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aeternalpessimist.bsky.social
@aeternalpessimist.bsky.social
Moderate Dem married to a Maga GOP. Go me.
I support women's rights, voting rights, equal rights, LGBTQ Rights, Climate change, responsible immigration reform, reproductive rights.
Oppose Dictator's-R-Us (GOP) agenda, pushing religious beliefs, book bans
And so, the disgruntled conservatives who are trashing the Nativity scene online are, once again, cherry-picking which parts of Christianity fit their values, and which are a little too “woke.”
This Church’s Nativity Scene Dragged ICE — And We Can't Ignore the Irony of It All
Some of y'all have conveniently forgotten who Jesus actually was, and it shows.
www.huffpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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December 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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This piece is effing awesome!
open.substack.com/pub/eykyu/p/...
Our Past, Our Future
What Could Have Been But Wasn't
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Most vulnerable to this outcome are 26 states that have enacted sweeping corporate and personal income tax cuts over the past five years, depriving them of billions of dollars in revenue that they could have used at just this sort of moment.
Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, the...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Records show Trump, 79, signed a mortgage on a “Bermuda style” Palm Beach house in December 1993 and, seven weeks later, a second on a neighboring seven-bedroom property—attesting that both would be his principal residence.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Revealed to Be What He Calls Fraud
The president has done the exact same thing he’s claimed is “crooked” and “deceitful” when his political opponents do it, records show.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Older bulls make up a tiny fraction of the elephant population, but play a big role in elephant society. These include breeding, teaching younger bulls social behavior, and retaining cultural memories that are essential for the survival of the herds.
Botswana’s elephant hunting quota threatens to wipe out mature bulls: Report
The reintroduction of elephant trophy hunting in Botswana in 2019, following a five-year moratorium, is likely severely depleting the number of large, older bulls, according to a recent report. This h...
news.mongabay.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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December 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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It’s time to stop saying that we need to understand these people. We do understand them.

We understand that they have dug in their heels so deeply, they will not be moved by anything: not facts or data or truth or their own eyes.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-cant-ch...
We Can't Change These Hateful People, America. We Have to Outnumber Them.
There’s an old saying: “When the horse is dead… dismount.”
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Harrison Smith
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Shame on them all. I will never look at Gloria Gaynor (who is Black ffs), Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Michael Crawford and KISS or think of them the same again. SMDH 😌😡
Shame on those who agreed to be honored at the authoritarian state sponsored center (formerly the Kennedy Center) by the J6 insurrectionist and #ConvictedFelonDonaldTrump. Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford and KISS. #KennedyCenterHonors #KCHonors #DV1 #ProudBlue
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“opposition to law and immigration enforcement; extreme views in favor of mass migration and open borders; adherence to radical gender ideology,” as well as “anti-Americanism,” “anti-capitalism,” and “anti-Christianity.”
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.

But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM