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working towards balance in an out-of-balance world. fan of democracy here & abroad. lover of international news. owned by Tabitha the cat. proud Pittsburgher. she/her
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And please, PLEASE let us not forget that time in 2023 when Karen Smith was elected President of the school board in Bucks County, Pa and swore her oath on a stack of banned books. The most gangsta oath ever! Just brilliant. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
This School Board President Took Her Oath on a Stack of Contested Books. Here's Why
The school board for Central Bucks County, Pa., has been at the center of divisive political debates.
www.edweek.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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Also a complaint usually levelled at women. Notice no complaint ever about the cost of a man's suit
January 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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These dumb takes always go one way.

They never run a photo of a billionaire in Central Park, calling out a capitalist for hypocritically enjoying a public park like some kind of commie
January 1, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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He was meant to be a celebrity. He fucking loves this shit.
January 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
We ended up with about 3-4 inches overnight in Pittsburgh.
January 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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There’s a 15 minute video displaying on the monument

Mentioned: The Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, Artificial Intelligence, Lewis & Clark, the Moon Landing

Not mentioned: slavery, the emancipation proclamation, the civil war
January 1, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I worked in daycare throughout the 90s, and it had the best security of anywhere I have worked. The office had a separate entrance with its own code to access the rest of the center. Plus, cameras all over the place.
December 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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His entire campaign was built around shotgunning out a bunch of ideas and assuming (correctly) that people would assume that he would do the stuff they wanted him to do, but the things they didn't want him to do were just bluster.

Being unconstrained by truth or reality is an electoral advantage.
December 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Any discussion of how a few actors are protesting Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center has to consider how Republicans have tried to slash social spending for the arts — and denigrate the arts and humanities as legitimate fields — since at least Reagan, if not longer.
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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The only way to secure lasting peace in Ukraine is to defeat Russia and integrate Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic defense.
December 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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He's a 40-year-old from Santa Monica who talks like a 90-year-old Klan member
December 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM