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The GOP House won’t govern.
Send it to the backbenches in November.
In past years, Republicans’ “poison pills” on funding bills have included proposals targeting
Obamacare,
abortion rights,
immigrants and
transgender people.
This time immigrants are their target again.
They are demanding a law requiring Americans to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote.
Voting by noncitizens is already a crime and one that virtually no one commits.
Yet for this meritless cause, House Republicans would bring the government to a halt.
I built this proof of concept of a tool called text.makeup. It is meant to be a friendly Unicode explainer – meant not just for Unicode nerds, but nerds of any kind. Useful for debugging, but also learning.
You can go there now to play (much more fun on desktop!), but I also recorded a 5-minute video that explains it further.
I am curious: Does this feel like fun? Is it worth building out for real? What would you like to see in it if so?
ADDED: Distraction. See second post in thread.
“#Trump’s campaign on Sunday said the GOP presidential candidate is “safe” after “gunshots in his vicinity.”
No further details at this time,” Trump communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement.
The statement did not provide any further information.
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/…
California firefighters’ union:
Trump should ‘be ashamed’ over threat to withhold firefighting aid
I enjoyed watching Kathy in quite a few roles, and for years didn't even know her name. She could portray so many types of characters — pure joy.
She will be missed, no doubt about it.
We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.
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in reply to Laffy • • •More: CNN—“A person has been detained in connection to the incident at Trump International Golf Club on Sunday, according to a law enforcement source.
Secret Service fired at the suspect, according to multiple sources.
A long gun has been recovered, according to the source.
Officials believe an armed individual intended to target former President Donald Trump at his golf club, according to sources briefed on the matter.”
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in reply to Alexander Portnoy 🌊 🏳️🌈 • • •@5klp471 Yep, posted that a few hours ago, when it broke. Thread.
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Mary Hilton
in reply to Laffy • • •Reap what you sow. Guns and hatred dance together.
I'm so damn tired of this election cycle.
We have GOT to vote him out from ever having power again.
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it is what it is - tr*mp
thoughts and prayers - republicans
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in reply to Laffy • • •Here's an interesting little detail: google.com/maps/place/Gun+Club… The northwest corner of TFGs golf club is at the corner of (I bleep you not) Kirk Rd. and Gun Club Rd. That also marks the southeast corner of Gun Club Estates.
A more *amazing* coincidence I've *never* seen.
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Unknown parent • • •It had nothing to do with him. This is yet another distraction
UPDATE: I’m wrong. See update
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Unknown parent • • •@birdpoof @Snowshadow I'm alarmed whenever a gun is used to shoot someone who isn't shooting at them first.
Sorry, despite my hatred for Trump, this concerns me.
birdpoof
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Alarmed? In this context, absolutely not. 🤔
Anyway, I need to figure out what I'm making for dinner.
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