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Joanne the plot of the book series which is the only reason you have any worth whatsoever hinges on the transformative power of unconditional love

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I fucking love underdog stories.

Like, yes, please tell me how a little league baseball team from a rural mining town became national champions despite their pitcher being blind and their coach not having anything above a middle school education.

I eat that shit up.

YAAASSSSS THE POWER OF DREAMS AND FRIENDSHIP CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE

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Diamond and Pepper from Catz and Dogz of the North State in Cottonwood, California

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Click here for a link to Catz and Dogz of the North State’s main website.

♥ This is Diamond, she is a Polydactyl girl, with a cute black shaped heart on her nose & white diamond on her back. Diamond would do best in an adult only home.  She is very shy but   LOVES  to cuddle up next to you at night or if you nap during the day. She has to come to you on her terms The only kitty here that Diamond has buddied up with is sweet little Pepper.  It would be wonderful if they were adopted together for Diamonds happiness.  Pepper would do fine with other kind kittys.  We would try to work out a special adoption fee if both girls were adopted together.

This is precious Pepper, the  runt of her litter,  rescued from a feral cat colony with her brother’s at 4 weeks old. Bottle fed for the next couple of weeks. Look at her beautiful  & unique markings. Very loving and affectionate, plays nicely with all of the other kitty’s here. Possibly a “Harlequin Kitty.”  She is still small weighing only 6 lbs.  Pepper was adopted to a very nice family with 3 children.  Sadly the kids were to active for little Pepper, so the family loved her enough to bring her back. Pepper is shy by nature so it takes a little time for her to warm up to people.

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Tinley from Too Cute Kitten Rescue in Brawley, California

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Click here for a link to Too Cute Kitten Rescue's main website.

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We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

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While we're on the subject of baked food, please tell me where you're from and what this is called.

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Heddy Lamar from ARE Animal Rescue in Hemet, California

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Click here for a link to ARE Animal Rescue’s main website.

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Vicky from MO4PAWS in Palo Alto, California

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This is Vicky, she’s about a year old and a very sweet and affectionate cat. She loves to get pet and be around people. She isn’t the biggest fan of being picked up.

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Here's Katie's page!

BLACK (AND WHITE) CAT FRIDAY!

Kate’s 16 years-old and sponsored by Molly Schminke. SNAP Cats rescued Kate from Modesto, CA. Kate was living in a feral colony in Modesto when a rescuer noticed that Kate was not feral but very sweet and friendly. So the rescuer pulled Kate from the colony to try to find her a better home.

The rescuer is right. Kate is a super sweetheart. SUPER SWEETHEART! And she acts like a young cat. Kate loves attention and will follow you around until you give her lots of pets. Kate is a healthy senior, and will fit in nicely with other cats or just by herself.

If you’re interested in Kate please fill out an adoption application at https://www.snapcats.org/category/adoption/catsforadoption/. Thanks.

SNAP Cats uses Smart Cat, all natural cat litter.

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REMEMBER SKIP-IT FROM THE 90’S

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Former Minnesota Vikings punter, Chris Kluwe, who was blacklisted from the league for standing up for marriage equality, speaks at a city council meeting where he calls Trump a Nazi. He is subsequently arrested and carried out by police.

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There are people – some in my own Party – who think that if you just give Donald Trump everything he wants, he’ll make an exception and spare you some of the harm. I’ll ignore the moral abdication of that position for just a second to say — almost none of those people have the experience with this President that I do. I once swallowed my pride to offer him what he values most — public praise on the Sunday news shows — in return for ventilators and N95 masks during the worst of the pandemic. We made a deal. And it turns out his promises were as broken as the BIPAP machines he sent us instead of ventilators. Going along to get along does not work – just ask the Trump-fearing red state Governors who are dealing with the same cuts that we are. I won’t be fooled twice.

I’ve been reflecting, these past four weeks, on two important parts of my life: my work helping to build the Illinois Holocaust Museum and the two times I’ve had the privilege of reciting the oath of office for Illinois Governor.

As some of you know, Skokie, Illinois once had one of the largest populations of Holocaust survivors anywhere in the world. In 1978, Nazis decided they wanted to march there.

The leaders of that march knew that the images of Swastika clad young men goose stepping down a peaceful suburban street would terrorize the local Jewish population – so many of whom had never recovered from their time in German concentration camps.

The prospect of that march sparked a legal fight that went all the way to the Supreme Court. It was a Jewish lawyer from the ACLU who argued the case for the Nazis – contending that even the most hateful of speech was protected under the first amendment.

As an American and a Jew, I find it difficult to resolve my feelings around that Supreme Court case – but I am grateful that the prospect of Nazis marching in their streets spurred the survivors and other Skokie residents to act. They joined together to form the Holocaust Memorial Foundation and built the first Illinois Holocaust Museum in a storefront in 1981 – a small but important forerunner to the one I helped build thirty years later.

I do not invoke the specter of Nazis lightly. But I know the history intimately — and have spent more time than probably anyone in this room with people who survived the Holocaust. Here’s what I’ve learned – the root that tears apart your house’s foundation begins as a seed – a seed of distrust and hate and blame.

The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe a lifetime ago didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

I’m watching with a foreboding dread what is happening in our country right now. A president who watches a plane go down in the Potomac – and suggests — without facts or findings — that a diversity hire is responsible for the crash. Or the Missouri Attorney General who just sued Starbucks – arguing that consumers pay higher prices for their coffee because the baristas are too “female” and “nonwhite.” The authoritarian playbook is laid bare here: They point to a group of people who don’t look like you and tell you to blame them for your problems.

I just have one question: What comes next? After we’ve discriminated against, deported or disparaged all the immigrants and the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women and the minorities – once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends – After that, when the problems we started with are still there staring us in the face – what comes next.

All the atrocities of human history lurk in the answer to that question. And if we don’t want to repeat history – then for God’s sake in this moment we better be strong enough to learn from it.

I swore the following oath on Abraham Lincoln’s Bible: “I do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Governor .... according to the best of my ability.

My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country. We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one. I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.

If you think I’m overreacting and sounding the alarm too soon, consider this:

It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. All I’m saying is when the five-alarm fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.

Those Illinois Nazis did end up holding their march in 1978 – just not in Skokie. After all the blowback from the case, they decided to march in Chicago instead. Only twenty of them showed up. But 2000 people came to counter protest. The Chicago Tribune reported that day that the “rally sputtered to an unspectacular end after ten minutes.” It was Illinoisans who smothered those embers before they could burn into a flame.

Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage. So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let the “tragic spirit of despair” overcome us when our country needs us the most.

Sources:

• NBC Chicago & J.B. Pritzker, Democratic governor of Illinois, State of the State address 2025: Watch speech here | Full text

• Betches News on Instagram (screencaps)

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Momcat AKA Ms Grey from Hoofs and Woofs Animal Rescue in Valley Center, California

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Click here for a link to Hoofs and Woofs Animal Rescue’s main website.

Sweet girl a little shy with new people but loving when she gets to know you. Her daughters Fluffy and Midnight are available also.

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Ralphie from Pawsluv in Santa Monica, California

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Click here for a link to Pawsluv's main website.

Ralphie is about 2.5 yrs old, and is wise beyond his years. He's a beautiful tuxedo boy who has an absolutely enchanting kitten meow. His little squeaks are sure to win your heart! Ralphie enjoys snoopervising to make sure all is up to code, playing with toys, and of course surveying his kingdom from the window sill. He enjoys sleeping on the bed with the hoomans he trusts, and takes his protector duty very seriously! Ralphie will take some time to adjust to the new environment, but will be out and about soon. He loves to meet and hang with other friendly kitties.

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Here's Dusty's page!

Dusty is 11 months-old and sponsored by Sonja Amato. SNAP Cats rescued Dusty from Merced, CA. Dusty is the sweetest kitten ever!!! She’s always looking for your attention, loves pets and gets along with all of the others here. Despite her twisted rear legs, Dusty gets around just fine, can climb up cat trees and stairs, and uses the litter box 100% of the time. If you’re looking for a sweet, care-free kitten, Dusty’s the one for you!

If you’re interested in Dusty please fill out an adoption application at https://www.snapcats.org/category/adoption/catsforadoption/. Thanks.

SNAP Cats uses Smart Cat, all natural cat litter.