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More like Aunty Mame every day. Behold fat femme wizardry, bisexual hullabaloo, culinary feats of derring-do, progressive theology, and kitty cats. Probably posting from the bath. she/her
Nashville-->Boston-->SF-->OAKLAND BABY
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"we're going to turn people against federal employees" you mean like their mailman? You think they're going to hate the mailman and not the person threatening the mailman?
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Hollywood! Call moi!
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def not an artist but you inspired me to at least try. thanks canva 😅
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There are no NPCs in real life, just people who accepted a different set of quests than you.
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When you're beautiful, you don't have to be smart.
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that all relates to 2nd lesson: if ICE cares so much about local collaboration, it also means that sanctuary policies matter a great deal.
this reporting on Chicago shows that no one is claiming that local protections can stop arrests & deportations — but also why they still matter a lot:
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at stake are a whole network of cooperation policies with which ICE wants local police to help them arrest people. but it's also about where people will be detained ONCE they're arrested.
we ran this Q&A that lays out why the history of immigration detention has long relied on local jails.
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and: Trump's DOJ is threatening criminal charges against local officials who don't comply with ICE... trying to make a New York sheriff into a test case.
even if there's legal basis for such charges, one expert said here it's all about creating the 'chilling effect.' boltsmag.org/new-york-she...
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first lesson: the Trump admin & its allies care A LOT right now about forcing local police & sheriffs' departments to do their bidding. those are a force multiplier for federal enforcement.
so Florida Republicans just passed a law for DeSantis to remove local elected officials who resist this:
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They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
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Caftans are more than a dress, they are a lifestyle to which one is called.
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I am absolutely over the moon to have helped this wonderful thing happen!
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I wouldn't vacation there, but I figure our seaside is entirely sufficient for returning to the salty embrace of the Ocean Mother.