@BrandonDavisBD Darth Maul literally got cut in half and was brought back in Clone Wars. lol I’m pretty sure we could’ve accepted a Ben Solo return lol
@Cade_Onder They literally cut Darth Maul in half and brought him back in Clone Wars lol I’m pretty sure we could’ve bought into the idea that Ben lived lol
@Willow_Reads If it is, I hope there is a pre-sale sign up window of only like an hour. Cause everyone who is a true swiftie will be clocked in all weekend anyways.
@MikeCosper “Weird” is just an innocuous way of describing his most authoritarian speech so far. It doesn’t do us any favors to downplay the severity of his remarks.
There are places in this country that serve as tactial testing grounds, places where you can see the future before it arrives. Coeur D'Alene, Idaho is one of those places -- I've written about it before
Today, men without badges detained a woman for speaking during a town hall
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