When the guy claiming elections are rigged is up against the fact a large number of his potential voters are unlikely to turn out on election day … because they believe elections are rigged, so why bother?

#NoContextForYou

Redefining 'victory' as 'winning second place' is something only little kids and ego-driven narcissist politicians who got second place do.

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No. You cannot do 'whatever you want'. It's not how things work. And if you gotten away with doing whatever you up until now?

That just means you've finally gotten to the finding out part.

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> [Rick Wilson] "Wait one MOMENT.' … You're telling me a man who went bankrupt 5 times, a wet-brained lower-quartile Congressman, and their Dollar Store reject social platform blew it? No. WAY!"

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Apparently there is the Republican Party and the Georgia Republican Party – and they are *not* the same thing.

#NoContextForYou #uspol

When the people banning books, censoring history classes, and controlling other people's bodies say they are motivated to do these things by their love of liberty and freedom of speech.

#uspol #NoContextForYou

When many of the best genre writers you know are forced into Patreon campaigns, pitching merchandise, and running online classes – because even strong book sales do not equate to a living wage the way publishing is structured nowadays.

NOTE: This also applies to professional musicians; they've just had the same problem for longer.

#NoContextForYou #writing #publishing

The way people want #SocialMedia to be like a conversation between friends or strangers in a bar – but also want those conversations to be stored forever and searchable. As if no one ever says something stupid in the heat of the moment or changes their opinions.

I believe there is value in ephemerality and I believe our social thinking and habits are built on knowing the past is behind us. We tinker with that at our peril.

You want search and archives? Write a blog post.

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Do any of the people going on about 'sexualizing children' in the context of Junior and High School sex education or library books even remember what it was like to be a teenager? (Much less consider that anyone over the age of 13 was considered an adult in most of the world less than 200 years ago?)

#NoContextForYou #WTF

When you go to great lengths to avoid – and criminalize – public participation* in your statehouse, the reason is probably because the things you are doing are not approved of by the public.

* Including testifying before committees on request of committee members, holding signs, clapping or booing, or even looking down in silent disapproval from the public gallery. (And no, none of those examples are a joke or an exaggeration.)

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When you look at a poll with 51% yes, 26% no, and 22% don't know and think to yourself, "At least half of the 22% *do know* – they just don't want to say it out loud.

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= Vanity =

văn′ĭ-tē - noun

1. Excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceit. synonym: conceit.

2. Something about which one is vain or conceited.

3. Worthlessness, pointlessness, or futility.

4. Wearing makeup and styled hair for a police mugshot.

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You know lady? I'm surprised by your ignorance too.

#NoContextForYou #uspol

When a rock legend who made a career out of androgyny turns out to be just another anti-woke, anti-trans piece of shit.

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I'm guessing Kevin Sorbo's problems have more to do with being an unrepentant asshole than with his religious beliefs.

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When you signal you are *really* running for vice president by loudly proclaiming you are not interested in being vice president.

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Elderly Washington DC gentleman decides to fly to Hawaii, despite locals asking tourists to stay away while they recover from wildfires.

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Son of racist slumlord accuses woman of being daughter of former Black Panther.

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Seen on the Internets:

> "Which of Trump's Truths *aren't* witness intimidation these days? I guess the ones that are jury tampering."

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Seen on the Internets:

> "The conservative party is the party that is devoured by fascism in any type of right-wing fascist descent.”

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