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I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period

Lydia Royer's avatar

NEVER AGAIN!!!

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Iraq Vet in Minnesota on May 1.

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What you consume, you become:

• The books you read.

• The content you watch.

• The people you spend time with.

• The thoughts you feed your mind.

Choose wisely.

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Meanwhile over here in Australia, you know, that big ole country down under…hello anyone? Can you hear us?

We, the Australian people, elected a Labor government for the second term yesterday.

This is BIG news!

It was a landslide vote against an increasingly scary, far-right Liberal party. A party that was set to act from Trumps playbook.

We said NO! We voted for us. And we voted for you too America. You’re welcome.

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People.

They’ll lose their minds over a delayed train, snap over a slow barista. Let a spilled coffee ruin their day.

But when it comes to the big stuff, staying in the wrong job, letting their dreams die quietly. Wasting years on auto pilot.

Nothing. No urgency. No reaction.

We treat small problems like emergencies and the real emergencies as background noise.

Why do we do that?

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i’m in my 20s and i’m allowed to start over

i’m in my 30s and i’m allowed to start over

i’m in my 40s and i’m allowed to start over

i’m in my 50s and i’m allowed to start over

as long as i’m breathing, it’s not too late to begin again

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Westerville Obituaries - May 4, 2025
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Do you agree with our Vice President?

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hasif 💌's avatar

sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself i’ve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. it’s strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize you’re evolving. it’s only when you look back that you realize how far you’ve come, how many lives you’ve already lived in the same skin.

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Donald Trump is the most unpopular 100-day-mark president in modern American history.

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Molly's avatar

this and never hearing “anti-aging” ever again

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Uncommon advice:

If you don't know what to pursue in life right now, pursue yourself.

Pursue becoming the healthiest, happiest, most healed, most present, most confident version of yourself.

Then the right path will reveal itself.

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I cannot express how much I admire and respect this man. I supported him for president back in 2019 and will support him for ANY elected office in the future. He’s the real deal 💙💙

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We live in a time that people are more inclined to obey an unlawful executive order than they are to follow a court order 🤦🏾‍♀️.

Dictators are created due to cruelty, cowardice, & compliance! IF THEIR ASSES will ignore the Supreme Court, we can definitely IGNORE HIM!

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Less screentime, More hobbies

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Two things from Rome
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Sometimes, when he fails badly enough, Trump can be forced to do the thing he says he never does: back down.

Today is just one more turn on the roller coaster - but it is more evidence of why we can't give up or let up.

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substack feels like the healthy version of twitter

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i miss slow things. slow mornings. slow friendships. slow art. slow romance. everything feels like it needs a deadline when the best parts of being alive takes more time to bloom than we care to admit.

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I refuse to be the kind of person who loses their mind over a delayed train or lets a spilled coffee set the tone for the whole day.

I want to be the one who stays composed, who sees the good even when things don’t go as planned. The kind of person who breathes through the little chaos and still finds beauty in how the day unfolds.

I want to be soft. I want to be steady.

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CDC to Implement International Classification of Disease Codes for COVID Vaccine Status
Matt07924's avatar

Whatever happened to HIPAA? Is not our health information confidential until we release it? With COVID HIPAA went out the window. If someone asks me my vaccination status, its none of their damn business.

Duchess's avatar

No, Hipaa does not prevent the release of your health info. Facebook has it, the government has it...does not prevent the sale of your info i it is "so called anonymized". Don't beleive it.

Even so, when my employer asks me for my vaccination status, via HIPAA, I should have to right to refuse. Or am I wrong?

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Duchess's avatar

Your refusal will let them know your status. And, by the way, they have immunity for even asking you the question...and recording the answer any way they damn please. The Prep Act and the Cures act gave anyone acting on behalf of the govt total immunity. Not only will your suit fail, good luck getting a lawyer to represent you. They have been warned if they do so they will be disbarred. The tentacles of the monster are much deeper and broader than we can imagine.

Matt07924's avatar

Indeed I sometimes fail to comprehend just how evil governments can be. And it is all about just following orders. Thanks for sharing this about the PREP and CARES act. Ironically Pfizer and Moderna and J&J have immunity as well. EVERYONE is protected and has legal cover EXCEPT the people. We are the ones that are expected to assume the risks and have no recourse if we are hurt. Can you say "lab rats?"

PissedOffVeteran's avatar

This is the only question at my company I answered, and it was the third option they had which was "I don't want to tell them my status." If I didn't answer it, I would have lost my job immediately. I ended up losing my job of 17 years weeks later when they threatened me to get the jabs. I had worked remotely as a software engineer for the last 2 years with them. I returned the threat (of using my job to force jabs) by telling them I am turning them in for "crimes against humanity." I ke…

Matt07924's avatar

@PissedOffVeteran -Indeed...all of this is crimes against humanity. What ever happened to civil rights and right for self determination? From what I gather, this is what we need to do when faced with corporate America pushing the jab on us: 1) Do not resign. Make them fire you. If you resign you have no recourse in the court system. 2) Play their game. Provide them an agreement that says that you will take the jab if they assume responsibility for any adverse health reactions. And that r…

PissedOffVeteran's avatar

With the corruption in my state of Washington even the law is not on the side of justice especially for the lower classes. They are only doing the bidding of the WEF to further the depopulation narrative. We had groups of people do the lawyer thing and it went nowhere but the people that lost their jobs also lost the money they paid to the lawyer. Haven't heard of anyone fighting it themselves yet. When I was on unemployment within weeks, they wanted to stop my payments as they claimed I had…

Matt07924's avatar

The government has been taken over by corporate oligarchs that answer to no one and laugh at the Constitution. It is a dead letter. You are right. The good news is we do not need a revolution with blood. We just have to wait for the government to default on its obligations. It is going to happen very soon. Why do you think they are so hellbent on controlling the narrative and trying to take away our guns.

PissedOffVeteran's avatar

Yes, I am here in Washington, and they are trying to take away the guns and a new bill called HB 13333 sure sounds like the creation of a gestapo for those that disagree with them. It is time for me to get out before I end up in a camp or something. I don't agree with any of this crap, can't stand the tyranny and I just bought more pew pews when they ramped up the tyranny to insane levels.

Matt07924's avatar

Wow. Look at this...that is insane. So a white Christian cisgendered male has zero representation. This is the tyranny that is ramping up. They are scared of armed resistance so they are excluding those that are not of protected classes. You need to get out of Washington. It is quickly getting "Californicated."

Six representatives from organizations representing groups 4 protected under RCW 9A.36.080, which may include but is not limited 5 to the following: 6 (i) A representative from th…

PissedOffVeteran's avatar

Definitely, time to get out. Yeah, they are getting insane here in WA. state. Sometimes I can't even keep up with all the BS tyranny they are trying to push on us. Yeah, the White Christians are going to be targeted. It basically comes out and tells you here: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/2022%20Domestic%20Terrorism%20Study.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0MD3UziGxcv6B14Jk6RZjEnyTAW9wNMDIezQ2D1PmBaHTRR2aYSB1AYGI. My wife is the only one against leaving the state. Pretty soon I am just go…

Matt07924's avatar

Question: Do you suspect the dastardly jab had anything to do with your friends passing?

PissedOffVeteran's avatar

I am pretty sure it did. One had the Pfizer double shot and the other the J&J. They both died this past year. The Pfizer shots friend (mid 40's) initially and then shortly after my friend that had the J&J (early 50's.) My J&J friend was scared after the other friend initially died. I also suspect 5G and the Graphene component (of the jabs) has a play in there somewhere. There are reports at the Travis Scott concert the people were subject to a 5G signal that triggered their heart to sto…