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@river_is_nice Have you ever seen a sequoia tree?? How can instagram convey the awe of standing next to a 2000 year old tree with a trunk that is wider than a city street and is taller than a 25-story building????

@river_is_nice Spoken like someone who’s not traveled. For example, while pics might capture the Grand Canyon colors, they completely fail to convey its scale, depth, and the sudden, dizzying sensory experience when standing on the rim, or the 3D depth of seeing millions of stars…unmatched.

Sorry, and RIP, but we have had Instagram and cheap airfare for a decade. Globetrotting is a mid-wit hobby that enlightens no one. There is nobody more shallow and incurious than the well travelled.

@ThisShallPass24 @SarahLongwell25 And just because you don't understand what he says doesn't mean it's a word salad—most people wouldn't understand an explanation of quantum computing and it would sound like gibberish, but to a quantum algorithm developer it's perfectly clear....

@ThisShallPass24 @SarahLongwell25 Are you talking about policies (the Automatic Refund Rule is his only actual policy—it was codified into federal regulations) or ideologies/positions? If the former, why is that crazy, and if the latter, which one(s)?

A lot of Dems in focus groups say they love Pete, but worry Americans won’t vote for a gay man. If polling starts to reflect otherwise, I could see Pete getting a lot of momentum, because he’s actually the candidate people like most when they’re not triangulating for the perceived preferences of other Americans.

@Against_Fasists @njnb030421 @SarahLongwell25

@njnb030421 @SarahLongwell25 You people are so stupid and naieve. Democrats nominating a gay candidate against the propaganda machine of Trump and MAGA is just dumb. I can see the headlines now: “Pete Buttigieg had to take family leave to breastfeed his baby” It will be a massacre. And the soundbites worse

@BoCampbell18 @SarahLongwell25

@SarahLongwell25 I've heard Pete's town halls a couple of times while he was stumping for congressional candidates that he endorses, or on podcasts, and I hear someone who is pragmatic and who thinks long term. I don't know shit about electability but, America sorely needs this kind of president

@Mom3Pres @SarahLongwell25 Why does that matter? He was a Navy intel officer, 2-term mayor (revived South Bend economy & balanced budgets), DOT Sec'y (navigated federal bureaucracy & implemented massive national infrastructure policy), highly intelligent, effective communicator, high EQ, problem-solver....

@SarahLongwell25 What did Pete accomplish while in office? Any office. Name 10 things that he accomplished that qualifies him to be POTUS.

@Mom3Pres @novanova46 @SarahLongwell25 No, the rules did not cost consumers $5.2 billion annually (you're conflating a prediction of airline expenses made by the industry with the total global number of travelers), although the *airlines* panicked and said it would cost them $5B (it didn't): regulations.gov/comment/DOT-OS…

Is this a joke?? The first one was his literal job and many of the projects were left incomplete with hundreds of billions out the door. The second one. He pushed European-style compensation rules that reduced flight options, costing consumers $5.2 billion annually in higher costs. Good job. About to be rescinded, if it hasn’t already. The third one. He was on maternity leave while our nation was in crisis. “Secretary Buttigieg claims that, even while on paternity leave, he was on call in an emergency. But when it came to the supply chain crisis, one of the most pressing and consequential emergencies plaguing Americans at the time, he was nowhere to be found,” said PPT Director Michael Chamberlain in a press release. “While we were promised honesty and competence from the Biden Administration, this demonstration of deception and deceit is not only disheartening but further erodes the public’s already all-time low trust in government.” The fourth. Never heard of it. The fifth was literally his job. Low bar to call that an accomplishment. The sixth. He did nothing for East Palestine recovery, which happened under his watch. The seventh. Over 3.33 billion for 132 projects. Obscene. Much of this funding is about to be revoked if it hasn’t already.

@sammmmmy987 @emkenobi @IreneWard354944 And this (and the IUD comment) is why I don't like the OP. The proposed bill creates genuine risks for women, but her hyperbole is counterproductive because people who don't read the bill will dismiss ALL criticism as fearmongering, including any that raise legitimate concerns.

@sammmmmy987 @emkenobi @IreneWard354944 Agree the bill would justify vigilantism, but against abortion providers, not women trying to obtain an abortion--if, as the OP suggests it would permit, a man killed a woman to stop her from having an abortion he would be guilty of 2 murders under the bill's definition of life.

