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Has anyone had a kitten and a puppy grow up at the same time, and how did that affect their behaviors?

Years ago we got a kitten and then a week later we got a puppy. Both were about 8 weeks old, both were male. The puppy was a big fella, but he had been born into a house where there were multiple cats, so he was familiar with them. He saw the kitten as his new best friend and wanted to play with him all the time.

At first the kitten was scared of the puppy. But pretty quickly he realized the pup was friendly. And then they developed some really bizarre games together. Like the cat would stick his head into the dog's mouth and let him slobber all over his head, then he'd pull his head out and hang by his front claws from the dogs jowels. They were both fine with this.

Eventually they started doing their own things and played less together, which you'd expect. But occasionally they'd rekindle their weird game sessions.

I didn't think it was detrimental to either one. But it probably varies wildly based on the temperament of both pets involved.

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SSA email | Giving America's Children a Stake in the American Dream

Flagrantly pro-Trump email arriving at the start of midterms voting... Very suspicious.

Requires an app - presumably so they can skim as much personal info off the device as possible and then explore it and sell it on to shady brokers.

Even the name 'Trump Accounts'... Yet again everything revolves around his ego. "B-but Obamacare!" Yeah, he didn't call it that. He referred to it by it's official name. Obamacare was a name his opponents used to try to tarnish the program. Eventually he came to embrace it, mostly as a way of trying to own it and take the negative spin off it.

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‘What are you implying?’: El-Sayed confronts critics head-on as attacks ramp up

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The inquirer then proceeded to verbally and mentally shit the bed. It was pretty damn funny. I recommend anyone who hasn't seen it go and find that town hall video. Some dipshit staffer of one of those conservative Congressmen went there with what he thought was a gotcha again, and got completely humbled. To the point where he just stood there not sure what to do next.

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Judge curbs Trump administration’s hunt for noncitizen voters in some states, citing flawed data

There are two parts to this objective:

  1. Disenfranchise voters who they are at "the enemy" from being able to vote.
  2. Lay the ground work for the inevitable cries of "rigged election!!1!" when they get their asses handed to them.

This judge's decision helps to mitigate the first part. But there's nothing he can do about the second part. For that everyone needs to just stand firm, point out the facts, and not let that bullshit stand.

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Donald Trump Humiliated as Jaw-Dropping Vladimir Putin Concession Leaks

“Neither wanted to be the ​first to hang up," Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters of the “friendly” phone call between the two world leaders. “They hung up simultaneously, literally at ​the same time,” he said, claiming that Trump had told Putin he was ready to keep talking for hours, even into the next day.

"You hang up first boo!"

"No, you, babe!"

"Okay, we hang up together, on three. One... Two... Three!......

"Wait, you still there sweetie?! Awwww!"