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Having one of those days where things already were going wrong in the morning shower (stuff broke, product ran out), but our friend circle is planning on a celebratory dinner for when Cheetofuck gets indicted, so that is good.

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On break from onboarding at new job, turn on local radio to listen to some music before heading back for more training. NW Missouri, mind you. Ad comes on for state Senate candidate saying, literally, "he will save us from those gun-grabbing crazies in Washington DC". Fuckety fuck fuck, I should have gone to work in politics in some way earlier because the horror needs every effort set against it.

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More Josh Hawley ripple effect, this time from the candidate for an open Senate seat in my.home state

https://www.facebook.com/100063754058264/posts/pfbid02hxjvWn6L4ehmZHNox7c6D6iKYtUdJTmkiDAFYEGcefurReZYbjqJ9FzLid4ATMYnl/

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#MSNBC just carried a news item about a Walgreens employee refusing to sell condoms on the basis of religious beliefs. What. The. Absolute. Fuck.

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I keep wondering if Rs are going to primary TFG. They must be torn between the enormous appeal he has among authoritarian crowds as a fascist dictator, and the complete inability to control him. The #hearings are underlining how this monster is way off leash.

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Joyce Vance, whom I adore, in #MSNBC this morning: crime as a legal category requires that an action take place, so TFG not being willing to call off the mob is not evidence of a crime. It is, however, the best proof of intent we have to date.

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McLeod Cartoons didn't take long to memorialize the main takeaway from last night's #hearings

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On the off chance someone has not seen this yet, here is the full anti- Dr Oz ad from MeidasTouch. Link from birdshite, sorry

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1549957807830716418

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Steve Bannon has arrived in court for his contempt trial. He had promised to "go medieval" on his "enemies". I am not sure any justice will be served but I am pretty sure that the double-shirted fucker just got a huge amount of attention heaped on him. He will rant on his podcast and God only knows what type of violence he will incite *this time*

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Joe Manchin is an obstructionist fucker. We got that. He is once again *the* legislative obstacle. No surprise. So, Chuck Schumer, got any party discipline or some such to bring your Caucus into line? Asking for a 'Murica.

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The cop on the #Uvalde surveillance cam who was looking at his cell phone, was married to a teacher who had messaged him saying 'I've been shot and I am dying'. He wanted to rush in but his superiors held him back. Source: #MSNBC This is not even hurting my soul. It is extirpating it.

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Dear #Michigan, your AG was pretty excited on #MSNBC this morning about the number of people signing petitions to have a constitutional amendment about #reproductivechoice on the #ballot in November. So you are telling me all the ppl signing want to protect and not end rights, and you know this? How? Because I am getting indigestion from nerves over here.

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RIP Shinzo Abe. Arguments that even very strict gun laws, like the ones Japan has, will not keep guns away from bad actors, are fascist and demagogic. Nonetheless, they start in 5, 4, 3, 2 ....

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If Abe was shot in a country with hyper strict gun laws, we need to brace for fascists over here in 'Murica using this as a twisted argument against #guncontrolnow . Unless they are willfully oblivious to international politics

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Sourcing that the UK can get its shit together now if they so choose

https://www.axios.com/2022/07/07/boris-johnson-resignation-speech-uk-prime-minister

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Bye-bye Boris. You were a fucker all along.

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Fani Willis is amazing. She also looks shockingly *young*. So now I am just an aging / middle-aged fogie engaging in ageism on social media. Splendid.

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The thread tying together mass shootings, abortion bans, white supremacist criminal justice, and nearly all other social ills, is #toxicmasculinity

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#HighlandPark shooter used something similar to an AR-15 I hear. White men too young to buy alcohol are trusted w weapons of war and carry out massacres. But women aren't trusted with healthcare and reproductive choice. 'Murica makes me sick to my soul sometimes. Gonna pin this fucker and have done with it.