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TO: MCPHERSON TYPEWRITER REPAIR

THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME IVE GOTTEN IT BACK FROM YOU AND THE SHIFT KEY IS STILL BROKEN STOP IM ABOUT TO GIVE UP AND JUST GO ON WITHOUT IT STOP

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Question of the night at Rep. Victoria Spartz’s town hall.

Ben from Westfield: “I’ve been a registered Republican since 1976. Why have Republican Congress members not reined in the President’s illegal, unconstitutional acts.”

*standing ovation*

Thinking I may be on here more. My bandwidth for news is limited, but I can use the platform for other things

CBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel is out after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture Meteorologist Sam Kuffel criticized Elon Musk on social media for his straight-arm gesture some likened to a Nazi salute at the Trump inauguration.

And so it begins. Sam Kuffel, a meteorologist for CBS58, has reportedly been fired for criticizing Elon Musk’s arm gesture on her personal social media account.

I am probably going to use Bluesky more for the chat feature. I am narrowing most of my communications to people I already know.

Prior to Covid it was normal to mask in the NICU. People understood that premature babies are as vulnerable as they come and need to protected.

Now? Gowns & gloves but no masking.

The damage caused by anti mask rhetoric will be felt for years (possibly decades) to come.

It’s not terrifying that Elon Musk did two Nazi salutes on live TV. It’s terrifying that none of his supporters have a problem with that.

Today, the monsters are due on Maple Street.

Do you remember that in the episode, neighbors were pitted against each other thanks to an outside force?

TikTok thanks Trump. People who fall for propaganda celebrate. 100% a psyop.

Jasmine Crocket is a national treasure. Period.

A ‘Business-Friendly’ Lawyer’s Rise From Lobbyist to Attorney General Pick Pam Bondi, whom President-elect Donald J. Trump intends to nominate as attorney general, received trips and donations funded by those seeking favors from her Florida office.

AG nom Pam Bondi...

-Didn't investigate Trump University for fraud as Florida AG after receiving a $25k donation from a Trump nonprofit

-Served as lobbyist for massive corporations

-Was part of Trump's impeachment defense team

She's a walking, talking conflict of interest.

The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover the cost of preventative health treatments such as cancer screenings.

Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx

A tweet by Elex Michaelson reads: "The Biden Harris Admin has Approved every federal disaster request from California with 100% reimbursement & set aside funding for the next 6 months for California. They've also held daily briefings and calls with all of the key officials in the state."

I can’t imagine if the fires had begun after Jan. 20th.

I’m sorry but the fact that Congress is about to throw immigrants under the bus at the very same time that countless immigrants in California are risking their lives to protect neighborhoods many of them could never aspire live in is breaking my brain in a whole new way.

This is a lesser issue. Cabinet appointee routinely change their positions to get in line with the administration that picked them. The issue is whether these three nominees are qualified (they are not) and belong anywhere near a cabinet post. (They do not.)

I don't really use TikTok that much, but I find it fascinating that our government is on the verge of banning an app for national security reasons that are still unclear in the same week that Meta, the largest social media company, says it's now fine to hate LGBTQ people and call us mentally ill.

How I misheard things at the age of 6:

Paul Apprentice
P. Isadora
"I see a brand-new horizon/I see trouble gone away"

Something About Me #46: There are many things I would like to say publicly but don't because I am not good at arguing.

His appeal on a political level is reasonable if horrible. Monsters want a monster to run things with monstrous policies. But I finally figured out the personal appeal: He gives people permission and freedom to be emotionally and intellectually lazy.

Back in 1867, Democratic President Andrew Johnson successfully bought Alaska.

There; fixed.

Six big US banks quit net zero alliance before Trump inauguration Exodus from target-setting group is attempt to head off ‘anti-woke’ attacks from rightwing politicians, say analysts

The six biggest banks in the U.S. have quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance just before Trump's inauguration.

The alliance was formed with the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Let this serve as another reminder that so-called “corporate social responsibility” is a sham.

January 7, 2025 Today, President Joe Biden signed proclamations that create the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, protecting 848,000 acres (about 3,430 square kilometers) of l...

January 7, 2025:

1) I would like to talk with anyone who has successfully convinced a significant number of people to come here from Facebook to learn how to do it.

2) I am wondering if anyone has replicated the Events feature of Facebook on Bluesky.

Something About Me #45: I celebrate Christmas with movies and food, usually by myself. I invited folks to drop by this year, but my health isn't cooperating. This year's movies: A Christmas Carol (1938), Christmas in Connecticut (1945),The Holiday (2006), Rare Exports (2010).

Something About Me #44: My parents considered the names Sean and Andrew before ultimately naming me after my father, a decision I happily undermined in court 15 years ago.

I have been thinking about that a lot the past couple of days

The Citizens United decision gave us the idea that money equals speech. That made the richest of the rich buying our government practically inevitable. We said this would happen. What a shocker.

I want to say this: In almost all cases, negative coverage does not result in sales, but results in negativity. Controversy does not, mostly, sell books. Book bans work to ban books. All the bad things that people say and do about other people and their works ends up hurting those people.

Very good news about a particularly heinous law