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BRJurgis posted:Reporting in from the northeast: yesterday I was mulching outside a bank (which was closed as teenth was on sunday) and got to hear five or so people exclaim "what the gently caress" finding it closed, and then further "are you loving kidding me?!?!" upon learning about juneteenth. It was hard to keep my mouth shut, but I do have to have some sense while wearing company colors. It's the American way of life; sheer outrage at anything that causes you a minor inconvenience.
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Maybe I'm new to this, but how is this not victim-blaming?
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Herstory Begins Now posted:people exchanging sex for money/housing/other needs Yes, this was a very ugly and common thing in the early days of the pandemic when those who didn't have jobs that allowed them to work from home were basically cut off financially: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/landlords-are-targeting-vulnerable-tenants-solicit-sex-exchange-rent-advocates-n1186416
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Cimber posted:Holy poo poo. Not sure if this was posted before or not but....drat. This one has been making the rounds on social media, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf1YxHpOvF4
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It was made in response to MAGA.
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Oracle posted:The not quite as gross one (aka not Greitens) Having once lived in MO, I'm actually surprised by this. Even though Schmidt is a Ken Paxton wannabe, at least that accused rapist, kidnapper, domestic abuser, con artist, and overall human garbage Greitens isn't going anywhere other than back to his cesspool.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:No Missouri is a deep deep red state now and fantasizing about a return to 90s swing state Missouri is roughly as likely as republicans fantasies that they have a pick-up opportunity in Washington this year. Yeah, it had a reputation as a bellwether state, which it ceased to be in 2008 when they voted for McCain (that they didn't certify their election results for a while after Obama was declared the overall winner pending a recount in Missouri). Since then it's become red AF, or maybe it was that way since GWB.
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In non-student loan news, it seems that MTG was swatted at her home in Georgia: https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1562422730481598464 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/marjorie-taylor-greene-swatted The suspect (according to some articles) was a "trans activist" and the investigation is ongoing.
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-Blackadder- posted:If you want an idea of how states with GOP controlled legislatures would look post-ISL, the closest right now would probably be Ohio.* Chiming in anecdotally on this: I grew up in Ohio and lived there until I was 24. It was a prosperous, optimistic place for a long time, especially during the Clinton years and you could see the growth everywhere. Some schools were underfunded because of FYGM homeowners who never wanted to vote for a levy, but you could still by and large get a good education, attend an extremely affordable public university (my undergrad education cost a whopping $4k), land a job in the field of your training, and enter Ye Olde Middle Classe with relative ease. The bigger cities (Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo, etc.) had their share of problems, but still had good cultural amenities and a decent quality of life. Now, I fear going home because it has become such a chud haven that it's basically the deep south (and I say this living in Texas). Even as a cis white male, I don't feel safe. It started with the Financial Crisis in 2008, which wiped out every vestige of prosperity and security and then only intensified in the Obama years when people wouldn't accept even the idea of Marriage Equality or the Affordable Care Act. Trump played into that rage and latent racism, and now the state will probably never go Democratic again. It's sad, because there were a lot of great things about Ohio at one point, but now it's one of the worst examples of social and political decay... ...next to Texas.
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