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things were going really well until i broke out the pastries

I’m probably gonna get in trouble for saying this, but for all intents and purposes Hasan was basically right. From a geopolitical/military wonk perspective, the Trump administration has been nothing short of disastrous everywhere except MENA. But realistically, domestically, Kamala’s White House would’ve been virtually indistinguishable from a Trump White House (well, that’s not quite true, technically there would’ve been higher rates of deportation drawing significantly less attention). Oh yeah, the part that I’m gonna get in trouble for pointing out — I can’t really put this politely, Kamala is just another reptile politician who’s generally detached from the lived realities of people everywhere. In Afghanistan, there was a proposal that would have gotten girls back into schools (on a modified, but workable curriculum). The Taliban’s leadership was actually on board with it (yes, I know, that might surprise everyone), but the White House’s assistance was required to get that proposal into the end-zone. For the plan to succeed, the US needed to shut its lips and not say anything (to make it look like this was a proposal the Taliban had come up with), and just quietly help with the procurement of educational materials. That effort was passed over to the White House, and since it’s a relatively low-priority thing, that fell into the bailiwick of the office of the Vice President — at the time, that was one Kamala Harris. So the plan snaked its way into the office of the Vice President, where it immediately died an ignoble death ‘solely because Kamala’s staffers concluded “she’ll never go for it, because she wouldn’t be able to take credit.”’

show me your “cutie patootie” photo:

treating myself to my favorite meal to start my weekend :)

brown butter banana bread cookies swirled with a cinnamon date caramel <33

you know an antique clothing market hates to see me coming

Feeling a little crazy tonight