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Some ducks have joined one of the #NoKings rallies in Portland, OR!
June 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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AOC: When you wake up in the morning, you will realize that you voted to defund planned parenthood and take away health care from 13.7 million Americans and when this country wakes up there will be consequences to pay for this
May 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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The Acting Solicitor General has notified Congress of DOJ's intent to ask #SCOTUS to overrule Humphrey's Executor—a major 1935 ruling upholding the independence of agencies like the FCC, FTC, NLRB, etc.

fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...

Because *less* independence is what we need...
February 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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February 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I would like to change timelines now pls
February 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.

Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.

Say equity, which a just society should pursue.

Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
February 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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— cracks knuckles —

Happy Black History Month, motherfuckers.
February 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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ON JANUARY 20TH, READ MLK! READ ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT! READ ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION! READ ABOUT JIM CROW!

You want to do something for the good of history? Do something constructive and learn from the ancestors.
January 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The point isn’t to pat ourselves on the back because we have it better. It’s to remember that if people like Navalny are willing to risk imprisonment, torture, and death to resist an evil empire, there is no excuse for us to back down.
Even in Death, Navalny Still Threatens the Putin Regime
The opposition leader’s posthumous memoir is a chronicle of a death foretold.
www.thebulwark.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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This is a very useful evacuation checklist. What to grab, based on how much time you have yo get out. Printing this one and keeping it handy.
January 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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I’m working on updates the Capitol Riot Map—an interactive visualization of the more than 1,500 individuals connected to January 6th.

I’ve spent more than 3-years and devoted hundreds of hours to this project, and there’s still more work to be done. Details on how to support this project below👇🏼
January 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Class War graff spotted in Sydney
December 5, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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Recent piece on UnitedHealth using algorithms to cut people off from receiving mental healthcare
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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Assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson wrote "deny", "defend" and "depose" on bullet casings.
December 5, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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According to historian Blake Scott Ball’s (excellent) “Charlie Brown’s America,” what saved Linus’ Luke 2 speech from tanking the whole thing with the network was…Coca-Cola.
December 2, 2024 at 2:19 AM
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Want my wedding ring? Come and try to take it.
December 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM
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This coulda been our president-elect tonight America but you chose authoritarianism instead
December 1, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚
November 28, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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Saw this and had to repost. <3 Credit to Marpal Embroidery for the work!
November 29, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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Until abortion is legal in every state, lets require men to get a mandatory vasectomy until they are proven emotionally mature, financially responsible and ready to be a father.
Wait, what do you mean regulations on men's bodies make you uncomfortable?
November 27, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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How did this even slide?
November 26, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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When I open them, most of the books have the smell of an earlier time leaking out between the pages - a special odor of the knowledge & emotions that for ages have been calmly resting between the covers. Breathing it in, I glance through a few pages before returning each book to its shelf.

Murakami
November 26, 2024 at 11:46 AM