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Lots of good history in this review of Republican efforts to be the only legitimate party.

An excellent response explaining why everyone should get the flu vaccine, even when they think they're healthy and don't need it.

And why the November election is an opportunity to fix it.

Worst President in at least a century and he's got competition.

Some great points from a favorite Senator in here.

I don’t want to facilitate the flow of thousands of Keurig cups to people with more money than they can spend; I want them to fucking choke on it and leave me alone.

I always hesitate when I am in a position to point out other Christians not being very Christian but it's hard not to see how far American evangelicalism has strayed from those original teachings, possibly more than any other power-corrupted version in terms of the day to day practice.

Kaep using his platform to do something really amazing.

It is almost sad for him how awful he is.

He's going to get himself killed.

Of course they're leaving everyone out to dry as they lie about it.

Not that much additional info here

The White House’s history of lying makes it difficult to assess the truth of Trump’s condition. But allies are bracing for an election blowout, and at least one G-7 nation is predicting president Ivanka.

Of course they're not taking it seriously.

Donald Trump’s calendar for October 1 showed a typical day for the president: time for tweeting in the morning, and a trip to his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf course in the afternoon to raise money for his cash-strapped re-election campaign.

"Especially the lies."

He disparaged masks, encouraged big campaign crowds and employed an often-unreliable test to keep him safe. All the while it turned out the virus was nearby.

'Star Trek' writer Ron Moore looks back at the groundbreaking episode "Family," 30 years later.

The details of the timeline will turn out to be very important.

I've listened to Lingthusiasm but had no idea this was going on!

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Now everyone also has to worry about Slacks, Zooms, texts, and DMs—but the basic idea is the same.

In this hilarious TikTok parody video, a teacher attempts to get her student to mute his microphone, and this is virtual learning in a dang nutshell.

Dramatic actor and Emmy nominee Andre Braugher made his mark with an unlikely career turn.

Twist my arm, why don't you!

Oof. Sounds like the program I grew up with as a kid in MN was an industry operation!

"The only decent, sensible, and conservative position is to vote against this Republican Party at every level, and bring the sad final days of a once-great political institution to an end. "

Former owner of Oma's new condo?

We're killing ourselves.

What happened is that Seattle used to be perfect but has now been dying constantly for 50 years, according to the same people who keep floating a theory that Seattle can be fixed if illness and poverty become crimes.