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hold on something just happened

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Senate Democrats’ response to the Tea Party flip was essentially to Old Yeller the rules of the Senate throughout Obama’s second term. You could argue it was a ‘road to hell paved with good intentions’ or maybe just simple frustration at not being able to get anything done. In doing so they perfectly teed themselves up to FAFO in 2016 and beyond.

I hate to use a conservative Republican’s speech to back this up but sometimes digging up primary sources from the early 2010s is stupid hard and also unfortunately, Roberts (R-Kan) (speech hyperlinked above.) was just plain right here. It’s a direct line from this decision to where we are now.

I think the federalizing of desired outcomes really started with the Tea Party congressional flip in 2010, where legislative expectation was neutralized and continued for the remainder of Obama’s presidency, and so a lot of progressives and leftists got used to policy by executive order and policy by judicial decision and figured it could continue, which warped expectations as to what could be done by the President, and which helped encourage a disinterest in state and local action and involvement, and it only metastasized under Trump because Trump seemed to be able to have so much power and authority (partly because he had a Congress where the majority agreed with him for part of his Presidency, partly because he was able to undo a lot of shit by executive order because said shit was established or expanded by executive order which is why you DON’T WANT GOVERNMENT BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, and partly because Republicans are fundamentally a destructive entity and it’s easier to destroy rather than create or establish) and which led to a weird idea that this is the new normal.

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permission to lib out?

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i’m going to be riding this lavender high for weeks.

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french lavender bundle. fresh. locally grown. smells heavenly. roadside farm stand. self serve. on a whim. didn’t even know it was there. country roads. beautiful summer day. you fucking wish you were me.

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blackberry blossoms photographed by benjamin t. gault, c. 1890.

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1920s Evening bag with enameled frame, beaded with turquoise beads. From 1st Dibs.

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The American consumer doesn’t actually want trucks and cars that are huge enough that you can’t see a six foot tall person over the hood. They make vehicles that big now to avoid environmental regulations related to engine efficiency

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Rock Lee vs. Gaara went SO hard and was so memorable, it unintentionally tricked an entire generation into thinking Naruto's underlying theme was that effort and hard work ultimately triumph over natural talent. Naruto was, in fact, not about that. It was the opposite, in fact.

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the idea of protists is really funny. Ah yes, the kingdoms of life: Animals, Plants, Fungi, and Don't worry about it:)

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uh oh i miss something i can’t name again. i want to go home to something that doesn’t exist again. does anyone have a gun

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*referring to uranium* its natural man its good for you its from nature

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i think RFK being an outspoken anti-food additive guy is going to be disastrous for food safety cultural awareness generally. one of the absolute worst things to be a stopped clock about bcause every single Colbert report liberal is going to get so reactionary about it. i mean food safety/additive scolds like myself are already on very thin ice re: sounding insane. i had many frustrating discussions with fellow leftists about PFAS (teflon) in the years preceding the recent "oops it turns out teflon toxicity has been a massive coverup this whole time" articles because "they tested it and it was safe lol".

teflon is an interesting example in particular, because for decades all veterinarians and bird owners above the beginner level of bird ownership have been aware that using nonstick cooking utensils inside your house was a great way to instantly kill all your birds, even if you weren't superheating the pans or using steel wool on them or otherwise intentionally aerosolizing them. it was just a known thing, not to do that. but for some reason this literal canary in the metaphorical coalmine was considered unimportant to the assumption that PFAS chemicals were completely safe for humans. this wasnt really a "dose makes the poison" situation either, nor was it like a "dogs cant metabolize grapes and will die from eating a snack that is healthy for humans", it was more like "you can have a little bit of lead paint as a treat but it costs another cubic inch of your brain every time you take a sip". the safe amount of PFAS to have inside your body or the general environment is zero, every particle above that level is bad for everyone. birds just die sooner from it because they're very small and very porous. i mean teflon still hasnt been regulated or demonized properly, that;'s going to take decades, as it did with arsenic, cigarettes, asbestos, lead, etc. until something like 26,000 people a year (as quoted in this video) are dying from provably PFAS-caused disease, the FDA isnt going to regulate shit. which is how it is with every horrible thing americans eat and probably a big reason why people with various chronic illnesses usually report feeling mysteriously less bad when traveling in most of europe, even when eating foods theyre "allergic to' in the USA

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Steiff, felt may bug on wheels

circa 1916