Leaf_Lady01

Hot take: I'm truly not interested in hand wringing over how much people will miss enjoying the books of men who have turned out to be abusers. I'm far more concerned about the missing art that women haven't been able to create/publish because they crossed paths with such men.

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Remember this is the guy that wants to be president, again. Lock up your daughter's folks

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Time for an economics lesson.

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I am pleased to announce that Cloudy has a reprieve from euthanasia and will be with me for some (maybe months seems most probable? who knows with cats) time yet. What looked like terminal decline were some bad days and less (bit still more than is good) weight loss than I thought. SO HOORAY!

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The real steal

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For the people who don’t have time, here’s your Readers Digest version. You’re welcome.

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Just throwing this out there: if a institution can afford sex abuse insurance, they can afford to pay taxes

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No, the churches carry on. Few of the criminals grt in trouble. Also see catholic church. www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/fe...

After Major Investigation, Southern Baptists Confront the Abuse Crisis They Knew Was Comingwww.christianitytoday.com The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News collect 380 allegations spanning 20 states in an unprecedented look at sexual misconduct across the denomination.

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TIL that churches can buy "sex abuse coverage" and now believe that if a claim ever gets paid out, they should permanently lose their tax-exempt status* *they should all lose this status anyway, to be very clear

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Sent to me by a friend.

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"They're just fearmongering about Project 2025," brought to you by the people behind "They're just fearmongering about a coup" and "they're just fearmongering about abortion bans"

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The entirety of the Americas was full of people before Europeans, whole and rich civilizations with cities and artwork and histories that settlers almost or in some cases completely succeeded in destroying. It’s too great a tragedy to put into words.

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Goddamn it it’s a great 5 minutes for other countries doing things that we ought to but can’t.

Reports: Brazil police have indicted Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association

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Happy fourth

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right wing think tanks are making thinly veiled threats of political violence, the Supreme Court has neutralized the regulatory power of broad swaths of government, and the fate of the executive branch depends on whether the 81 year old atop it can learn to breakdance or something. Happy July 4th

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Constitution: People involved in insurrections should not be President. Roberts court:...hmm, no, I don't see it. Constitution:.... Roberts court: but the president should have immunity for crimes

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Genuinely hilarious that they threw down the "Presidents Are Kings" ruling 3 days before Independence Day.

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apropos of uhhhhhhh everything, reposting this again

As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).

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Why do they all have a fucked up dog murder story

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It's hard to process. It will probably take a generation to overturn. Possibly much much longer, if ever. But there's no way around working to overturn this. We've just been given a massive new challenge we didn't have yesterday.

I really cannot emphasize how catastrophically bad the Court's ruling was. I do my best not to exaggerate about these kinds of things but I am still kind of in shock

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I’ve seen a lot of “X won’t solve the problem, Y will” and with respect, nothing we individually can do will solve the problem, which is why the problem is not solved. The thing we can do is to solve problems together.

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Remember who had did all of that agenda- and parameter-setting around terms like "activist judges" and "politicizing the courts?" They were telling you what they were going to do. When they accuse, they are always telling you what they are going to do.