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Deconstructed former Christian. Introvert. Happy and free cult survivor. Feminist. Humanist. Self agency promoter. I love all animals, especially birds and I am lousy at crochet.

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Todayโ€™s edition of wealthy criminals let out of prison by Trump only to commit more felonies and hurt more people. archive.ph/2025.11.14-1...

14.11.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1529    ๐Ÿ” 601    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 81    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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The MAGA Revolution Is Eating Its Own After years of stoking conspiracy theories, Trump and his allies now find themselves unable to dispel one.

"The most cleansing outcome of this scandal would be for the MAGA faithful to be brought face-to-face with what lying, shameless lowlifes the people in the Trump crowd are." From the recent archives: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-maga-r...

13.11.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 214    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Also, I don't actually know what this is, but it seems notable.

Where are our Yemen experts at?

12.11.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 178    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kudos to Donald Trump for making every Republican who votes against releasing the Epstein files look even more like they're guilty of running cover for a president who was closely involved with a notorious sex trafficker.

12.11.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 478    ๐Ÿ” 132    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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The Mob Boss threatens Republicans who may want to vote to release the Epstein files.

12.11.2025 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2149    ๐Ÿ” 603    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 303    ๐Ÿ“Œ 63
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๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผ

12.11.2025 05:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7251    ๐Ÿ” 2182    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 509    ๐Ÿ“Œ 175
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โ€˜Vets Say Noโ€™: Veterans set to protest against Trump nationwide A series of protests will take place on Veterans Day, November 11, in different cities in states across the country.

www.newsweek.com/vets-say-no-...

10.11.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4563    ๐Ÿ” 1457    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 93    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69
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Far-right pastor Joel Webbon declares that Christian nationalists are allowed to impose their values on everyone "because we're right": "Christians don't have to tolerate degeneracy, and degenerates absolutely must tolerate righteousness or they need to go to jail."

06.11.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 488    ๐Ÿ” 196    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 211    ๐Ÿ“Œ 110
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Well, at least someone is celebrating as 40M+ Americans wonder how theyโ€™ll feed themselves this month.๐Ÿซค

08.11.2025 23:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 674    ๐Ÿ” 421    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 88    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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Engraving depicting Elijah Lovejoy's murder printed in the Anti-Slavery Almanac, 1839. The text reads: Elijah P. Lovejoy was killed at Alton, Illinois, Nov. 7, 1837. Image credit: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library.

Engraving depicting Elijah Lovejoy's murder printed in the Anti-Slavery Almanac, 1839. The text reads: Elijah P. Lovejoy was killed at Alton, Illinois, Nov. 7, 1837. Image credit: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library.

#ResistanceRoots

Today in history, 1837: Elijah Lovejoy is killed by a pro-slavery mob while defending the press of his antislavery newspaper, the Alton Observer. The event galvanized the abolitionist movement, making Lovejoy a martyr for both the antislavery cause and freedom of the press. /1

07.11.2025 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Makes more sense now

07.11.2025 07:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12118    ๐Ÿ” 3062    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 450    ๐Ÿ“Œ 142
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Possum looked into the mirror and scared itself.

07.11.2025 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 188    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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MAGAs arenโ€™t happy

07.11.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

07.11.2025 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13831    ๐Ÿ” 6972    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 124    ๐Ÿ“Œ 101
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Trump's America . . .

... cruel, lawless and inhumane !

๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ˜” ๐Ÿ’ 

07.11.2025 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

what's wrong with everyone's faces anymore?

07.11.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I guess she gets an extra 45 days in office?

Seriously, though. THe #Dems can simply call quorum and any member can swear her in...as well as any federal judge or the parliamentarian.

07.11.2025 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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North Carolina Adds More Partisan GOP Staffers to Election Board Read more here.

๐ŸšจBREAKING: The North Carolina election board on Thursday announced a raft of new hires with backgrounds in Republican politics โ€” the latest sign of the GOPโ€™s partisan takeover of the board as it prepares for next yearโ€™s election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

07.11.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1167    ๐Ÿ” 642    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 69    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Hahahaha! Rep. Tim Burchett has said a lot of out of touch stuff but dadgummit this might take the cake

05.11.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3379    ๐Ÿ” 727    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 263    ๐Ÿ“Œ 62
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Blumenthal: Weโ€™re going to continue finding more of the ballroom donors who evidently didnโ€™t want their names revealed. And let me name them: BlackRock, Susquehanna International, Nvidia, OpenAI, Vantive, and Extremity Care.

And so, we will use every possible resource to expose this corruption to

04.11.2025 23:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17568    ๐Ÿ” 6932    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 351    ๐Ÿ“Œ 270
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Just about an hour apart by the way

04.11.2025 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7532    ๐Ÿ” 2512    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 574    ๐Ÿ“Œ 229
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In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile assault depicted in a leaked video last year โ€“ itโ€™s that someone released the tape.

โ€œIn Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinianโ€

According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year โ€“ itโ€™s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:

04.11.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1623    ๐Ÿ” 566    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 52    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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Good to know that Fox segments determine our foreign policy as well as domestic, and provide most of the cabinet appointees.

