Caught Bruce Springsteen's homecoming show in Newark last night, part of a tour designed as a musical cavalcade of protest against the rise of American authoritarianism. I have to say that as a brash and sincere act of dissent, it was one of the most genuinely patriotic things I've witnessed.
âThe reaction to challenges to American primacy is a violent lashing out rather than a thoughtful policy trying to ease differences. This is an impulse that is still strong today, and maybe itâs getting even stronger in recent times.â
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âToday, the federal government has been weaponized to dismantle the rights of our nationâs most vulnerable people, and any organization like ours that stands in the breach,â Fair said.
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Cerberus
That's not exactly opening up about much of anything. Praises for Nadal, how hard she's working, blah blah blah. No specific training techniques discussed.
A peregrine falcon diving for prey
A peregrine falcon tucking in her wings to dive for prey at up to 240 mph
What movies are realistic?
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins book cover
Any messages from women regarding the process of reporting a sexual assault?
Some law enforcement agencies incentivize not reporting.
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BREAKING: The so called 'SAVE' Act has FAILED in the Senate and will not become law.
I wrote this piece on how in reality, this is the Voter Restriction Act to prevent women from voting. It is fascism and would have installed Trump as a permanent dictator. www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-save-a...
"This latest case is just another example of the utter contempt with which they hold not just history but the rights of their fellow citizens to hold them to account," he said, about the current administration.'
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âWith the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars,â Ben Collins, the Onionâs CEO, said in a social media post on Monday, adding that the comedian Tim Heidecker would take over as Infowarsâ creative director"
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Some of these matches on red clay have been long slugfests. Many of the players are hitting so hard I can't help but feel sorry for the tennis ball.
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Baltimore's community fridge network could use some love, especially the ones on the West Side. Please consider filling them up. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Have a little brain salad:
Right Place Wrong Time
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After Vincent van Gogh sold that painting for 400 francs he wrote his brother Theo and asked if he charged too much money.
Practicing helps.
The lawyers for Atlantic are probably celebrating.
We found 'Shorty' when he was about 6 weeks old stalking a dumpster behind a pharmacy drive-thru.
This is Boo Boo, another abandoned kitten found in a city park. It was by accident that the light caught his eyes at the time the phone camera clicked
Not sure which one, y'all decide.
If you love American music, this is monumental. The clarity on this discovered test pressing reveals Johnson's genius to an even greater degree than the '61 re-release of his 29 songs. You can hear the stabbing slide and delicate fingering on every string. Amazing.
Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine service in slow motion.
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"He has said that Adolf Hitler is âawesome,â that most Black people should be imprisoned, that âorganized Jewryâ has corrupted society and that women should be locked in âbreeding gulagsâ and serve only as "mothers, whores or nuns."
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We knew that in 2010.
No bigger asshole than one that paints everyone with the same brush.
It's great to watch but a lot more fun to play.
Roger Federer is Serena Williams should be in there.
Like what?
Oddity, very creepy
Try Odditty
These top players are hitting so hard now I'm starting to feel sorry for the ball.
