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Aviva_Gary

@Aviva_Gary@noc.social

General Fiction and Genre Mashing writer... mainly for adults, chocolate lover, foodie, animal lover, quick learner, up for almost anything

Website: Avivagary.com

Twitter: @Aviva_Gary

Email (for work only): avivagary@gmail.com

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Strandjunker , to random
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In 1869 it was decided to have 9 Supreme Court justices because there were 9 Circuit Courts.

Now there are 13 Circuit Courts. So what exactly are we waiting for?

Aviva_Gary ,
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@Strandjunker Apparently for people in a position of power to be for it and then have the political will to execute it...

I don't think elections much matter to them (When it comes to policy) considering how our system as current is set up (CU, Corrupt SC, donors etc) 🤔

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“For more than two decades, the U.S. position has been that al Qaeda acted alone on September 11th, but a newly public video has raised questions about whether the Saudi government provided crucial assistance to the hijackers during the 9/11 terror attacks.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bayoumi-video-examined-as-september-11-evidence-60-minutes/

Aviva_Gary ,
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@GottaLaff The comments are correct but I doubt anything will be done about any of this but it's great to know the Commission for this was simply ignored as they said this ages ago... 🙃

(I really hope the families take them for all their worth)

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making today for the it did not do.

Every day that goes by on Trump’s absolute immunity claim w/o a decision, is a victory for . His strategy is to . That way he can dismiss all federal charges against him if he wins.

by Leah Litman:

Something’s Rotten About the Justices Taking So Long on Trump’s Immunity Case


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/opinion/supreme-court-trump-immunity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E0.zLaW.zUjDebWiiRZ7&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Aviva_Gary ,
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@Nonilex Glad to see people in positions of power TM finally see this instead of just us people of the shitposting internet 👀 🙃

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Aviva_Gary ,
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@molly0xfff pretty

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“CDK Global, a company that provides auto dealerships across the U.S. with software for managing sales and other services, has been hacked, prompting the company to temporarily shut down most of its systems.

That is effectively preventing about 15,000 car dealerships from making sales.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdk-cyber-attack-outage-auto-dealerships-cbs-news-explains/

Aviva_Gary ,
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@GottaLaff Damn... someone found the thread to pull 👀

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Gov. of signed legislation requiring the be displayed in every classroom in the state.

The makes the state the only one with such a mandate & reignites the debate over how porous the boundary between & should be.


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/us/lousiana-ten-commandments-classrooms.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Aviva_Gary ,
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@Nonilex Bet they couldn't name them all if they tried... 👀

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Red-tailed hawk

Aviva_Gary ,
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@Jgbird cool... and she is looking into your soul 👀

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Texas Observer’s
@stevanzetti, who provided the photos on Xitter:

Gov. Greg Abbott, Donald , Senator Ted Cruz, and Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn were all pictured with Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris, who recently was found to have sexually abused a child for years. None of them have issued a statement regarding the abuse.

Aviva_Gary ,
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@GottaLaff @stevanzetti but of course...

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“Republican senator blocked a Democratic-led attempt to pass legislation Tuesday that would have restored a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, an accessory that enables semi-automatic weapons to shoot at a very rapid pace, after last week's Supreme Court decision striking down the ban.

…Sen. Pete Ricketts, a Nebraska Republican, blocked the measure by objecting”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-to-try-to-ban-bump-stocks-after-supreme-court-ruling/

Aviva_Gary ,
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@GottaLaff Pro their life and their way of thinking... 🙃

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It’s always the ones you most suspect.

Aviva_Gary ,
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@flexghost ain't that the truth

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Via Angry Staffer:

🚨 HEY GOP VOTERS AND UNDECIDEDS 🚨

A top GOP think tank that is influential in shaping conservative policy wants to raise the Social Security retirement age to 70

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Heritage Foundation:

Yes, the Social Security retirement age should be raised. If Congress does nothing, benefits will be cut by 21% across the board beginning in 2033

Aviva_Gary ,
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@GottaLaff The comments are correct

But yeah... this ain't good

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Yes, that is how a cult works. A bunch of vulnerable people being deceived

Now how about I interest you patriots in my new LetsGoBrandonDogeElonFreedomEagleJesus coin?