04.11.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6535    ๐Ÿ” 1713    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 446    ๐Ÿ“Œ 117
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Tennessee! @thetnholler.bsky.social @justinkanew.bsky.social

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04.11.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 714    ๐Ÿ” 284    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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04.11.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1284    ๐Ÿ” 1082    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

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03.11.2025 06:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
This message is from me, Jimbo Wales, founder of Wikipedia.
I believe that Wikipedia is at its best when we can have reasonable discussion rooted in a commitment to write articles that reflect a neutral point of view. I believe that's especially important on highly difficult or contentious topics.

I was asked point-blank in a high profile media interview about this article, and I answered with transparency and honesty: this article fails to meet our high standards and needs immediate attention.

As many of you will know, I have been leading an NPOV working group and studying the issue of neutrality in Wikipedia across many articles and topic areas including โ€œZionismโ€. While this article is a particularly egregious example, there is much more work to do. It should go without saying that I am writing this in my personal capacity, and I am not speaking on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation or anyone else!

I assume good faith of everyone who has worked on this Gaza โ€œgenocideโ€ article. At present, the lede and the overall presentation state, in Wikipediaโ€™s voice, that Israel is committing genocide, although that claim is highly contested. This is a violation of WP:NPOV and WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV that requires immediate correction. Remember: "This policy is non-negotiable, and the principles upon which it is based cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, nor by editor consensus."

This message is from me, Jimbo Wales, founder of Wikipedia. I believe that Wikipedia is at its best when we can have reasonable discussion rooted in a commitment to write articles that reflect a neutral point of view. I believe that's especially important on highly difficult or contentious topics. I was asked point-blank in a high profile media interview about this article, and I answered with transparency and honesty: this article fails to meet our high standards and needs immediate attention. As many of you will know, I have been leading an NPOV working group and studying the issue of neutrality in Wikipedia across many articles and topic areas including โ€œZionismโ€. While this article is a particularly egregious example, there is much more work to do. It should go without saying that I am writing this in my personal capacity, and I am not speaking on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation or anyone else! I assume good faith of everyone who has worked on this Gaza โ€œgenocideโ€ article. At present, the lede and the overall presentation state, in Wikipediaโ€™s voice, that Israel is committing genocide, although that claim is highly contested. This is a violation of WP:NPOV and WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV that requires immediate correction. Remember: "This policy is non-negotiable, and the principles upon which it is based cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, nor by editor consensus."

A neutral approach would begin with a formulation such as: โ€œMultiple governments, NGOs, and legal bodies have described or rejected the characterization of Israelโ€™s actions in Gaza as genocide.โ€

What Iโ€™m asking for
Be bold and start editing (WP:BOLD). Move from debate to concrete improvements immediately.

Assume good faith (WP:AGF). Avoid personalizing disagreements. Focus only on text and sources.

Attribute, donโ€™t assert (WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV). The lead and body must not declare a legal conclusion. Present who says what, with attribution and dates.

A neutral approach would begin with a formulation such as: โ€œMultiple governments, NGOs, and legal bodies have described or rejected the characterization of Israelโ€™s actions in Gaza as genocide.โ€ What Iโ€™m asking for Be bold and start editing (WP:BOLD). Move from debate to concrete improvements immediately. Assume good faith (WP:AGF). Avoid personalizing disagreements. Focus only on text and sources. Attribute, donโ€™t assert (WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV). The lead and body must not declare a legal conclusion. Present who says what, with attribution and dates.

Balance by due weight (WP:UNDUE). Include significant, high-quality sources from all sidesโ€”governments, courts, NGOs, commentators. No side should speak in Wikipediaโ€™s own voice.

Use the best sources (WP:RS / WP:V). Prefer primary official statements and major secondary coverage. Avoid synthesis (WP:SYN / WP:NOR).

Clarify scope. Separate factual reporting on conduct and casualties from legal characterization. Editors with strong, policy-compliant sources who have felt sidelined are welcome. Your participation is needed now. Editors are reminded this article falls under the Arabโ€“Israeli conflict topic area; all participation must comply with the corresponding editing restrictions and civility expectations.

By focusing on verifiable sources and neutrality, we can quickly deliver an article that meets our standards for contentious topics. โ€” Jimbo Wales Jimbo Wales (talk) 16:03, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Balance by due weight (WP:UNDUE). Include significant, high-quality sources from all sidesโ€”governments, courts, NGOs, commentators. No side should speak in Wikipediaโ€™s own voice. Use the best sources (WP:RS / WP:V). Prefer primary official statements and major secondary coverage. Avoid synthesis (WP:SYN / WP:NOR). Clarify scope. Separate factual reporting on conduct and casualties from legal characterization. Editors with strong, policy-compliant sources who have felt sidelined are welcome. Your participation is needed now. Editors are reminded this article falls under the Arabโ€“Israeli conflict topic area; all participation must comply with the corresponding editing restrictions and civility expectations. By focusing on verifiable sources and neutrality, we can quickly deliver an article that meets our standards for contentious topics. โ€” Jimbo Wales Jimbo Wales (talk) 16:03, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales is trying to use his name to convince Wikipedia editors to deny the Gaza Genocide, recognized by many human rights organizations.

Although he's not seizing control, this is an extreme attempt to sway Wikipedia content in violation of its founding principles.

03.11.2025 04:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1074    ๐Ÿ” 481    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55

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