Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:
Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.
I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.
Pros:
This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.
Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.
It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".
I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.
We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.
Cons:
Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.
While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.
We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.
@RickiTarr Chicago-ish. I've lived in both the suburbs and the city so I'm going to lump them together.
Pros:
Chicago is a beautiful city with anything you could probably think of available to do. Like it's too much to list but a few: world class restaurants to family run dives with equally delicious food, diverse AF, tons of history, tons of cultural things to do, etc.
Lake Michigan - big, calm (usually) and fresh water with golden sand beaches
Mostly progressive, though there are red pockets in the suburbs with your usual nonsense. But you don't see a lot of Trump regalia or flags flying, so there's that.
Cons:
The rest of the state of Illinois is mostly farms of corn and soy as far as you can see. So road trips from here require driving considerable distances to get anywhere interesting.
Winters can suck, but with climate change they're getting easier (yay?)
Fucking flat as a pancake. If we had some hills to hike, this place would be perfect.
@RickiTarr Notice I didn't say crime because that whole narrative is a load of conservative talking point bullshit. Yes, we have crime. Yes, it's bad. But we're not even in the top 25 per capita in the US.
#TrumpTrial started earlier than I did today. Grabbing coffee, starting THREAD HERE🧵1/… #Trump#legal
Here’s the list of Trump’s allies attending his trial today:
AG Alan Wilson
Rep. Eric Burlison
Rep. Andrew Clyde
Rep. Mary Miller
Rep. Keith Self
John Coale
Alan Dershowitz
Will Scharf
Steve Witkoff
Bernie Kerik
Kash Patel
Vernon Jones
Jerry Kassar
Chuck Zito
BOVE: What makes this case different is the predicate for the 175.10 charge (the NY state election law) is it's only unlawful if there is unlawful activity. Otherwise, it's just agreement to win an election.
👉🏼After Merchan cuts in, Bove waves his arms and continues to try to argue, but Merchan calms him down, and says "relax."
"I'm going to be consistent with my earlier rulings," Merchan says, reminding Bove that the People initially had 4 theories, and he ruled against one of them.
Closing arguments in Trump's New York criminal trial will begin the Tuesday after Memorial Day — May 28 — Judge Merchan says, to ensure there are not multiple days between summations and deliberations.
WHICH SUCKS because I'll be in the car on my way to Canada, which will make it REALLY hard to do any live posting.
"Over the July 4, 2016 weekend, controversy arose when Trump's Twitter account posted an image selected by Scavino of Hillary Clinton with a text in the shape of a Star of David calling her the "Most Corrupt Candidate Ever.""
The hypocrisy of white evangelicals in a nutshell.
[Video of Morning Joe Guy whose name I can't remember]:
“When he became Speaker.. he said… go read the bible, that's what I stand for. Today he's at the courthouse defending the guy who's on trial for allegedly paying off a porn star for the alleged affair he had while his wife was home with his infant son”
I've spoken to Cohen dozens of x. He's really passionate abt this. He feels Trump abused his power as pres to employ law enf as his personal goons to stop him from publicizing his tell-all memoir
Cohen sued. He lost several x. However...This episode is worth very close examination
It might have lost in court, but public needs to see how Trump had BOP agents go rogue to enforce his personal whims from WH
This says everything you need to know about what he'll do if re-elected.
#TrumpTrial starts HERE. #Trump#legal
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1/… Bower:
Trump enters the courtroom. Before arriving, he lingered for a moment in the doorway, talking to his lawyers, Emile Bove and Todd Blanche. He had a piece of paper in his hand, which he waved around as he spoke.
Newsmax TV host Greg Kelly just got ordered to sit down by courtroom security because the sycophant got up when Trump walked in to make sure the former president could see him in the crowd.
The obsequious TV performer waved at him and bowed his head in reverence.
Notes from 100 Centre St: Stormy being crossed at selling ("schilling") merchandise on the internet- palpable irony given Trump's hocking everything he can get his hands on that is not nailed down.
@GottaLaff This is rich - the defense objects to the exhibit w/o a witness to authenticate it ,then complains when their objection may delay the trial by a day?
There are often sound reasons for not objecting to exhibits beyond just rolling over, and Trump's lawyers (permissible) insisting that the DA go by the book on this one will not hurt the People's case, but only hurt their own client by prolonging the trial, and running up legal fees. FAFO.
👉🏼MERCHAN: Mr Costello, I'd like to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom. As a witness on the stand, if you don't like my ruling, you don't say jeez, and you don't say strike it, bc I'm the only one who can do that.
👉🏼And if you don't like my ruling, you don't give me sideeye.
🔥Merchan, angrily: Are you staring me down right now?
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1/…
Tyler McBrien::
Necheles rises to renew Trump's objection to Daniels testifying about any "sexual details," which she says has no relevance and is prejudicial.
By details, Merchan asks, more than just "we had sex"? Yes, Necheles says.
Ihr wisst ja.... #Mountainbiker machen den Wald kaputt und müssen deshalb aus dem Wald verbannt werden.
Um diesem absurden #Vorurteil, #Bashing und #Blaming gerecht zu werden, habe ich mir auf meiner #Biketour heute durch's #Krebsbachtal bei #Eigeltingen besonders viel Mühe gegeben, nicht nur den Weg, sondern auch das Bachbett ohne Rücksicht auf Flora, Fauna und Ökosystem zu zerstören - siehe Fotos.
Die fehlenden Bäume gehen natürlich auch auf meine Kappe... die habe ich mit dem Kettenblatt umgesägt.
@axeshun@RickiTarr
For me the one silver lining to the nightmare we are living in, is how right I realize I was my entire life. Every place, every relationship, from childhood to my thirties, all the people I could not fucking believe became Trumpers. All the "conventional wisdom" I could never wrap my head around has been revealed plainly as worthless rationalization of amoral behavior. All the anxiety and despair I felt was, tragically, completely warranted.
@RickiTarr chronic pain. I spend a lot of time curled up trying not to scream until my throat is raw, and trying to find a way to explain to people that chronic means "chronic", not 'sometimes'
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1/… more preamble, via Rupar:
Trump this morning printed out new NYT poll showing him ahead in swing states+ some Fox columns for good measure.
"A legal expense is a legal expense. It's marked down in the book, 'legal expense'" --Trump still pretending he doesn't understand why he was charged w crimes re Stormy payment
Did you threaten to sue people on behalf of Trump during your time at Trump Org? Yes.
He provides an example: If the press said something that angered him, he would reach out to the press and request that they redact or take the article down or else Trump would sue.
40/ [I'm so dreading having to keep my appt. with Mr. BlowDryer because this testimony is hard enough to keep up with without having to take a break.. so, I WILL catch you up, but it will be a lot]