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@KathaPollitt

7 years

"Women--you have to treat em like sh*t." --Donald J. Trump.

Donald J. Trump

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I have tremendous respect for women and the many roles they serve that are vital to the fabric of our society and our economy.

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My favorite Bible story is the one where Jesus picks up a stone and says, actually I am without sin, let me start this off.

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@digby56 @mattyglesias @dylanlscott Or maybe she realized if she doesn't tell her story, men like you will tell her story.

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This is the day Sean Spicer became Presidential.

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There is no such thing as a day before birth abortion. #GOPDebate

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@thedailybeast It's never too early to start the sexist drumbeat against a potentially powerful woman. I hear she has a shrill voice, too.

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"Things that made sense" like mexican rapists took your job, and global warming is a Chinese hoax, and I can bring back coal. Also, black people are criminals and women are disgusting.

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@evepeyser @BernieSanders . @BernieSanders : "I think that the vast majority of Trump supporters are people who are in pain, who are struggling economically… and they turned to Trump because Trump said things that made sense.”

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My new @thenation column: The positive case for Hillary.

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Mammogram?

Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸

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"Think about it. Before COVID, did anyone go out and seek testing to determine if they were sick?" @GovRonDeSantis today

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Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, William Lloyd Garrison, William Wilberforce...

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Challenge: name five historical figures from mid 19th century or earlier who wouldn't be considered extremely racist by modern standards

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3 years

I miss George Carlin.

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7 years

Wow! Such good news on a morning of good news!

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Notre Dame reversed its decision to drop no-cost birth control. Congrats to undergrads, grad students, and faculty who protested.

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Have we reached peak stupidity yet? Whose brilliant idea was it to warn readers that a novel published in the 1920s had some views and language of its time?

Ernest Hemingway masterpiece given a trigger warning by publisher

Biographer says Penguin's new cautionary note treats readers ‘with stupidity’

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@KathaPollitt

7 years

So, @SusanSarandon , what would Hillary done that was as bad as pardoning Joe Arpaio?

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7 years

Executive orders bringing back, vastly expanding global gag rule. You are celebrating while health care will suffer and women will die.

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My youngest brother proves he's a baby whisperer—while my father signs his first executive orders.

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Letters We Didn't Finish Reading: To the Editor: I’ve voted twice in my life: once for myself when I ran for Congress 10 years ago, and once for Donald Trump last year.

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Tell me again that there's no war on women. #PlannedParenthood

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9 years

so thrilled to see women standing up for themselves, sharing stories, and resisting stigma #shoutyourabortion

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7 years

Bernie Sanders will keynote the Women's Convention. Don't fret, ladies. Maybe in a few centuries, women will have their own leaders.

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That's what happens when you vote for someone who wanted to take away everyone's rights but your own. Eventually he gets around to you.

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There are 15,000 patriotic transgender Americans in the US military fighting for all of us. What happened to your promise to fight for them?

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When Obama read off a teleprompter he was called stupid and lazy. When Trump does it, he's presidential. @VanJones68

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7 years

White man wants a job: populism. Black woman wants a job: identity politics!

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@bessbell Where to begin? You can't be serious.

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@Olivianuzzi You pundits should be ashamed of yourselves. You go on and on that Biden is old and feeble. Then when he shows passion and energy you say he must be on drugs. Listen to yourself!

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7 years

And thank you @womensmarch for these generous words.

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7 years

Wait, I thought Hillary was the warmonger?

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Trump: "When was the last time we won a war? Do we win anything? We're gonna start winning big folks." *crowd chants USA USA* #CPAC2017

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7 years

Amazon reviews for Ivanka shoes. Hilarious.

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7 years

This needs to be a bigger story. Women are losing rights and care, and attention is all elsewhere. Why?

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2 years

Important!

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Traumatic pregnancies are awful. "Dobbs" will make that so much worse, @lisquart writes in @PostEverything

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Do you like the term "birthing person"?

yes-- it's inclusive

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7 years

Think: Gorka is a real-life Handmaid's Tale Commander: keep women away from male company for their own good.

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THINK: Any man who believes that being alone with a woman poses an inherent safety risk should be considered a danger to society

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8 years

Bernie Sanders stumps hard for Hillary

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6 months

Feminists need to acknowledge and speak up about Hamas rapes of Israeli women on Oct. 7. Silence is a betrayal of all women's right to freedom from male violence. .

Opinion | How feminists have failed Israeli victims of sexual violence

The skepticism that met Israeli women’s claims perpetuates traditions of dehumanizing Jews.

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7 years

Thank you @joanwalsh for writing this.

Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC

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7 years

Retweet to Agree --> Yes, Dems Should Block Gorsuch While the FBI’s #Trump Probe Goes on via @thenation

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So trans women are women but maybe, according to Wellesley students, trans men aren't really men? or are they and the college is now in effect coed? Because what about biological men who ID as non-binary? A lawsuit waiting to happen.

At Wellesley College, Students Vote to Admit Trans Men (Published 2023)

Students supported a nonbinding referendum on Tuesday that calls for opening admission to all nonbinary and transgender applicants. Opponents say the school’s mission is to educate women.

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7 years

Strong analysis of Trump/Putin meeting by @thenation 's @joanwalsh .

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7 years

Studies say otherwise. Hostile sexism and racism were biggest predictor of Trump support.

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Sanders defends Trump voters: Most aren't racist, sexist, deplorables

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7 years

What about the common woman?

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EXCLUSIVE: @jerrybrowngov argues that the "litmus test' for Democrats should not be abortion, but looking out for the "common man." #MTP

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7 years

You know what else would save thousands of children's lives? The ridiculous gold furniture in your Dad's apartment.

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6 years

@mollycrabapple Send postcards to Gov Cuomo and head of dept of corrections. Details here

Say NO to the New Package Restrictions in NYS Prisons

We need your help! NYS DOCCS is piloting a new program that will harm people in prison and their loved ones. This change in policy will harm our editors as well as 52,000 other people imprisoned in...

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@realDonaldTrump Please keep tweeting so people can see first hand how crazy you are.

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7 years

You're making me sympathize with him!

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The tax plan unveiled today is like turning in a book proposal to your editor on the day the manuscript is due.

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The brilliant @Dahlialithwick is on fire attacking Fiorina's lies about non-existent Planned Parenthood video http://t.co/Qz2X75mXG4

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2 years

Really good essay,saying things not often said.

Why I Provide Abortions - Boston Review

My patients and I don’t use words like “choice” or “viability.”

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6 years

Moira Donegan is a terrific writer. She grapples so candidly with the list's ramifications, how it morphed into something it wasn't meant to be. @harpers should have assigned the piece to her!

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7 years

It's already happening: Warren's voice is shrill, she's too moderate, an ex-Republican etc. Can "flawed" and "unlikeable" be far behind?

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7 years

My new Nation column: Hugh Hefner was a horrible person.

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Rebecca Solnit is on fire about anti-Hillary misogyny on right and left

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John Lewis is the man we need. My wonderful colleague @joanwalsh is on fire:

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6 months

What Sarandon actually said: “There are a lot of people afraid of being Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country.” Sorry, that is antisemitic, not anti-Zionist. 1/2

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1 year

Can you chip in to help Texas Observer staffers, abruptly laid off as magazine folds? Please RT.

Help Save the Texas Observer & Fight Staff Layoffs, organized by James Canup

IMPORTANT! IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE RIGHT NOW--BEFORE 5 PM TEXAS TIME WE… James Canup needs your support for Help Save the Texas Observer & Fight Staff Layoffs

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1 year

My letter in @nytimes about claim that Louisa May Alcott was trans:

Opinion | Was Louisa May Alcott a Transgender Man? (Published 2023)

Readers write about the author of “Little Women.” Also: Brazil’s insurrection; credit for ghostwriters; law school rankings; resisting temptation.

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7 years

The good news just keeps coming!

Dana Houle

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Upper Peninsula Michigan House seat by that Trump won by 4 points goes to the Dem by over 20 points.

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7 years

Great thread. Please read, journos!

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3 years

My God.

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My new piece in @nytimes .

March, Huddle, Fight: Why Feminism Is Back in a Big Way (Published 2017)

The goals may be the same as ever, but the movement feels different in the Trump era. It is more interracial, younger, queerer, and the outrage is stronger.

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1 year

I wrote about why we shouldn't meddle with Roald Dahl:

Let Kids Read Roald Dahl’s Books the Way He Wrote Them

The beloved author’s books are being edited by their publisher to suit contemporary sensibilities. That robs us of the author’s vision—and any sense of history.

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6 years

Fiery @rtraister on Chris Hayes's show last night. Why aren't the Women's Marches taken more seriously? Because it's women.

Rebecca Traister: Media Ignores Women's Marches At Their Own Risk

Journalist Rebecca Traister wants to know why the massive women's marches aren't seen as an actual political movement, and warns the media they will be caught short come election day.

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Some of us said this all along.

New York Times Opinion

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Pundits attributed Trump’s win to “economic anxiety,” because they were unwilling to face blatant racism.

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I don't like the way all these grieving parents are put on show and end up weeping for his benefit. I guess they could say no, but still it's exploitative.

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8 years

"Nobody has more respect for women than I do." The audience laughs.

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8 years

So Susan S, which happens first when Trump wins: women are punished for having abortions, or the revolution? Please advise.

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7 years

Thank you ACLU.

