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Last night’s (4/19/2024) “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” included an interview with Professor Timothy Snyder of Yale on the subject of Russian propaganda being amplified by China before being spread as “information” in the US Congress by...
by Casual Observer 2
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photo copyright; BNPS.co.uk When she was growing up she would stop by the laundry and visit her grandmother on her way home from school. She would open the doors and immediately be hit by the heat and humidity of the steam irons and giant white and...
by phcarb
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Final votes in the House are expected Saturday afternoon. The 4 bills, if passed, will be combined into one package to be considered in the Senate on Tuesday. The House voted Friday to begin consideration of the foreign aid bill, with Dems voting...
by bear83
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Not sure if anyone is actually interested but today there’s a few things going on in the House. There’s the funding bills, of course, and whether the ouster of Moses will be put up for bids and voted on today or after their latest vacation. “Peace...
by gchaucer2
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by ynohtnA
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This piece is appearing as an op/ed in newspapers this weekend in the very red congressional district in which I was the Democratic nominee for Congress in 2012. ******************************** When I was getting educated, the idea that things in the...
by AndySchmookler
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"go to sleep little doggie, go to sleep" I sang to her the first night that she stayed in our house. We had just adopted her and she wouldn't go to sleep. She kept crying in her crate. My wife already, had one dog and I really didn't want another dog...
by The Boss Gomez
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Want to die young? Immerse yourself in conservative media and vote Republican. Seriously. We should have known, but, still, the science is shocking: when conservatives run governments, suicides and homicides go up; when liberals run governments,...
by thomhartmann
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Shown below are some of the sculptures in the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon.
by Ojibwa
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Good morning, Newdists. How the heck are you?�
We’re doing a bunch of mish mash today so I can get this dairy in before DK goes dark. So lets get on with it —�
Your Cafe’s Fab ...
by Crimson Quillfeather
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If you are like me, you will need mental health breaks to maintain your sanity this year. For my part, I am starting my day with a great song, working alphabetically by song title (note: this does not mean a single song per letter). In comments,...
by libertarianheretic
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I noticed that Charles Jay put up an informative diary just before I published this. If my diary was duplicative I would pull mine — we don’t need multiple diaries on the same subject. However I put together some other context I think is very...
by Satya1
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Organized labor has just won an historic victory as Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers, marking the first time a foreign-owned auto plant in the South has become unionized. It’s also a...
by Charles Jay
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WE EACH WATCH FOR BIRDS IN OUR YARD OR PATCHES — HOWEVER, AND HOW MANY, YOU WISH TO DEFINE THAT TO BE — AND KEEP A LIST OF THEM TO SHARE EACH MONTH IN THE BIRD RACE DIARY IN ...
by 2n10
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All Are Welcome! � This is a weekly blog with a fun vibe that often veers off gardening, so stop on by and join the conversation. �We are here every Saturday at 8 am Central with new content and ...
by greenandblue
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Hello again painting fans.
This week I will be continuing with the painting of the Flagstaff, Arizona scene. The photo that I'm using (My own from a recent visit.) is seen directly below.
I'...
by boran2
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Unions that were substantially responsible for bringing factory workers into the Middle Class in the 1950s and 1960s have established a foothold in the anti-union South with the Successful vote at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant. Collective Bargaining is...
by Grandpa Fred
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Bah-da bah-da-da-da
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Monday, Monday
So good to me….
I�miss Mama Cass and her mates who made up the wonderful 60’s band The Mamas and the Papas. ...
by vjr7121
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… … … … SPOILER ALERT! HUAC and McCarthyism My Son John is a movie about a communist named John, John Jefferson to be exact, played by Robert Walker. It is impossible to discuss this movie without noting that it was made at a time when America was...
by disinterested spectator
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FL Governor Ron DeSantis is celebrating a new law mandating teaching of the History of Communism in Florida K-12 public schools. It’s not clear why he has decided to center an obsolete/fringe political movement in Florida’s education*, but it is a...
by AChris
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