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Gloomy Lawyer
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Sean Duffy: "I'm about to pull $160 million from California, and as we pull more money we also have the option of pulling California's ability to issue commercial driver's licenses."
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In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, a TN sheriff had a 61-yr-old man arrested for posting a meme on Facebook, which the sheriff absurdly construed as a threat. It was pretty clearly bullshit but I dug into the case using FB & public records and now it looks even worse. My latest @theintercept.com:
The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme
Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.
theintercept.com
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Drone footage captures the moment two nuclear plant cooling towers were demolished in the Bavarian town of Gundremmingen. Germany has been phasing out nuclear power since 2011. Around 600 kilograms of explosives and 1,800 boreholes were required to destroy them.
Yes.
you know how Bath, England has jane austen parties? there should be one (1) hotel in Yorkshire that has a “haunt the moors” package. book it and they take you out to a field and give you a nightgown and candelabra and just let you go ham. charge $500 for a photo package. whatever. it’ll print money.
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The problem of course is that women will vote for misogynists, but men won’t vote for women.
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Quote from Timothy Mellon, who donated $130 million to the U.S. military, so you know who we’re dealing with:

“Black people, in spite of heroic efforts by the "Establishment" to right the wrongs of the past, became even more belligerent and unwilling to pitch in to improve their own situations”.
I remain unimpressed by UGA.

Hope this little fucker gets expelled.
UGA student dresses up as N@zi at local bar, gets kicked out of building and hits woman in response
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When dressing up as a Nazi for Halloween is even remotely acceptable then you know as a country we have lost the plot.

We can never normalize this:
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes
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​BREAKING: Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum opened all 1.56 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing. These lands are sacred to the Gwich’in Nation, home to irreplaceable wildlife and wilderness, and have never seen industrialization.
Fuck this dude.
Georgia Republican Tim Echols explains his decision to label Democrat Alicia Johnson, who is Black, as a "DEI specialist" by saying: "This is not a dog whistle. This is a whistle. I’m not being shy about it." Echols and Fitz Johnson are up next month for seats on state Public Service Commission.
Why the PSC election next month is an early test for Democratic momentum
Early voting numbers in Democratic strongholds are far outpacing those in GOP-friendly counties, and some Republicans worry about closing the gap by Election Day on Nov. 4.
www.ajc.com
"It's been 42 years since my last confession, hope you're comfortable"
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.
She doesn't know it yet, but one lucky lady among my friends is getting this HOT PRIESTS calendar for Christmas. Complete 'with historical notes about the Vatican.'
Oh my god
Oh my god
A civil attorney who Trump enthusiast Lindsey Halligan brought in to prosecute the Letitia James case screwed up his initial appearance and the court had to give him step-by-step instructions about how to save a PDF.
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wow, which common vaccine was it?
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"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it
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Astonishing new footage shows the suspected Louvre jewel thieves making a bizarre getaway in broad daylight
www.huffpost.com/entry/new-fo...
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Play this audio over footage of ICE shooting pepper balls at priests' heads; inflation charts; and crying farmers whose crops are rotting away unsold, 24 hours a day on every medium. Democrats take the Senate.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."