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Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

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Don’t be a nice person…

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It's pretty cool that Eater put together resources for restaurants about how to handle ICE raids

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Houston police captain, Daryn Edwards, who was arrested for possessing videos of children being sexually abused & released on a 250k bond, has been arrested again for child rape charges & is being held without bond. www.khou.com/article/news...

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Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

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in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

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Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

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This is the video you didn’t know you needed to see today 😂 🔊🔊🔊 📽️ hubertthebird

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“Shortly after Friday’s exchange, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it launched a Title IX violation investigation into Maine’s Department of Education and one of its school districts.”

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Found some peace in this.

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“What merit means to them” General Brown’s record, which Hegseth questioned for obvious reasons: www.af.mil/About-Us/Bio...

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Take a moment to process this: Musk has had his private thugs—who aren’t public servants and don’t work for the government and operate under no known standard of conduct—as _federal law enforcement agents_. When a CPAC host told him his army of security is “enormous,” he replied it should be bigger.

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The DOJ is investigating UnitedHealthcare over billing fraud to funnel extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans, the Wall Street Journal reports. UnitedHealthcare shares have already dropped 9% since the story broke.

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What’s wrong, babe? You haven’t touched your Eggo-brand alcoholic Appalachian sippin’ cream

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Just a reminder that the HPV vaccine literally PREVENTS CANCER and the series can be started as early as 9 years of age.

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Idiocracy was a documentary

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swear to god if this were a movie script the studio would send notes back saying "tone it down, no one's gonna buy this"

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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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IT’S FUCKING FRIDAY!!!

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Serving.

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Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post

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This is how it’s done.

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If Hooters had started a home delivery during the pandemic and called it, "Knockers," they wouldn't be bankrupt.

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No one is coming to save you.

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Tennessee pastor, Rick Sentell, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for possessing images of prepubescent children being raped. newschannel9.com/news/local/s...

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Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

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Idk that buying a home in the US is a real goal for me anymore. I think my long-term goal is dual citizenship so I can retire in peace. I cannot be 70 years old worrying about the destabilization of this shithole. Im not gonna expatriate but being able to DIP is a move

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This will especially hurt rural folks

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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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People have gone to jail for less.

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If you’re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you haven’t been following my account for very long. They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net

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Houston police captain, Daryn Edwards, has been arrested for possessing videos of children being sexually abused. abc13.com/post/houston...

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Trump administration is planning to use polygraphs to assess federal employee loyalty. There are ways to manipulate polygraph results, and we will provide guidance to coalition members. Polygraph results are not admissible in court due to their potential for false positives and negatives.

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Mitch McConnell announced his retirement after 40 years of working hard to make Kentucky one of the poorest, most under-educated, and unhealthy states in the US.

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Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

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He’s setting us all up for the funniest possible ending.

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Musk: "My mind is a storm"

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"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

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