Laura Walker

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“We’re not going to have the FBI conduct standard background checks for these insane nominees and we’ll sue any reporters who look into their records” is really inspiring confidence.

guzzling straight from the bottle with it pouring off his face onto his shirt is a perfectly normal way to drink champagne … if you’ve just won the World Series

I’m old enough to remember there was some lady (I think she was like Black and Indian or something) who told us he was gonna do this and it would be bad

A big unspoken key to Trump’s appeal is: “If a piece of shit like this can be president of the United States, what do YOU have to feel bad about?”

In a sense, this is the real culture war and the rest is window dressing. The GOP has rebranded itself as the Trash Party. Their fundamental promise isn’t really anything about policy. It’s that you have permission to be vulgar and stupid and hateful and not feel bad about it anymore.

during the 2023 presidential primary, the legal team for a major GOP candidate threatened to sue me if i wrote critically about the candidate's wardrobe

Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...

Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.

Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?

#PHEthx

Happy Anniversary! She must be an amazing woman :)

Cheers to you both, and many, many more 🥂

On This Day in 1978:

I married my dental hygienist, Marilou York.

She cleaned my teeth & the rest... is history.

#HappyAnniversary2TheLoveOfMyLife. ❤️ 🎆 🙏

Way to go Liz. This is just insane

'Not going to cooperate': Border state sheriffs throw wrench in Trump’s deportation plan President-elect Donald Trump's advisers have been hoping county sheriffs in border states will assist with the incoming administration's mass deportation campaign. But several sheriffs are already pub...

'Not going to cooperate': Border state sheriffs throw wrench in Trump’s deportation plan www.rawstory.com/not-going-to...

See below for my statement in response to Chairman Loudermilk's "Interim Report":

Flavor Flav with President Biden and Dr Jill Biden

What an honor to be invited to The White House Christmas party,,, and special thankx to the great Dr Jill Biden for the hospitality and the opportunity to meet her husband,,, the PRESIDENT of the United States of America, Joe Biden.

GOP report recommends Liz Cheney be criminally investigated over Jan. 6 work Republicans on Tuesday released a report reviewing the “failures and politicization” of the now-disbanded House Jan. 6 committee, capping their investigation by recommending a criminal investigatio…

Utter bollocks: GOP report recommends Liz Cheney be criminally investigated over Jan. 6 work thehill.com/homenews/hou...

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Stock market today: Dow logs longest losing streak since 1978 as stocks slide ahead of Fed decision The Fed meeting kicks off with investors on alert for clues to the path of rates after the widely expected December cut.

Oof: Stock market today: Dow logs longest losing streak since 1978 as stocks slide ahead of Fed decision finance.yahoo.com/news/live/st...

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When my son first started to really be able to read at age 5, he asked me why our neighbor has a flag that says "F*ck your feelings" on their house. There was a lot to unpack there, but I told him that they are doing us a favor and letting us know they are not worth knowing.

She believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has an irresistible sway over Trump and will extract the desired outcome—but only if they meet face-to-face, without any influence or interference from other American power brokers, à la Helsinki, where the two men held discussions in secret.

Head of RT Margarita Simonyan, a decorated state TV propagandist and Kremlin insider, has spilled not only Russia’s hopes and dreams for Donald Trump’s second term in office but also Moscow’s strategy for suckering him in.

Kremlin Insiders Spill Putin’s Secret Plan to Manipulate Trump Russia’s top propagandist has revealed the Kremlin’s plot to win over Donald Trump.

Kremlin Insiders Spill Putin’s Secret Plan to Manipulate Trump - via @juliadavisnews.bsky.social at @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-insi...

The Dow just did something it hasn’t done since Jimmy Carter was president | CNN Business The world’s most famous market indicator just suffered its longest losing streak since Jimmy Carter was in the White House.

The Trump economy? The Dow ends the day lower, suffering its longest losing streak since the Carter administration

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One of the defining features of the political culture of the current GOP is that it's reached into the brains of a significant portion of the party's leadership and activist class, identified the spot where Occam's Razor is located, and used a power tool to grind it down to a stump.

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A Christmas tree made of huge lights going up the side of a mountain in Italy. It looks like a kid's drawing of a Christmas tree. Green lights outline, multiple color lights filling it in.

Gubbio, a beautiful medieval town in the heart of Central Italy's Umbria Region, claims the world's largest Christmas tree. This is the 44th year for this tree display!

The principal Christmas tree at Sofia Square in Kyiv, Ukraine Photo by Danylo Antoniuk Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

The principal Christmas tree at Sofia Square in Kyiv, Ukraine

Royal household staff pose for a photograph next to decorated Christmas tree at Windsor Castle England. GETTY

Royal household staff pose for a photograph next to decorated Christmas tree at Windsor Castle England.

So fun!