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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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🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 MUST LISTEN

staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by Senator Chris Murphy

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The elevation of Pope Leo XIV is a profound and historic occasion. Like so many around the world, I am praying for him and wishing him and the Church well as his papacy begins.

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So let me get this straight, we finally get an American pope, and some of the America first crowd is mad because he cares about the poor and immigrants. Am i missing something here?

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Do you back RFK Jr. in his effort to BAN all pharmaceutical companys commercials on national TV?

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The new Pope:

•Anti-Trump

•Anti-JD Vance

•Pro-immigration and pro-refugee

•Pro-gun control

•Said racism should be rejected and justice should be sought

MAGA’s worst nightmare!

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She’s Still Missing. So Is Your Humanity.
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Canadians say things in such a nice manner.

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YES !!! 💪💯🎯

It’s about damn time. AOC is a hero. She’s one of the best out there, fighting daily against Trump’s fascist bullshit.

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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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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

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Helicopter makes emergency landing at Union County airport. The city dedicates a new 112-acre park. And MEVSD board member lobbies Ohio Senate on school funding
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“Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality so be experienced.”

-Soren Kierkegaard

why do i write my best work when im depressed, grieving, or heartbroken???

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i think that’s because the “writing your best work” is all about being able to make other people feel deep emotions only by reading words on a screen, so the emotion we feel in the very moment we are writing those words down are so raw and strong that are felt by readers trough what we’re writing!

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Totally get this—somehow the hardest feelings bring out the clearest words. But it’s not just the pain doing the work—it’s you showing up in the middle of it. That’s strength. Keep writing.

Op's avatar

Raw and bonafide emotions always provoke a deeper thought within you. Everytime you do this, it gives the reader a greater connection to the work you put out.

Galia Clair's avatar

Emotions baby… those make for the best work. Raw and feeling. Keep doing it. Also the release is so nice. Even if it’s just jotting it down. That’s fucking therapeutic.

Gabriel Golovkin's avatar

Because it’s therapeutic.

Gian Lorenzo's avatar

because joy has terrible plot structure.

Tahir Akıncı's avatar

Because that’s when your heart is contracting.

We are all constantly moving through two phases in life —within both large and small cycles. One is when our chest no longer fits the shell, so we shed our skin —that’s when we grow. The other is when we gather information about ourselves in our new skin, until ultimately, we shed it again.

Ebb and flow,

Yin and Yang,

Action and inaction,

Becoming and being.

Doris Delaires's avatar

Right? Part of the creative process. Just did my first major dump on here. Haha Hope this finds you in a bubble of light.

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We write entire essays in our heads while doing laundry, walking to the shop, or brushing our teeth — but the moment we sit down at a laptop, it’s like our brain unplugs itself from the wall.

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unfortunately i will never be 13, reading wattpad books until 3AM, ever again

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