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One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com

the people who told you to calm down about Roe are the same people telling you to calm down about Social Security, in case you hadn't noticed

I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

💥 NEWS: Costco Q2 Earnings Call today reveals February sales up 8.6 percent in the U.S. (even after attacks on the company's DEI, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives).

Well done @mayorwu.boston.gov. WELL. DONE.

Look what's happening at the French Embassy in Washington DC.

Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

Moocher State DEI

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

They are sacrificing their kids for this madness

You voted for a corrupt sexual predator who assaulted multiple women and even admitted it on tape. What did you think would happen?

LOCK HIM UP! He's trying to destroy our country!

The GOP's strategy:  1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to programs that millions of people rely on. 4) Repeat.  They're trying it again this week. Don't let them get away with it.

I served the people, not the president as US Attorney. That's the oath. That's the job. That's why you don't put people who haven't worked at the Justice Department in charge of the Department, or people who haven't worked at the FBI in charge of the FBI.

To me, a Nazi salute means, "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.

80 years ago today. A different universe.

This was published last October www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

National Park Service rangers have pulled off a brilliant action in Yosemite Park on El Capitan by deploying a massive American flag upside down in the traditional sign of distress or extreme emergencies.

Low tide distress message from Acadia National Park Sand Beach (via alt acadia nat park)

CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

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Señor Smallwood lecturing us about masculinity using his extensive bro-cabulary while wearing eyeliner and capri pants.

It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.

Jalen Hurts and his all woman management team secured the highest-paid deal in NFL history. #DEI #Blackexcellence

Ketchup On Walls Alert: HIGH

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

Trump Voters, You Owe Our Children an Apology open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

Jesuit Priest 👇🏽

RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

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Touch the stove, America.

The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.

The White House has suddenly removed this page. whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

‘-- nor had I understood til then how the shameless vanity of utter fools can so strongly determine the fate of others.’ Philip Roth, ‘The Plot Against America’