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certainthoughts.substack.com LA-based waiter, writer and plant daddy rooted in politics, nonprofits and hospitality. The final Clubhouse App Icon πŸ‘‹

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Graham Platner's Nazi Tattoo: Everyone Weighs In. A roundtable discussion about the controversial insurgent Maine Democrat

Always stoked to contribute when @certainthoughts.substack.com puts one of these things together. open.substack.com/pub/certaint...

Contributing to the discourse, I guess

31.10.2025 21:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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One Battle After Another: Everyone Weighs In. A roundtable discussion about Paul Thomas Anderson's sensational tenth feature film

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11.10.2025 04:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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) from 13 hours ago, quoting Pritzker: "He's saying that Chicago is a war zone. None of that is true. They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone." The post includes a screenshot from CNN's "State of the Union" showing two individuals discussing, with a chyron indicating DHS officers fired at a driver who rammed their vehicle, later determined to be someone trying to storm the Presidential Palace, as the South Caucasus Coalition.

The image is an X post by Acyn (@Acyn ) from 13 hours ago, quoting Pritzker: "He's saying that Chicago is a war zone. None of that is true. They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone." The post includes a screenshot from CNN's "State of the Union" showing two individuals discussing, with a chyron indicating DHS officers fired at a driver who rammed their vehicle, later determined to be someone trying to storm the Presidential Palace, as the South Caucasus Coalition.

This is like planting evidence and then making an arrest.

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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight β€œPollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.

Here it is, my answer for every time I get asked "why don't (most) Dems just...[message better, be bolder, sound authentic...etc]"

www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...

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Ezra Klein is Crashing Out open.substack.com/pub/certaint...

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The One Jimmy Kimmel Joke That Could Save America Tonight's Dramatic Return Is His Chance to Do the Funniest Thing Ever

Tonight's Dramatic Return Is His Chance to Do the Funniest Thing Ever: Call for Impeachment
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23.09.2025 14:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hoisted by Our Own Libtards Profoundly Stupid Liberal Responses to the Charlie Kirk Shooting

Hoisted by Our Own Libtards
#Trump

12.09.2025 06:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hoisted by Our Own Libtards Profoundly Stupid Liberal Responses to the Charlie Kirk Shooting

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12.09.2025 06:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Godfather Waltz: Requiem for an American Dream Certain Sips β˜• The Weekend Brew: September 7, 2025

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How Zionism Joined the Fascist Coalition Abandoning Judaism, the Democrats, and Democracy Itself

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Across the Universe Certain Sips β˜• The Weekend Brew: August 23, 2025

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Trader Joe's Tuesday Treats: Buy Nothing. Wednesday Edition

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Donnie Darko is a Documentary The Terrible True Story of an American Rapture

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29.07.2025 06:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I Thought We Said "Never Again"? The Moral Crisis of the Benefit of the Doubt

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18.07.2025 05:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop Talking About AI. You're Killing the Vibe.

πŸ—£οΈICYMI: Stop talking about AI. You’re killing the vibe! 🎯 open.substack.com/pub/certaint...

15.07.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stand With Zohran, Join the Movement Sign the pledge: use your vote to make genocide politically toxic.

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28.06.2025 06:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As we prepare to attack Iran, every major jewish American org is advocating for the same insane choice we made in Iraq.

This is a choice one would make if they want people to hate and kill Jews, not love and respect them.

This is a beacon of antisemitism, and it’s coming from inside the house.

20.06.2025 10:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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For those unconditionally cheering the attacks on Iran, remember that our early strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq were β€œsuccessful”. But we ended up getting dragged into costly wars that created more terrorists than we killed. The American people haven’t forgotten that.

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Carlito's Way (1993) as Model U.N. Loyalty Has Its Limits.

🎞️ 🌍 Carlito’s Way (1993) as Model UN: Loyalty Has Its Limits open.substack.com/pub/certaint...

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MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
Islam's holiest day is marred by grief and peril as Gaza marks Eid al-Adha
Rather than the ritual sacrifice of a lamb, a Palestinian man told NBC News, "We sacrifice the blood of martyrs. We sacrifice our sons, our daughters, and our mothers."

MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT Islam's holiest day is marred by grief and peril as Gaza marks Eid al-Adha Rather than the ritual sacrifice of a lamb, a Palestinian man told NBC News, "We sacrifice the blood of martyrs. We sacrifice our sons, our daughters, and our mothers."

"This is not an Eid of joy; it is an Eid of mourning and death," Ahmed Darwish, displaced from Rafah to west Khan Younis, told NBC News as he stood beside the graves. "Our children and women are in pieces.
Instead of sacrificing animals, we collected body parts this morning."
On Eid, Israeli strikes continued as families wept by the bodies of their loved ones, killed before celebrations could begin.
Reda Abdel Rahim Eljara told an NBC News team that Israeli air strikes had already killed her husband and one of her sons. On the first day of Eid al-Adha, she lost two more sons and her daughter-in-law.

"This is not an Eid of joy; it is an Eid of mourning and death," Ahmed Darwish, displaced from Rafah to west Khan Younis, told NBC News as he stood beside the graves. "Our children and women are in pieces. Instead of sacrificing animals, we collected body parts this morning." On Eid, Israeli strikes continued as families wept by the bodies of their loved ones, killed before celebrations could begin. Reda Abdel Rahim Eljara told an NBC News team that Israeli air strikes had already killed her husband and one of her sons. On the first day of Eid al-Adha, she lost two more sons and her daughter-in-law.

Umm Ahmad Al-Qatati said her son, Omar, 11, was shot as he left his tent to shower and get ready for a visit to see his father.
"He was so excited for Eid morning, but they sent him to the morgue instead," she said. "Instead of celebrating Eid, he went to be with his Lord."

Umm Ahmad Al-Qatati said her son, Omar, 11, was shot as he left his tent to shower and get ready for a visit to see his father. "He was so excited for Eid morning, but they sent him to the morgue instead," she said. "Instead of celebrating Eid, he went to be with his Lord."

Right now, Muslims in Gaza are supposed to be celebrating Eid al-Adha.

Instead of feasting, they are starving. Instead of gathering with their loved ones, they are burying their children.

Netanyahu and the IDF can end this misery ANY time by agreeing to a ceasefire and allowing aid into Gaza.

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I can't believe any Democrat would THINK of allying with Elon Musk.

I won't take money from the guy who does a Hitler salute. It's really that simple.

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Abundance This, TACO Trump...Shut the Fuck Up. Is Establishment Idiocy a Mask for Complicity?

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fuck you, I killed it

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πŸ¦…πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Van Hollen for President open.substack.com/pub/certaint...

03.06.2025 03:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Pride Month 2025 πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ
Be gay do crow stuff

#pridemonth #pridecrows

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If This Is What Israel Does, Then Israel Shouldn't Exist Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

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🀣🀣

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