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βIn my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, this rectangle is mine.β Zadie Smith shares the blueprint she uses to write impersonal essays.
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesnβt like.
I shanβt say his name ever.
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This.
"Three students are in critical condition and were being taken to St. Anthony Hospital, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to ABC News. A fourth student was also transported, but with an unknown injury."
Charlie Kirk wasn't killed by political violence.
Charlie Kirk was killed by *gun* violence.
We gave healthcare CEOs tax breaks.
They bought yachts while denying cancer patients treatment.
We gave healthcare corporations tax breaks.
Shareholder profits boomed while families were forced to choose between insulin and rent.
What are we doing here?
i cannot believe they are expecting us to play along with this "might not be his signature" farce and that a lot of people actually are, i feel like ive lost my goddam mind
19 people have died in Nepal's Gen Z Protests
βThousands heeded a call by demonstrators describing themselves as Generation Z to gather near the parliament building in Kathmandu over the decision to ban internet platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube... β
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Oh Goody! Haha! π
E. Jean Carroll wins again against the sleazbag squatting in the WH.
Pay Up! π
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A revolution sweeping the country, government officials in Nepal were evacuated by military helicopters after protesters set fire to the homes of the country's president, the current prime minister & a former prime minister. Events continue to escalate rapidly protesters seeking to change the regime
Harvard can't use someone's race to decide if they are going to be a student, but ICE can use a student's race to decide if they are going to detain/incarcerate them.
According to the Supreme Court, race can only be a factor if you want hurt, not help, someone.
Speaker Mike Johnson's wife has made a career out of "helping" gay men who are shamed by their religion to "stop" being gay . . . if you ever wonder how they met.
Theyβre claiming the signature isnβt real but Iβm going to remind everyone that 11000+ photographs and videos were removed from Epsteinβs properties by the FBI and this is the tip of the fcking iceberg.
And I think everyone in the GOP knows it.
I think if I β as a goof β alluded to my friend being a pedophile in their birthday card, it would probably ruin the mood at the party
He brought Kennedy on board to debase the family. Same reason he paved over Jackieβs Rose Garden and gutted the Kennedy Center. RFK Jr goes along because he and former his law firm stand to make millions from suing over vaccines.
Here's a breakdown for those who are confused about Tariffs.
PAY UP #Predator47
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It's about killing the poor. It's about killing anyone who isn't rich. It's about making them suffer and putting them under heel. Eventually people will realize this and react, but right now, creature comforts while boiling in the pot is the thing.
Eventually when the fascists have consolidated...
Wikipedia says the phrase "Your papers, please" is "a cultural metaphor for life in a police state."
It's what the U.S. Supreme Court endorsed today: arbitrary stops of people without probable cause.
#Booksky
Reading and sweaters
15 Novels You Need to Read This Fall
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Wish she could have saved herself.π₯
BREAKING: In Chicago, IllinoisβU.S. citizens protesting ICE were dragged into vans by masked federal agents with no badges and no warrants.
People screamed: βWho are you? Where are you taking them?β
This is authoritarian control in real time.
Squirrel Break!
I've known Jeff [Epstein] for 15 years. Terrific guy, He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side." Trump told New York magazine in 2002.
Your daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH.
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles