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Everybody has a right to love, live and be who they want to be, as long as it doesn't harm anybody else. Look for things that make you happy. There is too much hatred in the world.
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

This was Saturday Today is Sunday Be there. The White House. 2pm - 5pm

Absolutely disgusting what happened. No diplomacy on the part of the US. Just bullying and shouting and not listening to anything Zelensky said. And then having the VP there lying too. 2 against 1. Wow.

The White House has said that any of Elon Musk's conflicts of interest regarding his work with DOGE will be monitored and addressed by....Elon Musk. He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts. Hello?

in case you missed it, the Los Angeles Times bowlderized an op-ed by Eric Reinhart this week, fundamentally altering the point he was making in order to shape it into a piece that cast RFK Jr. in a flattering light; we've published the piece as the author intended newrepublic.com/article/1910...

@marcelias.bsky.social: "There is a reason why Trump nominated Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth. He wants to humiliate these Republicans, because he knows that once they have voted for these folks, he will own them. They will not have a shred of dignity or standing left."

Feeling overwhelmed by Trump’s first week? A little piece of advice: skip the doomscrolling and go straight to the facts. This read is a great place to start.

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We had a few icy days last week, but today the sun is shining and the skies are blue, and there is no ice around any more.

Morning faces

In other news : duck walks and quacks.

Elon Musk continues to interfere in European politics by addressing German far-right rally by video www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

If you haven't already watched this, please do. Heil Tesler Antisemitic Apartheid Musk

After Trump ordered the US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, Bloomberg Philanthropies and other U.S. climate funders announced that they will “ensure the United States meets its global climate obligations.” www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

For all of those who have posted my cartoon with my signature cut off, here is the original.

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all of this

The "Contraception Begins at Erection Act" of Mississippi. billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20... So you are only allowed to "discharge genetic material" if you are trying to make a baby, or if you are donating sperm to a sperm bank, or if you using a contraceptive.

With a heavy hand, Trump has ordered a blackout on federal health agencies, banning the CDC, FDA, NIH, and HHS from sharing any external communications. No scientific reports, no health advisories, no updates. This is a reckless assault on public health! www.newsnationnow.com/health/healt...

There's a post going around showing a Google search of US presidents and Biden is missing. This is easily done (if you know how). My 16 year old made a new Google search of the US presidents.

Excellent NYT interview with the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Hungary. This is a key insight!

Remind me never to piss off Tammy Duckworth.

Watching Hegseth demonstrate his appalling lack of credentials, knowledge, and character for the job for which he was nominated I am compelled to ask: Is Trump administration running a DEI program for incompetent, unqualified, and/or ethically compromised Whites? open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

She should be president.

If Musk can buy Twitter and potentially buy TikTok, he or another billionaire can buy Substack. That is why Democracy Docket is built on its own platform that it owns. No billionaires, no corporate overlords, no compromises. www.democracydocket.com

🚨BREAKING: Jack Smith's report is OUT!!!! www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

"He was the Republicans' star witness. Sean Hannity’s Fox News show ran with his claims in at least 85 separate segments last year. The Republicans’ entire Biden conspiracy theory was based on his claims..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

This is the bakery section of the Lidl at Wielewaalplein in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Spotted around Reitdiep, Groningen (the Netherlands) this morning.

Gavin Newsom launched a website to combat the wildfire disinformation spreading about Los Angeles, because people can’t be bothered to do a simple Google search before sharing nonsense. And because people suck! Get the facts: californiafirefacts.com

So true.

Hegseth's mother wrote in 2018 to her son: "I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth."

THIS STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN ‼️ The Trump administration will be vetting their own cabinet and giving themselves security clearances. This is kind of like how police do it: “We investigated ourselves and found out we did nothing wrong.”

This will mean higher gas prices, higher alcohol prices, higher food prices, higher building prices, higher car prices, higher pharmaceutical prices, etc. Trump is about to teach Americans who *actually* pays for tariffs (the consumers do).