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LexiGirl

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Here because Elon makes my skin crawl…

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DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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I want Donald Trump gone.

LexiGirl ,
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@DemocracyMattersALot

flexghost , to random
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Who is watching the Trump - Biden tonight?

Tell me why you're watching or avoiding—I want to know...

LexiGirl ,
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@McWabbit @flexghost same. I’m off to bed soon so won’t be watching- but just looking at and listening to Trump makes me ragey. He does this nasal breathing thing that makes me 🤢

luckytran , to random
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Reminder: Fascism rose partly as a result of the 1918 pandemic. Do not stay silent about the attempts to ban masks and protests.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8802602/

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and the Rise of Italian Fascism: A Cross-City Quantitative and Historical Text Qualitative Analysis Evidence linking past experiences of worsening health with support for radical political views has generated concerns about the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The influenza pandemic that began in 1918 had a devastating health impact: 4.1 million Italians contracted influenza and about 500 000 died. We tested the hypothesis that deaths from the 1918 influenza pandemic contributed to the rise of Fascism in Italy. To provide a “thicker” interpretation of these patterns, we applied historical text mining to the newspaper Il Popolo d’Italia (Mussolini’s newspaper). Our observations were consistent with evidence from other contexts that worsening mortality rates can fuel radical politics. Unequal impacts of pandemics may contribute to political polarization.
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    LexiGirl ,
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    @luckytran please can someone explain to me the move to ban masks. I really don’t understand!

    GottaLaff , to random
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    has been mocked on social media after footage from his rally at Temple University's Liacouras Center, a 10,000-seat venue, showed large numbers of open seats and entire sections of the upper level completely empty.

    https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-pennsylvania-crowd-size-raises-questions-1916209

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff still far, far too many people there.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Elie Mystal on #SCOTUS: 🪡 1/…

    I'm officially worried that Rahimi is taking so long. I feel like if we were gonna win that one, and keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers, it would have been ready already.

    Chevron is taking a long time because we're definitely losing that one and, I imagine, Roberts is writing that while Neil shouts "MORE, MORE" like Kylo Ren in Last Jedi.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff just listening to Pod Save America. Jon Favreau “I interviewed Liz Cheney on the Pod and she was like, ‘I'm not worried about a right-wing Supreme Court majority, I'm worried that Donald Trump will say, why would I listen to the court? Why would I listen to any of the courts? Who's gonna make? With whose army” - does SCOTUS not realise this is a very real possibility??

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff imagine the irony of them ‘helping’ install him back into the White House, then he turns around and makes their positions effectively worthless by riding roughshod over their rulings. It’s like signing their own death warrant.

    rbreich , to random
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    There is one thing — and one thing only — that Trump wants from his vice president: Absolute loyalty.

    If they won’t serve Trump’s will over all else, they’re immediately disqualified.

    This is how things work in a dictatorial regime.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @rbreich well, in that respect, he has a whole party to choose from.

    ElleGray , to random
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    Father's Day is coming up and my advice for gift giving is: BINOCULARS. And I'm not kidding at all. Versions available for every budget and everybody loves them. Concerts, stargazing, lying in the grass and looking at bugs. I've bought them for people aged 3 to 89 and they were always a hit 🙂

    LexiGirl ,
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    @ElleGray can confirm. You posted this last year around Christmas last year and I took your advice and gave some to my Dad. He loved them! Thanks again!!

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Kyle Griffin:

    President goes 'there' at a fundraiser in CT: "For the first time in American history, a former president that is a convicted felon is now seeking the office of the presidency."

    "Something snapped in this guy for real" after 2020. "It's literally driving him crazy."

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff said without a single trace of irony, like they didn’t try and stage a coup the last time the people spoke….

    Nonilex , to random
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    Democratic members of the select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic defended Dr. Anthony ahead of Monday's hearing about the ’ response, policies & transparency.

    The representatives blasted ’ claims of Fauci’s involvement in starting [for real they had to say this] or covering up the pandemic as a “dangerous” & “cartoonish” narrative.


    https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/anthony-fauci-covid-origins-hearing-06-03-24/index.html

    LexiGirl ,
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    @Nonilex watching this snarling, bitter, reprehensible individual address DOCTOR Fauci has left me feeling physically sick and shaking with rage. What an absolute disgrace to Congress, her state and her country.

    Strandjunker , to random
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    If you’re bullying heroes like Dr. Fauci and cheering killers like Kyle Rittenhouse, it might be time for a long look in the mirror.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @Strandjunker would you want to look in the mirror if this is what you saw?

    futurebird , to random
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    Have you ever stopped listening to or trusting a person who posts information in media, or online because of a "red flag" ?

