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Stardew in the streets
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Heading into the final day! Don't miss out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/kat...

The Wicked + The Divine: THE COVERS VERSIONwww.kickstarter.com Kickstarter-exclusive hardcover art book collecting every cover ever made for the comic book The Wicked + The Divine.

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Whose language erased the personhood of women again?

"Host bodies must be quiet and do only as the men folk dictate." "Florida Republican called pregnant women 'host bodies' five times while discussing anti-abortion bill" www.cltampa.com/news/florida...

Florida Republican called pregnant women 'host bodies' fives times while discussing anti-abortion bill | Creative Loafing Tampa Baywww.cltampa.com It wasn't a simple slip of the tongue, either.

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Creeps.

Florida Republican called pregnant women 'host bodies' fives times while discussing anti-abortion bill | Creative Loafing Tampa Baywww.cltampa.com It wasn't a simple slip of the tongue, either.

Good thoughts for my mom, please. Nothing major, but she needs them. (And I do too, a little bit)

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New today: CDC now estimates that SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater have reached "high" levels nationwide, for first time since past winter wave At state level, 26 now have COVID-19 levels that are "high" or "very high" in wastewater www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...

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UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza completely destroyed by Israeli air strikes. Silence is complicity.

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why are Democrats so divisive, they need to calm down their rhetoric about Republicans also, "Bill to arrest librarians filed for 2025 session" www.alreporter.com/2024/07/10/b...

Bill to arrest librarians filed for 2025 sessionwww.alreporter.com A bill that could have led to the arrest of librarians narrowly missed becoming law last session, but sponsors have already filed a follow-up.

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school vouchers are designed to starve public schools and they’re working in that regard

Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers' tuition that it's now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.

School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.www.propublica.org Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...

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I can’t believe I have to say this: But white people can be anti-Black even if they have the right politics or a marginalized identity, and no amount of either makes racism ok. I am not going to waver on that. Maybe ask why anyone would want me to.

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Look why not have a dream. Better than giving up like a loser.

The best timeline now is that Biden wins reelection with a Dem-Trifecta then throws all his weight behind AOC for speaker and Bernie to for Senate Majority Leader, because everyone else left him for dead.

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Vance is a Theil-backed bag of shit in a man suit. But Teen Vogue went ahead and did an explainer on all the reasons why. (And is it just me or does he look like a colorized Bela Lugosi character here?)

Every Gen Z Issue JD Vance Is Againstwww.teenvogue.com From guns, and climate change to abortion and LGBTQ rights, the Republican VP is being called “Anti-Gen Z.”

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right

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Andrea Grimes

It not only doesn't solve The Problem, it doesn't even begin to address it! It has a real strong whiff of badgering people who live in "red" states with "why don't you just move?" You don't have to pick any one tactic, but telling someone they suck until they go work for DoorDash is not a tactic.

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There are times when public pressure campaigns can have really powerful impacts. They don't even have to be particularly well organized! But I saw somebody on here saying a NYT writer should drive DoorDash instead of working for the paper and buddy I gotta tell you, that does not solve The Problem

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Missing Chicago woman Taylor Casey’s loved ones beg for better search in Bahamas: 'Black women matter, Black trans women matter.' chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2024...

Missing Chicago woman’s loved ones beg for better search in Bahamas: 'Black women matter, Black trans women matter.'chicago.suntimes.com Taylor Casey's friends and family called on government officials to prioritize her case and highlighted the lack of resources often given to missing cases of people and color and LGBTQ+ people.

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The anti-Blackness on this site is omnipresent and uncontrolled, and it keeps getting worse. And every time it gets pointed out, white people keep deflecting to another marginalization they experience. But Black people still aren’t safe just being Black here. That’s that on that.

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Ha ha ha ha omg It’s not funny but lol

As an aside to this thread, according to wikipedia, JD Vance's spouse, who was also at Yale Law under Chua's tutelage, clerked for both Kavanaugh and Roberts.

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(Very much hoping the Biden/Harris team is going to put out hit ads in Michigan asking why Trump doesn't want veterans to vote. Even if they don't, we can spread the word.)

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Lots going on today, so please be aware: Governor Whitmer is fighting for more voter access, and the Trump Campaign is suing to stop her. MI residents, worth calling and voicing support for her actions. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Trump campaign sues Michigan Gov. Whitmer over new voter registration siteswww.nbcnews.com The suit contends the Democratic governor and secretary state are improperly using some federal offices as voter registration sites.

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anyway..

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the yoga instructor tells me to engage my core. i toggle the swtich and feel my power levels rising. core engaged. plasma vents at 34%. within minutes my shoulder mounted turbo canons will be armed. namaste.

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President Biden tried to call the widow; she wouldn't talk to him. Trump didn't bother. www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/p...

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the general vibe at the moment

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JD Vance is particularly odious to me because we’re roughly the same age and from the same part of Ohio and I grew up with a hundred pasty, squishy faced white dudes like him & they’re all convinced they’re marginalized because you can’t smoke at Waffle House or say the n-word anymore

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Trump-Vance isn't designed to win over more voters, but ensure the next coup attempt proceeds more smoothly

The Republican Party has nominated a man for Vice President who says he would have ended American democracy if he’d had that role in 2021. abcnews.go.com/Politics/jd-...

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I don't know if Dems are capable of using this--it was gullible coastal liberals who propped him up after all--but speaking from experience because these are my people: there is a genuine, longstanding streak of loathing for J.D. Vance in the Appalachia/Ozarks Scots-Irish belt, the real hillbillies.

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Convenient that Aileen Cannon dismissed the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case the week before Trump and Vance are set to once again start receiving security briefings.