@hilltowngrrl
WMass. Researcher for NF authors. Voracious reader. Gardener. Haver of Long Covid (5+ years so far). Header pic is Searsport ME. Profile pic is my very large 28-toed cat, Reggie [RIP] (& yes, we have a lot of books)
Here we go with the latest unconvincing "sir" story. Yes I'm sure that's top of mind when he's out among "the people." Is he talking about people at Mar-A-Lago?
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This guy won’t understand it, but for everyone coming over here from Kevin Kruse’s account, please watch this video. Talarico makes the case for Separation of Church and State in a brilliant way.
He uses his faith to explicitly fight back against Christian Nationalism
youtu.be/ItG2cOQNASs?...
My mentions have folks calling Talarico a "fascist" and assuring me that black Texans would never ever vote for anyone who uses Christian language.
For the good of democracy, I'm begging some of you to take a long break from social media. It's not helping you and you're definitely not helping us.
Reporter: You promised the Iranian people you would help them.
Trump: Will I help them? I'd like to, if they can behave, but they've been very menacing,
Ohhh, Kornbluth. I love his writing! And thank you so much for the link, I really appreciate that. I’ve been looking for older books/stories to read as an escape from the modern world. I’ve been a news & politics junkie most of my life but it’s all so awful, I really need time off from it all!
W...T... F...
#25thA
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#auspol #Australia
Five members of Iranian women’s football team reportedly seeking to remain in Australia
AOC came out swinging against age verification legislation and somehow the entire tech press seems to not have noticed?
If the Dems who win in the 2026 midterms get squeamish about prosecuting this administration, we'll need to elect a bunch of new people running on Nuremberg shit for 2028. This isn't a joke. It's the law. It's justice. Biden let Trump back in the WH and this happened because Joe didn't do his job
What?!
Q: You just suggested Iran got a Tomahawk & bombed its own school. But you're the only person in your govt saying this. Even your defense secretary wouldn't say that. Why are you the only person saying this?
TRUMP: I just don't know enough about it. It's something I was told is under investigation.
Please tell me more about this wonderfully titled story (I love older SF)
Millionaires stopped paying into Social Security for the rest of 2026 today.
Billionaires stopped paying in on January 1st.
You're going to pay in for 298 more days.
This makes zero sense. The wealthy should pay in all year like the rest of us.
Scrap the cap.
Which is insane, because:
A) China can fill their oil needs from Russia
B) China is heavily investing in the transition from fossil fuels and this will give them an even bigger lead worldwide as they accelerate those plans b/c of dumb things like this
C) It grows their soft power & reliability
The response is….comprehensive.
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The unnamed woman alleges that Epstein introduced her to Trump in the 1980s, around the time she was 13 to 15 years old. During that meeting, the woman says, Trump attempted to force her to perform oral sex, after which she bit him, resulting in Trump hitting her.
Tweet from the account “Home of the Brave” quoting Trump promising to lower gasoline prices, with a video still of Trump speaking at a campaign rally in New Hampshire in January 2024.
How’s that working out?
People who work for GB News should be followed to and from work by a nun with a bell chanting “Shame”
Hell yes, research: "Because stimming is frequently targeted for reduction or elimination, its positive functions are overlooked. This may contribute to stigma, pressure to mask, and harm to Autistic well-being."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #autism #neurodiversity
The SAVE Act is a major attack on voting rights. It is not a genuine voter ID reform, but rather an attempt to suppress turnout in future elections.
Arrest the goddamn president
Meet The Female Journalist Risking Her Life To Report On Women In Afghanistan
the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
A lot of people are speculating why they'd ever want to do this, and it's pretty simple: they're assholes.
Pete Hegseth: "This is war"
President Trump wore a “USA” cap during a Dover ceremony honoring six U.S. service members killed at the start of the war with Iran. Fox News aired footage showing him without it,
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-wear...
They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175
Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...
