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He doesn’t understand people’s bravery and courage because he’s never had any of his own.” ~ Senator Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War Veteran, responding to the Orange Russian Wig Stand’s claim that veterans who died in service of this country are “losers.”

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From John Pavlovitz:

How much is America worth to you?

What would you sacrifice in order to stop the suffering you’re seeing every day on the news and on your timeline and in your neighborhood and in your living room?

How much would you be willing to lose if you knew you could alter the trajectory of this nation?

What courageous and selfless acts might you be capable of, if you were certain that you could be the difference in millions of human beings living or dying?

If America were placed in your hands alone, how much would you give to protect it?

Would you be willing to be assassinated in front of your children?

Would you allow yourself to be beaten in the street until nearly dead?

Would you consent to be hung from a tree surrounded by cheering families?

Would you slowly starve yourself until your body simply expired?

Would you intentionally face bullets and fire hoses and vicious dogs and baseball bats?

Would you be willing to lose your livelihood, your family, your friendships, or your very life?

Fortunately for you, you’re not being asked to do any of those things right now.

They have already been done for you.

Those costly payments were made on your behalf by people you’ve never met and whose names you’ll never know.

Your forebears endured these bruises and scars and this unthinkable suffering—all so that you could live with the invaluable gift of the voice that you have now and take for granted.

No, you aren’t being ask to bleed or to kill or to die in order to honor them and to steward the nation entrusted to you?

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Byte – one grain of rice

Kilobyte – one cup of rice

Megabyte – 8 bags of rice

Gigabyte – 3 container trucks

Terabyte – 2 container ships

Petabyte – covers Manhattan

Exabyte – covers the UK (3 times)

Zettabyte – fills the Pacific Ocean

(h/t to David Wellman at Myriad Genetics)

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I am honestly shocked this did not occur in the United States, but rather in Ukraine.

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You don’t ever disrespect the United States Military and think there won’t be repercussions.

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Trey, don’t ever stop.

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…we’d be nuts to think that simply booting out Donald Trump and voting in Joe Biden will be sufficient to solve our country’s problems. Our divisions and dysfunctions predate our current president. From the Bork nomination fight to Bush-vs.-Gore to the Merrick Garland fiasco and the repeated government shutdowns of recent years, it is obvious that Trump is as much a reflection of our existing problems as he is a creator of new ones.

But his removal is absolutely essential for any kind of progress. Because, as Biden said Monday, he “sows chaos” and is a “toxic presence” who has “forfeited moral leadership.” If anything, those descriptions were understatements. Trump is an unmitigated catastrophe, and all Americans must rouse themselves from their slumbers to vote him out on Nov. 3.

Can’t escape ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ dystopia with Trump at helm

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