Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico

Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico

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Reader, writer, dancer, needlepointer. NY-NOLA-LA bona fides. Barker at my own carnival.

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“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

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Last night, I made a Tik Tok quoting what our President said he wanted to happen to Los Angeles and San Diego. And my video got removed because it “violated community guidelines”. Let me repeat. My video got removed because I quoted what the President said.

Hero.

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Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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CEO pay is up 1,316% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 28%. CEOs are now paid 325 TIMES as much as the typical worker in their industry, according to @epi.org Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Want to take bets on how little attention this gets from the media? The National news didn’t even mention Trump’s pledge to cheat Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin - ProPublica

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🎉HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CALIFORNIA! 🎉 Today marks 176 years of statehood, and in that time, California has become a worldwide leader in science, technological innovation, agriculture, entertainment, and more. Here’s to many more years of Golden State greatness!

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico reposted

how i be getting around in my car now that Apple Maps and Google Maps are dead to me

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I know there's not much of a chance newspapers will print this one but you can't have a word like 'ballroom' and expect me not to do a joke about it.

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Kamlager-Dove on Speaker Johnson: I know he’s got to get ready for this gaslighting convention that they have next week in Dallas. I’m just going to ask Grindr to make sure you are at capacity because Republicans are coming to a town near you.

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SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)

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We & the media are NOT talking enough about how a Florida grand jury found that $10 million was funneled from a settlement intended to benefit Florida taxpayers to Ron DeSantis’s wife’s illegitimate “charity” (that never registered with the IRS), where it was laundered before it got to the FLA GOP.