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Thread from @lillianclarkauthor: Antifa is the new DEl is the new woke is the new CRT, each a catch-all boogeyman M*AGA can't define and doesn't understand but can suddenly blame for everything.

Victim mentality

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Trump Admin Tells Federal Employees To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown One health department employee said the directions seemed to be "coercing" subordinates into political activity.

Wild stuff. Furloughed employees within HHS got an email this morning telling them to set an out-of-office reply blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

"I take that email as coercing subordinates to engage in political activity," one worker told me.

www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...

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It's like a Choose Your Own Hatch Act Violation.

Easily, his most elaborate and destructive distraction from #TheEPSEIN_Files... yet.

KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor

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People think they’re taking down a rich intellectual sinecure but they’re mostly terrorizing committed public servants who make $58,000 a year after 15 years of experience at a school that has to budget creatively so students can access textbooks.

More pointedly, the pope said, "Someone who says, I'm against abortion, but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life. Someone who says, I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life."

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

US government faces brain drain as 154,000 federal workers exit this week More than 150,000 federal employees will leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts - the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years, triggering what unions and governance experts warn is a damaging loss of institutional expertise.

(Reuters) - More than 150,000 federal employees will leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts - the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years ..

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it matters because it's a vast majority of right wing white men killing people. We need to know the why.

That's great so I've added #AltText so that more folk can appreciate it.

#Epstein

If only Pete Hegseth's military shaving crusade was just stupid Hegseth knows damn well who he's pushing out: Black troops.

With his ban on military shaving waivers, Pete Hegseth knows damn well who he’s pushing out: Black troops.

Question: What foreign nation admitted to secretly mapping 'not just the United States, not just campuses, but…labor unions and churches'?

Answer: Israel

Key was hiding all Israeli government links to the operation and its targeting of Americans. - Gen Vaknin-Gil

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

protesting "DEI" at an institution for higher learning makes it abundantly clear they are using the term simply as a stand-in for a racial slur

It's a nice sentiment.

I'm Black. I've never trusted this government.

This is the dumbest shit in the history of our military.

Even if they all just caught the flu, it would be an epic disaster

Update: Off-duty Beaufort Co. deputy who pointed gun at teens loses badge, SLED now involved The deputy was suspended “pending an internal investigation and any possible criminal investigation,” according to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.

Off duty So. Carolina deputy points gun at children threatening harm ....
And gets a paid vacation while they "investigate."

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“.. a fivefold increase in U.S.-based applicants seeking to relocate to European institutions ..” 🤡

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Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is flint and pronounced dahweeskahlah

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

in the old days the rock being Flint lived up in the mountains and all the animals hated him because he had

It's like when Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan attacked and decimated much Starfleet command, while they gathered to discuss the previous attack.

This was literally in a movie.

Dems’ shut-down demands should be as follows:

1) swear in Grijalva now and pass a rule that says all new special election members must be sworn in the next business day after their election win, regardless of party.

2) release the entire unredacted Epstein files.

3) get ALL military troops out

They are trying so hard not to watch the hypnotizing, swinging donut.

I love this.

Sharing. Because we need to know. Also because “John Brown Gun Club”.

Just want to reiterate that if Pete Hegseth has a substance use disorder (which, all signs point to yes!), it's probably worse if he's newly dry, as he claimed he would be, than if he's still drinking.

People with SUD who try to quit without help tend to be erratic, controlling and full of rage.

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Mega-buildings are now slowing Earth’s spin. Here’s what that means for the planet | BBC Science Focus Magazine A huge dam in China is changing how long a day is.

🧪🧪 Mega-buildings are now slowing Earth’s spin. Here’s what that means for the planet -- A huge dam in China is changing how long a day is.

www.sciencefocus.com/news/human-s...