@RickASamuelson It wasn't called "Easter" until the 7th Century, and is still only called that in English- and German-speaking countries. Almost the whole world calls it "Pascha" - Passover - and it's in the Spring because it was intended to be the Sunday after Passover. Which is why its date is determined by the moon instead of the sun.
"If the people don't vote our way, we won't allow voting." - Republicans
Just deactivated my Twitter. For the same reason I don't hang around on Newsmax. It's a cesspit of misinformation, and life is too short to wade through bullshit.
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So where does the surprise come from? Nazis aren't exactly known for their commitment to free speech. What kind of unrealistic view do you have to have to think that a Nazi sympathizer is going to stick to abstract free speech principles when they come between him and power?
These are all parts of the same thing: power, greed, control--textbook megalomania. You don't get just half of this without the other half following in its wake. The shark's nose is followed by its tail.
A hundred years ago, Mark Meadows would have been hanged.
Am I right that there are bunch of different Mastodons? How does that make any sense?
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GOP operative found guilty of funneling Russian money to Donald Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/17/benton-trump-russian-vasilenko-guilty/
I really hope Warnock wins. But I also wish he'd stop texting me. Is texting people EVERY DAY for money really a good campaign strategy?
I miss MySpace. Tom gave us everything, and I didn't appreciate it.
I've looked at Mastodon and it seems completely insane.
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"Religious freedom ends when it becomes an excuse to harm other people."
Pete Buttigieg
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@kel @John_Scotus I've been hashtagging politics, but it truly is a big deal right now. It's not like we have two functional parties that will legislate ethically. We have one, the Democrats, and the other continues to attempt seizure of power through any means and it's not over. It's exhausting to some people maybe but it's probably the most important thing in our lives just like WWII was for the Greatest Generation. No one saw that coming either.
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Bravo @RepCicilline
Get it done then please take on the rest of the #GOPTraitors
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment "prohibits those who had “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same [US], or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof” from serving in the government"
Real question: WHY did the Republicans think the key to victory would be to attach themselves to a one-term President who never won the popular vote and never had 50% approval?
It really makes no sense at all.
I just finished watching Disney's Pinocchio - the original, 1940. Holy crap, what a great movie.
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Remember that CNN talking head Scott Jennings and other GOP sycophants that are distancing themselves from Trump today were kissing his arse thru the misogyny, sexual assaults, racism, lies, crimes, Russian collusion, bribery of Ukraine and the insurrection when he tried to get people to kill his VP. #politics
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