    That is are there certain topics, habits, actions etc. that instantly decrease your trust in a person you might have otherwise listened to on a podcast, article, or video?

    Are there any "green flags" that build trust?

    LexiGirl ,
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    @futurebird green flag: asking to be corrected. I’m a Rachel Maddow fan. I really like the way she asks her guests/experts if she got anything wrong and whether she understood the situation correctly.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Trump Convicted of Fraud to Cover-up Fucking a Sex Worker - Via @emptywheel https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/05/30/trump-convicted-of-fraud-to-cover-up-fucking-a-sex-worker/

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff @emptywheel I was so hopeful, Wordle!

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Blather, wince, repeat.

    “Chief Justice John on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the controversy over flags that flew outside homes owned by Justice Samuel .”

    https://apnews.com/article/dc879158dd42050a9a52c850abfb90b9

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff love how he’s signed it “Respectfully” when he’s given ZERO respect….

    Nonilex , to random
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    Most Americans see as a time to pay tribute to the US service members who gave their lives for their country, or perhaps fire up the BBQ w/friends & family to celebrate the unofficial start of summer, or maybe save some money on a new mattress. Acc/to Google, a lot of Americans also make a point to look up what the “Memorial Day meaning” is. Then there’s Donald .


    https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-celebrates-memorial-day-by-defaming-e-jean-carroll.html

    LexiGirl ,
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    @Nonilex oh my god. I feel like he’s literally begging to be put in jail and no one is doing it!

    GottaLaff , to random
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    😏 Via Emptywheel: 1/...

    Just for shits and giggles, someone like JaredEMoskowitz
    should demand a hearing on why the FBI is so inept that--according to Trump--they attempted to assassinate him knowing full well he was not present for the assassination attempt.

    I guess Jasmine Crockett will have to do the job, since she's on the Jim Jordan Weaponizes Congress Committee.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff someone should also try and find out what’s wrong with assassination anyways- I mean, isn’t Trump the one arguing that Presidents should be immune from stuff like that??

    Jgbird , to random
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    Getting ready to play my first gig since 2019!

    LexiGirl ,
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    @Jgbird good luck!

    GottaLaff , to random
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    “Federal prosecutors requested the judge overseeing Steve 's criminal contempt of Congress case to order that he begin his four-month prison sentence, after an appeals court last week upheld his conviction.

    Prosecutors said there is no legal basis for Judge Carl Nichols to continue the stay on Bannon serving his sentence after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' conclusive ruling that rejected the basis for Bannon's appeal on all grounds”

    https://trib.al/sueX48S

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff he’s like a parasite..ً

    GottaLaff , to random
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    CREW:

    The fact that Tim Scott is refusing to say he’d follow the law and not try to overthrow the results of a free and fair election should scare anyone listening. This is how democracies end.

    👇🏼
    WELKER: Will you commit to accepting the 2024 election results?

    TIM SCOTT: At the end of the day, the 47th president will be Donald Trump

    WELKER: Wait -- yes or no, will you accept the results?

    TIM SCOTT: That is my statement

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff he sounds unhinged.

    Nonilex , to random
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    Okay, this from the NYT is hilarious:

    …”police intervened outside the Manhattan courthouse…, breaking up shouting matches between about a dozen anti-Trump demonstrators & half that many supporters.

    “The anti-Trump group, called Rise & Resist, blocked traffic on Centre St briefly as they shook signs & chanted ‘No One Is Above the Law.’

    “‘The people of New York City want this man held liable for his criminal acts,’ one of the demonstrators…shouted. ‘All of them.’

    1/

    LexiGirl ,
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    @Nonilex was this the woman in the Burger King crown?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Angry Staffer:

    …Project 2025 ..

    • would let red states monitor & prosecute women who get abortions

    • won’t commit to defending NATO nations

    • wd fire attys who won’t prosec his political opponents

    • suspend posse comitatus & deploy the military on US soil

    • wd end pandemic preparedness office

    • wd fire 1000s of civil servants

    • pardon all J6 rioters

    • try to make law enf officers immune from prosec

    If this doesn’t scare the living shit out of you, you aren’t paying attention.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff “If this doesn’t scare the living shit out of you, you aren’t paying attention” - I have a friend visiting me in the Middle East. He lives in Texas but he’s Australian. He literally had NO idea about E.Jean Carroll case, Letitia James case or the current court case. When I asked if he was allowed to vote who would he vote for, he said ‘probably Trump’. WHAT the actual….?? 🫣

    randahl , to random
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    Sometimes I have a hard time believing what I see, when I follow Trump on social media…

    But I promise you, this is a real screenshot of what Trump has shared yesterday: A picture of God protecting him, containing a prayer asking God to strike down all enemies who [actual quote:] “what to harm him”.

