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Rump pumping seems totally inappropriate for the lyrics of Christmas song.

Get a room, "Ringo"!

...Whattaya mean there aren't any?

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WTF is this?

Rudy G attorney alludes to Rudy's advanced age in an appeal for mercy from his jury?

So advanced age is the new Get-Out-Of-Jail card? I am watching this one very closely now. Because there is literally a fuckton of crime I want to get done before my own advanced age finally buries me.

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Dunno...didn't help Bernie Madoff, did it? But feel free to start said crime spree any time.

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How refreshingly novel for RWNJs to make this into a RACE THING.

I have been waiting for them to finally do this one thing which they have never done before in all the centuries of white people refraining from making everything into the RACE THiNG.

When the Cherokee, Creek and Seminole Indigenous People trod the Trail Of Tears and died there white people lauded the discipline and stamina shown by the survivors who actually reached what became known as Oklahoma. When oil was found underneath the land that those survivors' ancestors owned white people urged those Indigenous People to take a hike again because of the health benefits created by all the walking.

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It's corporate price gouging, stupid. Not inflation.

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What did that fuck just say that everyone is laughing at? (Doocy)?

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I thought that the NRA and gun manufacturers would be up in arms about people printing their own guns.

Ed Markey

@SenMarkey

I just tried to pass my 3D Printed Gun Safety Act on the Senate floor and was blocked by Republicans who put their A+ NRA rating over the lives of countless Americans. We must take action to stop the proliferation of these deadly weapons now.

https://substack.com/chat/1805685/post/0f0887a7-1d71-4873-93ef-4d7b175d4cc6

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I just saw the White House Christmas dancing video.

The dancers do an amazing job. I wish I could have seen them live. The whole thing bursts with joy.

Guess what Repubs probably don't like?

Some of the dancers are b l a c k.

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don't read the replies on twitter unless you want to feel sad.

So many melting snowflakes...

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I have seen the replies but was waiting until I was on computer with a larger screen to watch the video. Lots of idiots talking about how melania’s Christmas shit was so classy. Jerks.

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Ok, thanks.

Birb does not like to be scared, unless it's in a movie.

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But of course.

These are PROUD traditionalist Rethuglicon originalists.

[hisses incandescent epithets/spits]

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I hate Little Drummer Boy.

Just imagine -- Mary finally gets the baby fed, settled down and sleeping, and some pisher comes by and starts banging on a drum.

It's as bad as the Three Wise Men. None of them thought to bring diapers or onesies, or even a casserole?

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"Myrrh? They brought me fucking MYRRH?"

-- Mary, right after the Three Kings departed

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"Yup! It's a gag gift. We gave you a funeral perfume because having a newborn makes you dead tired! What? C'mon! It's funny."

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Joseph: ‘They asked what you wanted for Christmas. I told them some Myrrhawana and you know, like Lebanese Gold Hash and maybe some incense.’

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"A balm? What are you giving him a balm for? It might bite him."

- Brian Cohen's Mom

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At least balm could be used for diaper rash.

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Three court of criminal appeal judges up for reelection targeted by Ken Paxton’s political revenge machine [https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/13/ken-paxton-court-of-criminal-appeal-primary-republicans/]

"Paxton promised to go after the Republican judges over their 2021 ruling that struck down the attorney general’s ability to unilaterally prosecute voter fraud." All three judges are female which is probably not part of Paxton's War on Women™.

The entire Republican Party is devoted to satisfying the delusions of one man.

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Dec 14, 2023·edited Dec 14, 2023

It seems that Republicans will NEVER learn the lesson that power-hungry fascist-types will ALWAYS come back and bite you in the ass eventually. They could have rid themselves of Paxton but they chose to protect him. Now he's going to go after them. And they've done the same thing with Trump. Eventually, the leopards ALWAYS eat the faces.

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These people are sick.

They hate pregnant women.

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They hate women.

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Birb lays eggs. You're next.

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They are intimidated by American women with personal agency and RESENT their lack of control it represents.

Thus they seek to oppress ALL American women by stripping them of their bodily autonomy. Revoking reproductive rights is a first step toward even MORE subjugating goals.

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Correct-a-mundo!

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Pregnant women giving birth to dead babies on Christmas Day. Gift of the MAGA.

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O. Henry did it better.

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It's not an exclusive statement. Old man.

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Just watch as fascism does its thing.

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Fresh new fake scandal! Hot off the right wing steam pile!

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Jill Biden’s White House Christmas Video Sparks Online Meltdown From Right-Wing Critics: ‘How Far Things Have Fallen’

https://www.mediaite.com/news/jill-bidens-white-house-christmas-video-sparks-online-meltdown-from-right-wing-critics-how-far-things-have-fallen/

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gee, nobody referenced melania's hallway of blood.

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Nutcracker? By that commie, Tchaikovsky?

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Those dancers are incredibly talented and their performance truly evokes a merry, toe-tapping exuberance we could all use a bit more of this time of year.

These griping and moaning Grinch-stapo officers take everything colorful, enthusiastic, bright and beautiful, twist it, and make it ugly.

