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certainthoughts.substack.com LA-based waiter, writer and plant daddy rooted in politics, nonprofits and hospitality. The final Clubhouse App Icon πŸ‘‹

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Donnie Darko is a Documentary The Terrible True Story of an American Rapture

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I Thought We Said "Never Again"? The Moral Crisis of the Benefit of the Doubt

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Stop Talking About AI. You're Killing the Vibe.

πŸ—£οΈICYMI: Stop talking about AI. You’re killing the vibe! 🎯 open.substack.com/pub/certaint...

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Stand With Zohran, Join the Movement Sign the pledge: use your vote to make genocide politically toxic.

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As we prepare to attack Iran, every major jewish American org is advocating for the same insane choice we made in Iraq.

This is a choice one would make if they want people to hate and kill Jews, not love and respect them.

This is a beacon of antisemitism, and it’s coming from inside the house.

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For those unconditionally cheering the attacks on Iran, remember that our early strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq were β€œsuccessful”. But we ended up getting dragged into costly wars that created more terrorists than we killed. The American people haven’t forgotten that.

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Carlito's Way (1993) as Model U.N. Loyalty Has Its Limits.

🎞️ 🌍 Carlito’s Way (1993) as Model UN: Loyalty Has Its Limits open.substack.com/pub/certaint...

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MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
Islam's holiest day is marred by grief and peril as Gaza marks Eid al-Adha
Rather than the ritual sacrifice of a lamb, a Palestinian man told NBC News, "We sacrifice the blood of martyrs. We sacrifice our sons, our daughters, and our mothers."

MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT Islam's holiest day is marred by grief and peril as Gaza marks Eid al-Adha Rather than the ritual sacrifice of a lamb, a Palestinian man told NBC News, "We sacrifice the blood of martyrs. We sacrifice our sons, our daughters, and our mothers."

"This is not an Eid of joy; it is an Eid of mourning and death," Ahmed Darwish, displaced from Rafah to west Khan Younis, told NBC News as he stood beside the graves. "Our children and women are in pieces.
Instead of sacrificing animals, we collected body parts this morning."
On Eid, Israeli strikes continued as families wept by the bodies of their loved ones, killed before celebrations could begin.
Reda Abdel Rahim Eljara told an NBC News team that Israeli air strikes had already killed her husband and one of her sons. On the first day of Eid al-Adha, she lost two more sons and her daughter-in-law.

"This is not an Eid of joy; it is an Eid of mourning and death," Ahmed Darwish, displaced from Rafah to west Khan Younis, told NBC News as he stood beside the graves. "Our children and women are in pieces. Instead of sacrificing animals, we collected body parts this morning." On Eid, Israeli strikes continued as families wept by the bodies of their loved ones, killed before celebrations could begin. Reda Abdel Rahim Eljara told an NBC News team that Israeli air strikes had already killed her husband and one of her sons. On the first day of Eid al-Adha, she lost two more sons and her daughter-in-law.

Umm Ahmad Al-Qatati said her son, Omar, 11, was shot as he left his tent to shower and get ready for a visit to see his father.
"He was so excited for Eid morning, but they sent him to the morgue instead," she said. "Instead of celebrating Eid, he went to be with his Lord."

Umm Ahmad Al-Qatati said her son, Omar, 11, was shot as he left his tent to shower and get ready for a visit to see his father. "He was so excited for Eid morning, but they sent him to the morgue instead," she said. "Instead of celebrating Eid, he went to be with his Lord."

Right now, Muslims in Gaza are supposed to be celebrating Eid al-Adha.

Instead of feasting, they are starving. Instead of gathering with their loved ones, they are burying their children.

Netanyahu and the IDF can end this misery ANY time by agreeing to a ceasefire and allowing aid into Gaza.

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I can't believe any Democrat would THINK of allying with Elon Musk.

I won't take money from the guy who does a Hitler salute. It's really that simple.

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Abundance This, TACO Trump...Shut the Fuck Up. Is Establishment Idiocy a Mask for Complicity?

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04.06.2025 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

fuck you, I killed it

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πŸ¦…πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Van Hollen for President open.substack.com/pub/certaint...

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Happy Pride Month 2025 πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ
Be gay do crow stuff

#pridemonth #pridecrows

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If This Is What Israel Does, Then Israel Shouldn't Exist Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

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🀣🀣

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I’m sitting on a bench in a black and white plaid minidress and a high ponytail. My hand is on a little calico kitten named Sprinkle. Her head is the size of a walnut. Next to me is a white and brown-striped cat named Tofu who is looking on curiously. She just received a bunch of pets.

I’m sitting on a bench in a black and white plaid minidress and a high ponytail. My hand is on a little calico kitten named Sprinkle. Her head is the size of a walnut. Next to me is a white and brown-striped cat named Tofu who is looking on curiously. She just received a bunch of pets.

catstituent outreach

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Missouri Supreme Court defies voters, halts abortions in the state Despite passage of a constitutional amendment last fall, the ping-pong battle over "reproductive freedom" continues.

One might have thought that last November, when Missourians voted to enshrine β€œreproductive freedom" in the state constitution, that would have been the end of the conversation.

Alas, the Missouri Supreme Court doesn’t seem to be inclined to listen. This week, the court halted abortions.

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Solve Substack's Tech Support Crisis The Human Solution: Substack Service Corps

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Pretty remarkable point from Ehud Olmert, no dove himself.

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oh my god

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Charles B. Rangel, Longtime Harlem Congressman, Dies at 94

Breaking News: Charles Rangel, the former dean of New York’s congressional delegation who became the first Black chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, died at 94.

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My campaign office unfortunately has to hire security as an individual is regularly vandalizing it.

This is in addition to a Republican calling our office the β€œHome of Hezbollah”.

Security is an unplanned expense but we want this to be a safe place. If you’re able, help us offset the costs below ⬇️

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You know what was an awesome abundance agenda?

The Green New Deal.

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I was taught that all of humanity was created in Godβ€˜s image. Either that has never been true, or we are killing God 100 times a day in Gaza.

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Princess Bonkers says happy #Caturday

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Jong-Fast: This would be the largest cut to food assistance in US historyβ€”and it will result in hungry kids.

It’s also important to mention that this bill grows the deficit. I don’t know how it manages to do the two things you absolutely don’t wantβ€”starve children and grow the deficitβ€”but it does.

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β€œThe government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” β€” Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.

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