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Always and Forever with Her | I write funny books for misbehaving women: ATTACK OF THE ROM-COM & LYSSA STRATA + @mcsweeneys @BelladonnaComedy @slackjaw | She/Hers | marttinelson.com
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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

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Whiskey Pete Hegseth has fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to hold the Navy's top job, chief of naval operations. Because she is a woman. Meanwhile, He isn't qualified to serve as ADM Franchetti's aide. Does he think a penis is part of the steering mechanism for a destroyer?

submitted 4 hours ago • 10 comments

Spent the morning weeding and clearing invasive plants! Filled over 200 bags! Volunteering is a great way to clear the general AAAAAHHHHHHHH! feeling rn.

submitted 36 minutes ago • 1 comment

THIS is the energy!!

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Raise your hand if you’re shocked. Just terribly shocky shock shocked. Oh my goodness. I don’t see a single hand raised!

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Damn okay random guess! Wordle 1,344 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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It occurs to me that one helpful talking point that needs repetition until we're sick of it: Mass firing of federal employees will raise unemployment — and mean more qualified people are competing with *you* for good jobs.

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Today I honor the late great Congressman John R. Lewis on what would have been his 85th birthday. If folks know about my clapbacks, understand this is my version of “Good Trouble.”

submitted 1 day ago • 213 comments

A heartfelt thank you to former Senators Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema for repeatedly blocking popular policies to preserve “norms” and protect “the rights of the minority” We couldn’t have gotten here without you

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Hunter, like every trans person, has a right to accurate identification. We've taken Trump to court to block this policy barring trans people from passports with our correct gender markers.

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After marrying in 1958, childhood sweethearts Mildred and Richard Loving were arrested for violating Virginia's ban on interracial marriage.

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Excuse me, but the optometrist kept saying “as we get older…” during my exam and doesn’t she know I identify as 25?!

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Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

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Women republicans—thanks!

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📢 ProPublica is looking for 5 newsrooms to join our Local Reporting Network! These newsrooms will be part of our 50 State Initiative. Newsrooms in 40 states (in blue) are eligible to apply: https://propub.li/41270AQ Here's what this would mean for your newsroom 👇

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Growing up in the 80s, the bad guys in movies were always so damn smart. And here we sit. With the stupidest Nazis in the world destroying us. 80s movies lied to me.

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I'm sorry but I'm just not going to be cowering in fear of these clowns. They suck and they are cruel but they are not God.

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Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

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106 years ago this week, the US Army realized that it was hiring unqualified, uneducated, illiterate job candidates because of racial preferences… White men

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