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It's a big country. These things happen.

In charging papers, the FBI said that during the Capitol riot, Caldwell received Facebook messages from unspecified senders updating him of the location of lawmakers. When he posted a one-word message, “Inside,” he received exhortations and directions describing tunnels, doors and hallways, the FBI said.

Some messages, according to the FBI, included, “Tom all legislators are down in the Tunnels 3floors down,” and “Go through back house chamber doors facing N left down hallway down steps.” Another message read: “All members are in the tunnels under capital seal them in. Turn on gas,” the FBI added

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/conspiracy-oath-keeper-arrest-capitol-riot/2021/01/19/fb84877a-5a4f-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html

uhhhh

We didn’t get a review copy.

Texas social workers can now turn away LGBTQ, disabled clients

Texas social workers can now turn away LGBTQ clients and those with a disability.

The state Board of Social Work Examiners voted unanimously to change a section of its code of conduct last week following a recommendation from Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, to remove protections for sexual orientation, gender identity and disability. Abbott’s office said the change was suggested because the board’s nondiscrimination clause went beyond the state’s policy on social work, according to The Associated Press.

Party of hate gonna hate. This sort of shit is infuriating to me, I just cannot wrap my mind around the sheer amount of hatred, vitriol, and disdain that conservatives in the US have against their fellow people.

So my sister wore a mask to our local shoprite yesterday morning and told me someone came up to her and purposefully coughed in her face. She had glasses on and a mask but was SHOOK. Came home and took a shower. I think this kind of stuff will be happening more and more, sigh. The guy was probably faking the cough but still that would freak people out at a time like this.

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It's a fucking garbage policy before it affects a family member of yours, doubly so after.

As a reminder, they will do this to lawful resident aliens and naturalized citizens as well. If at any point, someone somewhere wants to try to deport you, they will fucking try and there isn't anything you can do about it.

My dad did some crimes during the 70s. Crimes he spent 10 years in jail for. So after serving his time and reentering society, ICE comes in the dead of the night, lies to the homeowner in order to gain entry, and takes my dad to an undisclosed location during a Federal Holiday. They did this THREE TIMES. Each time he was taken to a holding facility in south Texas and treated as a criminal, while they try to get paperwork in order to deport him. One time they let him out, but with an ankle monitor and full house arrest status and it was unbelievable to me that this was happening. The 3rd time, he had to go on a hunger strike in order to get released, and that was only after the warden called my brother and convinced him to eat a few more meals. He was out within two weeks.

I don't even recognize this country anymore.

I've been thinking about Jade Raymond.

I bet Jade Raymond is up everyday at 5:30 am to meditate on her day's priorities, before Face-Timing with family at friends at 6:30. Then she drinks a Kale smoothie and slips in a round of tennis, before casually walking in to work slightly after 9 am. After a couple meetings she's beat, so she has to take a 1.5 hour lunch break, stopping by the local farmer's market to get a fresh, farm-to-table lunch while sitting on a park bench overlooking the ocean. Then it's a short train-ride to a different EA office across town, giving her a chance to listen to a few of her favorite Gaming Industry podcasts. A couple more meetings with Tech Departments in the bag, and she's slipping out the door by 4:30 to play tennis with celebrities. After that she's off to the offices of her favorite charity, where she works tireless for exactly one hour, securing funds for a fresh water restoration project in Uganda. Next door, she catches a lecture at the local community college on Innovation in the Gaming Industry. That leaves just enough time for a relaxing Yoga session--absolutely critical to maintaining her mental health in these stressful times. And before you know it, she's back at home cooking artisan Indonesian street foods with her culturally diverse boyfriend, before snuggling up on the couch to watch Netflix and reflect on the wins of the day.

And during all this, the EA QA department was chained to their desks, working 18 hours straight with no paid overtime.

Trump Dump

https://www.c-span.org/video/?448971-1/president-trump-delivers-remarks-illinois-trade-tariffs-policy

"Our trade deficit ballooned to $817 billion ... Think of that. We lost $817 billion a year over the last number of years in trade. In other words, if we didn't trade, we'd save a hell of a lot of money."

I can’t even.

We flush wet wipes and kitty litter. Imagine that shit forms a nice boulder somewhere.