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@LindaWesson

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Old woman. Advocate for social improvement. Silly on occasion. I live on a planet, not an island. Progressive. INTJ/P. Deist.

Sacramento, CA, USA
Joined November 2011
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Why are Capitol police guards killing themselves?
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My brother is dying. Haven't had the best relationship as he drank himself to death w/bipolar illness, but I put a roof over his head the past ten years. He won't last long without oxygen. The morphine is dripping. He was so talented. So smart. Such a lovely boy. Hurts.
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WAIT A MINUTE!!!!!!!!! Are these the same guys that are "pro-life" and scare-monger about DEATH PANELS ?????? Now they want to sacrifice lives FOR THE ECONOMY???? THIS IS CRAZY.
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Why the hell can't India just leave Kashmir alone? Let them be their own country.
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Call me a Pashtun sympathizer because I do have many Pashtun friends. Not all Pashtun are Taliban. Not by far.
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Since Taliban took over Afghanistan, I have been tweeting about them, & I have lost hundreds of American followers who are tired of hearing about Afghanistan & don't want to see the suffering. I don't want to see the suffering either. But I will be a witness and tweet about it.
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Thank Goodness, and Goodness bless.
@democracynow
Democracy Now!
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BREAKING: A Tucson jury has found Scott Warren of @NoMoreDeaths not guilty of all charges for providing food, water and aid to undocumented migrants in the Sonoran Desert.
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@NatalieisBlue @PriestImelda Someone said they are shocked I would ask such a thing. But why shouldn't we wonder why our public servants are killing themselves? I'd like to hear what their thoughts were before they did that.
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1. A few days ago, after hearing for many months about how the Indian military has sent massive amounts of troops into the territory of Kashmir, I exasperatedly wrote *one* tweet that got a world of attention. I wrote that I wished India would let Kashmir be its own country.
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4 years
People keep talking negative about a "sleepy Joe Biden". Joe Biden could be in a coma and still be a better president than Donald Trump.
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Thanks, Ron Reagan, but not being afraid to speak your truth. Happens to be mine too. I'm not an atheist, but democracy is meant to be secular. A religious government is called a theocracy, not a democracy.
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@leeleeb50 my guess is Georgia. Hardest one to get to sign the Constitution too. hhhhh
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@lechefdu @Scairp114 @taylorehill @Comey I disagree. I think he made the best decisions that he could at the time.
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3 years
People in Afghanistan are telling me Taliban is not distributing UN provided food fairly. They are feeding their own people, but not much if any to the general public. People are starving.
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@mdnij34 I am not sure, Poet. I mean, I never thought the guy would win the first time...........
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@DesleyAndrew @lechefdu @Scairp114 @taylorehill @Comey Or felt he had no choice. Either way, he did best he could. I believe he has good principles.
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@debraj112 @uncagedgypsy Yes, it was BS. The system of things. Teenage boys can molest teenage girls. Grown men cover for other grown men.
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What does it matter exactly where the virus came from? I mean, it does matter, but how does that pertain to the US being totally unprepared because the Trump administration was and is very incompetent?
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@Emma4Change Emma, I'm an old girl, losing hope. You give me hope, though. You're our future.
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@BarackObama THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'm really sorry I let things slide while you were president. I see now that you're right that Democracy is not a spectator sport. I learned my lesson.
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@EdKrassen @carolinecwilder AS IF these kids didn't exist before. These people have always existed but have had to live their lives feeling unable to express themselves as they wish to be. I will go along with people's gender identification. Just like I call a boat a "she". It's no skin off my behind.
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I got a message a few minutes ago. One of my Afghan friends just arrived in Canada. To stay. :) That's the family that let me pick a name for one of their kids. (they only have two).
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@JasonSCampbell Matt needs to take into account that one of the reasons African nations are in bad shape is because of white colonialism. True that centuries ago Europeans were in the lead with technology, but much of that was sheer luck. Read Guns, Germs and Steel by J. Diamond.
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@BWay124 @krassenstein It's funny how people can read the same thing and get different meanings from it. Deniro didn't say criminals are cool. He didn't say Trump is the cause of all NY's problems. He said Republicans do not respond to appeals about democracy in regard to our current conflict.
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@ohmyjackieee @rapgame_keesh They don't see their children as separate from them. They see their child as their belonging. To do with as they please.
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@Kimota1977 @Jillsey11 @MollyJongFast @JackKingston Why shouldn't we share with others the good things we are doing, for encouragement and some amount of pride? Where is the harm in it? Why are some others annoyed by this?
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Busy Taliban. If they're not whipping, they're murdering. If they're not murdering, they're marrying themselves to pre-teen girls. This is what Pompeo surrendered the people of Afghanistan to.
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@megalibrarygirl @Kimota1977 @Jillsey11 @MollyJongFast @JackKingston Also, conservatives are kinda selfish people because they're raised with a dynamic of reward/punishment that is pretty darned harsh.
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@ask_aubry @RSThomas42 What it sounds like to me is that her boyfriend does not give a damn about her or her feelings. I've never understood people who think sex is a one-sided activity. Oh, but yes I do. They are selfish and misogynist.
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@carolinecwilder @EdKrassen No. And I won't say they can drink alcohol or drive cars yet either. But I'm not such a control freak that I would try to control the lives of grown adults doing what is not harming others.
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@BoboSonata @Emma4Change I'm not burdening her. And I damn well haven't given up. I'm just old and won't live all that much longer. She will be around much longer than I will, and this sluggish ship will not turn on a dime. Back off now. Thanks.
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4 years
I hope there would be a plan to get rid of Citizens United. It's anything other than citizens united. It's corporations and oligarchs united and destruction to the average person.
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@carldemaio @FoxNews Oh please. Don't tell me Republicans are concerned about the safety and well-being of citizens. They're about saving money and that is it.
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@megalibrarygirl @Kimota1977 @Jillsey11 @MollyJongFast @JackKingston I think you are correct. I would also add that many of them have a belief system wherein their good works (and money) are channeled through a religious organization, and they resent others' having more independence about how to give to charity which is essentially a "tithing".
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@Mjayjay_ @MuhindiJuma I could not cope with that either, and I don't know why she wears it when her natural look is much better. She's a beautiful young woman.
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My oldest cat died today. About 20 years go I went to purchase some metal posts and the guy wrote my tag to included the words "free cat". I said, "Okay, where is it?" and she never liked to be petted with your hand but you could with your foot. Rest in peace Jade.
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This is the sick thing about Taliban. They don't want to be part of the world. But they expect respect and they demand money of the modern world while they keep millions of Afghan citizens as prisoners. They torture and kill them while the rest of the world has to watch.
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@magi_jay @BetteMidler I think she was focusing on Beyonce because she is probably the biggest star and has the widest appeal. Chill out.
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@msshults Almost two years is a good long time for an addict. Something to still be proud of. Addiction is a terrible thing. Let's hope he gets back to sobriety. ❤️
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Some MAGA person was just brutal in words with me here on the Xitter. Call me the C word twice, suggested I kill myself, called me ugly, and more. Because I said 1/6 was a violent & deadly insurrection. But I had to laugh, because when I wake up in the morning I get to be me.
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@MAD_III @jeremycole @realpaolathomas @Comey @PeteSouza I prefer not to have discussion with you. You've off the bat shown your colors. You're not a nice person.
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@matthaig1 @CilaWarncke I absolutely understand and agree with what you said, Matt. AND you have a right to an opinion, even if you’re not a woman. You have my approval. No one *likes* is right.
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@GeorgeTakei George, those people think liberals are ruining their lives and they will do anything to take away our rights. I do believe they would vote for Kavanaugh even if he molested women in the middle of the street in broad daylight.
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I see posts of fundamentalist Christians whining that they're being persecuted. NO, YOU'RE NOT BEING PERSECUTED. Other people are just not agreeing to allow that you rule and lord over them. You're a fellow citizen of the US. Not privileged over others. Equal rights.
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@MAD_III @jeremycole @realpaolathomas @Comey @PeteSouza No, I didn't, but I knew we (mostly) had fairly good presidents at the helm. I have no confidence in Donald Trump. Worse than that.
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@DrJasonJohnson @EaleyGregory One partly positive thing about Trump's presidency is that racists came out in the daylight. Like cockroaches, they were previously mostly hiding their racism even from other whites. Now it's out in the open, & that's a bonus I think. We know who they are now. And won't forget.
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Very troubling. Lynne O'Donnell (Australian journalist) is missing in Afghanistan and this was her last message. It is obvious that she was under duress when this was message was posted.
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l apologize for 3 or 4 reports written by me accusing the present authorities of forcefully marrying teenage girls and using teenage girls as sexual slaves by Taliban commanders. This was a premeditated attempt at character assassination and an affront to Afghan culture.
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5. The only thing I am worried about is my followers' eyes. I don't really care what anyone calls me or threatens me with. So, let the pieces fall where they may. Let the nazis do their full reveal. Sorry dears, if you see anything that offends your senses. :)
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I don't care where you live, what color your skin, hair, or eyes are. I don't care if you're short, tall, gay, left-handed, whatever. If you are for human rights, I stand by your side. I live on a planet, not an island. Love all good people.
