Thursday Reads

This is what sane people are up against.
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Champion racehorse Songbird has been retired because of injury:

"Unfortunately, the results weren't what we wanted to see," Porter continued. "We have a situation where it'd be dangerous for Songbird to continue training, and Dr. Bramlage isn't optimistic that the site will fully resolve even if given ample time. So for this reason, we are retiring our lovely Songbird. She was an absolute joy to race, and we expect that she'll be as wonderful a broodmare as she was a racehorse. She took us on an incredible and unforgettable journey."
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White dude privilege, or at least the dude part, is very much on display at the top.

Most women, by the way, still define themselves in relationship to others ("I am married, have two kids, and four grandchildren," for example) rather than as people in their own right.
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Could Trump try to pardon everybody? Keith Olbermann:


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Nobody should give a dime to organizations that support the degradation of women and girls.
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