Val Langmuir

It's that time of year again! Putting the FUN in Fundraising. This is one election that CANNOT be stolen, BUT it CAN be BOUGHT! Votes are $1 each, and you can cast as many as you want. Tax deductible!

Nominations are now open, and I will post again when voting begins. 😀
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This might seem like a paranoid fever dream - but why does it ring true?

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JB Pritzker does not mess around! LOL

The Playground Taunt Aspirational Autocrats Return to Tactics Gleaned from Schoolyard Squabbles

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Great new substack makes great points.

I feel seen

How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking? English continues to expand into diverse regions around the world. The question is whether humanity will be homogenized as a result.

English speakers talk as if the past lies behind them and the future before them; for speakers of one Andean language, it's the other way around. How does language shape our perceptions of the world?

Or president apparently

I can’t wait for my copy!

So, like an Austin Powers villain then?

The public radio station KQED (the station I listen to most, currently) serves the San Francisco Bay Area. I just learned it has a show and podcast called “bay curious”. I find this hilarious - does anyone else?

Opinion | Jack Smith didn't really have a choice Smith's move could be an effort to keep the cases alive in the long term.

This is a great write-up by @barbmcquade.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

A travesty of justice. November 26, 2024

Robert Hubbell on substack open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

So let me get this straight.

If you apply for a job at a grocery store, you have to undergo a background check.

But, if you apply to be Director of National Intelligence, you don't?

Got it.

So, should we make congresswoman McBride run back to her office every time she needs to pee? This will take extra time and interfere with her duties. And, if so, why? Anyway, she’s not the one grandstanding. She’s saying “I don’t agree but ok” and “I’m here to work on my constituents’ priorities”.

Enlightening thread.

I’ve been worrying about this

Post showing precipitous decline of share of deaths in Massachusetts from diseases for which vaccines are now available, from 70% in 1840 to low digits % by 1950-60 where it is stayed. Caption: There are not many places on earth where we have detailed cause-of-death data from before the era of widespread vaccination. Massachusetts is one of those places. From 1842-1877, 70% of all deaths were from diseases which we today have vaccines to prevent.

Anyone who is anti-vax is pro-death. Period. The science and data do not lie. And they don’t care about your podcast.

Hard agree!

Tammy Duckworth! ❤️

Sarah McBride: "It is an attempt to distract ... Every single time we hear them say the word 'trans,' look what they're doing with their right hand. Look at what they're doing to pick the pocket of American workers, to fleece seniors by privatizing Social Security and Medicare."

American History Corner: The Story Of Thomas(ine) Hall It's a Colonial tale you probably haven't heard yet!

Wonkette with another great piece! open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...

November 22, 2024 “It all began so beautifully,” Lady Bird remembered.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social nails it as usual

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Shut up George

Who else can’t wait?

Sarah McBride And The Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Criticism Seriously, people? What even is up with y’all?

Wonkette nails it again open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...

Post by Charlotte Clymer: Every transphobic argument can basically be boiled down to: "I actually don't know the science at all or have a good argument here, but trans people challenge my long held view of the world and it's very uncomfortable and everyone should be expected to move around my discomfort."

This…this is it. In a nutshell, yes.

I Fully Support Sarah McBride's Decision Today, Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride shared a statement in response to a rule proposed by House Republicans, which will certainly pass, that requires trans people only use restrooms aligned with o...

Charlotte Clymer has it right. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

Tweet that says if your concern with trans women is that men might claim to self-ID as trans to gain access to women’s spaces and assault them, then your problem is actually with predatory men and not trans women.

All of this.

Facts.