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@carolinecwilder @EdKrassen Let me repeat myself. I do not have issue with what people elect to do with their own bodies.
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@ishaantharoor @jaytay777 She did a great job though. Very proud of Nadia.
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Twitter reloads so fast sometimes I can't retweet what I felt was important. But these words caught my eye: The biggest mistake we can make right now is to talk about the insurrection in the past tense.
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For gawd's sake tweet. Do you Iive on a pIanet or on an isIand? CARE!!!! These peopIe are fighting tyranny. TWEET #saveAli #saveArash
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Proud to say I have never watched one episode of the Kardashians.
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Ten million people displaced.
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Just IN:— Floods wreaking havoc in Pakistan; 40+ small dams breached. 210+ bridges collapsed; 1,115 people dead. 10M people displaced.
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Trump is going to crash the economy. He will make it surge before election time though. It'll sail right off the edge of the earth not long after. Why do Republicans ALWAYS do this? Then Dems are tasked with repairing. This is ridiculous.
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Taliban has been raiding the banks. I wonder if they'll cut off each other's hands.
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this was a good one I missed. omgosh. :D
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An important Confederate statue that needs to be removed on November 3rd, is Mitch McConnell.
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WHAT THE HELL???
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Here is a photo of Trump, at one of his golf clubs, with Robert F. Hyde, the man who apparently had Yanvanovitch under physical surveillance in Kiev and offered to talk to Ukranians who would "help" deal with her "for a price"
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@carolinecwilder @EdKrassen I'm not for sex change surgery for children. But if a person is a legal adult, and know the risks, they have a right to change their bodies. I have no problem with it.
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"Imran Khan: We were supporting Gulbuddin Hekmatyar against Ahmad Shah Massoud" And a lot of innocent people got caught in the crossfire.
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عمران خان : ما گلب الدین حکمتیار را علیه احمدشاه مسعود همایه میکردیم !
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"Regarding Pashtuns and Balochs, Pakistan has the same Bengal formula that they want land, not people." This is how also Japanese Americans lost their farms during WW2 internment. And many others in echoing cases through human history. Also currently in West Bank.
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@jeremycole @realpaolathomas @Comey @PeteSouza Right on, Jeremy. That's truth. I also think Comey did the best he could at the time. And yeah, we've never faced such adversity. In my lifetime, at least.
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Did they ignore the coronavirus to kickstart their "end times" aka armageddon? I'm wondering. Did I mention I dislike religious fundamentalists?
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Elon Musk socially pressuring that American women should have more babies. Claiming the world is not over-populated. At the same time complaining about all the brown-skinned at the US Southern border. Things that make you go hmmmm.....
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2. It's like that scene in the movie where the protagonist steps on a twig and the ears of all the creatures of the forest twitch. Then they sniff the air and wet their long sharp teeth. Well, I'm not exactly walking along minding my own business, as you may well know. :D
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As far as I know, Barron Trump hasn't done anything offensive to me. Like the rest of us, he did not ask to be born or to whom. I'm not very happy about Hunter Biden, but I'm sure as hell not going to vote for the goon named Trump because of it. Vote for JOE BIDEN.
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@DonaldJTrumpJr @nytimes @JoeBiden Maybe you can talk when Joe illegally pays Tara out of his campaign funds. ;)
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@YvetteJacqR @MysterySolvent I'm not so sure she knows fashion..............
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@NatalieisBlue @PriestImelda Two men that were there that day as security killed themselves within about a week. I think it's extremely sad and I'd like to understand why.
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@Bogster4 @Lsmith1969Smith @pcoop125 Hard to understand why people are being jerks when we just want to stay alive. Sounds like that salesperson was actually trying to bait you to argue.
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3. But this is me. I won't mind my own business. If I see or hear of something I think I might want to know about, I will walk straight towards it. Now for the last 2 days I blocked profiles as fast as they came, and they have come at me fast. Calling me a c**t, a bitch, a whore.
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@LibyaLiberty I don't know, Hend. And this is not how I wanted to spend my "golden years". But maybe it will keep me alive longer to see this shit changed.
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@GeorgeTakei 2.) The family farm sold for pennies on the dollar to pay for taxes. BIG SCAM to take their properties. Then released from camp w/nowhere to go but sharecrop for rich people & live in farm camps. But German & Italian Americans stayed free bcause they looked like Anglos. Shameful.
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How many times a day does this happen that no one is able to get a video of? My guess is HUNDREDS.
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Taliban was born to torture others. Protect American allies !!!
