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To follow up somewhat on this, I think it’s made me recognize the value of political instincts in a way I didn’t before. I supported Biden’s policies, I thought they made sense. But more often than not I think it’s clear he had very poor instincts during his term (and so did I).
Having the correct intuition of how the electorate will respond to specific stances, particularly in highly volatile circumstances, it turns out is just incredibly hard. Issue polling is sometimes actively unhelpful. Past experience isn’t guaranteed to inform future outcomes.
We do what we can with the information we have. But it’s just fundamentally not a science and never will be.
Rachel R Grant married Jedidiah, the mayor of Salt Lake City and 2nd Counselor in the 1st Presidency.
He was a good man and it was a good marriage.
He died of pneumonia just a few days after their first anniversary.
Heber J Grant, their son, was nine days old.
He was a good man and it was a good marriage.
He died of pneumonia just a few days after their first anniversary.
Heber J Grant, their son, was nine days old.
Soon after, she married Jedidiah's brother, George. Though he was well liked and a hero of the 1856 handcart tragedy, he was a secret alcoholic.
The marriage was dissolved two years later. Rachel's hurt never entirely healed and she rejected all future proposals.
The marriage was dissolved two years later. Rachel's hurt never entirely healed and she rejected all future proposals.
Heber later said, "It was the one frightful ordeal of my mother's life, and the one thing she never wishes to refer to."
History is silent on how bad it was.
History is silent on how bad it was.
Now that I have some confidence in the future of America, I can finally reveal how, back in 2016, admitted fed Chuck Johnson tried to entrap me into an illegal act, possibly for the purpose of getting me arrested like Ricky Vaughn or pressuring me to turn fed myself.
In October of that year, Chuck Johnson called me at 1AM my time, begging me to go up to a Chelsea Clinton event in Green Bay, Wisconsin (I lived in Chicago at the time) to steal a sample of her DNA, so he could run a paternity test and prove Webb Hubbell was her real father.
He told me that he had already acquired a sample of Hubbell's DNA. He didn't elaborate how.
I declined because I had to leave for a road trip to Cincinnati in the morning. Johnson was EXTREMELY insistent that I be the one to steal Chelsea Clinton's DNA.
I declined because I had to leave for a road trip to Cincinnati in the morning. Johnson was EXTREMELY insistent that I be the one to steal Chelsea Clinton's DNA.
I’m proud of Vice President Harris, her team, and the campaign she ran. She is an exceptional leader and an inspiration.🧵
Like so many of you, I’m incredibly disappointed and concerned about the future of our country. But I am grateful that you all sent me back to Congress to represent you and our community.
I understand the stakes and the seriousness of the moment we are in. I would hope the president-elect reflects and considers the people who his proposed policies would greatly harm.
I'm actually surprised how much I'm seeing of 2 convos:
1. That Black people don't wanna be lumped in with POC or BIPOC (bc I thought we talked about that back during the affirmative action suits at least)
and 2. A realization that our timelines don't represent the country at large and the country maybe wasn't ready for a woman. I could have sworn we had the first part of that discussion multiple times, and I saw how some of you DRUG people for expressing the second part
1. That Black people don't wanna be lumped in with POC or BIPOC (bc I thought we talked about that back during the affirmative action suits at least)
and 2. A realization that our timelines don't represent the country at large and the country maybe wasn't ready for a woman. I could have sworn we had the first part of that discussion multiple times, and I saw how some of you DRUG people for expressing the second part
I'm a person who initially said the country 100% was not going to vote for a BW, and then I saw how quickly folks got engaged and changed my mind. And I do believe without the almost assured election interference that took place, Kamala would have pulled it out, by a SLIVER. But that would still mean almost half the country wasn't rocking with it.
I still think she was the right candidate and she ran a helluva race.
It's worthwhile looking at new VP JD Vance, Senator Josh Hawley, and new Senator Jim Banks, and what they can show us about the New Republicans, the Midwest, and "elites".
Vance was born into poverty, living in KY & OH. Banks grew up in a trailer park in IN. Hawley is from
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Vance was born into poverty, living in KY & OH. Banks grew up in a trailer park in IN. Hawley is from
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a rural county in MO with less than 5,000 residents. They are each what coastal "elites" might refer to hicks, yokels or worse, from places in flyover country that no serious person has ever heard of.
