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Amanda
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Cat lady waffling between persistence and “We’re fucked, aren’t we?”
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As always when it comes to Trump … “only the best.”
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Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t
You know, I never really thought of it like that! It totally tracks for the prosperity gospel folks. (And now I have the Wordless Book Song stuck in my head … )
It’s kind of hilarious how I assume he thinks it all looks very “manly” and tough but in reality it makes him look tiny and fearful.
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Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
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This is very very very very, very very little work for people who make more than $100,000 and have staffs of more than three people.
I mean, they learned from the best … literally taking a page from Trump’s playbook.
Oh man, the New York Young Republicans implicated in the Nazi groupchat scandal ran up a $23,000 tab eating filet mignon and drinking at a hotel in Syracuse -- a city with one of the highest child poverty rates *in the nation* -- and then refused to pay the bill.
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Look, folks, he's the *Speaker* of the House, not the Listener of the House or the Watcher of the House.

You can't expect him to be aware of major events that are unfolding right before him.
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Cannot recommend enough the act of walking into a library when the world is grim. If you can, go walk into a library
This 💯👇
I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
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"Yes, yes, it *is* sad that you lost the family farm, but have you heard about the big beautiful ballroom that President Trump is building at the White House? It's going cost a quarter of a billion dollars! Yes, billion, with a b. ... What? ... No, you can't come see it. What a stupid question."
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The current iteration of the Republican Party consists of two competing factions:

Fuck Them Kids (figuratively) and Fuck Them Kids (literally).

In this essay I will
A few more great #NoKings Minneapolis signs:
More of my favorite signs from the Minneapolis #NoKings rally on Saturday:
I was thrilled to see a “Portland protest frog” almost immediately upon arrival at The Commons! 🐸✊ (There were other great costumes—inflatable and “regular.”)
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Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."
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Trump fans turn out to celebrate his birthday at his vaunted military parade in DC.

Trump foes turn out to protest his rule in cities and towns across the nation.
Some of my fave Minnesota-flavored #NoKings signs from Saturday in Minneapolis:
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Well, at least you know where they stand.
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The Internet wasn’t designed to be hosted by a few huge corporations. This is what happens when they have a monopoly.
TIL … That’s Sting singing “I want my MTV …” (and other backup vocals … 🤯 Was I the last person to know?!?! youtu.be/wTP2RUD_cL0?...
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing (Official Music Video)
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Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄
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All this AND Triscuit and Hydrox got adopted together today! They are a bonded pair who came to Austin in the flooding aftermath.