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بربریت و بی رحمی طالبان بزنید تا مسلمان را از مسلمانی و کافر را از مسلمان شدن پشیمان کنید! جنایت شما در هیچ دین آسمانی جای ندارد! می بینید که تیکه داران دعوت ونمیدانم بیدار گری مهر سکوت بر لب زده و مفتی پنجاب شان گفت شکر کنید که طالب امده بلی که تا مردم را ذلیل و تحقیر قتل کنند
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The dreaded tweet. Come on you fuckers. Come on at me. ❤️
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Why the hell can't India just leave Kashmir alone? Let them be their own country.
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Sacramento County, CA is telling people that after midnight tonight to stay home or risk being arrested if you don't have a darned good reason for being out. Like food or some other essential. I'm angry. This should have been done weeks ago.
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@brat2381 @Surfcityslicker They are all white men. And that's the demographic that most put Trump in power.
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@joncoopertweets @piptiegirl Dean Cain said about the same thing some hours back. Said he'd rather have his freedom and live with danger. Though he's probably pretty well isolated and/or protected wherever he is. Obviously willing to sacrifice others.
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Trump Jr's Twitter account has been suspended? That kinda makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
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I wish I could have a hug right now. I'm not begging for attention. Just wish that.
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@LuvsBoxers3 I'm stunned they're killing themselves. I really am. I'd like to know the exact reasons. If it's PTSD, okay, but I'd like to hear what their family and last words/notes are.
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One of Taliban's moron supporters told me that very young marriage is good because it prevents sexual promiscuity & unmarried sex. I thought my head might explode. Sexually abuse children to prevent promiscuity..... With logic like that, let's kill children to prevent murders.
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Pakistan catching and deporting ANA soldiers who escaped to Pakistan back to Afghanistan to be murdered by Taliban. This is Taliban "amnesty". This is Pakistan's pet, Taliban, and they are accessories to torture and murder. #SanctionPakistan No, I don't hate all Pakistanis.
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4. These things I didn't want to see, of course. Like oops, you've really done it this time, Linda. They've taken over my timeline, & I didn't want that. The odd bits of me & my interests on my timeline can be raw & awkward & naked, but they were almost always of my own design.
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@ConfessLibtard @PrincessBravato These people will continue gutting the middle class until everyone is wearing a yoke of servitude. They don't want people to be truly educated or have critical thinking skills.
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@larryjblake @weirwoodtreehug @BluBanjoes @CNN But the (generally) do lack empathy for non-white people/don't prefer them to immigrate to the US, or at least this is Trump's view. And they follow him. So....
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broke Twitter rules and got locked out for telling a Taliban apologist to go jump off a cliff. they said I was promoting self-harm. next time I'll tell sensitive jerks to go sit on very uncomfortable chairs and see if I'm locked out again.
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@brycetache @tudorqueenAB They're so afraid of our "liberal agenda" as one recently publicly stated....... that they broke laws and aided and abetted crimes. I think I'm a little more afraid of their criminal agenda than they are of my liberal one.
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Norway. What the hell is wrong with you ???
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@VoLinxx @liewbob Drug use or using a counterfeit bill has nothing to do with this case. Drug users don't deserve to be killed any more than anyone else. We don't deserve such treatment even if we have problems. Police are supposed to protect us, not make us feel afraid for our lives.
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He is ruling like a dictator. The three branches of government are to be separate powers that operate independently.
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Asked about Roger Stone, Trump says he has an “absolute right” to tell the Justice Department what to do
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I hope the next president pardons Reality Winner. Whistleblowers are not traitors. #FreeRealityWinner I want to thank her for what she let us know.
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What kind of idiots don't listen to their own intelligence community?
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NEW: Dr. Deborah Birx says China and WHO were late in warning about human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus. "People would have prepared differently if they had known the level of transmissibility of this virus," she tells @TheView .
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This is bullshit. Christians need to start being Christian and stop being political operatives. Quit using your #ChristianPrivilege . to discriminate against and hurt others. That is what is hated. NOT Christians.
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I'm reading these #ChristianPrivilege tweets and have no choice but to chime in on this. It's a privilege to serve GOD, but that also means the world HATES you and PERSECUTES you, because if you make yourself a friend of the world, you make yourself an ENEMY of GOD!
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Finally tested negative for Covid virus after two weeks of being sick. I feel like a wet noodle that got run over by a truck.
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5. And now here comes this onslaught of absolute shit that, although I am pretty well capable of fielding and sorting, blocking and deleting. But why? I also don't want to take the time for it.
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Eid Mubarak to the nice people celebrating. :)
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