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We are all just strays waiting for someone(s) to take us in. Welcome.🏳️‍🌈💜
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The Trump-Alito phone call story will understandably get lost in the news cycle, but I think Alito's explanation for the call, which only gets weirder the more that comes out about it, is the best evidence in the long time that the Supreme Court's conservatives think you are an idiot
I, For One, Find Sam Alito’s Explanation of His Phone Call With Donald Trump Very Reasonable and Not at All Weird
Have our dedicated public servants not earned the benefit of the doubt??
ballsandstrikes.org
January 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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My cousin lost his home Altadena. His daughters set this up. The Katrina floods were one kind of hell for me, this is a whole other variety for my family and so many others. I know there are plenty of folks in need right now, but even a signal boost helps.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-jerve...
January 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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The DNC will choose a new chair Feb 1. But the names of the members who will vote is secret, even to *other members.*
Until today. We are publishing a list of all 448 voting members of the DNC, to show how power is concentrated & flows inside the national party. Micah Sifry has the story.
Opening the DNC’s Black Box
Why we’re publishing a previously undisclosed list of all 448 members of the Democratic National Committee
prospect.org
January 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The letter signed by >15,000 physicians re: RFK Jr
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
January 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Ok 2025, this is a quality start! Was not expecting to see an adult bolas spider this time of year 😍
She's barely alive, might be at the end of her life, or caught by the recent freeze (they're usually deceased by winter). Sleep well, lovely Lump. 🤎
I've only seen 3 bolas spiders ever.
Mastophora sp
January 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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I know I keep screaming this into the void but just because climate change isn’t the *only* factor contributing to an extreme event doesn’t mean it’s not *a* factor. Literally nothing on Earth is unaffected by the changing climate.
January 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Ever since Monday, our place has been a revolving door of out-of-towners and people who needed to evacuate, and the number one lesson I've learned: I need to buy more than one set of guest sheets. I have washed the same sheets SO MANY TIMES.
January 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Republicans are trying to steal a State Supreme Court seat in North Carolina. The Republican lost by over 700 votes and now the conflicted court is hearing a case to throw out 60,000 votes.

Fascism has arrived. But grocery prices were too high...
Find out here if you are among the 60,000+ voters whom North Carolina Republicans are trying to disenfranchise so they can overturn their loss in the Supreme Court election:
I appreciate NC Newsline making a single document with all 60,000 names. See if Jefferson Griffin is trying to throw out your vote:

#ncpol
January 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Find out here if you are among the 60,000+ voters whom North Carolina Republicans are trying to disenfranchise so they can overturn their loss in the Supreme Court election:
I appreciate NC Newsline making a single document with all 60,000 names. See if Jefferson Griffin is trying to throw out your vote:

#ncpol
January 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million.

That is a lie.

The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
January 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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World Central Kitchen, the nonprofit global food relief organization founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, is already on the ground in Southern California to aid first responders and evacuees.

donate.wck.org/give/654000/...
January 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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"Update: Anyone who has left LA and headed south. You are welcome at our restaurant, 16600 PCH, 92649. We have a large parking lot, you can stay as long as you need and camp out. We will provide free meals for all of those affected," the chef wrote.
#LAFires #KindnessMatters #ChefGruel
Who is Andrew Gruel? Celebrity chef offers free meals and parking lot to camp out to LA residents displaced by wildfires
Amid the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, celebrity chef Andrew Gruel offered support to displaced residents. On January 8, 2025, he took to X to extend help to those affected.
www.sportskeeda.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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PLEASE call your senators.
Over 15,000 doctors have signed a letter imploring the US Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation for Secretary of HHS.

The letter states:

“RFK Jr. is not only unqualified to lead this essential agency — he is actively dangerous.”

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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
15,000 doctors sign letter begging Senate to reject RFK Jr for health secretary
Kennedy, among other controversies, has spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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We lost our house in the Eaton Fire. We're safe, but the level of devastation is impossible to convey. I won't be able to work for a while, so if you want to support us, I'd appreciate a Patreon subscription or buying one of my books. It will help.

www.patreon.com/MikeRothschild
www.patreon.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Time was when we had disasters our nation would come together and support the leadership and send aid. Now the party that sells itself as "Christians" use every crisis as a way to smear and shit on other Americans. I am so sick of the monstrous mutant pile of crap the Republican Party has become.
January 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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“We have an obligation to give hate no safe harbor and to stand up to what my dad used to say is the greatest sin of all — the abuse of power.”

President Biden, eulogizing President Carter. Two incredibly decent men.
January 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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President Biden: “We have an obligation to give hate no safe harbor. And to stand up to the abuse of power… do we operate from fear or hope? Ego or generosity?”

Wonder who in the audience he might be talking about here?
January 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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To my #adoptee / #firstparent friends in LA, if you have lost your home to the #LAFire, I am here for you. I know this pain. I lost all I owned in a fire 11 years ago. If you need a listening ear / emotional support from someone who can relate, please DM me, I am a phone call away. 🙏 💔🫶🏻😢 #lafires
January 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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I have dear friends whom I love deeply that have lost everything they they own to this devastating firestorm in los angeles. This is a tragic event and people are in shock and hurting deeply. Please show compassion and love to those who are suffering.
January 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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We are all horrified and praying for you.
We have sent what we have to help.

www.kunm.org/local-news/2...
New Mexico sends fire crews and engines to help fight LA blazes
As several fires continue to burn in the Los Angeles area, New Mexico deployed personnel and equipment to California Thursday.
www.kunm.org
January 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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💔💔💔💔💔
Katrina survivor here.
20 yrs later I remember how much compassion helped, & how much the lack of compassion from some deeply wounded us,
In the aftermath, we lost many to suicide.
BE KIND.
Show Compassion.
Help the victims.
If you can’t, then say nothing.
Don’t be cruel.
💔🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
January 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Hope this helps. Maybe print and have it handy...
January 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM