Wards
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wardsarefunctioning on AO3
wotzka on tumblr
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In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
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Perhaps the most politically important thing about Zohran Mamdani is that it seems like he really, really likes New York and New Yorkers.
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Perhaps the most politically important thing about Zohran Mamdani is that it seems like he really, really likes New York and New Yorkers.
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1. In a major victory, Democrats have managed to get all anti-trans riders stripped from the final appropriations bills.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
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This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Democrats Successfully Strip All Anti-Trans Riders From Final Appropriations Bills
The HHS and Education bills once contained the most sweeping anti-trans provisions in congressional history. Now they contain none.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM
1. In a major victory, Democrats have managed to get all anti-trans riders stripped from the final appropriations bills.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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What causes me despair? Life-long GOP voters in my family who are almost completely divorced from reality, have no fixed principles beyond R=good, D=bad, and live in a state of constant fear, anger, and racist resentment.
What gives me hope? Everyday folks in MN and elsewhere fighting back.
What gives me hope? Everyday folks in MN and elsewhere fighting back.
January 15, 2026 at 9:10 PM
What causes me despair? Life-long GOP voters in my family who are almost completely divorced from reality, have no fixed principles beyond R=good, D=bad, and live in a state of constant fear, anger, and racist resentment.
What gives me hope? Everyday folks in MN and elsewhere fighting back.
What gives me hope? Everyday folks in MN and elsewhere fighting back.
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finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
finally, we're living through precedented times
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You Wouldn’t Download 60 Minutes
December 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
You Wouldn’t Download 60 Minutes
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January 1st, 2026
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
January 1st, 2026
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Putting Elon Musk on the cover of a magazine for anything other than “his illegal government funding cuts have already killed hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children” is propaganda
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Putting Elon Musk on the cover of a magazine for anything other than “his illegal government funding cuts have already killed hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children” is propaganda
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
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(to the tune of Eleanor Rigby) 🎶socialist muslim🎶
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
(to the tune of Eleanor Rigby) 🎶socialist muslim🎶
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The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
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to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness
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AO3 is also down, so between the two our whole acronym is affected
check in on your gay friends at this difficult time
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
AO3 is also down, so between the two our whole acronym is affected
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The idea that “the civil rights act was a mistake” is a mainstream conservative position we can only tolerate but “defund the police” is a great cancer that must be excised from America for Democrats to win is the actual reason Democrats lose. Sorry.
September 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The idea that “the civil rights act was a mistake” is a mainstream conservative position we can only tolerate but “defund the police” is a great cancer that must be excised from America for Democrats to win is the actual reason Democrats lose. Sorry.
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there are a lot of memes about how we must have slipped into an alternate timeline and everything's gone to shit and nothing makes sense anymore. but it's really not that complicated. people started voting for Republicans and now the world is worse
August 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
there are a lot of memes about how we must have slipped into an alternate timeline and everything's gone to shit and nothing makes sense anymore. but it's really not that complicated. people started voting for Republicans and now the world is worse
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thinking about alternate veilguard endings where a dwarf rook can connect to a titan and lock themself in the fade to soothe the blight ... im feeling real Emotional these days about the titans healing as an act of love rather than atonement
March 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
thinking about alternate veilguard endings where a dwarf rook can connect to a titan and lock themself in the fade to soothe the blight ... im feeling real Emotional these days about the titans healing as an act of love rather than atonement
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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
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incredible that mainstream media keeps announcing that the story they "missed" during the election was biden's age, even though it got constant coverage for years, and not "donald trump was close friends with notorious pedophile jeffrey epstein"
July 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
incredible that mainstream media keeps announcing that the story they "missed" during the election was biden's age, even though it got constant coverage for years, and not "donald trump was close friends with notorious pedophile jeffrey epstein"
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Elect a Republican, start a war. Every Republican president since i was a child has started a new war.
June 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Elect a Republican, start a war. Every Republican president since i was a child has started a new war.
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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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I want to talk about how the media is going to be responsible for increasing levels of violence.
Here's the thing: the protests have been peaceful.
Here's the thing: the protests have been peaceful.
June 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I want to talk about how the media is going to be responsible for increasing levels of violence.
Here's the thing: the protests have been peaceful.
Here's the thing: the protests have been peaceful.
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These two dudes are good - and I love that they actually seem to like each other. Rank 'em first and second. You pick the order.
#NoCuomo #NeverCuomo
#NoCuomo #NeverCuomo
June 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
These two dudes are good - and I love that they actually seem to like each other. Rank 'em first and second. You pick the order.
#NoCuomo #NeverCuomo
#NoCuomo #NeverCuomo
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I do not understand this tendency among journalists to reduce every political event to a prediction about whether it will be a lasting news cycle. On the merits, we have a billionaire who helped a fascist get into power and now believes he can dictate policy. That matters! A lot!
Anyway I remain convinced that much of the attention is gawking/schadenfreude. There’s still a bigass bill that could leave ~11m uninsured. There’s possibly illegal tariffs.
Point being this news cycle will pass and we’ll all talk soon about stuff that matters more. Yaaaaaaay.
Point being this news cycle will pass and we’ll all talk soon about stuff that matters more. Yaaaaaaay.
June 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I do not understand this tendency among journalists to reduce every political event to a prediction about whether it will be a lasting news cycle. On the merits, we have a billionaire who helped a fascist get into power and now believes he can dictate policy. That matters! A lot!
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The right, with the enthusiastic help of the mainstream media, forced several previously obscure issues (trans high school sports?!) into the spotlight during the election. That same alliance will decide whether the Trump/Musk fight stays in the news, and how it's covered. That's how it works.
June 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The right, with the enthusiastic help of the mainstream media, forced several previously obscure issues (trans high school sports?!) into the spotlight during the election. That same alliance will decide whether the Trump/Musk fight stays in the news, and how it's covered. That's how it works.