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Gene Ouye
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I'll have to think of something intelligent to put here - but for now, I'm not thrilled with other social media apps. Government is us and it should work for the people, not billionaires and corporations... neurodivergent... oops, out of space...
"someone’s lying. gee, if there were only some way to know who to believe — the lying liar with an extensive history of lying, or the guy who wants everyone to see the video, and witness with their own two eyes what happened?

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what kind of shithole senator roots for war crimes?
Tom Cotton justifies murder, because one guy was ‘taking off his shirt.’ what the fuck?
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December 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This is true...

"CBT’s foundation is the idea that your thoughts are irrational or distorted, and that by challenging them, you change how you feel.

"But here’s the problem:
Autistic adults’ stress is often a logical reaction to real problems."

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Why Traditional Therapy (CBT) Might Not Work for Autistic Adults
and What To Do Instead
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December 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"During an interview aired Sunday, Dem Sen. Tammy Duckworth slammed Trump and Hegseth over their military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean."

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Trump’s Racist Garbage Comments Spark Protests in Somalia While Duckworth Blasts His Abuse Of Power and AOC Exposes His Tariffs As Cover For Greedy Corporate Price Gouging
Onward!
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December 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"The lawsuit alleges that government officials - acting in their official capacity - pressured Apple into removing the ICEBlock app from the Apple App Store in violation of Mr. Aaron’s 1st Amendment protected expression."

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EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App Developer to Sue ICE, DHS, DOJ, White House Officials
ICEBlock app developer Joshua Aaron is suing multiple federal agency officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights after they coerced Apple into removing ICEBlock from its App Store
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December 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Charlie Angus:

"For the last year, I have been warning that Canada must come to terms with the fact that we are living next to a neighbour that is heavily armed, militant and determined to break us."

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The Gangster Regime Revealed
Any pundit, politician or commentator who thought that Canada could make its way through this so-called rough patch in U.S.-Canadian relations and come out the other end needs to think again.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"[W]hat the majority wrote in justifying the Court’s intervention [in the Texas redistricting case] is striking for at least three reasons, each of which Justice Kagan skewered in an especially biting 17-page dissent."

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196. Justice Kagan's Texas Redistricting Dissent
As unsurprising as the Supreme Court's intervention in the Texas redistricting case may have been, Justice Kagan's dissent is still a telling indictment of another emergency ruling that lost its way.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"There was a time, not so long ago, when America was the leader of the free world...

"MAGA, however, doesn’t want to be part of that world. In fact, it doesn’t want a world of democracy, civil liberties and the rule of law to exist..."

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Is This The End of the Free World?
Trump wants to MAGAfy Europe, too
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December 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"[V]irtually every crisis America is facing right now is either caused or exacerbated by the corruption of big money authorized by those corrupt Republicans on our Supreme Court."

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The Billionaire Coup: How the Supreme Court and Corporate Money Captured America
Our elections, our media, even our justice system, are all owned by the few. The Powell Memo lit the match; Citizens United poured on the gasoline. The fire of corruption is now a national inferno...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"Many of you expressed disillusionment, or even rage, at “Big Journalism,” or mainstream media — or whatever you want to call the big traditional institutions."

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Trust in mainstream media is at rock bottom. Can it be fixed?
Why so many news consumers are turning to individual voices and away from institutions
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December 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Did it make you forget Epstein?

"The NSS is an internally contradictory articulation of Trump’s incoherent, inconsistent foreign policy, which is itself driven by the emotional outbursts of a president ignorant of history, economics, sociology, and science...
1/4

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Placing Trump’s new “National Security Strategy” in perspective
December 8, 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Although American lawmakers are deeply troubled with strikes that seem illegal and may be war crimes, Russian officials are happy with U.S. foreign policy."

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December 7, 2025
“I think it’s really important that this video be made public,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said today on Face the Nation. Himes was referring to a video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Be aware that the American Gestapo is watching... 🙄
A heads-up state and federal agencies are actively monitoring online activity tied to criticism and protest of the immigration crackdown in New Orleans. That includes social media comments, posts, group chats, and other digital spaces.
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
(Mon 8.Dec) #waffle1417 5/5

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🔥 streak: 439
🧞 #wafflegenius
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2 counterintuitive double swaps at the start. The words are tricky. This one is hard.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
(Mon 8.Dec) #Polygonle 1226 3/6︎
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This one was easy, because it's another about me, LOL
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
(Mon 8.Dec) #Wordle 1,633 4/6
#Wordle_NYT
⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 94/58
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 91/7
🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 67/82
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/-
Overall 86 skill/49 luck
I'm sure the score will be low but it was easy with my 3 starters, LOL
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
(Mon 8.Dec) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1414
7️⃣4️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
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Yikes, almost blew this one...
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
(Mon 8.Dec) Daily #1394
0️⃣5️⃣⬛0️⃣4️⃣
1️⃣6️⃣⬛0️⃣6️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣⬛1️⃣7️⃣
0️⃣8️⃣⬛1️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣0️⃣⬛0️⃣9️⃣
1️⃣9️⃣⬛1️⃣1️⃣
1️⃣2️⃣⬛1️⃣3️⃣
1️⃣4️⃣⬛1️⃣5️⃣
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#sedecordle
This is a good one...
December 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
(Mon 8.Dec) #Pips #112 Easy 🟢
0:18 🍪
Low stress...

Pips #112 Medium 🟡
1:04
Oops, misread a greater than as less than...

Pips #112 Hard 🔴
17:32
Holy crap, I sucked, LOL
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
(Mon 8.Dec) #Strands #645
“Grammatically speaking”
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This is one of the easiest Strands I've ever done, LOL
December 8, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"the end of Holy Mike’s grasp on power — whether from being stabbed in the back by his own party, or by Republicans losing their majority after the likely Blue Tsunami midterms — can’t come fast enough."

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Republican women are revolting
Holy Mike’s speakership is in peril. boo fucking hoo.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
"Hundreds of folks gathered for a town hall with Dem Sen. Mark Kelly in Tucson, AZ this week, where he blasted Pete Hegseth’s threat to court-martial him. Calling it “certainly unconstitutional,” Kelly said: “They’re not serious people and I’m not backing down.”"

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Grijalva Refuses To Cower Before Armed ICE Agents As Mark Kelly Defies Hegseth’s Threats and Biden Issues A Direct Command To Every American To Get Up and Fight
“Get up and fight”
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December 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The Aaron Parnas good news update 😊

"A new study finds that growing up with a pet dog can boost adolescents’ mental health by altering their microbiome, with dog-owning teens showing fewer social problems and possessing oral bacteria linked to prosocial behavior"

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Major Good News Updates!!
Good morning everyone, and Happy Sunday!
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December 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I love this soundtrack and it's one of the reasons I love this movie 😊

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The Soundtrack that Sparked a Genre
A Reason To Smile
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December 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
(Sun 7.Dec) #waffle1416 5/5

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🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩
🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩
🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🔥 streak: 438
🧞 #wafflegenius
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Three double swaps on the starting board, only one is simple. The words are a little tricky. It's not hard to complete, but it's hard to get a 4 or 5.
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM