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Love Train

"Love Train" by The O'Jays 🩷

People all over the world (everybody)
Join hands (join)
Start a love train, love train
People all over the world (all the world, now)
Join hands (love ride)
Start a love train (love ride), love train

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www.youtube.com Welcome to our live show!

Welcome to our live show!

The test for U.S. citizenship is about to get harder The Trump administration says more difficult questions, and other changes to the naturalization process, will ensure only immigrants who are "fully assimilated" will gain citizenship.

At the Trump administration's behest, the U.S. citizenship is about to get harder and the list of possible questions will be longer and will include more difficult questions.

It will not, however, include an MRI. #citizenshiptest

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Right?

Body shaming is not OK. Shame on body shamers! Lily is lovely.

California secretary of state warns of election scam — LAist A group called Ballot Now is sending messages to voters to confuse them on whether their votes have been counted.

If you are in California and have gotten a text saying your early ballot has not been received or processed, it's probably a scam

CA SoS Shirley Weber is warning people of unofficial texts saying just that. Links to track your ballot here:
#CAVoters via @laist.com

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Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

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Yes

Massive Amazon outage takes down Venmo, Snapchat, Ring, Reddit and much of the internet –all the latest AWS updates live A huge AWS (Amazon Web Services) outage has taken out multiple internet services including Alexa, Ring, Snapchat and more –here's what we know so far.

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I'm so sorry that happened. ❤️

Oh my god. Physically attacked? Let me guess. They're "Christians."

a man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and sitting in a chair . ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and sitting in a chair .

Guess not.

There are even more meanings of performative according to Merriam-Webster. But, used in this context, the meaning seems clear. Even the dictionary (dictionary.com) uses "performative wokeness" as an example.

Limp Bizkit founding bassist Sam Rivers dies at 48 Sam Rivers, the founding bassist of Limp Bizkit, has died, the band announced Saturday.

Sam Rivers, Limp Bizkit bassist, is dead at 48. No cause of death given. Condolences to his family, bandmates, friends.💔🎸

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No Kings Day could not be more patriotic. People are exercising their first amendment rights to "peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Photos show ‘No Kings’ rallies against Trump across the US and in Europe Protesting the country's direction under President Donald Trump, thousands of people brought a street party vibe to the nation’s capital and communities across the U.S. for “ No Kings ” demonstrations...

Associated Press gets it. No Kings Day protests captured coast to coast.
*Trump had the military do a "training exercise" using live ammo here in So Cal on the I-5 and shut down a large stretch of freeway for hours but it didn't stop anyone from protesting.
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Was there!

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You are never too young to defend our democracy! #NoKings March, Minnesota!

#NoKings

Imagine being the largest newspaper in Washington, DC with the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and thinking to publish this today.

You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.

ALL 50 STATES HAVE PARTICIPATED IN #NOKINGS

My heart is VERY happy. This is JUST the beginning of our peaceful protests against the Authoritarian-In-Charge!

Vancouver, BC supporting No Kings Protest taking place! 🇨🇦

No Kings Coalition says two million more people protested today than in June. Nearly 7 million total.

No Kings organizers project a massive turnout for this weekend's protests Organizers say they expect millions of Americans will march this weekend against the policies of the Trump administration. The protests come amid National Guard deployments in several cities.

No Kings organizers project a massive turnout for this weekend's protests.
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This One Matters: A "No Kings" Protest Guide For Oct 18 and beyond ...

I don’t know what tomorrow brings. If it were up to us, it’d be a peaceful and powerful message. But it’s not. Sharing this No Kings protest guide one last time tonight hoping it will help a few more people. Everything you need is here.
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What happens when the military is inevitably handed illegal orders?
Who’s going to stand up?
Will they have the courage?

If y’all have time kindly block Trump’s new accounts in Bluesky. Thanks.

If Hegseth did, Jones would, but many GOP AGs would not. Speaking of reckless driving, SD AG Jason Ravnsborg drove SO recklessly he killed a man, left the scene and called 911 claiming he hit a deer. Ken Paxton was indicted, investigated for fraud, sued, impeached, et al. See below for IN & LA AGs.

www.mediaite.com Jay Jones’s GOP Opponent Burns Dem AG Candidate Over Violent Fantasies: ‘He Wouldn’t Pass the Background Check’

Jay Jones’s GOP Opponent Burns Dem AG Candidate Over Violent Fantasies: ‘He Wouldn’t Pass the Background Check’

If Hegseth did, Jones would, but many GOP AGs would not. Speaking of reckless driving, SD AG Jason Ravnsborg drove SO recklessly he killed a man, left the scene and called 911 claiming he hit a deer. Ken Paxton was indicted, investigated for fraud, sued, impeached, et al. See below for IN & LA AGs.