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Lori Trani@ltrani.bsky.social |
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Oncology Data Specialist, wife, mother, grandmother, dog "mom". Can be quite dull. Enjoys books, conversations with interesting people, the night sky, good music, and naps.
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Lori Trani
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"Then why avoid it? Something so passionately wants to be with people, and it will always be there. Recognising and accepting sadness as a part of life is crucial to our emotional well-being."
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Lori Trani
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"But the proposal, if it were ever implemented, could have a detrimental effect on most tipped workers. The primary beneficiaries would be people who own and operate hotels, restaurants, and other businesses that employ tipped workers ..."
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Phil Plait
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(ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease^∞)
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Lori Trani
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"do your fucking job, New York Times, and stop pretending that a battle over America’s bedrock principles is mere “partisan squabbling.”"
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Snitty
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Here's a snippet:
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Kevin M. Kruse
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The Party of Limited Government
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Lori Trani
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"remember, these are Democrats. to get 98.2% of them to agree on anything is fucking amazing. you can’t get 98.2% of Democrats to agree on naming a post office."
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Lori Trani
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"A Congress where arcane rules and gerrymandering have given Republicans the ability to block pretty much any legislation their billionaire patrons pay them to block. And courts filled with lawyers who never set foot in a science classroom."
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Lori Trani
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"The yearning to unleash violence on the majority of Americans who oppose the fascist project is right there on the surface. It's very much like MAGA activists know they're on the brink of being able to go hog wild, and can no longer contain their excitement."
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Lori Trani
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"In today’s yellow journalism era, reporters are similarly far more interested in “man bites dog” stories than in examining the factors and history that may have provoked that bite, or even covering in any detail the frequency of bites of any kind."
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Lori Trani
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"No, instead we're going to argue. We're going to argue bitterly even though we don't have the time for it. And we're going to argue and argue and argue some more while Trump is out there campaigning and mocking Democrats in disarray -- and he won't be wrong."
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Lori Trani
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"Republicans are counting on a lazy, corporate-controlled media being too obsessed with taking down Joe Biden to spend any time reporting on y’know, the end of democracy."
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Jen Donohue
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today is my NINETEEN YEAR anniversary working at my local library In honor of that, I ask you to get a card to your local public library today! If you ALREADY have a card to your local public library, check out their digital resources! Their summer programs! And yeah, they have books too.
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Lori Trani
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"Cal-Maine leveraged high egg prices into a sixfold profit increase despite not experiencing a single bird flu outbreak in its flocks until eleven months later. Today’s outbreak may bring more of the same."
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Lori Trani
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"meanwhile, Donny Convict — who couldn’t even stay awake during his fucking criminal trial — is given an endless series of free passes. where is the media as Donny can’t even finish a sentence without short-circuiting?"
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Lori Trani
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"There hasn't been new polling data yet, but this spike of interest suggests there's a strong chance that the sands are shifting."
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Lori Trani
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This article is 7 years old, but it's a great profile of our state insect.
"Its spectacular and at times draconian mode of survival, its ferocious strength, and its otherworldly courage put the T-hawk in a category all its own."
www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/it...
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Lori Trani
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"It’s about control, power, and their assertion that an angry Christian god has told them they are uniquely suited to interpret his scripture in a political context. They, and they alone, can choose to embrace the punitive parts of Christianity and ignore the empathetic and loving parts of it."
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Lori Trani
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"The checks and balances of the American government are now effectively null and void, because with absolute executive immunity comes absolute immunity from both the Court and from Congress."
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Effin' Birds
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Come see me at FAN EXPO Denver July 4-7 or San Diego Comic Con July 24-28 to get one of these sweet Fuck Off, I'm Reading bookmarks. Totally free thanks to the fine folks at Andrews McMeel, who bring you Effin' Birds calendars every year.
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Al Yankovic
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UHF in 4K is out TODAY from our good friends at Shout! Factory
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Lori Trani
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"The Supreme Court justices appear so blinded by ideology that they didn't consider that a liberated Trump could also order hits on judges who rule in ways he doesn't like."
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Lori Trani
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"so let’s dispense with the theatrics, Erik, and stop threatening to rain down retribution on the guards. they’re just doing their fucking jobs."
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Lori Trani
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"He’s not wrong. America has been changed as a result of a series of corrupt rulings by Republicans (exclusively; not one of these rulings has been joined by a Democratic appointee) which have changed America’s legal and political systems themselves."
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The Volatile Mermaid
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“Mom, tell me about 2024.” Well, honey, people were concerned about a man’s age so we let Nazis take over.
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Rewire News Group
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1/ It’s been a brazenly partisan and corrupt Supreme Court term. From abortion cases still alive to the murky futures of marriage equality and gender-affirming care for minors, here’s a brief wrap-up from @hegemommy of what happened this term.
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Lori Trani
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Popehat
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/8 At any rate, congratulations to the Federalist Society for an achievement beyond the reach of the British, outside the grasp of bloody civil war, impossible to Nazis and Soviets and terrorists: defeating the American idea.
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Lori Trani
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"It can still be a crime if the court determines that the behavior falls outside of "his official acts." But what makes something an official act? Well, that's a little hazy, you see."
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Lori Trani
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Religion is too frequently used as the equivalent of a "get out of jail free" card.
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shauna
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meanwhile, somewhere …
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Lori Trani
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"The six Republicans on this Court have essentially declared that they and Trump are so far above the law that the entire concept this nation was founded on — that “no person is above the law” — is null and void."
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Lori Trani
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"Yet private schools face almost none of the accountability that public schools do regarding how the money is spent and what outcomes it achieves."
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Truth Axe
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Idk if I'm stating the obvious, but justices never write/speak like this. She's telling the world this is a five-alarm fire and the coup is on.
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Lori Trani
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"it’s not enough for the press to keep rehashing the same old he coughed, he looks old bullshit — so to keep the rabble from moving on to the next shiny object, the media’s crossed the border into making shit up territory."
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Lori Trani
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"In a vacuum, this could be viewed as inconsequential chest-thumping. But this is happening in a context where the threatening language and normalization of political violence is spreading way beyond Trump into the larger GOP."
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Chuck Wendig
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If you need a momentary distraction from -- *gesticulates wildly* -- I posted some of my photos from my Portugal trip at ye olde blogge:
terribleminds.com/ramble/2024/...
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Lori Trani
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"But when the two sides can’t agree, they go to battle in a system created by the CMS and other government agencies. There, an independent arbiter weighs various factors and determines the final payment amount. This arbitration is at the heart of many of the law’s unintended consequences."
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Daily Kos
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The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision allows cities to enforce outdoor sleeping bans even with limited shelter space, overturning a 9th Circuit ruling. Justice Gorsuch: "Public policy responses required." Justice Sotomayor: "Sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime."
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Lori Trani
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"he lied, and then poured another lie on top of the lie, and then poured half-dozen half-truths and straw-men arguments on top of those lies. it was overwhelming."
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Lori Trani
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"Thus, in 1803 in the case of Marbury v Madison, Marshall and his three colleagues on the US Supreme Court took onto themselves a power not given them by the Constitution: the ability to strike down or modify laws passed by Congress and signed by the President."
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George Takei
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Slay, Pete, slay!
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Lori Trani
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"There was no way for Biden or CNN to address each of Trump's lies in the established format of the debate. It's not possible for anyone. That's why the gallop works."
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Lori Trani
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“And if you only show up because you're inspired, well, then you're a shitty excuse for a citizen and a human being.”
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Lori Trani
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"It’s called the “Southern Economic Development Model” (SEDM) and has been at the core of GOP economic strategy ever since the days of Ronald Reagan."
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Lori Trani
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"I don’t know, maybe by taking his precious classified documents to bed, Donny felt he was keeping them from being eaten by all the sharks. who knows what goes on in that worm-ravaged cortex of his."
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Texas Observer
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Everything the Texas Observer accomplished over the last year was made possible through the generosity and support of our community! Safeguard the future of independent, investigative journalism in Texas by making a gift today. With your help, we can reach our goal of raising $10K in 10 days.
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Source New Mexico
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Today’s updates on the NM wildfires shows 11 people remain missing; sourcenm.com/2024/06/25/a...
How people can access food aid sourcenm.com/briefs/state...
Unemployment benefits sourcenm.com/2024/06/25/o...
Dispel looting rumors sourcenm.com/2024/06/25/n...
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The Volatile Mermaid
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Imagine being offended by rainbows and then voting for the public handjob lady.
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Lori Trani
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"Federal laws and agency rules require that tribes be able to weigh in on decisions that affect their treaty lands. But in practice, consultation procedures sometimes force tribes to reveal information that makes them more vulnerable, without offering any guaranteed benefit."
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