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Ironically, those who fail to learn from past mistakes are destined to repeat them—this overused and self-explanatory old saying has been repeated in various ways over the years. The Democratic National Convention will be held in Chicago from August...
by ReasonaBill
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All our fears to the contrary, Trump actually has little real chance of winning the upcoming election. The key is demographics. There are, of course, a number of factors that influence which voters vote for which candidates, and these factors can...
by Fuzzybrain
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We can be sure of this well documented thing our “founding fathers” absolutely didn’t want to have a king It’s clear from their conversations and what they wrote they wanted a democracy and the people’s right to vote. But Trump sees things differently,...
by Joyce Siegel
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Yesterday the Supreme Court was hearing oral arguments on the Immunity case. Hypothetically? Theoretically! Really? lawyers and even SCOTUS judges along with my hero Rachael Maddow used these words today in reference to what giving Donald Trump...
by phcarb
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When a justice is nominated to the Supreme Court they are first confirmed by the Senate. During the confirmation process they frequently answer a Senator’s question on how they would rule on specific kinds of cases with “I can’t answer that because it...
by stelleen
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Happy Freidai, Peeps!
Some of us donât have to sweat out a workweek, but even so, sometimes Freidai makes us want to dance. But what KIND of dance?
But FIRST:
A gentle reminder of how we do ...
by CathyM
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The Justice Department reports that a Duval County Florida man was sentenced yesterday to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for committing two federal hate crimes by attacking two black women with a firearm. Frederick...
by C0RI0LANUS
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I have been troubled over the past few weeks by some events happening on our nation’s college campuses, particularly the Ivy League. At one campus, I believe it was Columbia, the police were even called in to break up the protests with force by the...
by WaryLiberal
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To sum it all up, Trump borrowed his way into apparent wealth. 1929 seems eerily familiar. From 1928 thru 1929, USA’s Gross National Product hovered around $104 Billion U.S. Dollars. By 1931, it had fallen to less than $60 Billion, a decline of over...
by agnostic
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I often see titles like this in the EU except that they are talking about the Orange Skid Mark. Has the world gone bat-shit crazy? Could Israelis Seriously Elect Netanyahu Again? Link to Haaretz The latest Israeli polls give Benjamin Netanyahu and his...
by LaFeminista
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I am heartbroken to hear of Mike Pinder’s passing. His music and the Moody Blues have played such a formative role in in my life and how I see the world. I am a kinder person for the influence of his and their music. If there is a great beyond, I’ve no...
by manwhogetsthings
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Kristi Noem is the Governor of South Dakota. A leading candidate for Trump VP. And a woman who takes pleasure in killing things. To promote her candidacy, she will publish her obligatory autobiography, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with...
by TheCriticalMind
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I found this video. This may be a way to control deception running rampant on social media without actually regulating speech.
by joelado
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Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] volunteers start canvassing tomorrow in Pennsylvania and Ohio. “Got to get started sometime,” one of our Ohio volunteers texted. They seem to be coming off a victory high (we saw that in Georgia, too, a few years...
by snowbored
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Expect the Senate race to be close this fall—unless Wisconsinites find out what Eric Hovde thinks of them. Are you a farmer? Eric Hovde thinks your retirement age should be pushed up to 72 because after all, “you’re largely driving around on a tractor”...
by Ben Wikler
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Reposted from Substack
This week MAGA Media outlets have breathlessly declared that they’ve found “smoking gun” evidence that proves that the Biden Administration was in communication with ...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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Short, but we’re not considering this. Yes, we could have at least some of the criminal cases decided before the election if the Court hadn’t dragged their heels. (And, having been given months to prepare an appeal from the decision of the DC appellate...
by Frank L Palmer
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Today is my late father’s 97th birthday. He’s been gone now for almost nine years, his deathday is May 4. I miss him every day. I was his caregiver for about 15 years after he was my caregiver following my cancer surgery. I have been working on his...
by jtg
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Hello, friends!� The diary I had planned for today did not come together as easily as I wanted and some unexpected meetings and appointments took up time I would have used to complete it so you get ...
by lynnekz
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So, Mr. Alito, I think I follow you so far: If the Supreme Court Rules that the President is Immune from criminal prosecution for crimes committed while in office, even if they might include things like assassinating their political opponent, then said...
by nmprogressive
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