Debbie Crocker Vasilinda

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Mother, grandmother, artist, craftsperson, seamstress, baker, gardener. PNW Whatcom Co, Washington State Never wear anything that panics the cat. Democrat all the way. Will block: no DMs, no crypto, no maga, no profile.

Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAqGQkHP/ He may never become the POTUS, but he is already the leader of America. 8 months on the job and people turn to him for hope, clarity, decency, courage and pure competence in leadership. Kids will grow up seeing HIM as the standard for American excellence!

What if public libraries, fire departments, and public schools were proposed for the very first time today? Zohran Mamdani joins Jon Stewart to point out how everyday public goods we take for granted ...

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This meme is actually based on a real scientific finding. Researchers studying howler monkeys found that males with larger vocal organs producing deeper, more powerful calls tended to have smaller testes, while species with larger testes tended to have less-developed vocal organs. So, there ya go.

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Hundreds of thousands of dollars in public subsidies goes to funding internet service to unlivable buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island. We knocked on every door and talked to every person we could find. Not a single one told us they used the service. with @adn.com

On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet

U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty.

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If you are the DOJ, it is unprecedented to lose 17 straight voting cases in 17 different courts without winning a single one. It's even more remarkable when 8 of them were decided by judges appointed by Trump. How long will the networks ignore this? How long will Trump?

REMINDER: radical comes from radix, “root.” Being radical means going to the roots of our troubles, tackling the deep ecological and social causes of crises. That radicality and hope in action are exactly what we need today.