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What are thinking, @MSNBC @NBC ? Joan is the best -- and you need liberal women and feminists! if you have $$$ for George Will and Peggy Noonan, you can afford Joan. #KeepJoanWalsh

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I love Wendy Cope.

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New favorite poem. (By Wendy Cope)

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Matt Lauer's disastrous -- and sexist -- handling of Clinton-Trump debate.

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6 years

When Gillibrand represented rural district she supported guns. When she represented a whole big urban state, she changed. Bernie Sanders did exactly the same thing -- pro-NRA until he wanted to lead nationally. But she is "ambitious" and he is pure. Why?

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8 years

He is taking up a lot of air time. Come on Lester, moderate. #debate2016

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So, @SusanSarandon , which happens first when Trump wins: women are punished for having abortions, or the revolution? Please advise.

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7 years

These Trump-loving women are like like religious fanatics. ps I'm sure their husbands are just as nuts.

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These are the (mostly white) women who voted for and still support Trump. There's no hope for reaching them.

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3 years

Parents need to know about this: Eric Adams wants your kids at home on a screen forever.

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NYC Mayoral Frontrunner Eric Adams: “With new technology you don’t need school children to be in a school building with a number of teachers. It’s just the opposite. You could have one teacher teach 300-400 students.”

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8 years

What??!

American Bridge 21st Century

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Donald Trump just casually alluded to shooting Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally. WATCH:

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Alexandra petri is a genius. When white men turn into lone wolves

Opinion | When white men turn into lone wolves

Since we cannot do anything about guns...

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My new Nation column, on Weinstein. (Ignore too-pessimistic subhead, I didn't write it.)

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6 years

There's also no exception for emotional-psychological health. So if you are carrying a fetus with fatal anomalies, you have to wait till it dies inside you or at birth no matter how it makes you feel. Reminder: No man will ever have this experience.

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Will be deleting this text since the updated ban does contain an exception for life/serious physical health of the woman, rape/incest. There is no exception for fetal abnormalities. Apologies for error and thanks to @KathaPollitt for clarification.

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Don't listen to WSJ. Don't Look Up is scary fun. Some of it is heavy handed and obvious, yes, but it's also funny, touching, and rings many a bell about our narcissistic frivolous nation and world.

Herminio Diaz

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Despite the presence of Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett, ‘Don’t Look Up’ is a cosmic disaster via @WSJ

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Message from the Daily Mail: ladies, don't be more successful than your husband or he may kill you and the children too. Just be a middling drudge, and his latent murderous impulses will not be activated.

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Good god

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Glenn Kessler, who writes WaPo's Fact Checker column, cast ridiculous doubt on the 10-year-old rape victim story. He still has a job. Felicia Sonmez tweeted about Kobe Bryant's rape charge after he died and was suspended.

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This 2014 piece about Hillary co-authored by Glenn Thrush reads a little differently today. Note the loaded language and assumptions. As @rtraister says, these are the men who shaped our view of her.

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Dt; she doesn't have the look, she doesn't have the stamina. He says stamina about 10 times. Because his vocabulary is tiny.

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10 years

#rapecultureiswhen politicians talk about "legitimate rape" and "forcible rape," and rape as part of God's plan.

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@mandystadt @Tampax I menstruated for many decades and did not routinely carry around a tampon on the tiny chance a stranger might ask for one. That never happened. And no girl in the ladies room asked for help about how to insert one, either. That's some weird male fantasy, @tampax .

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Excellent piece about anti-anti-Putin left:

Why the Left is split over Ukraine

Anti-imperialist activists won't let go of America

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8 years

Hmmm. Maybe, Why should Hillary be the nominee just because she has more delegates and more votes? @joanwalsh

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Is there any question more annoying than, "is America ready for an all female ticket?"

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Collect the whole set!

People

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Tim Tebow: ‘I want to adopt a child from every continent’

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let's treat every young man who wants to buy a gun the way we treat young women who want an abortion http://t.co/Z9q06nbbnX

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My new Nation column.

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John Lewis was a civil-rights hero back when you were refusing to rent to black people, @realDonaldTrump . Shame on you.

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Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to......

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Mary and Joseph were citizens of Judea, they had to go to his home town to be taxed by Rome. That's why they went to Bethlehem. @VABVOX

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We had dinner tonight at the Russian Samovar in NYC, a Ukrainian-owned restaurant our local idiots boycott-- maybe they think it's owned by Putin? War makes people stupid. (Food is delicious btw.)

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7 years

Let's have a giant GoFundMe that covers everyone. We could call it... health insurance!

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Wow. Nearly 50% of the $2B raised on GoFundMe in 2016-2017 was for medical expenses:

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There's never been a terrorist attack at the ballet. Beautiful women in tutus! Draw your own conclusions.

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Meeting of Gender-critical women attacked and beaten by male transactivists in Portland OR? Where's free speech? And why are so many transactivists men?