Kevin J. Maroney, he/him
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him
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A dilettante in the old sense. "We are all us."-Greg Stafford "It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."--Stoppard
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We must be a nation that welcomes refugees, immigrants, sojourners, and fellow travelers or we are nothing.
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Put a book though menopause:

Mother Night Sweats
Put a book through menopause:

Mothership Down
Put a book through menopause:

The Hotflashes of Wrath
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They made a movement out of trying to stop the removal of ANY Confederate statue anywhere in the country! Out of taking down Confederate fucking flags!

We literally saw what they do!
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Republicans. Republicans are causing this to happen.
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Also, Idris Elba and Jeffrey Dean Morgan should sue Cuomo for appropriation of their likenesses.
Those are banger shows! I miss NC music.
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It's not a "counternarcotics campaign." It's a murder spree.
Breaking news: U.S. forces killed two people allegedly hauling illicit drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, officials said, marking an expansion of the Trump administration’s deadly counternarcotics campaign.
U.S. kills two aboard alleged drug boat in Pacific, widening Trump’s campaign
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the strike but, consistent with others, declined to identify the victims or offer evidence verifying they were hauling narcotics.
wapo.st
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Cancer survival rate doubled for immunotherapy patients who got the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. That seems significant to me.
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines may have extra benefits for cancer patients. A new study found those who received the vaccine during immunotherapy were twice as likely to survive after 3 years compared to unvaccinated patients.

Immuno-oncologists explain their research: buff.ly/JKdtrGx
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could unlock the next revolution in cancer treatment – new research
The researchers found that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines could potentially help patients whose tumors don’t respond well to traditional immunotherapy.
theconversation.com
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The day after the Chinatown raid, New York AG Tish James launches an online portal for the public to submit photos and videos of ICE activity.

"We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," she writes.

Portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Related to LRT: I hadn't realized there was *another* credible "Republican who ran as a Democrat" in the North Carolina Senate right now.
In a time when the daft notion of Republicans running plants in Democratic primaries actually seems credible — see, e.g., how the example I led with above is, like the below, _also_ from North Carolina — vetting done _for_ Dems _before_ voting begins needs to happen early, and must be thorough.
Wow. This is a big deal in North Carolina’s legislature. Cecil Brockman holds a safe seat but is often absent or votes with Republicans, helping them override Gov. Stein’s vetoes (they need 1 Dem vote or 2 Dem absences).

If he resigns or gets removed, Dems could replace him with a more reliable Dem
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Any majorities Dems might claim in Congress are too slender, and the competitive races available to us are too few, to let Republicans create or exploit vulnerabilities to snatch seats away.

If democracy is on the line — as it very much is — Democratic candidate recruitment needs to be airtight.
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I could almost believe he got it while drunk and kept it as a "cool edgelord skull" tattoo if he hadn't *explicitly* referred to it as "his Totenkopf" over the years. You don't call it that unless you've learned what it meant.
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This seems significant
New from @prri.org:

"A majority of Americans (56%) agree that “President Trump is a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy"

Majorities of Americans Say Trump’s Policies Have Gone Too Far

open.substack.com/pub/prri/p/b...
Breaking Research: Majorities of Americans Say Trump’s Policies Have Gone Too Far
56% of Americans now view Trump as a “dangerous dictator” according to the American Values Survey
open.substack.com
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Solved as shown. Lack of subject knowledge kept me from solving blue, and purple was pretty dang hard.
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I helped him pretend to delete his account by blocking him. It seemed like the kind thing to do.
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a functional press would, every single day, repeatedly, across numerous paragraphs in every story about him, make it clear that this is indisputably the most corrupt President in U.S. history
Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."
Oh, I see the distinction. I don't expect items pawned to ever be redeemed, so it's just a slow form of sell, but there is a real difference.
Today (it started hours ago in Australia) is World Wombat Day. These lovable beasts are facing formidable challenges--habitat destruction, cars, mange--leaving 2 of the 3 species endangered.

There are many rescues devoted to aiding wombats either coming out of the wild or going in. Check 'em out!
World Wombat Day 2025
Wombat Awareness: Make a donation today to support Wombat Awareness
worldwombatday.com
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this is an absolutely wild use of passive voice, where you have to get through layers of narrative to figure out an ICE agent smashed a car window with his gun like an idiot, which went off and shot two people