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Laura L
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Anti-racism, Beauty, Sports, Women, Books, Dogs, Art, Kindness, Good defense, Equality, Great bass lines, Peace, wildberry Skittles, The USA. She/Her
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@jenpsaki.msnbc.com: "Inspectors general are a headache for everyone. You know why? Because they're investigating every agency and they find stuff! Including waste and fraud and abuse! They wouldn't be firing them if they cared about waste, fraud, and abuse."
February 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Maddow: All of this absolutely historically unprecedented. No president has ever come out of the gate with numbers like this ever before. And it is across the board
February 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.
SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
www.youtube.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Janelle Monae 🙌🙌🙌
extraordinary
February 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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During Trump's first term, some EPA scientists said managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. In some cases, they said, the managers deleted the information themselves.

(Published Sept. 2024)
EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.
Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists — including being called “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers” — and called on the EPA to…
propub.li
February 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes

thehill.com/homenews/cam...
GOP pollster says Trump voters ‘tired’ of being accused of racism
Republican pollster Frank Luntz said on Friday that President Trump’s voters are “tired” of being accused of being sexist and racist. In a discussion about Trump’s remarks linking diversity, equity…
thehill.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Legacy media has bowed down and will obey. That is what there is to know.

Support pro-democracy, independent media.
February 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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February 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Since the lack of a presence here by the big sports leagues - NWSL aside - is a topic of conversation today, re-upping what I wrote earlier this week. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Opinion: Sports leagues, athletes put their reputations at risk by staying on toxic X
Most teams and athletes are hyper-sensitive about their images, so as X further degrades, they should consider the alternative.
www.usatoday.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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My response to Trump’s remarks in the Capitol Visitor’s Center:
January 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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I don't want my fridge to have a camera or Wi-Fi. I don't want my dishwasher to be smart. I don't want my washing machine to text me.

In fact, I kinda miss knobs and dials and knowing big appliances would last 20 years and could still be repaired.
January 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Happy to be here! Loved Twitter a LOT, back when it was good. Hoping to love it here even more. 💜
December 28, 2024 at 4:29 PM