🇺🇸

Aviva_Gary ,
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@flexghost What can we possibly do that hasn't already been done 👀

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Have fun explaining a rapist, traitorous felon, you MAGA POS.

Via Lawrence O'Donnell:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Democratic President who won World War 2 in a wheelchair

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Josh Hawley:

He can’t stand for 90 minutes - but he’s 100% able to be President? Have fun explaining that

Aviva_Gary ,
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@GottaLaff Well when making fun of the disabled is all you have...

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Money Is Poised to the

, a exec, was eating dinner at Mar-a-Lago last month when he got an unexpected invitation: wanted him to come to the stage & say a few words.

, who runs the crypto data firm , was at an event for Trump’s .

“There’s 50 million crypto holders in the US. That’s a lot of voters,” Selkis declared.


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/technology/-crypto-influence-election.html

Aviva_Gary ,
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@Nonilex Thank you Citizens United 🙃 🤑

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People want this??

Via Kyle Griffin:

In an interview with Mediaite, ex- Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin confirms Bill Barr's story that Trump threatened, at different times during his presidency, to execute his own staff and Americans.

"How do you rationalize that is a person fit in sound judgment to be president of the United States?"

Aviva_Gary ,
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@GottaLaff That ain't the part they care about but you knew that 😉

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  • Aviva_Gary ,
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    @ElleGray lol enjoy? 😁

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Kyle Griffin:

    Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats will try to force a vote on a bump stocks ban in response to the Supreme Court ruling.

    "I have the ability to allow a unanimous consent vote, and we'll see just what Republican MAGAs do."

    "They have two choices. They can cower to MAGA, these right wing Republicans in the Senate, or they can protect the American people."

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff heavy sigh

    GottaLaff , to random
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    The plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department says.

    The guidance and ruling being announced Monday includes plans to essentially stop “partnership basis shifting" — a process by which a business or person can move assets among a series of related parties to avoid paying taxes.
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/irs-end-major-tax-loophole-wealthy-raise-50-111180062

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff go on... more... 🍿 👀

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Kyle Griffin:

    FLAG: Steve , weeks before he goes to prison, says a 2nd Trump term will target Biden officials: "We're coming after Lisa Monaco, Merrick Garland, the sr members of DOJ that have prosecuted Pres Trump. Jack Smith. This is not about vengeance … it's not about retribution. This is about saving this republic."

    "We're going to use the Constitution and the rule of law to go after you and hold you accountable. Nov. 5 is judgment day. Jan. 20, 2025 is accountability day."

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff Interesting... just telling us all the stuff they intend to do and knowing the media simply doesn't care 🤑

    tzimmer_history , to random
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    Sunday Reading: The Right’s Politics of Revenge

    The responses to the Trump verdict offer an instructive - and alarming - reminder of what defines the American Right today: They are out for bloody retaliation, all dressed up as patriotism.

    Thoughts from my new piece:

    1/

    https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-rights-politics-of-revenge

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @tzimmer_history All this ya'll ^

    GottaLaff , to random
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    polls point to 'electoral extinction' for Prime Minister Sunak's Conservatives https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-polls-point-electoral-extinction-prime-minister-sunaks-conservatives-2024-06-15/

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff please let this one poll be true

    luckytran , to random
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    A timeline of New York's destruction of public health.

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @luckytran About right

    Nonilex , to random
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    Deputy fatally shoots 7 starving, abandoned dogs

    Arriving at a rural property, an ’s deputy approaches a group of starving dogs behind a fence. Some are sleeping, others bark & wag their tails. The deputy lays out food & water to corral them, body-cam video shows.
    The deputy then pulls out a gun & shoots them 1 by 1, killing 7, before dragging their bloodied bodies to his truck. He later dumped the bodies near RR tracks.


    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/15/apache-county-arizona-dogs-shot/

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @Nonilex How awful! The deputy should be jailed for life.

    StillIRise1963 , to random
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    Short-term thinking by PSYCHOPATHIC MORONS rules the world.

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @StillIRise1963 As soon as they prioritized short term things (thinking, money etc) over long term the die was cast...

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Kyle Griffin:

    American Legion has now weighed in on 's upside-down American flag, noting flags should "never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property."

    "The American flag is a symbol of courage, strength, freedom and democracy," said the American Legion National Commander Daniel Seehafer in a statement to NBC News. "American Legion members swore with their lives to protect all that the flag stands for."

