Melinda M. Snodgrass

I have to chair an HOA meeting on Tuesday night, and even that horror will be more pleasant than having to watch the orange turd deliver the State of the Union.

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Just for the record. Which ever democrat wins the primary I will support them. This is more about trying to protect the free exchange of ideas without government interference.

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

Go watch this so we can up the signal and poke the Trump regime in the eye.
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Men have no such limitation on their rights. If we had an actual, non corrupt Supreme Court this would be called a violation of the equal protection clause, but we don't currently have that court.

Women in America have different rights depending on in which state they are currently reside, or even visit. Men have no such limitation on their rights. If the Save act passes women will have to go through added expense and effort to vote.

And all that requires a human who has loved, and lived and grieved and struggled. AI can give you none of that.

Only a human making images that inspire wonder, blend words into magic, give us the music of spheres can show us the meaning of humanity, of life.

As William Faulkner said, Writing is about the human heart in conflict with itself. It should speak to the human condition. It should bring a smile to your lips, a tear to your eye, that swell of pride when a hero faces impossible odds and is victorious.

That was wonderful, thank you for providing me with the link.

That ridiculous NYT article about writing romance novels using AI has prompted me to respond. I will _never_ use AI to write my books or my screenplays. And to people who rob me by using my labor and creativity to create AI slop know this... you are not writers. You are lazy thieves.

Chris Eyers and I were discussing how Bad Bunny told us a story whether you could understand Spanish or not, and when he gave the little boy his Grammy, I got very teary eyed.

The show was a beautiful celebration of joy & love & life & community.

You haven't lived until you attend a Superbowl party at Sky Cinema with an audience made up of Latinos, Natives & Anglos. I'm sure a lot of folks were there for the game, but _all_ of us were there for Bad Bunny. People were dancing in front of the screen and doing the grito, that wonderful trill.

The issue for many people is the cost, so is there a way to legally provide them with the funds and assist them in filling out the forms so they can obtain that document?

If the Republicans manage to force through the Save Act we have to counter this. Is there someway we could establish an organization that will assist people, particularly married women, to obtain passports.

And then, Trump.

We had underestimated white fear & bigotry & now POC, women, trans & LGBTQ+ are enduring the backlash.

I feel such sadness & yes rage over what has happened to our country. I worked so hard to make sure Former President Obama won New Mexico. I watched the returns come in with George and Parris. We were all on our feet cheering, crying with joy. It felt like America was finally facing our original sin

Loki was under the covers sleeping against my neck and Yondu was on top of the covers and on top of my legs.

I had a very peaceful nap because of my sweet fur babies.

I wasn't feeling well today so I laid down to rest, and both Meezers came to be with me. They won't sleep with me at night, but they seem to know when I'm feeling puny and they always come to snuggle.

Still not feeling well so I'm making matzo ball soup for dinner. One of my favorite comfort foods.

I'm white, so it's not my place to comment on how those racist images, posted by this pile of shit wrapped in human skin must have landed for my fellow citizens who are Black. All I can do is apologize that white voters put that monster back in the White House.

YouTube video by scaredketchup ICE, F**K You - A Protest Song for Minneapolis

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“LET US OUT!”

women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.

In our name🇺🇸

Shock and sorrow for Renee. Then I wept for Liam in his adorable bunny hat. Today, I raged for Alex. Tears later, now it's time to fight.

And instead I've been calling& emailing, senators, representatives because ICE and border agents are the American Gestapo and they are killing American citizens & they have to be ripped out root & branch & the ground salted.

I really wanted to post about how much I loved Stranger Things despite some hand waving in the last season, because I loved all those characters. I wanted to talk about how great the 2nd season of The Night Manager is. I wanted to get more work done on my books & scripts.

We are at a hinge point of history, pray to what ever god floats your boat that the Dems have the strength to do what's required.

Called my Senator's offices, in Washington and locally. There is no one there. Left messages demanding that ICE be defunded, that they shut this shit down. I hope to god the Dems are in a huddle about what to do because "business as usual" is no longer possible.

His name was Alex Jeffrey Pretti, ICU nurse. Remember his name. Honor his memory.

The regime is lying to you. He did not brandish a weapon. He had a phone. He was trying to help a woman.

I guess the only thing we can take from this latest horrific murder in Minneapolis is that according to the regime, only right wingers are permitted to have a gun.