Yet, they are also clearly now "elites". Vance & Hawley came from humble
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Yet, they are also clearly now "elites". Vance & Hawley came from humble
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roots to graduate from Yale Law School. Banks graduated from IU, which is pretty impressive for a trailer park boy.
Most importantly, they are Midwestern elites. We don't need "elites" from anywhere else, we spontaneously generate our own quite well, even in the smallest
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Most importantly, they are Midwestern elites. We don't need "elites" from anywhere else, we spontaneously generate our own quite well, even in the smallest
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The left not giving Biden credit for things that they demanded he do is less bothersome now compared to the sobering reality that the actual voting public simply didn’t like it at all. They don’t like a great economy built with new deal liberalism. They don’t like ending wars.
The left wasn’t showing up in polls because there simply aren’t that many of them, not because polls were wrong. The Squad seems like a total electoral aberration now.
Had leftist mouthpieces been gung ho for Joe Biden and talking about how much they loved him for canceling student loans and ending wars and all that it probably amounts to half a percent in Wisconsin at best
So ... about that US election, and the disingenuous bleating of Americans who apparently can't understand why the rest of the world might be appalled at the result.
Rant incoming.
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Rant incoming.
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Last night, I was heartsick.
This morning, I’m just boiling mad.
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This morning, I’m just boiling mad.
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I'm not mad at the diehard Trump believers - they’re beyond help and beneath contempt. They might be kind to small animals, but they’re vicious and hateful towards their fellow human beings.
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SitRep - 06/11/24 - Trump won, what's next for Ukraine?
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trump promised he will settle the war in 24 hours. Let's see if he keeps his word, while respecting Ukraine's territorial integrity.
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trump promised he will settle the war in 24 hours. Let's see if he keeps his word, while respecting Ukraine's territorial integrity.
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Missed the latest SitRep? Check it out here
As usual we start with Russian losses over the past 24 hours.
To my trans friends & followers & your loved ones:
I am so angry & so grieved at the evil that has gained power & the evils it aims to impose.
I believe a loving Higher Power—however that might look for you—is even more angry & grieved. 1)
I am so angry & so grieved at the evil that has gained power & the evils it aims to impose.
I believe a loving Higher Power—however that might look for you—is even more angry & grieved. 1)
Especially at the sacrilegious misuse of religion for mortal harms to people wondrously & beautifully made in the divine image.
I would be honored to hold you in prayer if you would like. You can respond here or by DM, including any special intentions. 2)
I would be honored to hold you in prayer if you would like. You can respond here or by DM, including any special intentions. 2)
I am also offering support & resistance via free & totally confidential sessions in my spiritual direction/companioning practice—similar to coaching, but with a different training & certification process. 3)
Some years ago, a relative -- who had stopped going to Mass -- explained to my dad that he didn't attend the large suburban parish up-the-street because, he said, he "didn't want to be a f*cking butterfly."
My dad wasn't quite sure what this relative meant, until he attended the parish, and saw himself the effete undertones to much of what passed for spirituality there.
and truthfully, I don't think my dad had much of an answer about the parish either.
and truthfully, I don't think my dad had much of an answer about the parish either.
I raise this for obvious reasons.
Trump did better among women than most pundits predicted, but he also carried a lot of first time male voters under 30. Young men who felt the president spoke to them -- and that much of the current rhetoric of the left was not for them at all.
Trump did better among women than most pundits predicted, but he also carried a lot of first time male voters under 30. Young men who felt the president spoke to them -- and that much of the current rhetoric of the left was not for them at all.
@kaisplat75 @goodhazelgraces @phrenphren @TateTheTalisman @1capplegate Barnica died from "sepsis due to acute bacterial endometritis & cervicitis following spontaneous abortion of a 17-week still birth fetus (177 grams) with retained products of conception."
Death was from sepsis resulting from not removing all retained products following abortion.
Death was from sepsis resulting from not removing all retained products following abortion.
@kaisplat75 @goodhazelgraces @phrenphren @TateTheTalisman @1capplegate Thurman was also permitted an abortion, and received the medication mifepristone to induce it. After the abortion, she also sustained an infection from "retained products of conception".
@kaisplat75 @goodhazelgraces @phrenphren @TateTheTalisman @1capplegate Miller also died of sepsis, from "retained products of conception". Her abortion already occurred and her death was because she didn't seek medical treatment for her sepsis.