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff Hey... an org who hasn't been bought off yet 🤑

    Nonilex , to random
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    have reaffirmed a pay award of >$45 billion for , the chief executive, after it was thrown out in a challenge.

    The vote was seen as a referendum on his of Tesla & on .

    The vote result is a strong sign that shareholders still believe in & it could persuade the judge who voided the award to reinstate it.


    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/business/tesla-shareholder-vote-elon-musk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @Nonilex If the judge is smart they still will (throw it out again)

    GottaLaff , to random
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    shareholders reapproved Elon ’s roughly $48 billion pay package, ammunition for the board's fight to preserve the court-rejected plan -WSJ

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff This is going to be hilarious when it gets rejected by a court again... 👀

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Women’s reproductive rights, contraception, LGBTQ rights, IVF, now this:

    The Christian right is coming for divorce next - Vox

    “Conservative commentators and lawmakers are calling for an end to no-fault divorce, arguing that it has harmed men and even destroyed the fabric of society.”
    https://apple.news/AZrx9yMTiQiaZJGSvy9X9Tg

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff Aqua Fina gonna be making that bank...

    Who needs opioids in the future when that is a woman's (and now man's!!!) best friend... 🤑

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Add to the list…

    👉🏼👉🏼“ Justice took 3 undisclosed trips aboard private jet provided by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow between 2017 & 2021, according to docs obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee and released Thursday.

    The records, which Crow turned over to the committee, show that Thomas traveled aboard Crow's private jet in May 2017 on a flight from St. Louis, Missouri, to Kalispell, Montana, with a return flight to Dallas two days later”

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clarence-thomas-private-jet-flights-harlan-crow-supreme-court/

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff 🤑

    GottaLaff , to random
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    After the Montana Supreme Court struck down four voter suppression laws, prominent state Republicans are going to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider a radical theory that could drastically alter checks and balances and sow chaos into our elections.

    https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/republicans-are-once-again-asking-the-us-supreme-court-to-upend-american-elections/

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff Eventually this will be made law of the land... 👀

    GottaLaff , to random
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    48-47 🤦🏻‍♀️Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic-led bill to codify broad federal protections for . Before the vote, GOP senators said they favor legal IVF but prefer a narrower bill that Democrats called ineffectual https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-republicans-block-democratic-bill-protect-ivf-nationwide-rcna156416?taid=666b3e7c33dadb0001abf5e1&cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff uh huh... 👀

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    introduce bill to federal programs
    The measure backed by several lawmakers would also halt federal for agencies, & other orgs that have DEI policies. Republican legislators introduced a bill that would end all federal , & programs, & end funding for government agencies, contractors, schools & other organizations that have their own DEI programs.


    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/13/dei-ban-vance/

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @Nonilex Yep... this will make all the problems (they probably created) all better 🙃

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    retains full to key

    The on Thurs refused to limit access to a widely used , rejecting a challenge from doctors 2 years after the court’s majority overturned on procedural grounds.


    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/13/supreme-court-abortion-pill-ruling-mifepristone/

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @Nonilex Which is exactly his point

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    Banning medical debt from credit reports.

    Cracking down on junk fees.

    Banning non-competes.

    Capping credit card fees.

    Negotiating drug prices.

    Expanding OT pay.

    These Biden policies don't make headlines, but this is what it looks like when government works for the people.

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @rbreich Awesome

    flexghost , to random
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    Let’s say you, or I, or Hunter Biden has done still had an gun after a felony conviction.

    What would happen?

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @flexghost We'd be under the court house... 👀

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @flexghost No... I am too female for that 🙃

    (And the fact he can shows just how far gone the system is)

    GottaLaff , to random
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    FFS. “MAY” signal? SCOTUS extremists can’t wait to do away with all .

    “The move may signal the beginning of a broad turn on the right against , an issue that many social conservatives see as the “pro-life” movement’s next frontier

    The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest and most politically powerful Protestant, denomination, voted Wednesday to oppose in vitro fertilization.“ https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/12/ivf-southern-baptist-convention-evangelical-00162994

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff So whoever wrote this article was not paying attention... 👀

    GottaLaff , to random
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    🤬“Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dampening the hope of advocates for racial justice that the government would make amends for one of the worst single acts of violence against Black people in U.S. history”
    https://apnews.com/article/b7a4c83514ce79640a8490d49efb9006

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff Well yeah... that might involve saying you/they were wrong or worse money 🤑

    GottaLaff , to random
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    House launch group to respond to possible second term

    "We're going to need to be ready to confront it in real time. And those plans need to begin now,” said Rep. Jared Huffman.

