@skinnylatte I had a friend who had a Cockatoo that whispered. On a certain level one of the creepiest things I have ever heard. Her name was Olivia and she was quite a character. My friend rehabilitated abused, injured, abandoned and 'lost' (owner died) large birds.

@benroyce
He is too damn young to be our leader, our leaders fought in WWII.

@andthisismrspeacock Mom is a total badass!

@thomholwerda

@inthehands the guy that murdered Good, wasn't a new hire, and Good wasn't the first time that he had fired into a car. He has at least 10 years in "immigration enforcement".
So no, better training wasn't the issue here, the issue is that when you hire thugs and pedophiles, and give them guns, you just create well armed criminals.

@therobburgessshow Schumer's ineffectualness seems somehow to be even worse, and here I thought that zero was the bottom. I was so fucking wrong. We are talking circles of hell beyond ineffectual.
Schumer,
Please just go away and let someone with a spine and a pair take over.

@wdlindsy and for some of us, we always knew that what was under the mask was an ugly nightmare. Too bad we weren't believed.

@heidilifeldman WTAF? This is WRONG to the point of obscenity.

@petrillic

@anolandria

@VeroniqueB99 I'm in!

@vowe hey, the view is a LOT worse on this side of the pond. My only consolation is that the people who are going to get screwed the most (besides immigrants) financially, are the idiots who let their racism override their own self-preservation.

Me, I voted for the Black/Asian woman.

@jeffowski

@GeePawHill @benroyce @risottobias np

@benroyce @risottobias @GeePawHill I know, but, I lived in Tennessee, which as far as political philosophy is about as far right as you can get, and the majority of the people (besides the obscenely rich) were decent, hard working, extremely naive and trusting of their elected officials. In addition, computer literacy was extremely low, hell, basic literacy was not universal.
And, the biggest problem "if it was good enough for my pa, and my grandpa, it's good enough for me".

@risottobias @GeePawHill @benroyce
There's one huge 'but'.
But, the orange cockwomble is going above and beyond in reminding his 'base' that, to be completely honest, their basic needs are not being included, much less even of any importance, whatsoever, to orange and his vision of America.
Now, for the "all in" MAGA majority, only a death of someone REALLY close, where the fault is completely obvious, would knock them out of the groove, but the more cynical, more educated, they might. Especially if they rely on the ACA. (Living in a deep red state, Self employed, small business owner, gig/hospitality worker). These people are the ones who are capable of understanding that, what is happening in one state, can very easily happen in every state. The ones who have recently started or are trying to start, a family. He might not need child care today, but he will, and he .knows that once a right or benefit is taken away, getting it back, close to impossible.

@VeroniqueB99 we literally found out that he broke a rib because he hugged me a week later and dislodged the one he broke. I told the hospital that I slipped on a staircase while helping a friend move and fell on the newal post at the bottom of the stairs.

@VeroniqueB99 the worst part, some of the worst things he did he didn't remember, and once I was clean, that scared me even more than what he actually did.

@VeroniqueB99 I had a premonition that if I stayed, I would not survive.

@VeroniqueB99
my 2nd husband was abusive. After almost 20 years, I met someone, that he didn't know, who offered me a safe space, where he couldn't find me.
I told my family that I had left.
We were brought up Catholic.
That Christmas, I remember getting a call from my uncle, who I adored, telling me that I should go back to the man who broke a rib by kicking me, when I was sleeping.
My religion was saying that I wasn't supposed to leave a man who beat me.
I went pagan, where I was considered EQUAL.