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Trees are fun.
Real Name: Suzanni
Location: A peaceful place, or so it looks from space, 94901
Occupation: Human Rights, Herbalism, Gardening, Watersongs, Foodie, Baseball
Groups: Kos Deadheads and Friends
Diaries published: 9 (2479 days since last diary on Wed Feb 22, 2017 at 09:51 PM PST)
Comments posted: 813 (24 days since last comment on Mon Nov 13, 2023 at 04:34 PM PST)
Diary frequency: seldom
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 2203
Total Comment Ratings: 15
Most Recommended Diary: Monsanto: "Better Seed for A Brighter Future" or, who stole my plants to make Frankenfoods..., 39 comments, 67 recommends
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It just felt like more eyes should see this. I’ve never read Laurie Penny before, but I will certainly read her again. Excellent observations and writing in this piece.
What she accomplishes here is, to me, a great mix of observation,...
by water willow
 30 comments
on Wed Feb 22, 2017 at 09:51 PM PST
with 44 Recommends
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So, here’s a fax your Senate (or Rep) tool, totally free. Write your message and save as a .pdf (or you can send as Word doc). Then attach your letter at the below link. You must reply to an email you’ll get once you make the fax, to confirm it is...
by water willow
13 comments
on Thu Feb 02, 2017 at 04:24 PM PST
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I missed a call with the Indivisible Guide tonight when I got a flat tire, but got the low down on our current strategy, and wrote both of my CA Senators tonight to ask them to implement it. I urge you to write your Democrat Senators too. The strategy...
by water willow
25 comments
on Mon Jan 30, 2017 at 10:02 PM PST
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The recipe for populism is universal.
Find a wound common to many, find someone to blame for it, and make up a good story to tell.
Mix it all together.
Tell the wounded you know how they feel.
That you found the bad guys.
Label...
by water willow
16 comments
on Sun Jan 29, 2017 at 01:03 PM PST
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January 20, 2017. This is so intense.
by water willow
12 comments
on Sat Jan 21, 2017 at 01:00 AM PST
with 8 Recommends
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I just came across this essay and it certainly piqued my interest.
The Equal Protection Argument Against "Winner Take All' in the Electoral College
In 2000, Republican lawyers, desperately seeking a way to stop the recount in Florida, crafted...
by water willow
26 comments
on Wed Dec 07, 2016 at 05:04 PM PST
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- Oh crap. While we were not watching, Javier Milei, the radical, far-right, trump-loving, bat-shit-crazy populist/fascist, just got elected as the president of Argentina. Provisional results showed Mr Milei had nearly 56% of the vote compared with 44%...245 comments 209 Recs
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- Every few weeks or so, I think about cancelling my Washington Post subscription. Granted, WaPo is nowhere near as bad as the New York Times and its pathological obsession with “bothsiderism” and downplaying fascism. But they certainly have no shortage...56 comments 218 Recs
- So, a military commander, described to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) as “some sort of evangelical Protestant who believes his first priority is to coerce anyone he works with, especially those of us lower in rank, to accept and...237 comments 721 Recs
- Supposedly, MAGA Mike Johnson will release a “plan” after a 3 P.M. conference call today to prevent a government shutdown by next Friday. President Biden is planning for MAGA Mike to screw up royally and bring about a government shutdown. And the White...148 comments 653 Recs
- In a hard hitting brief prosecutors directly accuse Donald Trump of being responsible for the violence on January 6th. They present it as part of the plan. Trump needed to disrupt the electoral vote count and so he did. The brief was filed in response...269 comments 994 Recs
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- Moms for Liberty endorses hundreds of candidates nationwide, and it’s not always easy to tell who is aligned with the group, so it’ll take some time for the far-right organization’s ...64 comments 233 Recs
- Hi there, New York Times. I see that yesterday you tweeted, or whatever it’s called now, this: Abortion rights groups have been on an unexpected winning streak with ballot measures that have prevailed in six out of six states since the Supreme Court...463 comments 1508 Recs
