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Real Name: Rebecca
Location: Springfield, IL
Groups: Readers and Book Lovers, The Grieving Room, Black Kos community, Moose On The Loose, Mental Health Awareness, Abolish the Death Penalty, Kossack Initiated White House Petitions, New Diarists, The Federation, Sluts, Logic and Rhetoric at Daily Kos, TreeClimbers, General Kospital, Shut Down the NRA, Repeal or Amend the Second Amendment (RASA)
Twitter: @swedjewfish
Diaries published: 71 (737 days since last diary on Thu Nov 10, 2016 at 12:46 AM PST)
Comments posted: 7933 (475 days since last comment on Sun Jul 30, 2017 at 07:23 AM PDT)
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Most Recommended Diary: F**k Joe Paterno, 2389 comments, 1107 recommends
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Last night I posted a diary providing a space for those of us who were suicidal in the wake of the horrific election results, and its implications for our most vulnerable. I have recieved several requests for another one, as this is persisting....
by SwedishJewfish
 53 comments
on Thu Nov 10, 2016 at 12:46 AM PST
with 16 Recommends
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This isn’t a joke. I wish it was.
As a rape survivor, who had Trump pegged as a sexual predator from the first time I saw him on TV, I am despondent and enraged. I am enraged that no one gives a shit about the fact that this man currently on track...
by SwedishJewfish
767 comments
on Tue Nov 08, 2016 at 09:37 PM PST
with 220 Recommends
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Hi folks,
Remember that article I wrote a couple weeks ago about Donald Trump, and the weird, illicit and possibly illegal modeling agency he owns? Remember his bizarre bromance with avowed child predator John Casablancas?
It’s been getting some...
by SwedishJewfish
512 comments
on Tue Oct 25, 2016 at 10:23 AM PDT
with 968 Recommends
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Authors Note-The Wade Turnbull I attributed to the Twitter posts was incorrectly identified as an individual with the same name. The Wade Turnbull quoted-who I did not speak with prior to this publication-is the owner of the website Cargo Collective....
by SwedishJewfish
487 comments
on Thu Oct 06, 2016 at 01:49 PM PDT
with 850 Recommends
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Official statement from the Trump scampaign:
In 2011, Mr. Trump was finally able to bring this ugly incident to its conclusion by successfully compelling President Obama to release his birth certificate. Mr. Trump did a great service to the...
by SwedishJewfish
8 comments
on Sat Sep 17, 2016 at 05:59 AM PDT
with 15 Recommends
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So this sign showed up, because we are apparently a nation of terrified man-children:
And then within a few hours, this happened:
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
Shortest diary I’ve ever written, but if this doesn’t make your Friday I...
by SwedishJewfish
181 comments
on Thu Aug 25, 2016 at 11:49 PM PDT
with 275 Recommends
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- In multiple diaries, I’ve seen comments to the effect of “If Hillary weren’t such a terrible candidate” and variations thereof. Yeah, you can knock that crap the hell off. Right now. If you want to debate specifics of the campaign, fine. But...139 comments 47 Recs
- This is a space for those who like and have supported Hillary Clinton, as we consider the way forward. Those who degrade her and her supporters will be met with recipes and pictures of pets. ...197 comments 63 Recs
- A chilling encounter with a German student left me shaking... As a part-time Boston Uber/Lyft driver, conversing with the many international students filling our many colleges and universities can sometimes proved quite the eye-opener. But no...794 comments 447 Recs
- I just read the Daily Kos piece by Hunter titled: Kellyanne Conway to Trump critics: Be careful what you say, an important read. Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway threatened Harry Reid for harshly criticizing Trump’s election and all the...722 comments 545 Recs
- The great Maya Angelou once said, “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Women, Muslims, Black folks, those suffering from physical disabilities,...258 comments 242 Recs
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I’m a business and corporate attorney in the Midwest, in practice for 32 years. Today a client emailed me, asking me what I thought of the election. Here’s what I wrote back:
- Post-Election Day commentary is appearing everywhere throughout social media, but there are some pieces that stand out, and one of those is by Connie Schultz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and professional in residence at Kent State...242 comments 227 Recs
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