Fascist government officials use civilian paramilitaries to do dirty work that they don’t want to get caught doing. This is a playbook of oppression that Putin is using now and the right wing death squads of Central America and the various orange unionists of Northern Ireland have used in the recent past.

Every once in a while I consider how many friends’ funerals I’d have been to by now if not for access to good OB care, and it’s absolutely staggering. Of my dozen or so fondest girlfriends, I’d have five left. Three of those do not have kids. One would have had a stillbirth. Only one had an uncomplicated pregnancy and …

There’s a lot to unpack there, but tossing out the old “agitators were shipped in from out of town” bit when the person he’s defending actually did come in from out of state with a rifle is particularly rich.

Fuck Republican men in particular.

We are entering a very dark time in this country. The man who is supposed to be leading it is spreading transparently baseless conspiracy theories to rile up his supporters to take arms against their fellow countrymen. It is bad now, but if anything has been clear about this man, it is that he will double and triple…

I feel like given the things we know about Trump because he’s done them publicly while in office (kids in cages, shitting on our intel and military to kiss Putin’s ass, admitting to breaking the law, abusing his office for personal gain, being overtly supportive of nazis and white supremacists, etc...) these “tell…

This is what you get when you declare war and the LGBTQ+ community, and I am here for it.

This fucking year.

Am I becoming paranoid, or is it disturbing that a police union seems comfortable throwing around “sundown” ultimatums at a time like this? Was this deliberate, or just really fucking tone deaf?

I’m so glad all of these government employees were here to protect me.
-A libertarian 

I have to wonder if the stylist did this specifically for the green screen fun to be had on Twitter and she did not know because she has to be dumb (because who would not see that coming?)
OR Melania was in on it and it was her passive aggressive way to take over the night and become the conversation.
OR Trump did it…

uncanny!

Sorry, I’m siding with your spouse here. Gum doesn’t biodegrade. https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/chewing-gum-trash.htm

Good thing that post wasn’t structural, apparently!

President Trump and I will always support the right of Americans to peacefully protest.

protesting state violence is akin to protesting America itself.

That makes about as much sense as if I intentionally littered because I know it’s someone’s job to clean up the streets. “I’m a job creator, ya hear?” *upends garbage bag on the curb*

My mom does that to people on the street all the time. She picks the trash up and says in a concerned manner, “You dropped this.” For some reason everyone always puts their hand out to which she fills their hand with trash.

I hate litterbugs.

I have my own way of dealing with them. PreCovid, I worked daily in Mid-Town Manhattan. Lots of tourists who think nothing of dropping trash in our streets. I was walking behind a pair of obvious tourists. He pulled a candy bar out of his bag, opened it, and give a piece to his girlfriend/SO. He then…