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They changed my favorite shampoo and removed half of the ingredients and doubled down on the "anti-dandruff" branding, and it pisses me off, because there are so few products for seborrheic dermatitis already and I don't want to go back to washing my hair with dish soap.

I just hope this product still works with half the sulfates.

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Spin this wheel first and then this wheel second to generate the title of a YA fantasy novel!

(If the second wheel lands on an option ending with a plus sign, spin it again)

Share what you got!

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Tonight's ADHD dinner.

Can of soup, still in pot (Campbell's Chunky chicken broccoli cheese potato),

pita crackers (Stacy's Pita, garden veggie flavor)

baby carrots, cut in quarters lengthwise

hummus (Better Living Brands, allegedly made in the USA).

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Please consider donating and sharing the GoFundMe to support Adriana Smith's family.

For those of you who aren't aware, Adriana Smith was taken off life support (June 17) after a C-section was administered to prematurely birth her child on June 13. The baby is alive and being monitored in the NICU. Her family will finally be able to bury their daughter.

Rest in power Adriana Smith.

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idk im really tired of 15-17 year olds who have never interacted with the gay community irl and spend too much time on tiktok trying to act like the authority on all that is lgbt+ 

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Foliage

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The solution to ableism isn't for me to "stop calling myself disabled", it's for everyone to stop treating "disabled" as a bad word

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i hate when you google a word and some fucking company comes up instead. Do you think you are more important than the english dictionary you piece of shit corporation

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begging you guys to dissolve that link between fatness and amount of food consumed that exists in your brains

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“Eat too much, work too much, buy too much, read too little, think even less, and die in poverty and insecurity. No, thank you. Don’t you see that’s how Americans take over the world? Not just through their army and their CIA and their World Bank, but through this infectious disease called the American Dream?”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Committed

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there should be more options than suffering via employment and suffering via unemployment

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i love the -with mama trend but sometimes i get sad because that is clearly papa and he aint getting any credit raising those darn kids...

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Starting a new religion. I'm not sure about the belief system yet, but the temples need to include obstacle courses of dangerous death traps that need to keep working for at least 2,000 years.

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Penguin escapes killer whales by jumping onto a boat.

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American Politics — What Happened Today That You Should Know

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Trump is checked out while his administration is seizing control of everything that moves.

While he saluted flagpoles and watched construction crews, his appointees weaponized student visas, Medicaid databases, and federal contracts into surveillance and deportation tools. They're moving with 54-minute deadlines and contempt-of-court defiance to capture every institution they can reach.

Iran is pushing us toward the biggest war in decades, but Trump's too distracted calling Fed chairs "stupid" to notice his own government is both executing authoritarian control and falling apart simultaneously.

The system is fighting back through courts, walkouts, and protest art, but his underlings don't need him paying attention to finish the job. That's why you need to pay attention to them.

Trump claims Iran proposed White House talks while threatening military strikes, but Tehran’s UN mission denies making any such proposal.

State Dept. contradicts Amb. Huckabee’s social media announcement of evacuation flights for Americans in Israel, saying it has no plans to assist departures.

Supreme Court allows Nuclear Regulatory Commission to override Texas and New Mexico governors’ opposition for temporary nuclear waste storage sites.

Michigan Attorney General Nessel and environmental groups file requests for rehearing of Energy Secretary Wright’s emergency order forcing coal plant to stay open.

MT Gov. Gianforte vetoes community solar bill despite supermajority legislative support, citing cost concerns that advocates say contradict experience in 23 other states.

Supreme Court upholds state transgender care bans for minors in 6-3 ruling, with Sotomayor reading rare dissent comparing majority’s deference to past defenses of interracial marriage bans.

Trump administration ends Trevor Project’s specialized LGBTQ+ suicide prevention service through federal hotline, giving nonprofit 30 days notice to shut down program.

EEOC Acting Chair Lucas tells senators agency will follow White House directives and defends dropping transgender discrimination cases to comply with Trump executive order.

FL AG Uthmeier calls to “denaturalize and deport” MN Rep. Omar after she criticized Trump’s military parade.

Texas quietly defunds Abbott’s signature border wall program after spending $3 billion to build only 8% of planned structure full of gaps migrants easily walk around.

Federal Reserve keeps rates steady despite Trump calling Powell “stupid” and demanding cuts to reduce government’s $1.2 trillion annual debt interest costs.

New data shows Medicare and Social Security stop paying full benefits in 8-9 years, earlier than projected, before accounting for Trump’s pending budget bill that would trigger additional Medicare cuts.

Justice Dept. plans to cut two-thirds of inspectors monitoring gun dealers for illegal sales as part of Trump administration effort to “defang and downsize” ATF.

Harvard cancer researcher Kseniia Petrova appears in court after months in custody for allegedly smuggling frog embryos as federal investigator admits he can’t define “biological materials” central to charges.

