America the beautiful, America the deeply fucked up

here’s to you on this 4th of July

[programming note: ‘this week in stupid’ will appear tomorrow.]

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250 years ago, a bunch of privileged rich white men who didn’t want to pay taxes founded the United States of America on a great set of ideals — freedom, equality and justice — and then went about implementing those ideals in the most fucked up way possible.

250 years later, we’re still fighting what often seems like a losing battle to guarantee everyone a share of freedom, equality and justice.

it’s exhausting, yet the struggle goes on.

never lose hope.

today, let’s rest. tomorrow, the fight continues.

above all, do not let some tinpot fascist wanna-be spoil your day. the Fourth of July belongs to We the People.

here’s to you on this July 4th, America, you great big beautiful fucked up country.

credit: Julia Duffy

credit: Jesse Duquette

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your Daily Claudia never takes a day off.

here’s Ms Spouse keeping warm in the living room on a cold winter’s night, January 15, 2024.

and here she is on the beach in Narragansett, Rhode Island, on September 15, 2021.

happy Fourth of July, everyone.

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here’s your daily reminder that I can be found on Blue Sky at this link.

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this is going to be my closing message for the foreseeable future:

practice self-care. do what you need to do to keep sane. if that means you need to disengage with my daily posts for a while, I get it. this community of ours will still be here when you return.

to all the people who have signed on in the days since the election, welcome aboard. settle in as we all try to deal with the shitfuckery that’s ahead of us.

we are all in this together, and we are all here for each other.