Father V. O'Blivion
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Father V. O'Blivion
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Traditional Wisconsin Progressive. Of German, Belgian, and Ukrainian ancestry. A devout follower of Saint Zaphod and Saint Alphonso. Mostly harmless. Tom Rush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RkkUHP88pY&list=RD2RkkUHP88pY&start_radio=1 Panem et circenses.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
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The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.
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I voted YES on Prop 50 because we cannot let anyone silence the will of the people.

California is fighting fire with fire and standing up for democracy everywhere. Vote yes on Prop 50 by mail or in person on Election Day, this Tuesday, November 4.
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Ignore the poor acting, but listen to the legal advice …🔻
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Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?

Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.

Here are the key take-aways 🧵

arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
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Suddenly, being good-looking is a dealbreaker for the former beauty pageant king
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As Trump embarrasses himself and our country in Japan, probably a good time to remember on a trip to Japan in 2019, he had the U.S.S John McCain (named after 3 generations of service) “removed from sight” at the same Yokosuka Naval Base he recently spoke at..

www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
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Food stamps? Hah! Let them eat gilded ballrooms…