Senate Democrats walk out of Judiciary Committee hearing on Biden mental fitness as Durbin accuses Republicans of ignoring oversight of Trump administration’s military deployments and Sen. Padilla handcuffing.

FL Attorney General Uthmeier held in civil contempt for defying federal court order halting immigration law, must now file biweekly reports or face fines.

California senators demand Trump officials stop using Medicaid data for deportations after administration gave CMS 54-minute deadline to share millions of enrollees’ immigration status.

US resumes issuing student visas but requires all international applicants to make social media accounts public, warning private accounts may be suspicious.

Feds sue Kentucky Gov. Beshear over in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants living in KY, claiming it gives them preferential treatment over out-of-state U.S. citizens.

FL Board of Governors expected to approve three DeSantis appointees as university presidents after rejecting University of Florida’s choice Santa Ono as too “woke.”

DHS Secretary Noem requires personal approval for all contracts over $100k despite facing 5,100 annual reviews, prompting former acquisition chief to call policy “absolutely nuts.”

Independent National Academies report finds 30% of air traffic control facilities understaffed due to government shutdowns and hiring freezes, urges Congress to provide FAA resources to fix crisis.

Trump personally watches flagpole installation on White House lawn while Iran-Israel conflict escalates and questions mount about potential US military involvement.

FIGHTING BACK

“Dictator Approved” statue appears on National Mall showing gold thumb crushing Statue of Liberty, featuring quotes from Putin and Kim Jong Un praising Trump.

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American Politics - What Happened Today That You Should Know

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Trump’s regime is now physically targeting Democratic officials.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested by ICE agents outside a detention facility in early May. Since then, Rep. LaMonica McIver has been indicted, Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed and removed from a press event, and NYC Comptroller Brad Lander arrested in the hallway of a federal immigration court by masked and plainclothes ICE officers.

After two Minnesota lawmakers were shot and killed, Trump refused to call the governor and called it a waste of time.

A GOP senator mocked the dead. Another all but admitted U.S. troops are already fighting in the Israel-Iran war.

This isn’t law enforcement. It’s a purge that's accelerating.

NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested by masked ICE agents for escorting immigrant whose case was dismissed one week before primary, released hours later without charges.

Trump refuses to call MN Gov. Tim Walz after two Democratic lawmakers were shot, calling outreach a “waste of time” and attacking his former vice presidential opponent as “whacked out.”

SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler orders “Appeal to Heaven” flag associated with Christian nationalism and January 6 rioters flown above federal building before quietly removing it.

Federal judge blocks Trump from unconstitutionally cutting congressionally-approved CDC funding to four Democratic cities.

FDA offers expedited drug reviews to companies promoting vaguely-defined “national priorities,” giving officials unprecedented discretion over which pharmaceutical firms benefit.

CDC announces at all-hands meeting it has reinstated one-third of employees fired in botched April reduction-in-force after lawsuit exposed “hopelessly error-ridden” data.

All 17 fired vaccine advisors unite to blast RFK Jr.’s “destabilizing decisions” and “troubling disregard for scientific integrity” in JAMA editorial.

Federal judge expands injunction blocking Trump from restricting passport sex markers for transgender and nonbinary Americans, citing constitutional equal protection violations.

Brain-dead Georgia woman kept on life support for four months under state abortion law gives birth before family can end treatment.

Trump claims “complete control of Iran’s skies” and demands “unconditional surrender” despite U.S. denials of involvement and no declared war.

U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem closes through Friday as Trump weighs military strikes on Iran after claiming “complete control” of Iranian skies.

New CBO analysis finds Trump tax cuts would increase deficits by $2.8 trillion over decade, contradicting Republican claims they would pay for themselves.

Retail sales plunge 0.9% in May as consumers pull back after March tariff-driven buying spree, exceeding economists’ worst expectations.

Toy companies ask court for urgent review of Trump tariffs after lower courts ruled them unlawful but administration continues collecting billions from American businesses.

LA Mayor Bass lifts downtown curfew imposed during immigration raid protests, citing need to adapt to “chaos coming from Washington.”

Third ICE detainee captured after escape from Newark facility during riot over insufficient food, one remains at large with $25,000 FBI bounty.

NYC Mayor Adams bans Daily News reporter from press conferences for asking questions, threatens to use taxpayer-funded security to enforce press exclusion.

OPM orders agencies to limit high performance ratings and speed up removal of federal employees, creating new “accountability” metrics for supervisors to enforce discipline.

Senator Ted Cruz advocates overthrowing Iran’s government while admitting he doesn’t know the country’s population, seemingly contradicts White House denials of U.S. military involvement.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem taken to Washington hospital after allergic reaction, reported alert and recovering.

Trump Mobile yanks coverage map after using “Gulf of Mexico” instead of Trump’s preferred “Gulf of America,” breaking website links in hasty cover-up.

Trump extends TikTok deadline for third time, allowing app to continue operating despite law requiring divestment, after Beijing ordered ByteDance to pause deal over U.S. tariffs.

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