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff Or hear me out... in 2017... Jan??? 👀

    GottaLaff , to random
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    New Jersey’s attorney general’s office is looking into whether Donald ’s recent felony convictions in New York make him ineligible to hold liquor licenses at his three New Jersey golf courses. https://apnews.com/article/trump-felony-convictions-liquor-licenses-new-jersey-d919e8b8098c7acf69f08603fd901cce

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff 🍿 👀

    ElleGray , to random

    I don't drink much alcohol but sometimes I really, really, really want the accessories

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @ElleGray very pretty

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff See this here is why you only need to really control 1 to 2 things and you got it all

    (In other words, it doesn't matter what happens on many policy fronts if the people running the show are all one thing/the same, in this case basically fashie, and have one goal and one dream)

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    About time! But would SCOTUS ban this one too? Or is that just for women… [Folks, that was rhetorical. We know the answer]

    “A male birth control gel is one step closer to reality

    Researchers at Endocrine Society’s conference in Boston presented encouraging earlystage clinical trial results of a male birth control method that takes the form of a hormonal gel.”
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/08/male-birth-control-gel

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff LOL!

    (But yay science!)

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    JFC

    Several boo officers who defended Capitol on

    2 fmr law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, were jeered by state lawmakers as they visited PA’s House of Representatives on Wed, acc/to several Democratic lawmakers present.


    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/06/pennsylvania-house-republicans-capitol-walkout/

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @Nonilex This is what we get when we don't punish a coup hard enough or fast enough...

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Jon Favreau:

    1. Republicans block a bill that would protect contraception

    2. Trump floats jailing his opponents; an informal advisor suggests executing them

    3. DataProgress poll: 63% of swing voters have heard little to nothing about Trump's guilty verdict

    May I humbly suggest that Biden supporters use their feeds to put some of this info in front of people instead of continuing to complain/amplify stupid WSJ story …?

    152 days to go. Lots of work to do. Gotta pick our battles wisely.

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    @GottaLaff I just want to know who these swing voters are...

    (As in are we sure they really do swing or are they just whitewashing what they do with their vote...)

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    , says wants a of “hundreds of thousands” of people being marched out of the country.

    “…when he gets to be president, not only is he gonna secure the , he’s going to hundreds of thousands of people here illegally. And if you wanna shut down illegal , those coming need to see an outflow by the tens & hundreds of thousands. That will deter. The only change that will work is to have .”

    “They will keep coming until they see people leaving. [He] told me this morning, when he gets to be president, not only is he gonna secure the #border, he’s going to #deport hundreds of thousands of people here illegally. And if you wanna shut down illegal #immigration, those coming need to see an outflow by the tens & hundreds of thousands. That will deter. The only #policy change that will work is to have #MassDeportations. Because people will stop coming when they see people leaving.”

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @Nonilex So Trail of Tears but for people over the border...

    got it... 🤔

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    Will Do That For Me’: Drops Campaign Clip Claiming Will Release @WSJ Reporter Only If He’s Reelected

    Trump released a campaign clip on Tues in which he doubled down on the wild claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin will release jailed WSJ reporter if he’s reelected president.


    https://www.mediaite.com/politics/putin-will-do-that-for-me-trump-drops-campaign-clip-claiming-russia-will-release-wsj-reporter-only-if-hes-reelected/

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @Nonilex So like the hostages in Iran back in the day? Did I get it right? 🤔

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    Speaker raised eyebrows on Wednesday by naming 2 of the more controversial House members to the highly sensitive House Cmte.

    …Johnson “has named Reps PA) & (TX) to the House Intelligence Cmte. The Cmte oversees the entire intelligence community & gets some of the most sensitive intelligence about the & its allies.”


    https://www.mediaite.com/politics/speaker-johnson-skewered-for-putting-scandal-plagued-republicans-on-intelligence-committee/

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @Nonilex Ah... make it easier to steal info 🙃

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