Discontented Idealist

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Today I learned that "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin was a cover. The original was written in 1929 about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. youtu.be/oz9TTTt3joY

When The Levee Breaks (1929) Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie (With Lyrics)youtu.be Most people are familiar with Led Zeppelin's 1970 version of this song, but this is the original recording of it from 1929. There is a backstory to it that i...

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Friendly reminder that Ronald Reagan was called senile so often it became a running gag on SNL and the late night shows. He then won 49 of 50 states in the 1984 election.

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I can’t believe the Supreme Court just ruled that the president can sleep outdoors in a public space.

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Absolutely wild that the court accuses the dissent of "fearmongering" with "extreme hypotheticals" when the actual basis for the indictment is a coup attempt that led to an attack on the capitol

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don't call people illegal. it is lawful for undocumented people to cross the border and seek asylum. calling people illegal has a purpose to dehumanize and view as "other" humans who are not truly different from ourselves.

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Fifteen times over if you never bothered to publish a “Trump should drop out” piece at any point

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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.

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Cameroon is reintroducing public health measures to combat the spread of COVID. Don't believe for a second our governments can't curb the pandemic if they wanted to.

Cameroon reintroduces measures to curb COVID-19 resurgencewww.africanews.com The Cameroonian government announced on Wednesday the adoption of measures to caution the country from the resurgence of Covid-19 cases, observed ...

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The left flank of the Democratic party is better on basically every policy position, but is a minority. This means that despite having better policy, they have to compromise to get some policy implemented, instead of zero policy implemented if they never compromised. This breaks people's brains.

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Feel like a good cry?

“Work An’ Buy Yo’ Freedom”: The Story of Henry Washington’s Promise To His Mothermarktwainstudies.com It has been 150 years since Mary Ann Cord recounted the story of her separation from and reunion with her exceptional son.

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For 7 years I was stuck in my apartment because I lacked a proper wheelchair. And then in December I FINALLY got one. And now I am terrified that a mask ban will force me back indoors, and NO! #NoNYMaskBan TAKE ACTION IN SOLIDARITY: bit.ly/StopMaskBanNY #disability

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Not over. As someone alive before Chevron precedent, before legal abortion, before many things being flipped back in time existed, I can say you can fight this war&win it. Again. &this time, people have sunk costs&reaped benefits where before it was theoretical. They will feel&resent the loss.

The war is over. The bad guys won.

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Erin Farquhar's post about new Iowa law that criminalizes full consumable hemp products for kids is resonating with many people. It's already the most-viewed Bleeding Heartland post published this year and by tomorrow could be most-viewed in site history. www.bleedingheartland.com/2024/06/21/n...

New Iowa law criminalizes life-saving treatments for kidswww.bleedingheartland.com Erin Farquhar: A new Iowa law makes it illegal for me to give my son the medication that has kept him seizure-free for nine years.

Today I saw my first Cybertruck in the wild. It looks just like if someone put wheels on my pill cutter.

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If they're going to require the 10 Commandment in classrooms they should also require the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, the 5 Pillars of Islam, etc. Every religion has lists!

What the actual fuck.

Notre Dame Law School sending its faculty--not graduates, *faculty*--to clerk at the Supreme Court should be getting more attention than it is. www.ncregister.com/news/father-...

Father Reidy Goes to Washington — As Supreme Court Clerkwww.ncregister.com Notre Dame law professor Father Patrick Reidy will clerk for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, starting in October.

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10 years ago, gay Americans could not get married and have it count in all 50 states 20 years ago, you could be made uninsurable because you got sick once 30 years ago, HIV was a death sentence 40 years ago, acid rain was still a problem Dedicated public servants keep pushing good things forward

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Got into a short discussion with a self described libertarian this weekend and actually got him to shut up and shrink into a corncob when I suggested that if he was a TRUE libertarian he wouldn’t believe in borders.

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From the new Cyndi Lauper documentary 🏳️‍🌈

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More fantastic cancer treatment news. We’re on a roll. This blood test for breast cancer is 100% accurate and could allow treatment before the illness becomes incurable.

Breast cancer blood test ‘100% accurate’ at spotting whether disease will returnapple.news A revolutionary blood test is able to detect if breast cancer will return years before it shows up on a scan, meaning women could start treatment before the disease becomes incurable. The test looks f...

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Veterinary professional experience very high rates of burnout, depression, and suicide. It you love your vet team, PLEASE let them know. Get out some paper, an envelope, and a stamp to write a thank you note right now. ❤️ www.nomv.org/about/pet-pa...

Pet Parents | Not One More Vetwww.nomv.org Pet Parents: How to Support Your Veterinary Team The Problem A common assumption about the day-to-day experience of veterinary professionals is that they play with animals all day. While this assumpti...

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Washington state has a law on the books that allows any registered voter to challenge the right of a candidate to appear on the ballot if they’ve been convicted of a felony.

Plot twist: WA has a law against felons running for officewww.seattletimes.com Local Republicans should think about dropping Donald Trump from the fall ballot. Or else a little-known state law that dates back decades might do it for them.

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Even by the degraded standards of today’s court, the possibility that one or more of the justices supported an effort to end the constitutional order they’ve sworn to uphold is a outrageous new low www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why Was Alito Flying the Flag Upside Down After January 6?www.theatlantic.com Justice Alito blamed his wife for the incident, but he did not disavow what the symbol stands for.

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the list should and always will be so long that you will never get through it in a single lifetime. that is how it is.

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Friday.

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I’ve read enough of Project 2025 to know that it is going to be an absolute shitshow. I do not want any of it anywhere near me and my loved ones. The thing I want to know is, what is the plan to keep it from happening in 2029? 2034? 2039?

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We gave an entire generation PTSD by letting their schools get shot up, repeatedly, and teaching them that they'd have to save themselves because no one else is coming for them. It's not a wonder they're rioting. They're so fucking sick of the violence.