Republicans in North Carolina just proposed a bill that says if a woman is caught with an IUD or attempts to get an abortion then men are allowed to use DEADLY FORCE to try and stop her. They are proposing a bill that will allow men to kill women for using birth control. It’s House Bill 1232. Keith Kidwell is the Republican who proposed the bill. He claims it counts as self defense to use deadly force to stop abortion. This is a man who claims to be pro life. Feel free to give his office a call and let him know how you feel about his opinion. And for anyone who says “obviously this will never get passed” that’s not the point. The point is it’s fucking insanity that a government official would even try to make a law like this. It’s insanity that there are men out there who are trying to make it legal to kill women for making decisions for their own bodies. This is real and it’s happening right now in front of our eyes.

@sammmmmy987 @americanoddguy @emkenobi @IreneWard354944 The OP starts with "if a woman is caught with an IUD" and then says that the bill "will allow men to kill women for using birth control." That implies that the bill permits a woman who is not pregnant to be killed just for having an IUD, i.e. "using birth control."

@americanoddguy @meob123 @emkenobi @IreneWard354944 Maybe I’m reading it wrong? Does it not say people have a legal right to ‘defend’ - including using force - the authors definition of a life-human being? I’m being sincere…that’s what it sounds like to me

@emkenobi That is not remotely true--read it yourself: ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/…

@emkenobi @IreneWard354944 That is NOT what it says—you may be interpreting it that way, but that is a real stretch. Killing a woman who is pregnant will not "defend the life of" an unborn baby—if she dies, baby dies. I don't like the proposed amendment, but I also don't like fear mongering....

@IreneWard354944 I literally put the bill number in the post. You can look it up. It’s very real and this type of ignorance is why these people keep getting away with stuff like this because no one thinks they’d actually do anything so absurd yet they are.

@ElleHall921 @CountryFirstRep Question...do you consider the more than 50 judges who he himself appointed to the bench but who have ruled against him to have civic honor?

GFY I think it's telling that the only POTUS that took the initiative to clean up our capital and do something about the crime there in the last 50 years is someone you loathe. Every initiative he took, he had to fight some activist judge who has no civic honor and doesn't take his duties seriously.

It is legitimately a tragedy that the 250th anniversary of this country's birth will be presided over by a president who is EVERYTHING the founders warned us against -- a partisan demagogue who fundamentally loathes the separation of powers and denies election results he dislikes

@DragonOfWales @Variety

@Variety So democrats threated him. Disgusting party of violence.

Bret Michaels is the fifth artist to pull out of the Trump-backed "Freedom 250" concerts in D.C. “Unfortunately, what was presented to us as a celebration of our country has evolved into something much more divisive than what I agreed to be a part of. Concerns have also been raised regarding the safety of my fans, band, crew, family and myself, including threats that are completely unfounded and unforgivable. Because of that, I have made the difficult decision to step away from this performance.” variety.com/2026/music/new…

@DragonOfWales @WUTangKids

@WUTangKids Because democrats threatened his safety. Disgusting.

Lmao Bret Michaels is OUT 🤣

@DragonOfWales @RpsAgainstTrump Do tell—who, precisely, threatened him, and how you have determined that said person is a democrat? I’m sure everyone else would be interested in this information so by all means share!

@RpsAgainstTrump I regret every going to any of his concerts. That said, democrats are fucking disgusting for threatening his safety for performing.

JUST IN: Bret Michaels is the fifth artist to pull out of Trump’s Freedom 250 concerts: “What was presented to us as a celebration of our country has evolved into something much more divisive than what I agreed to be a part of. Concerns have also been raised regarding the safety of my fans, band, crew, family and myself…Because of that, I have made the difficult decision to step away from this performance.”

@gribblecig2 @15VRSC @RpsAgainstTrump @TheDemocrats Nah he doin that thing where MAGA accuses Dems of doing or being what Republicans are and only being mad at the Dems bc it’s ok to be a pedo if you have an R after your name 🙄

@15VRSC @RpsAgainstTrump @TheDemocrats You're doing that MAGA thing where you make shit up and then get mad about it

@Scottfu90305281 @RpsAgainstTrump Let me guess—Cavs were “your” team until 2010, then the Heat for 4 years, then the Cavs again, and since 2018 the Lakers are “your” team?? “Blind obedience to authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”

@RpsAgainstTrump If people don’t want to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. If you hate America that much and pack your shit and get the fuck out of my country.

@Jasper162853 @monstergirls_in @lauren_w67 That was also @ monster in response to the comment that “this is bs and wouldn't work in a real court”

@meob123 @monstergirls_in @lauren_w67 I was referring to real life

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