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(She/her) I’m a Christian, an Ally, a Democrat, a friend, and a Talent Development professional. I’m trying to make the world a better place than I found it.
I love visiting local Texas wineries & breweries, shopping small businesses, and watching classic movies with my husband & son. And yes, I have more pictures of my Calico than of my son.
What did Tennessee, where the latest mass school shooting claimed six lives, recently do? Ban drag shows to "protect the kids." https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/tribalism-in-an-age-of-school-shootings
Tribalism in an Age of School Shootings

The Nashville horror and the ugly social media battlefield we endure after every shooting.

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RT @saletan
"Trump has spent years... delegitimizing the justice system," notes @SykesCharlie.

Now his allies raise the threat of more violence if he's prosecuted.

"In the absence of legal consequences ... we should consider January 6 a dry run for what is to come." http://bit.ly/40uqJXY

The Worst is Yet to Come

Plus: Remembering what the Iraq War was like, 20 years later.

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RT @BillKristol
“If a strong majority of Republican elites want Trump gone, then why is a supermajority of them going to the mattresses to either proclaim that Trump is innocent or attack the legal case against Trump?

What we have here is a paradox of pain.” https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/the-paradox-of-republican-pain

The Paradox of Republican Pain

Three charts explain why Republicans will defend Trump even while secretly hoping he gets indicted and then convicted.

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What a bunch of damn cowards run Axios, a "news" company that just fired a reporter who told the simple truth. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ben-montgomery-ron-desantis
Reporter Describes Being Fired By Axios After Being Targeted By Ron DeSantis’ Media ‘Machine’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) press team often attacks the reporters who cover his state. On Monday, they cost one of those journalists, Ben Montgomery, his job with Axios. In a conversation with TPM…

TPM – Talking Points Memo
Geography is so interesting.
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It’s clear that #DeSantis has always been a clone and disciple of #TFG. Now that DeSantis is setting himself up to run against the Mango One, it’s deliciously ironic that TFG might be dropped for a younger model of himself. <chef’s kiss>

we did it guys, we created a new gilded age

"By 2021, the top 1% income share has reached an all-time high of 27.4% much higher than the previous record of 23.9% in 1928"

https://eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/saez-UStopincomes-2021.pdf

I’m watching “The Music Man” (side note—Robert Preston was such a treasure). There’s a con man creating a cultural war and the mayor’s wife objecting to a classic novel, calling it a “smutty book” because it featured people eating sandwiches in the park. Um…this is happening NOW. 🤦🏼‍♀️
Could Putin be any more pathetic? Russians were PAID to attend his warmonger rally promoting genocide in Ukraine.
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RT @meduza_en
A patriotic rally whose motto is “Glory to the defenders of our Fatherland!” is beginning in Moscow. Attendees, paid 500 rubles (or just under $7) to come to the rally in 9°F weather, are waiting for the music to begin, and for Vladimir Putin to speak.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/02/22/stadium-rally-in-su…
https://twitter.com/meduza_en/status/1628378184835014659