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One of the talking heads on the news over the weekend said something that’s stuck in my brain.“We basically childproofed the Presidency for this person, & now we’re going to

I think the constant narrative since 16 that Trump voters aren’t *really* racist misogynistic authoritarians who mean everything they say & if left puts everything aside to understand & nurture

So I have severe scars all over my legs. They are very dramatic.When I was 19 I was a camp counselor with some horrible little demons under my care. All

I love that “Trump Derangement Syndrome” has become this GOTCHA phrase for the Redcap Bridgade.The original version was Clinton Derangement Syndrome in the 90s, when the same people wrote whatever

You must understand nothing can happen in real life that will change the minds of Trump’s base.He uses the words they learned from Rush & Fox for years. He believes

They played the song all portentously like it really was this magic song out of nowhere that no one knew but went right to your soul…Yeah, it was the theme

I’ve always wondered why certain anti-mask folk hate *other people* wearing them so much they rage out when it doesn’t affect them at allI think they hate that people can

I am so sick of hearing people suddenly so deeply concerned about the socialization of America’s schoolchildren.They’re fine with shooter drills, LGBT students bullied into suicide, punishing girls for wearing

People in Asia have worn masks in public for years, why are we being such babies?A future where we all wear masks isn’r some kind of nightmare dystopia. Make it

80% of the women I know have been sewing face masks for donation, looking for patterns that encourage people to like them, learning to bake bread, the whole nine.Whereas statistically,

America spent 30 years convincing itself Hillary was a uniquely corrupt evil, so it was easy to believe when left & right vilified herIt was harder to sell that somehow

This is happening in Maine as well, and honestly it’s going to happen anywhere that’s somewhat cheap with even a whisper of city services & culture. Big/medium cities have already