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They are joyless and miserable fucking creatures.

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I'm so sick of these puling little christofascist fucks.

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Puling is an underused word.

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As is its twin, mewling!

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I like that one, too.

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It made a bunch of right wing big strong men lose their shit when I used it wrt them on FB during the pandemic, so it is now part of my everyday vocabulary, LMAO!

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Who gives two fucks what this rapist and sex trafficker with a tiny, tiny floppy fucking peen thinks about *anything*?

"The British-American online personality Andrew Tate posted a video comparing the video to the costumes worn by the decadent upper class featured in the Hunger Games movie, writing, “This is dystopian. If I believed in fear – I would be afraid.”"

"If I believed in fear." Go fuck yourself and choke on a bag of wallaby dicks.

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They are just going to have to kick and scream w/o my attention over this. Sorry, fuckers, go hold your breath.

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It would really help if people would just quit paying attention to what people like Stephen Miller and Andrew Tate think.

Do we really need multiple articles per week on what they melt down about?

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Dec 14, 2023·edited Dec 14, 2023

Well!!! How DARE that hussy replace Melanoma's Menstrual Blood Forest of HORROR?

And with ......THOSE people dancing!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Southern Baptists on line one...

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I've been investigating this (reading about it on the toilet) and it seems the problem is this was an interpretation of the Nutcracker (so far so good) done by Black dancers. So yes, much faux outrage.

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I believe the music was a jazz version of "Dance of the Sugerplum Fairies."

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If they could just be honest, they would say what they actually think, which is that Christmas is not for Black people. No Black Santas. No Black elves. No Black joy.

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Just ask SMEGYN ****y. Santa and Jahayzuzzzzzzz are both lily-white :D

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Really? Is it worse than when Michelle Obama had arms? Because there's a lot of people on the right who still haven't gotten over that.

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You seem to forget that the worst thing of all was that Michelle Obama is a MAN.

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She told me to eat a vegetable and I died.

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And 2% milk for the school lunches.

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Glad it wasn't fatal this time.

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oblig: "I got better."

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Yep, understood.

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Contrast Jill's xmas with Melania's dystopian version.

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The assholes complaining about Jill are also ranting about how classy Melania’s decorations were. So, bots.

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I’ve alway loved the Little Drummer Boy. Sometimes the most meaningful gifts can come from the heart and not cost money.

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This! And I think this is why it is one of my mom's favorite Christmas songs (she grew up in a dirt-poor family--like no electricity and running water c. late 60s in a major metro area level of poverty) since she rarely got gifts as a child.

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I agree with the notion behind the song but listening to it gives my eyeballs hives.

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The mention alone induces projectile vomiting in me. The notion is good but...

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Yeah. Luckily I had some Nauzene and some hits left on my vape.

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Angela from The Office did the best cringe version.

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Have you noticed that in the very first episode, Dwight is rocking out to Little Drummer Boy as he sets up his desk? It's not even Christmas.

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nice cadence, there, Evan

Little Drummer Boy - Leslie Odom & Mzansi Youth Choir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAcbSvhTLHk

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Thank you for posting that video. It was magic!

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The Hamilton crew seems to spread that holiday magic wherever they go, it seems

https://youtu.be/SWXt2WEHyRE?si=7wxQTcyKzFJJDsRG

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Love that video!

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Aren't they great?

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Yes! I came here to compliment Evan on how nicely the headline scans!

Leslie Odom Jr? Sure, I'll click on that! (what a lovely rendition!)

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I love that version; it's so full of joy 🤗

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Oh thanks, I was listening to his "Ave Maria" last year, but prefer this.

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He's in regular rotation in my "holidaze" soundtrack now

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Little Drummer Boy shows up for the baby shower with NO GIFT, like a communist. "I made this for you," he says quickly and rattles off some rum-pa-pum-pums. Mary whispers to one of the other RHOB, "I heard his father spent the gift money on hookers and blow." One of the Wise Men overheard and asks, "Where did he find such things?" "Asking for a friend?" Mary says, raising her eyebrow.

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I'd rather listen to that dumb song than get yet another soap on a rope.

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"By the way, this is both your birthday AND your Christmas gift."

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my youngest grandson is 12/11. he's old enough now that we celebrate his birthday whenever, but the gifting is another matter.

BTW, what does one buy for a 15-year-old boy now anyway?

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Sneakers. Trust me, he needs new ones.

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12/17 birthday here. Oh, the trauma!

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Yes. January b'days suck for soooo many reasons.

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"And how much?"

"$20, same as Sodom"

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Can you give me the gift of NOT banging on your damn drum, kid?

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A lot of the pundits are saying that this impeachment inquiry is supposed to be counter programming for the upcoming trump trials (assuming they're allowed to go ahead and aren't shelved until he can pardon himself). But the only way for that to work is if the inquiry is done in public and the GOP can't have that lest the cat in the bag escapes (cat is lack of evidence of any crime). So, it will just be their stupid chud faces on Newsmax. I'm hoping Chutkun allows cameras in the courtroom.

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