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The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.

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BREAKING: β€œThe fact that we even have to introduce an amendment that says ICE cannot deport US citizens is batshit crazy.” β€”Ted Lieu & he’s fucking right. GOP is so far gone we now need legislation to stop the government from illegally disappearing its own people. This is fascism in broad daylight.

I think TikTok is in cahoots with the scammers and people who hack pages because they do everything they can to be very unhelpful.

wordle should have a 5 letter name.

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I can’t possibly be the only one NOT surprised about Saquon?

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Dots pretzels. Elite.

these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism

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β€œFollow God. I follow you.” Mrs. Hurts

β€œIt's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help. If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite." -Pope Francis

To be calm is the highest achievement of the self. -Zen Proverb From the Motivation app: motivation.app/download

Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?

BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.

Younger you would be so happy to have someone like yourself in their life, please be kind to yourself today🀎

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with.

I find Candace Owens converting to Catholicism interesting.

USPS gets on my nerves.

Dozens of witnesses are set to take the stand in the trial, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is scheduled to testify for seven hours. The outcome could reshape the future of Meta.

When is Duolingo going to bring Japanese more up to speed in terms of features?

phillies win.

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Don’t overthink this. He’s asking for bribes.

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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lisa Rothstein. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/QAnwGsj

You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious.

We salute 🫑 Sen. Corey Booker for honoring the legacy of the late John Lewis by getting in β€œGood Trouble” and disrupting business as usual on the Senate floor because we know the last 70 days have NOT been normal.

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β€œI insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.” ― Toni Morrison

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Grant once called Litia a β€œonce in a lifetime woman.” I think he didn’t pick her because he knew she deserved someone more ready.

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

β€œNo man who cares about you will watch you struggle.”

A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.

We don't spend a penny on marketing. It's all word of mouth for @costplusdrugs.com That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word !

We lost an hour and somehow this week felt even longer.

Awakenings w/ Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams was heartbreaking to watch.

I going to have to use this someday. "I'm sorry, if you were right, I would agree with you." -Dr. Sayer (Robin Williams) Awakenings (1990).

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, died on Monday. On Friday at midnight, Parton released the song "If You Hadn't Been There" in his memory.