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Colton Underwood, former reality show “star,” taking on Zack Boughton, who commented on a social media post with Colton and he and his husband’s young son, Bishop:

“Hey Zach—genuinely curious what you meant by this. Because if you ‘feel bad’ for Bishop, I’d love to understand why. He’s loved, supported, celebrated, Happy and surrounded by people who show up for him every single day. What a child actually needs protection from isn’t a loving family. It’s ‘adults’ who use vague, loaded comments to express disapproval they don’t have the courage to say out loud. Words like yours, ambiguous enough to deny, pointed enough to wound, are exactly how kids learn that who they are is something to be ashamed of. That’s the thing worth feeling bad about. Bishop is great. We’re great. But thank you for the reminder that this work still matters.”

This is why we stand up to the hate and the haters and bigots and homophobes and transphobes and their ridiculous comments. Call them out, shine a light on them.

Make them explain their hatred for a young child they don’t know and will probably never know.

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Thomas Massie, who just lost his race in the GOP primary to retain his seat,  directly implicated Melanie in the Epstein scandal:

“Todd Blanche at the top and with the FBI director Kash Patel [have] effectively both perjured themselves by saying that there’s nobody else in the files. Even [Melanie] doesn’t believe that. The first lady knows that Jeffrey Epstein didn’t act alone.”

Snap. But then that utterly explains her random press conference a while back to suggest she was innocent.

Slovenian hooker.

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Natalie Maines, The Chicks singer, taking on Cankles like she took on Bush years back:

“Our democracy is disappearing right before our eyes. This fugly slut is using your gas money to pay the insurrectionists. But don’t worry about it. I’m sure posting selfies will fix everything. My last post that called him a fugly slut got removed. We’ll see how long this one lasts. Repost and help the message live.”

This is what zero fucks looks and sounds like; we all need to be there.

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James Talarico, the Democrat candidate for Senate in Texas, responding to a dig by criminal Texas Attorney General, and GOP candidate for Senate, Ken Paxton that Talarico is :::gasp::: a vegan:’

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“I’m an eighth-generation Texan [and] I’ve been eating barbecue since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment. If all they have on me is lying about me being a vegan, I feel pretty good about our chances this November.”

Seriously? He’s a vegan is your attack? Take a seat, Ken, I think you wife’s divorce lawyer needs to speak to you about all those affairs.

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Architecture Wednesday: Starboard Rock

Talk about getting away from it all. This cabin is an idyllic waterfront property in Vinalhaven, Maine, sitting on nearly four acres with almost 300 feet of shorefront on Winter Harbor.

The home is mostly modern, originally built in 1969,but has been thoroughly renovated and features mahogany windows, cherry paneled walls and floors, a walnut entry door and cabinets, and radiant heat. There are three-bedrooms, each with views, and one-and-a-half baths. The living room features high ceilings, large windows with views to the lake, and a slate fireplace.

The eat-in kitchen has handmade custom Walnut cabinets, Subzero refrigerator and a 60-inch Lacanche range all highlighted by 18th century English reproduction tiles that were hand painted in Portugal.

Outside are two decks, one on each side of the house, ideal for summer entertaining with areas of lawn and gardens, moss-covered ledge and mature trees. The property includes a small island— Little Western Island—a private pocket beach framed by granite outcroppings, and access to a shared deep-water dock in the warm waters of Murchs Cove.

It really is quite the place to escape to … all you need is $1.7 million and a car … or a boat!

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Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines Recycles Her Most Infamous Quote

I remember, thirteen years ago, the kerfuffle that started when the Dixie Chicks, well, at least lead Chicks singer, Natalie Maines, while performing in England, said this onstage about the impending Iraq war:

“Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.”

And a great deal of America, conservative, backwoods, redneck, Republican America, went apesh*t. How dare she say a derogatory thing about the President, especially President W who was sent from Heaven to save us from the infidels in Iraq or Iran or Afghanistan or Pakistan, or wherever there was oil terrorists out to harm us?

People couldn’t believe that Natalie Maines had exercised her right to Free Speech; to speak out against a war she thought was all kinds of wrong; people couldn’t believe she had an opinion!

And the Dixie Chicks suffered for what Natalie Maines said; country radio stopped playing their songs; fellow country artists spoke out publicly against the group; deals were lost, concerts were cancelled; parents told their children to say nasty things about the girls.

Don’t believe that last part? Take a moment and watch the documentary, “Shut Up and Sing.” See the hate spewed from the mouths of children, who are just repeating what their illiterate parents told them.

But this isn’t really about that … it’s about Natalie Maines being at it again, and dusting off that old quote for a new target, Ted Cruz:

And she chose the perfect quotes, the first being from General,  and former President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, who knew the dangers of war, because he lived through them; the second was from Ted Cruz, a Canadian born warmonger who never served in battle anywhere, and cannot wait to murder the enemy. But then she thought better of her original Tweet, and did a quick edit job on it, to mock Ted Cruz of Canada:

Good for Natalie; thanks for speaking up. We need more of that around here.

Oh, and if you still think she deserved what she got for simply saying she was ashamed to be from the same state as George W. Bush, how did you feel when Ted Nugent said Obama should be hanged? Was that okay?

Feeling shame over being from the same state as a liar and war monger is quite different from suggesting the President be murdered. But Ted Nugent wasn’t ridiculed and didn’t have his life threatened; he was invited to attend the President’s State of the Union speech.

I guess Free Speech is only good when the Republicans like what you’re saying.

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