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Candice Curtis
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Horse racing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is happening in KY too
1/ Just weeks after a Democrat was elected governor of NC in 2024 by an overwhelming margin, the state’s GOP-controlled legislature set out to strip him of powers.

What happened next illuminates the breakdown in the separation of powers throughout the nation.

THREAD 👇

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Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors
For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it fina...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Christmas Must Be Tonight" is one of those songs that I forget about until I hear another cover of it that just tears my heart out and this year's is Jeff Tweedy
December 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
About 20, 25 yrs ago my fam bought a pack of Christmas crackers from World Market bc it was a new thing over here in the States. The crowns and jokes were an instant hit and we began a tradition that I cherish to this day. Its fun to see the originators still having fun with it
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
There must be lights burning brighter, somewhere
a cartoon drawing of a lit candle with labtoons.com written on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a lit candle with labtoons.com written on the bottom
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December 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Saturday's Top 10 HRN Speed Figures and fastest maiden winners.

📸: Walter Wlodarczyk / NYRA
Saturday's HRN top 10 speed figures + fastest maidens
Saturday's Top 10 HRN Speed Figures and fastest maiden winners.
www.horseracingnation.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
You got any more of them biscuits?

#corgi
December 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The newsletter is out. Usually it’s fairly light. This week, it’s about how Stephen Miller lies.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti...
Data is anti-fascist
Last week, this newsletter was refreshingly apolitical. Well, that was then. Chapter 1 What they want you to believe about immigrants You don't need to travel too far up the branches of White House...
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December 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Catching up on some shows since its snowy here

and The Bear is really great.
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Nothing hurts worse than when a social media dog crosses the rainbow bridge and man too many have this year 😢
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Had fluvid shot before Thanksgiving trip.

It was still no match for the swirling soup of people and kids at the Aquarium 🙄

Day 3 of sinus infection from hell.
December 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
MEMES
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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The @kentuckypress.bsky.social's Holiday Sale is ongoing & presents a perfect opportunity for pre-ordering the first 2 titles in the Racing Royalty series. Get both A.P. Indy & Holy Bull in SC or HC 40% off w/code FROSTY25!

www.kentuckypress.com/978198590424...
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590366...
Holy Bull - The University Press of Kentucky
Holy Bull's path to glory was anything but ordinary. Born outside the Bluegrass and destined for racing's blue-collar ranks, this gray colt did not inspire T...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
F Tre Harget & F everyone in my old home state for this despicable policy
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
*files this away with all the other stories about big EP fans...*
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Memphis/West Memphis
November 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Omg everything is so stupid.
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Kenny McPeek updates on promising 2-year-olds and others in his stable.

📸: Carlos J. Calo / Eclipse Sportswire
Barn Tour: McPeek has plenty to look forward to as stars depart
Kenny McPeek updates on promising 2-year-olds and others in his stable.
www.horseracingnation.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
... and I take a deep breath and I get real high and I scream at the top of my lungs

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRHHHHHHHHH
homer simpson is sitting in a chair with his mouth open
ALT: homer simpson is sitting in a chair with his mouth open
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November 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.

remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I had to take a literal Ethics in Journalism class when I was in it did these folks not have that in the course reqs?
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM