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Republican Senators have the opportunity to do objectively the funniest thing possible to Donald Trump this March.

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So for all of you who think nothing matters:

We have a local, I guess I'll call it an events complex. It's where concerts and the fair go. It's owned by the city.

When Trump started the whole ICE thing, our commissioner sent a letter to the local representatives, telling them they could use it as a detention center for illegal immigrants. Our event center. Where the 4H kids show their fuckin' lambs.

"The fuck you will" was the resounding reply.

So, when I talk about coalition-building, and working with people you do not agree with or maybe even like, this is what I'm talking about. There was an immediate and vocal show of disapproval, from all sides. We all contacted people we knew would dislike this, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY FELT ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. The meeting was packed with people yelling at the commissioners. Of all political stripes. Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Prairie Populist, Independent.

Some were, of course, the tumblr-style arguments about inherent humanity, but--I think more compellingly if you're actually trying to put the pressure on--there were questions of, 'How are we gonna get paid?" "Are you aware of how, as the only event center for more than two hours, much fuckin money this brings into the community? ANd that immigrants of all types make up less than 2% of the population of the entire state?(my argument), "Do we trust the government to pay us?", "Isn't there a fuckin' empty prison in [town about an hour from here]? Are you just being a kiss-ass?' (offered up by a man I know to be very conservative indeed. BUT HE DID NOT WANT OUR SPACE USED FOR THIS) and, an argument that was so good I was infuriated I didn't come up with it, "DO you think the bank is gonna want to be known as the sponsor of "National bank Detention Center?" (Which caught on and the bank had to offer up a letter saying how they hoped the commissioners would use the event center as intended.)

They folded. A letter came out a few days ago from the manager of the event center, saying it was decided that the events center would rescind the offer, as "more acceptable alternatives could be found." They blinked.

That's the thing. All that happened is that a bunch of people got mad an went to ONE TWO HOUR MEETING. It changed everything.

SHOW. UP.

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Happiness Will Come To You.

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i bet count von count has killer fuckin music taste

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reblog this and tag the first vine that comes to ur mind. mine is the one of the people yelling at cabbage

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yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr you greedy fucks

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thinking about edvard munch's "The Sun" (1911)

like yeah thats how it feels. thats what it feels like to exist sometimes. he gets it

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love watching severance secondhand via the dash. happy for you or i’m sorry that happened idk what’s going on

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Today was a good lesson in how important it is to regularly service/ inspect disability equipment even if it seems fine.

My ceiling hoists were due their 6 monthly inspection today and part of me was like “I’m not having any problems with them, there’s no visible wear and tear, do we really have to do this again?”

And then the engineer came and was working at the first one for like an hour which is really unusual. Even with weight testing them it doesn’t usually take that long.

It turned out there was a fault with it that meant that at any point the fabric band that takes my weight could have come off the spool, gotten chewed up by the mechanism and dropped me to the floor from ceiling height. It needed completely taking apart to replace that mechanism, and there were absolutely no warning signs that it was broken.

So uh, maybe take this as a reminder to keep up to date with your safety inspections

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"Cinderella, you're as lovely as your name"

I guess I'm still in a Cinderella mood. Here's some new, and some old doodles I dusted off and finished.

The 1950 animated film always carries a really warm and lovely sense of comfort whenever I watch it. I'll always defend this characterization and interpretation of Cinderella - she's very underrated and a lot stronger than some give her credit for, due to misremembering the movie or ignoring key details about her.

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the world is a mess but at least we still have cunnilingus and spicy curry

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Jessica Rabbit

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