    After an entire week exposing Trump's crimes and extramarital affairs, he is sharing God memes — no political agenda, no vision for America.

    This is not a party — it is a cult.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @randahl I saw one that said ‘Trump has everything, and he’s risking it all to save us’……

    GottaLaff , to random
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    MEANWHILE, at , via Ryan Reilly:

    Supreme Court Trump immunity arguments underway.

    "There can be no presidency as we know it" without presidential immunity, Trump lawyer John Sauer argues. 🤦🏻‍♀️

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff NFL- some members of SCOTUS think they are above the law, therefore, arguing ‘no man is above the law’ is not gonna fly with them…..

    futurebird , to random
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    Sometimes the little ant you see on the sidewalk has been to places and knows about things you will never know.

    At night she travels down, deeper than your basement, deeper than the grave, deep as the deepest roots of the great trees, where the earth is always warm.

    She may know of caverns and pockets of life, scale insects in root-lined galleries, hidden streams, seams of minerals.

    For an ant? Secret riches beyond the wildest sugar dreams.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @futurebird on holiday recently I watched the ants running alongside the pool whilst I was swimming. They are utterly fascinating to watch- and the speed at which they can travel is mind boggling!

    knittingknots2 , to random
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    'Nothing to do with me': Trump rages at Michael Cohen in courthouse despite gag order - Raw Story

    https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cohen-gag-order/

    LexiGirl ,
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    @knittingknots2 I’m so confused. He’s saying it has nothing to do with him, and he just signed the cheques ‘whilst running the country’ but his legal team also say that he knowingly paid to quash stories and there’s nothing wrong with that. So which is it?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Not sure how much I can post. Now my iPhone is slow. Via McBrien:

    …waiting for the Sandoval hearing to begin, despite the tragedy that unfolded earlier this afternoon just outside the courtroom.

    As Merchan said earlier, "We've come too far in this trial to jeopardize it now."

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff @nashenas agree. Thank you so much. Your threads kept me going and distracted me during a very bumpy flight this week. I furiously screen shotted them all so I could read without internet access. Thank you.

    shoq , to random
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    All these courtroom sketch artists make Trump’s face look like a piece of driftwood that washed up on the beach.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @shoq

    wdlindsy , (edited ) to random
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    As Charles Jay reports, Rep. Jared Moskowitz has filed amendments to the Ukraine aid bill asking that Marjorie Taylor Green be named “Vladimir Putin’s Special Envoy to the United States Congress," and that Greene's office be named the “Neville Chamberlain Room.”


    /1

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/18/2235924/-With-righteous-outrage-and-humor-Rep-Jared-Moskowitz-calls-out-MTG-as-Putin-s-envoy-to-US-Congress

    LexiGirl ,
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    @wdlindsy ha! As if Marjorie even knows where Hungry is!

    wdlindsy , to random
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    "We learned a fascinating tidbit about Trump’s willingness to listen to the lawyers today. A pool reporter in the courtroom noted that 'when the defense is introduced to the potential jurors seated in the audience, Trump does not stand up like his legal team does to turn and face them.'"

    ~ Joyce Vance


    /1

    https://joycevance.substack.com/p/trump-will-he-or-wont-he

    LexiGirl ,
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    @wdlindsy because he thinks he’s above everyone. Everyone.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Oh well.

    Via Daniel Barnes:

    Justice is back at the Supreme Court this morning after missing Monday’s arguments. The court did not provide an explanation for his absence yesterday.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff sitting the exam for bus drivers licence to help Ginni….

    futurebird , to random
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    Allen Weisselberg has gone to Rikers TWICE for Trump. People say he's "a loyal foot solider" I don't buy that. He's a professional shady business dude from NYC. He's old.

    Trump, or someone in the Trump org ... knows something about this guy. Something terrible.

    Or they've threatened his family or something. It makes no sense.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @futurebird weisselberg, cohen - gone to jail for crimes involving Trump whilst Trump remains free. Make it make sense!

    sinabhfuil , to bookstodon group
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    Reading Tom Lake by Ann Patchett - only a couple of pages in but loving it @bookstodon #bookstodon #AnnPatchett #MiddleAmerica

    LexiGirl ,
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    @sinabhfuil @bookstodon arrrggghh! I had it in my hand yesterday but the check out line was soooo long, I left it. What a shame!

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Trump really wants to get someone killed & is way overdue for some jail time.

