pabadger- childless cat guy
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Childless cat guy. I like board games and history. I love America her promise deeply. Optimist.
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Every Dec 7, I think about a coworker‘s uncle who was a Pearl Harbor survivor and in fact fought all the way across the Pacific.
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Every Dec 7, I think about a coworker‘s uncle who was a Pearl Harbor survivor and in fact fought all the way across the Pacific.
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"I'm an FDR Democrat" is not as unproblematic as you think it is, if you actually knew anything about that time's history.
December 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"I'm an FDR Democrat" is not as unproblematic as you think it is, if you actually knew anything about that time's history.
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No. 9115 in the archive. Sent to us by a friend. Wish we remembered who.
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
No. 9115 in the archive. Sent to us by a friend. Wish we remembered who.
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Have you ever met a young adult who was, for some reason, an American citizen but clearly had no cultural connection or loyalty to the United States because their mom hopped in a plane to have them here?
Me neither. Literally never.
Me neither. Literally never.
Ezra Klein even like "well we can agree 'birth tourism' is a problem," and no, I cannot. My group texts are about sports and kids.
still poleaxed by the idea that you could oppose birthright citizenship and still think of yourself as a liberal in any sense of the term.
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Have you ever met a young adult who was, for some reason, an American citizen but clearly had no cultural connection or loyalty to the United States because their mom hopped in a plane to have them here?
Me neither. Literally never.
Me neither. Literally never.
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still poleaxed by the idea that you could oppose birthright citizenship and still think of yourself as a liberal in any sense of the term.
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
still poleaxed by the idea that you could oppose birthright citizenship and still think of yourself as a liberal in any sense of the term.
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Birthright citizenship is like one of the only unequivocally modern elements of the American constitutional order and should be protected at, literally, all costs.
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Birthright citizenship is like one of the only unequivocally modern elements of the American constitutional order and should be protected at, literally, all costs.
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It really cannot be stressed enough that if we don’t have birthright citizenship we don’t have citizenship.
The only Americans who have any proof of citizenship are either naturalized adults or the tiny fraction of natural born citizens who are born abroad. Everyone else has birthright citizenship.
The only Americans who have any proof of citizenship are either naturalized adults or the tiny fraction of natural born citizens who are born abroad. Everyone else has birthright citizenship.
December 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It really cannot be stressed enough that if we don’t have birthright citizenship we don’t have citizenship.
The only Americans who have any proof of citizenship are either naturalized adults or the tiny fraction of natural born citizens who are born abroad. Everyone else has birthright citizenship.
The only Americans who have any proof of citizenship are either naturalized adults or the tiny fraction of natural born citizens who are born abroad. Everyone else has birthright citizenship.
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I have *zero* proof of citizenship because my parents has no proof because their parents have no proof and their parents have no proof… you have to go back to the early 1900s to find anyone in my family becoming naturalized.
Everyone after that got it by being born here: a birthright, if you will.
Everyone after that got it by being born here: a birthright, if you will.
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I have *zero* proof of citizenship because my parents has no proof because their parents have no proof and their parents have no proof… you have to go back to the early 1900s to find anyone in my family becoming naturalized.
Everyone after that got it by being born here: a birthright, if you will.
Everyone after that got it by being born here: a birthright, if you will.
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The RSF just attacked a kindergarten, killing at least 33 children in Sudan.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children in Kordofan, doctor group says
A drone attack by Sudanese paramilitary forces has hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 people, including 33 children, according to a doctors’ group
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The RSF just attacked a kindergarten, killing at least 33 children in Sudan.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
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"I was a stranger and you welcomed me." -Matthew 25:35
December 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"I was a stranger and you welcomed me." -Matthew 25:35
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
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Rated a top zen account by Emporer of the Universe, a treasured follower. Thank you @frownwardfrog.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Rated a top zen account by Emporer of the Universe, a treasured follower. Thank you @frownwardfrog.bsky.social
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I've had the red hat wearing cult members asking me to provide one example of a law in the Constitution that Trump has tried to overturn. Birthright citizenship. The 14th amendment. He signed an executive order to overthrow something older than the magna Carta.
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I've had the red hat wearing cult members asking me to provide one example of a law in the Constitution that Trump has tried to overturn. Birthright citizenship. The 14th amendment. He signed an executive order to overthrow something older than the magna Carta.
Hawkeye Pierce. Got drafted, did his duty, saved lives, tried to keep his humanity. I am sure he went home and was a great citizen of Maine.
December 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Hawkeye Pierce. Got drafted, did his duty, saved lives, tried to keep his humanity. I am sure he went home and was a great citizen of Maine.
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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I’ve heard from so many parents who are worried about finding affordable child care for their kids.
That’s why we fought for $25 million in this budget to tackle our child care workforce shortage and get more qualified child care professionals in the classroom to take care of our kids.
That’s why we fought for $25 million in this budget to tackle our child care workforce shortage and get more qualified child care professionals in the classroom to take care of our kids.
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I’ve heard from so many parents who are worried about finding affordable child care for their kids.
That’s why we fought for $25 million in this budget to tackle our child care workforce shortage and get more qualified child care professionals in the classroom to take care of our kids.
That’s why we fought for $25 million in this budget to tackle our child care workforce shortage and get more qualified child care professionals in the classroom to take care of our kids.
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We’re expanding our workforce, increasing access to child care, and giving our parents the peace of mind that they need so they can go to work and provide for their families.
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We’re expanding our workforce, increasing access to child care, and giving our parents the peace of mind that they need so they can go to work and provide for their families.
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Being able to come from anywhere in the world and become American was one of those virtuous and exceptional ideas so the administration taking a sledgehammer to it very much makes me feel like a stranger in a strange land especially having gone to several citizen ceremonies
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Being able to come from anywhere in the world and become American was one of those virtuous and exceptional ideas so the administration taking a sledgehammer to it very much makes me feel like a stranger in a strange land especially having gone to several citizen ceremonies
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It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
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Kavanaugh Kidnappings Kontinue unabated. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Kavanaugh Kidnappings Kontinue unabated. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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South Truro Church - 1930
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103985
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103985
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
South Truro Church - 1930
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103985
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103985
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Ran into some friends today...
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Ran into some friends today...
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.