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Sending hugs to all. God, what a shit day. We push onward.

It’s your hed gif info: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/its-fall-birches

And a meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/3b7f8264-717c-4aa6-8b11-7c9c9681c48d?utm_source=share

Stay well, friends.

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Thanks Martini. Now where are we moving?

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Onward to what? America is over.

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248 years was a pretty good run, while it lasted.

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Onward to railcars.

Onward to concentration camps.

Onward to the prison-industrial complex.

Onward to various and sundry christianist deprogramming.

Onward to the "showers."

Onward to the ovens.

Onward to the mass graves.

I can do this all day and I'm not proud about it.

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i don't think donold will have an administration capable of the organization to pulloff auschwitz or treblinka, nor his paramilitaries the skill to pull off what the serbs did in bosnia.

if we get genocide, it will be closest to cut 'n run machete beheadings as in rwanda.

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There's a reason that songs about autumn are always filled with melancholy.

We tend to pIne about what once was or what yet could be.

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How's your aspens?

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Cedar? I never even met her!

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Silence! Or I shall burn you to ash.

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Evergreen thread.

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That's a poplar opinion.

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No oaks today please. Unless they are dick jokes.

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Fir real!

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Couple dick jokes to spruce it up a bit

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Willow, we’re waiting

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What are you pining about now?

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Personally I'm pining for the fjords.

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It aspens...

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Nice beaver.

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A real blonde.

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And, a real birch!

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This made me larch

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No. 3

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CASCADIA FOREVER! Leave the Maga CHUDS to their their pig slop while we build a real country.

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Be honest, America. This is who we are: a bitter, broken land that wants Trump to lead us – Will Bunch

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-elected-president-meaning-america-20241106.html

We've been living in a delusional dream state. Donald Trump's big victory is a reality slap: this is what America has become.

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A sad walk in a cold rain.

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Thank you George Clooney. Your work is done here. Now go stand over there with Susan Saranwrapped. And f * you and your c grade movies.

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I wrote some shit then had to go down a rabbit hole.

I'm reposting part 1 from yesterday with link and now part 2 added.

I haven't quite learned that notes are short term and don't appear on your personal Substack.

Apologies to anyone subscribed to me for spamming you.

https://open.substack.com/pub/emilmuz/p/reposting?r=2lkcbr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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If we have to go through hell, I'm glad I'm going with you.

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My mom called me at 7:30 last night to tell me that a high school friend, with whom I went to the KY Derby just this year, and then cut off contact with for various mental health reasons, died in a car crash yesterday. I did not go back to election returns after that. So I don’t have any words for anything today.

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We live in a country that would rather elect a convicted Rapist, Felon, Traitor to the highest office in the land than a woman. It's a harsh reality. We have to gather our forces to fight everyday to keep our country safe.

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Great article ,Rebecca . I wish i could say I will read all links , Yet I honestly can't . I am in severe shock and depression after last night . hugs and peace to all your readers and you and family

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I guess when you set up a government created by wealthy land-owning white men, of wealthy land-owning white men, and for wealthy land-owning white men, this is the result we can expect.

Goodbye, free public education, and the opportunity for all Americans to advance through education!

Goodbye, health care! It was nice having ya!

Goodbye, public libraries! Nobody need to know nuthin' anymore, nohow

Goodbye guardrails on representative democracy!

Goodbye, wealthy white handwave toward justice - not going to see that anymore!

Goodbye, retirement savings and Social Security! I was going to be eligible in 7 years but now I can count on cat food and working until death! Awesome!

Goodbye, environmental regulations! Wealthy people can have clean air & water whenever they want so no need for those!

Goodbye, Subject Matter Experts guiding our economic, social, and foreign policies, toady ignorance is just as good as your knowledge and experience!

Goodbye, undercover racism & sexism! You're fully able to exercise your bigotry right out in the open now!

Goodbye, freedom OF and freedom FROM religion!

Goodbye reality!

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Oh, stop it.

No way you'll be able to afford cat food.

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That did get a snicker from me. I guess I’m not completely dead….

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My ballot was turned into a ballot box on Monday afternoon and has not yet been "received" so I suspect there are plenty of votes out there still to be counted.

Plus, bomb threats in D areas should be investigated and those voters should get a chance to vote. If, uh, Norway threatened R areas, the MAGAs would be losing their shit right now.

Leaving my sign up.

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Oh my

I put the ballot into a ballot box

the ballot was not turned into a ballot box

Sorry, grammarians

I'll continue to offend as long as these fingers can type

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The dust hasn't settled yet, and I realize now we are truly a minority in this country, because of the "fuck you I got mine" crowd. I'm looking at the results in Missouri, where the Constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights is narrowly passing, yet the voters there went full-on fascist the rest of the ticket (fed and state offices).

For those people, I am going to point and spit at when they find out they have no recourse to enforce their rights to self-determination when their state SCOTUS is all misogynist forced birthers *they* voted into office because they're also unrepentant bigots.

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I think I’m going to look at porn today. Not the kiddy kind that youth pastors, grown pastors, and the Right like to look at. I usually don’t watch it, but today would be a good idea to forget everything, get some pizza and Samuel Adams and look at some grownup porn. No politics today, Wonkateers!

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I’ve been making my own with various AI sites and sharing it on Deviant Art. Other than that, it’s just wondering how long until my healthcare through ACA gets cut off and my sanity meds go away.

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FULL FORENSIC ELECTION AUDIT. NOW.

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