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Political Consultant, IBCLC, writer, and professor. Love NYC, my kids and dogs. Took reuniting families to reignite my passion for the law. She/her

New York City
Joined May 2010
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Dropped my kids and friends at Garden State Mall for a fun Saturday. They are texting me from the back of dressing rooms hiding from an active shooter. What the fuck is happening???
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Hey @AmericanAir how about you start explaining what really happened to my flight???
Replying to @Hedge_FundGirl
Yeah something seems fishy. AA325 ORD-LGA canceled 5/24. Plane was N770UW. Plane was grounded in ORD for two days, so can't blame inbound. Could claim missing crew, but that's on $AAL for knock-on/scheduling not on weather. @AmericanAir why was AA325 on 4/24 really canceled?
A guy I know gleefully recounted a story of being asked to wear a mask in a t-shirt store and refusing. The kid working was like 17. So was this some sort of weird flex by the guy that he is a moron who bullies children?
My senior dog has liver failure. He is home for hospice care. Because he was dying, we let him eat whatever he wanted - mostly brie cheese. Today, he got up and ran around like I haven’t seen in years. I wonder if he tasted the brie and became motivated to live a little longer.
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At dinner my daughter (12) mentioned listening to “California Dreaming” and her dad started singing. My daughter ran from the room screaming that we embarrassed her. We laughed. And that’s how I know we’ve become our parents.
If you close your eyes, can you picture the faces of people you know? I can’t. I always thought giving a police sketch was a fiction thing for TV/movies. Like how do you remember what people look like without a photo?
I may not have tons of friends but I’m confident that the ones I have will never leak a group text.
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So much fun when my shul board meeting is all about how to utilize social media and they have no idea that my tween is making a TikTok of this meeting in the background.
I’m back to work in-person and seeing patients full time. I started wearing scrubs bc they are easy to strip off and clean. Why have I not been doing this forever? It’s like wearing pajamas to work!
Anyone else pick up weird pandemic hobbies? My youngest is now super into SFX makeup and juggling whips. His bedroom and starting to look like a medieval dungeon.
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You know how in movies the wife tries to drive through the snow and gets stuck and the husband rescues her and they laugh and kiss. This is not that.
My 12yr old decided to walk through the snow on her hands bc the prints would confuse the neighbors in the morning. Who’s gonna tell her we are expecting 5 more inches overnight?
Strengthens our relationship with Canada for sure...
BREAKING: Biden signs executive order extending 3v3 overtime and eliminating the shootout
The most dangerous time of day is waiting to be admitted into a Zoom meeting when I just scroll through and post on Twitter....
I feel like I should tweet about the inaugural but my political stress is over so I can focus on Bat Mitzvah planning for my daughter.
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Happy tears. And a sense of relief.
Youth hockey is full of racists. I wish instead of defending terrorism, they would teach kids how to win and lose with grace.
I just got a call from a guy trying to deliver a package to the house. There was a fox eating a rabbit on my front steps. When the delivery guy got near, the fox snarled at him. Package is on the sidewalk. Calls like this are why I like picking up for unknown phone numbers.
My oldest is studying the Holocaust. I emailed the teacher to confirm it wasn’t being just taught as something the happened years ago, but that literal Nazis are walking among us wearing shirts purchased on Amazon. They may say “never forget” but they mean “do it better”
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Yelling at/about Nazis is always allowed and requires no apologies.
There are people here arguing that Trump didn’t advocate the overturning of the election. They are looking for argue with me but I just can’t. It’s exhausting and their grasp of reality is so tenuous that it’s like arguing with my toddler niece.