUN!!!!! #Anonymous

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We spent nearly 8 minutes this morning trying to set the record straight on a number of health matters. I’d expect the Surgeon General or NIH Director to do this, but since they’re not, here it is in 4 clips. #medsky

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www.propublica.org/article/joni...

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French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

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This.

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Looking beautiful Time Square. 🇺🇦

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that Krasnov thing explains what happened today

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Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

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It’s the oligarchy, stupid. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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From United Humanists on FB

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OK, the report is now fully in major media. Media must get an extensive White House response; Congress must investigate (even if it's a minority report); DOJ and the FBI must investigate; the CIA must issue a report on what it knew about this and when.

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Folks, I can’t stress this enough: Lock your credit! Lock your credit! Lock your credit! Lock your credit! Lock your credit! Lock your credit! Lock your credit! Lock your credit! Lock your credit! Lock your credit! Lock your credit! Lock your credit! Lock your credit! Lock your credit!

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Who could have imagined that dismantling and defunding Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act would cause inflation to rise?

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Two days ago he said he wanted Americans he’d put in prison to be exiled to a foreign place for incarceration far from prying eyes. Today he’s ordered a new detention center in Guantanamo Bay—justifying it by saying it’s only for foreigners. But for how long? Wake up, America. It’s all happening.

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One week apart.

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Working on getting those prices down I see.

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When the 4 Non Blondes said “And so I wake in the morning and I step outside, and I take a deep breath and I get real high and I scream from the top of my lungs WHAT’S GOIN ON?!” I really felt that.

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The app may be back from the dead. But after Trump “saved” the platform, it’ll never be the same.

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NEW: Trump orders federal health agencies to STOP communicating health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites, and to stop making social media posts. I said previously I was worried about the lack of reporting. Here it is. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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How much longer will we have to endure the wrath of boring, unattractive white men who are furious that more people aren’t as impressed with them as they think we should be?

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10 PRACTICAL THINGS TO DO TO PREPARE FOR THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY open.substack.com/pub/emilyiny...

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ATTN: THREAD: The loyalty interviews have begun in DC. As someone who has direct experience with this, I have a couple of recommendations for all federal workers. Please share this widely, and with any federal government employee you know. 1/

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Suddenly, all the “no new wars!!!” crowd is just fine with their naked emperor threatening to take Greenland by military force, seize the Panama Canal, and potentially annex our NATO ally, Canada.

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We should ban amateur use of fireworks. The number of people who get killed and maimed, the number of structures and forests that burn down... Municipal shows (or drone shows) can be safe and regulated. But its insanity to dispense explosives to ordinary people: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/u...

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The climate crisis and insurance crisis will grow far worse under Trump, @alexsteffen.bsky.social writes, with Trump cronies poised to predaciously exploit natural disasters: www.motherjones.com/environment/...

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this

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It seems 2025 will be very unsubtle with its metaphors and foreshadowing.

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Here’s the deal: Make reading your hobby this year. It’ll expand your mind, grow your perspective, and if you grab a library card, you’ll be supporting authors too (yes, in places like the UK, AU, NZ, and Canada, libraries pay authors!). Reading isn’t just fun—it’s a win for everyone.

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Here are 10 heart-pounding novels recommended by NPR staff and critics — perfect for winter reading by the fire.

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BREAKING: DOJ inspector general says he has found NO evidence that there were any undercover FBI employees at the Capitol or nearby protests on Jan. 6. Details TK oig.justice.gov/sites/defaul...

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Choose empathy. Read.

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Charles Kushner is going to be Trump's ambassador to France so I can't get upset about President Biden pardoning his son, who was charged with conduct that typically isn't charged by fed'l prosecutors.

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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing. They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays. The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k. www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

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At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?

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😳wild to see it all in one place like this. prospect.org/politics/202...

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Also: If you don't have money to buy my (or anyone's) books, and you live in the anglosphere, before you pirate them, try to get them from your local library instead. They have it or can get it, they pay for the books, and in many places writers get paid for their books being lent. Everyone wins!

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He watched democracy die in his home country of Hungary. Here is his advice to Americans getting ready for a second Trump term.

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I’m trying to strike a healthy balance between being informed and being oblivious.

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Gowdy: I talk to senators all the time… The head count is not even 50/50 on one of them. One of them can't even get half the Republican senators. But I will let you guess from our earlier discussion who that might be.

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When Obama nominated Tom Daschle -- a congressional leader with three decades of experience working on federal health care policies -- to be HHS secretary, the senator had to withdraw because a donor provided him with a car. If only he'd beheaded a whale! www.theguardian.com/world/2009/f...

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Good thing now Hegseth will just have the nuke codes instead of an ax.

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