Petunia
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Reading addict
Curmudgeon
Baby steps
Me too
This is why the people who are always like “why don’t ((((they))) just immigrate legally” drive me fucking bonkers
This is infuriating on so many levels, but partly because it ignores Congressional intent to penalize immigrants who followed the rules. And partly because these are people who have done nothing wrong beyond trying to negotiate a broken system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Me too
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
Make it make sense
I always love me a good Columbo meme
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Make it make sense
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Once again, behold the unparalleled parsimony & explanatory power of the Dennis Green Unified Theory Of 🇺🇸 Politics
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Once again, behold the unparalleled parsimony & explanatory power of the Dennis Green Unified Theory Of 🇺🇸 Politics
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Seems like a weird thing to tweet on the day when your boss said he’d pardon someone convicted of sending 400 tons of cocaine into the US.
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Seems like a weird thing to tweet on the day when your boss said he’d pardon someone convicted of sending 400 tons of cocaine into the US.
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Now Trump has pardoned former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine into the US in a sweeping drug case.
And we have to put up with Trump’s criminality for three more years, thanks to John Roberts.
And we have to put up with Trump’s criminality for three more years, thanks to John Roberts.
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Now Trump has pardoned former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine into the US in a sweeping drug case.
And we have to put up with Trump’s criminality for three more years, thanks to John Roberts.
And we have to put up with Trump’s criminality for three more years, thanks to John Roberts.
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Pope Leo recently said his favorite movie of all time was “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Mine too. The pope’s and my favorite movie has a lot to tell us about where America is right now. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-the-pope-and-me
Trump, the Pope, and me
The real meaning of Pope Leo’s and my favorite film
robertreich.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Pope Leo recently said his favorite movie of all time was “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Mine too. The pope’s and my favorite movie has a lot to tell us about where America is right now. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-the-pope-and-me
The more facts you produce the more they double down
Watch these two MAGA Nutters twist themselves into a pretzel trying to explain that Trump isn’t using the office of the Presidency to enrich himself. I like how @keithedwards tries to use the power of persuasion to get them to understand it’s not just about the stock market.
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The more facts you produce the more they double down
My Lai massacre and illegal orders
Free link: share.inquirer.com/wcAMJe
How one person stopped a U.S. Army massacre in Vietnam by someone else just "following orders,"
How one person stopped a U.S. Army massacre in Vietnam by someone else just "following orders,"
The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.
share.inquirer.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My Lai massacre and illegal orders
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November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Or sad
It's sort of funny that so many people are going to therapy right now because Donald Trump wouldn't.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Or sad
For the gray days
I already know depression hates to see this man coming. I’m cancelling all of my therapy appointments and adding this song and dance to my morning routine.
*Depression no, no, no ALEGRÍA SI SI SI*
*Depression no, no, no ALEGRÍA SI SI SI*
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
For the gray days
Spit my damn drink
I'm going to give you $2,000... emotionally.
BESSENT: “THE $2,000 DIVIDEND COULD COME IN LOTS OF FORMS… IT COULD BE JUST THE TAX DECREASES. IT COULD BE NO TAX ON TIPS.”
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Spit my damn drink
He is bleeding the US dry while he grifts
November 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
He is bleeding the US dry while he grifts
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When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
Why is this not a huge story?
Trump said "it was an honor" to welcome this guy (who killed American soldiers) to the White House. On Veterans Day.
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Why is this not a huge story?
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Was just thinking of how you clarified this as I read www.thecut.com/article/taki...
Taking GLP-1s to Get Ahead at Work
“The truth is, I’m taking it because I’m afraid not to.”
www.thecut.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Was just thinking of how you clarified this as I read www.thecut.com/article/taki...
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Project 2025 normalizes racist fascism. FYI
Stay vigilant. Listen to Black Women.
Stay vigilant. Listen to Black Women.
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Project 2025 normalizes racist fascism. FYI
Stay vigilant. Listen to Black Women.
Stay vigilant. Listen to Black Women.
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Speaking of MAGA. 🤷🏻🤦🏾♀️
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Speaking of MAGA. 🤷🏻🤦🏾♀️
Unfortunately it sounds like this was a bad case on both facts and law. SCOTUS is likely waiting for a better vehicle to reconsider Obergefell
The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. n.pr/47yOyEH
Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision
The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Unfortunately it sounds like this was a bad case on both facts and law. SCOTUS is likely waiting for a better vehicle to reconsider Obergefell