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Queer. Vegetarian. Democrat. Public Option. Two-State Solution. Humanism. Social Justice. BLM. Boomer. Fight pollution. Minneapolis Urban. Fabulous novelist ... My "About me" page at my Weebly website: https://peterjosephswanson.weebly.com/about-me.html

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N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care

GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE IS HEALTH CARE.

Thank you to the NY Attorney General’s Office for affirming our community.

03.03.2026 01:40 — 👍 6711    🔁 1335    💬 84    📌 51

It was the bigotry that sold so many Americans on Trump's "agenda". He promised that if the USA was bigoted enough then it would trickle down ...

Trump is still way too popular, considering, and its the bigotry still ...

03.03.2026 13:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dandelion, 1st March.

Dandelion, 1st March.

4:28 AM, the cottage bedroom:

I'm going to try to go back to sleep, but I almost forgot to share the dandelion I saw today!

I love the little "dent de lion," so fiercely resilient and cheery!
They make a lovely tea or wine or jelly, or delicious addition to green salad, and they're yellow!
✨️💛✨️

02.03.2026 04:34 — 👍 329    🔁 22    💬 12    📌 0

The first two seasons were so very clever and gorgeous, I can't wait ...

02.03.2026 19:39 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The ubiquitous corporate media keeps rationalizing it ...

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Howl
10”x10” Oil on cradled wood panel

01.03.2026 15:59 — 👍 908    🔁 120    💬 7    📌 2
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☎️ 202 224 3121 call Congress
☎️ 202 456 1414 call White House

02.03.2026 11:23 — 👍 37    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1
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🎯🎯

01.03.2026 17:14 — 👍 8373    🔁 2476    💬 177    📌 99

Deplorables !!! A basket of them !!!

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The song is based on an anti-war fantasy in the Bible in Isaiah:

They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore.

01.03.2026 16:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

"Because of its pacifistic imagery, "Down by the Riverside" has also been used as an anti-war protest song, especially during the Vietnam War.[1] The song is also included in collections of socialist and labor songs."

01.03.2026 15:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Down by the Riverside - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_by...

01.03.2026 15:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

When Republicans stand up to Trump then we know congress is no longer afraid of the cult--that MAGA has turned on Trump. Until then they are all afraid of going the way of Liz Cheney ...

01.03.2026 15:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Newsflash. He doesn’t.

01.03.2026 14:09 — 👍 896    🔁 260    💬 25    📌 5
Sweet honey in the rock - Down By the Riverside
YouTube video by ajack2boys Sweet honey in the rock - Down By the Riverside

"Study War No More"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_tt...

28.02.2026 19:30 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

I just know that war always makes entirely new piles of problems and disasters that then need to play out for decades ...

01.03.2026 14:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Obama put together international coalitions for everything. Trump goes it alone--ignores USA law, even.

One is better then the other...

01.03.2026 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Minab is located near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a high-security area where military infrastructure is often densely integrated with civilian areas."

01.03.2026 14:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Based on recent reports from February and March 2026, the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Minab was located adjacent to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval base."

The New York Times

01.03.2026 14:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If the USA wants to go to war to protect Israel and Saudi Arabia from Iran then the USA president needs to take that argument to congress. Not only does Trump not follow USA law, he loudly campaigned on "No War with Iran" !!!

01.03.2026 14:38 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

(And it could have been USA bombs)

01.03.2026 14:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

From what I read it sits next to a military base that was bombed...

01.03.2026 14:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A billionaire isn't going to come and save us ...

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War also always opens new boxes of horrible tragic surprises that we haven't even imagined yet. ...

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