It’s about reveling in power in the form of cruelty.

I’m worried for when they begin to activate the militia they’ve been assembling with Proud Boys, pardoned 1/6 insurrectionists, etc.

Makes sense. Can’t argue with states rights. Wasn’t that one of the arguments when the right wingers took away women’s freedom to choose- to return the power to legislate to the states?

Hands Off! New York City

I might be the only person around who didn’t like the first two White Lotus seasons. I found the characters beyond unlikable but since the location scenes were so stunning, I stuck with the series. No FOMO by having canceled MAX. But I do hope the rest of the episodes improve for you.

Undaunted: Tammy Duckworth fights for America We honor her for denouncing MAGA bullying, incompetence, and Democratic spinelessness--while exhibiting unceasing resilience and integrity

Summed up by one who has the experience and intelligence to understand exactly the travesty of what happened and what should happen going forward.

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Undaunted: Tammy Duckworth fights for America We honor her for denouncing MAGA bullying, incompetence, and Democratic spinelessness--while exhibiting unceasing resilience and integrity

Read this if you haven’t.

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An apt representation of the current state of our union 😢😡😥

Thousands of people marching from Union Square to Washington Square Park in NYC today.

Evidently Governor Kathy Hochul has the right to remove New York City’s corrupt mayor Eric Adams from his position. How great would that be!?! Do you think she’ll do it?

Melissa loved it, too. She was around 3 when she insisted on finding some treasure she’d seen within those thousands of pages but couldn’t. She asked me to help but we failed. The frustration was overwhelming! She agreed to give up only when I started crying harder than she was.

George Conway Apologizes to Canada On behalf of the United States, George ventures over to his neighbor's home to extend a musical, heartfelt apology to our country's neighbor

It must make George sick knowing that his ex-wife did so much to help the current president get where he is today.

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Westchester County, NY voters, early voting has started for the 2/11 county executive special election. From the top to the bottom every election is important. VOTE BLUE! VOTE FOR KEN JENKINS!

Many Democrats are making a valiant attempt to educate the public as to what is happening. But rhetoric, no matter how perfect, will not be enough. The tentacles of this overthrow of our democracy are moving so fast, powerful democrats must rise up as one immediately, and stop this! We need action!

But how long will it take for them to understand that the 💩head is the one who did it to them? Their brains have been so addled I think they’ll still think it was Biden or Obama or Hilary‘s emails that are to blame.

Periods Fuel Protests Joyce W. Vance and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf on Meta's Sanitary Product Rebellion

Periods Fuel Protests
As they should!

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Good for you! After a long absence, I went to my gym today,too. Used the rowing machine. We have to stay strong and healthy!

But for sure you didn’t receive any advance warning.

The Firehose Effect Don’t let Trump’s deluge daunt you

Words of encouragement from Dan Rather. Look for the passage that quotes Rebecca Solnit. It’s beautiful and perfect for this moment in time.
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That sounds wonderful. Thanks for the recommendation.

Undaunted The Contrarian's weekly standout figure for democracy

Thank you Antony Blinken. Can Rubio build on his achievements or will he allow them to collapse under the dreck taking over on Monday?
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Um, let’s review the status of Washington DC! But sure, gobble up a few independent countries. 😡

This is The Contrarian Not Owned by Anybody

I just subscribed to this because you can’t have too many ways to be upset, however this seems to be a place where disgruntled journalists have gone to spread truthful reporting.

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OMG 🤬

Both ideas are reasonable which means they’ll never happen. Do people realize we are taxed twice on our Social Security payment? We are taxed on our gross earnings before FICA and Medicare are deducted. Once Social Security kicks in that money is treated as income and taxed again. Clever of them. 😡