Southern Fried Diplomat

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

I feel like I didn’t do enough of this this summer and I’m a little tiffed..😔

I love Nola but you have to protect your spiritual energy down there …maybe this is your subconscious doing that?

As a Virgo, if we love you we will say this with enough tact to not shatter you (unless we know you can handle it and need a stiff foot in your ass) and we don’t we’ll let you operate in your own delusion…because fuck you ho lol

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

Never pass up an amazing opportunity just because it requires hard work. Your success is worth it.

Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."

Hillary Clinton: "Good lord -- the things that have been said about me, the lies that have been propagated. If I had only known I could call up the FCC chair and say, 'Take this person off the air! Off with his head!' You have to laugh about it so you don't cry."

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."

me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

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Left one alone and a better one popped up in his place. Now he’s coming from Paris to baecation to Cancun for the week on his dime. Never settle when you know you a fucking prize, folks ✨✨

Breaking out the champagne and croissants for year 38! 🥐🥂🍾🥳

BAYBEE…I know his ass did it bc his friends and family don’t even fool with him. I just wish Netflix would’ve called me because I would’ve given the full story

YES! That mf borrowed $200 from me in 2014, refused to pay it back then told friends in my hometown that it was me who scammed him! I took his ass to small claims court to fuck up his credit. Karma couldn’t come fast enough

When your scamming ass cousin, who defrauded family, friends, and women on dating apps out of $2 million dollars, is exposed by a Netflix documentary and faces federal charges…. PS- watch Love Con Revenge (Episode 6). Oh, and thanks to @netflix.com! 🤣🤣😆🤣😌

These guys have become so normalized by ill behavior that they can’t recognize that THEY are the problem. Playing with people hearts is not the vibe

EVERY DAY

Anyway, here’s some positivity on the TL. Go make a life you’re proud of

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Trash ass behavior

I realize I’ve chosen to be single for so long because dating in this decade is unnecessarily difficult. The ones I want either don’t want anything serious or are too far away while the options in DC are overly pretentious. Finding “real” is sadly out of reach at this moment in time.

Israel has killed a prominent Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza and four other employees at the television network in an air strike targeting their tent in the besieged strip. on.ft.com/41vHpBl

Last post, but seeing Jay-Z was the highlight of my fucking year!

Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges "The use of military courts to hear civilian cases is the essential component of martial law."

“There is no clear precedent for what DeSantis and the president are doing."

Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.

Texas Plans Mid-Decade Redistricting After Pressure from White House Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The Texas Legislature will redraw its congressional maps beginning this summer, after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced he added mid-decade redistricting to the state’s upcoming special session agenda.
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It will take decades to rebuild* what Trump & the Republicans have destroyed in months. Another example.

* If we ever have the chance.

Corinne Bailey Rae pointing a gun at you

If I send this to you, it means you'd better put your goddamn records on

Traveling through Texas with the bestie…apparently I’m a hoochie 😂

$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor

More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.

I. Said. We. Belong. Tf. Together.