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The West Wing is the same genre of competency porn as Star Trek, but with fewer transporter accidents

One of the greatest lies people propagate is that all opinions are valid: that every position is somehow equally worthy of merit and deserving of consideration.

No, All Opinions are Not Equally Valid johnpavlovitz.com/2022/03/18/n

13/ ✔️Via Jamison Foser:

CLARENCE THOMAS: These free luxury vacations are totally ethical because the GOP donor who takes me on them is a dear friend! It’s just what friends do!

SAM ALITO: This free luxury vacation is totally ethical because I barely know the GOP donor who took me on it!

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@stoprak@mas.to Sometimes you gotta call a plow a plow.

7/ Lordy there are tapes:

Hanson, cont'd:

Eastman disputes the framing of his telling legislators to either call a special election, or adopt a slate of their own electors.

Carling plays the Dec. 3 video of Eastman telling the Georgia Assembly subcommittee to “protect the integrity of the election here in Georgia.”

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#NewYork Passes Bill to Shield #Abortion Providers Sending Pills Into States With Bans

The measure is one of several recently enacted by states aiming to expand access to medication abortion for patients who live where it is outlawed.

nytimes.com/2023/06/20/health/

@amaditalks Sometimes I feel sorry for White folks. It’s no more fair to them than any of the rest of us. @TomSwirly @jik

@amaditalks Sweeping generalizations are overused. Users of social media need to stop using words like “always” and “never.” It’s rarely one or the other. And rarely all <fill in the blank> people. @TomSwirly @jik

@stargazersmith @mcnees
My guess would be the guy who installed solar panels on the White House instead of the one who took them down.

To the GOP MAGAts coming down on Hunter Biden’s plea deal…

Sometimes when you admit to fucking up and take a plea, it works out better than denying everything and attacking everyone who tries to enforce the law.

@amaditalks I wouldn’t go that far, and if all churches are taxed, that would still be a good thing. @jik

@TomSwirly The world has become nonbinary, and people still want to see it in black and white with not even a shade of grey.

@jik @AlliFlowers @amaditalks No, the takeaway, "Nothing will ever change, you must choose between two right wing, pro-war, pro-fossil fuel, pro-big business parties, and if you don't choose the slightly less awful one, then you are a bad person," is so demoralizing that people simply want to change the subject, and talk about small areas where some progress might be possible.

@jik Definitely not the key point, but an easy thing to address and slow them down. @amaditalks

Breaking—

An order to unseal the identities of the co-signers of Rep. George Santos's bond has been AFFIRMED by a federal judge.

The identities will remained sealed until Thursday at noon EST, in case the suretors seek to withdraw. @lawcrimenews

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