“It’s better if we’re going to have a civil war of any sort that it be martial law with our side"
Personally, I wake up every morning regretting that I wasn’t born during the Civil War, when everything was going so well for everybody.
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Extending that a little further, Katie Zacharia is 42 and she has four children. Perhaps she just decided not to make the commitment that studying and sitting for the bar and practicing law would require. A warped GOP variation on the tradwife. ETA: See also Phyllis Schlafly.
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Musk has spent $366 million so far this year
This is a big part of why our country is dying. It’s no longer representative of the people, although (admittedly) most Americans would also prefer to get paid without working, like Congress, or while golfing. Like Trump.
Now, to be fair, in a counterbalance to Musk’s multi-million dollar, media wide, blitz promotion of his personal agenda, I did talk to my neighbor about whether he plans to vote in the morning or afternoon last week.
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According to Republicans…
Flim-flam corporations deserve protection.
The employees they’ll fire are just lazy bums who should starve.
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Those eyes remind me that I’ve got to either restock or tell myself I’m going on the wagon.
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Elon Musk …. has become the biggest donor to the midterms. He has spent $366 million so far this year…
That’s the equivalent of an ordinary millionaire spending $366.
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He’s just a competent Dem, we’re not accustomed to that. Holding his sleazebag opponent to stand behind his comments should be basic politics, but the usual corporate Dem fails even at that. Granted his opponent is particularly dumb, but that’s a given.
The other Collins was pasted too in that debate, not that it matters in Maine.
Hold these fuckers accountable and hope the ZFE is watching, for once. Though I think the main reason the MSM is paying any attention is that they want him to run for President so they can handwring about him being “mean” and a bully for clicks.
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Except that the woman on tick tack isn’t Katie. It’s a young person who tried to commit suicide after that dreadful incident. The person posting on BlueSky should take it down.
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Speaking of Musk
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Hey. We’re getting a brief spell of low humidity here in Ft Myers. Small joys.
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Fifteen minutes after that, Ossoff returned to it a third time. “You still haven’t answered tonight whether you believe Donald Trump actually won the 2020 election,” he said. “Here’s your third chance. Did Donald Trump really win the 2020 election? You want to answer, Mike?”
Ossoff needed to rephrase the question. “I believe you, Mike, know the answer to this question quite well, you’re just afraid to say it. So, Mike, did Biden win, or are you a coward?”
Forces Collins to say yes, the answer he knows is correct, or no, which he knows to be a lie, or to be seen as a coward. Reporters and others should ask the question this way, too.
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She changed the course of the news cycle on her first day by shamelessly lying and debasing herself to the national press. She called on only republican media. And shes blonde so he enjoys looking at her.
She is a certifiable moron and non lawyer who couldnt possibly understand what shes saying. Her very presence is a mockery to decent people and sensible governance.
She’ll be here as long as she can keep the act going and not be caught wetting her beak on the side.
Gone after the midterms in any case.
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I was curious so I looked her up. Still among the living, but her mental health has suffered significantly dealing with the fallout from this and related online bullying.
Either way, an argument for a bit of compassion and restraint from piling on, I suppose.
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Rep. Mike Collins sounds like he hit himself in the head with Lester Maddox’s old axe handle.
With all of these odd Collins’ From Susan to Mike I’m in the mood for a Tom Collins.
Fortunately, she’s very much alive. She has said she struggled with mental health issues and harassment following the pageant, but was able to move on from it with family support. She now does advocacy work for mental health awareness.
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From what I’ve read over the years the pageant industry isn’t the healthiest place for young women. From pushy pageant moms to the compensation, scholarships or lack there of. You can sympathize with this woman for what she’s endured. John Oliver did a great segment on them a few years ago.
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A jarring observation. What if one of the consequences of disappearing the Russian bots is that it allows this kind of thing to rise to the surface. Fact checking is becoming a nightmare.
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… and
As Ukraine reported problems with Starlink satellite internet terminals and US data that warns of Russian ballistic missile attacks, Kyiv also faced the harsh reality that its European allies cannot offer any ready-made alternatives.
Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday the functioning of Starlink’s military-grade service Starshield had been interrupted when terminals were moving at high speed, hampering Ukrainian drones for attack missions and air defence.
Reuters
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