    Via Kyle Griffin:

    Days after a man was arrested for threatening Judge Arthur Engoron and New York AG Letitia James — saying he would kill them if they didn't stop the civil fraud case against Trump — Donald attacks both Engoron and James online.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff if you keep threatening to ground your child for unruly behaviour, but never follow through, they will continue the unruly behaviour. It’s no different here.

    jimkane57 , to bookstodon group
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    Book review for 2024 Richly written, well documented, and informative. This book was not just about three hundred years of Russian history. It is also about Russia today and the deeply rooted reality of the bent, if you will, toward the continued existence of the single strong ruler a century after the demise of the Romanov dynasty.
    ☕☕☕☕ review
    @bookstodon @books

    LexiGirl ,
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    @jimkane57 @bookstodon @books how many pages is this one? 😬😂

    LexiGirl ,
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    @jimkane57 @bookstodon @books 🙈🙈🙈😆

    Glastomichelle , to random
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    Just at that final moment before the sun disappeared and the rain and hale took over. the light was just so intense. Glastonbury Tor this morning.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @Glastomichelle wow. Just…wow.

    flexghost , to random
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    There are no consequences for the rich in this fucking country.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @flexghost haven’t felt this mad since Dominion settled with Fux News.

    Nonilex , to random
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    Now that’s some serious bullshit

    Can Post Smaller in Case, Court Rules

    Trump must post a bond of $175M within 10 days as he appeals the >$454M judgment against him.


    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/nyregion/trump-bond-reduced.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    LexiGirl ,
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    @pmonks @cynblogger @Nonilex time, time, time. He keeps being granted time!!

    LexiGirl ,
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    @pmonks @cynblogger @Nonilex but why was it reduced in the first place? I mean, trump was boasting he has $500m in cash, so why not take him at his word? Why the special treatment?

    futurebird , to random
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    I commissioned a drawing based on the “Sugar Defender” video from mansand on tumblr. It’s so good I’ll post it when I get home!

    https://youtu.be/zcc02FPNMEo?feature=shared

    LexiGirl ,
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    @futurebird @obviousdwest I found a handbag with ants on it!!

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Angry Staffer:

    This is a new low in a series of them for this .

    This case shouldn’t have even been heard — it’s below the dignity of the institution.

    “Is POTUS an all-powerful god king?”

    Easy answer: NO! Not “we’ll hear arguments in 2 months, even though we all know how we will vote”

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff I keep thinking about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation. Her husband and daughter so proud they were crying- and now it’s all just crap. Sorry- not very eloquent.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    How’d I miss this one?

    Lauren ’s son arrested, faces 22 charges https://www.kjct8.com/2024/02/28/lauren-boeberts-son-arrested-faces-22-charges/

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff is this the son who made Lauren a 37 year old grandma?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    😂 Lawsuit jitters, Newsmax?

    Via Acyn:

    adds a disclaimer at the end of ’s rally: The president mentioned in his speech, the 2020 elections. Newsmax as a network believes the results were legal and final.

    LexiGirl ,
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    @GottaLaff we need to come up with something like ‘confirmed sexual assulter Trump’ and use it every single time.

    Miro_Collas , to palestine group
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    2.3 million Palestinians facing forced famine imposed by Israel's blocking of crucial aid - YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nlq5RxKkSU



    @palestine

    LexiGirl ,
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    @TruthSandwich @Miro_Collas @palestine

    LexiGirl ,
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    @TruthSandwich @Miro_Collas @palestine

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/19/israeli-soldiers-fire-at-palestinians-approaching-aid-trucks-in-gaza

    pbump , to random
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    When I talked to Dinesh D'Souza about his ridiculous film "2000 Mules," he said that True the Vote had the evidence to back up his claims.

    True the Vote just admitted in court that they have no such evidence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/15/dsouza-2000-mules-repudiation/

    LexiGirl ,
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    @pbump I’m shocked, I tell you. Utterly shocked.

    wdlindsy , to random
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    Jess Piper remembers painfully what happened to her father after Trump came down that escalator. Her father had been, in her estimation, "a good guy," an ordinary working-class rural Missouri man. Then along came Trump, and her father "was immediately a Trump fan."

    Overight, her father changed radically:

    "My dad was the father of two girls…he flinched a little when the 'pu$$y tape' was released but made excuses."


    /1

    https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/daddy-died-a-maga

    LexiGirl ,
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    @wdlindsy this is absolutely heartbreaking.

    wdlindsy , to random
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    "Put out a 'Trump schedule' and note every time he is in court and what the charges are. Have President Biden get up at the White House and make a statement like, 'Here is what we are doing at the White House while Donald Trump is in court today,' followed by a list of Democrats’ accomplishments," (continued in /2)

    ~ Lucian K. Truscott

    #Biden #Trump #Democrats #Republicans
    /1

    https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/this-is-how-biden-can-drive-trump

    LexiGirl ,
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    @wdlindsy this is perfect

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