OTHER THAN SLAVERY, WHAT ELSE DID THE VIRGINIA GOVERNOR FORGET TO MENTION IN HIS DECLERATION.

Walt Nauta is about to go through some things - Jack Smith finds secret docs shared from his phone
From Newsweek : Two images of classified documents were found on a phone owned by Donald Trump 's valet, federal prosecutors have claimed in court. Prosecutors will call a phone expert to show ...
by ericlewis0 151 comments 593 Recs
To Counter the Hope Hicks is a victim narrative, Lawrence sums it up perfectly. UPDATED w/transcript
The diary on the rec list about Hicks being groomed and the media obsession with her crocodile performative tears IMO is waaayyyy off the mark as Lawrence O'Donnell explains. Lawrence starts as follows: Today's courtroom was a tale of two young women...
by jai2 116 comments 445 Recs
Hope Hicks and the dirty old man...
reluctant witness Hope Hicks’ testimony has been sliced and diced, chopped and whirred to a fine powder after her turn on the stand. Fox commentators looked to spot a silver lining among the gathering darkness of her tale about her time with the...
by vjr7121 278 comments 590 Recs
How The Right Wing Media Killed Its Own Audience To Own The Libs
The right wing or Republican media has long been engulfed in scandals. Fox “News” fired chairman Roger Ailes and top rated entertainer Bill O’Reilly after they paid out $40 million in settlements for sexual harassment. Fox paid a whopping $787...
by NebraskaDemocrat 163 comments 517 Recs
A view from the ground floor and a warning...
This is my first diary. I'm writing this as much for cathartic reasons as I am trying to warn. I've lurked here for well over a decade and love this site and the people. The first, and likely rambling part is about my current state of affairs. I simply...
by Kevark 484 comments 859 Recs
Russian stuff blowing up: Report claims Kerch Bridge no longer used for military transport
Plane gone. Crew dead. What a shame. This Russian fast-attack ship was destroyed quickly. This is the type of boat that was destroyed. Ukraine appears to have deployed a naval drone that can fire air-to-air missiles, making it a threat to low-flying...
by quaoar 69 comments 280 Recs
Cartoon: White People, But With Subtitles
I started work on this 2021 cartoon on November 28, 2006. (Or at least, that's when my computer tells me this file was created). I had the idea and wrote a bunch of panels, but I wasn't happy with them, so I left it in my folder of unfinished cartoons....
by Barry Deutsch 64 comments 292 Recs
Geoff Duncan: Why I’m voting for Biden and other Republicans should, too
Finally, at least one Republican politician understands what this election is all about. Former Georgia Lt Governor Geoff Duncan (who had an eyewitness view of tfg’s attempt to overturn the results in that infamous phone call demanding an additional...
by Irontortoise 25 comments 109 Recs
Hamas won. Bigly. Thanks to Bibi. Why doesn't he mind?
When Hamas attacked civilians in southern Israel on October 7, the world was aghast, and sympathies were with Israel, the victims, and their families. And it was clear that something would have to be done about Hamas. But thanks to the actions of the...
by K S LaVida 122 comments 191 Recs
The Washington Post Tries to Drive Me Nuts
Here’s the headline of the current lead story on the Washington Post website: “Social Security and Medicare Finances Look Grim as Overall Debt Piles Up” Here’s the lead paragraph: Social Security and Medicare will run out of money in just over a...
by wruckusgroink 31 comments 99 Recs
Ukraine Invasion Day 804: RU launches 69 airstrikes in 24 hours
Russian forces conducted drone strikes against northeastern Ukraine on the night of May 5 to 6. Over the past day the Russians launched 2 missile attacks and 69 airstrikes, as well as 52 attacks from multiple-launch rocket systems on the positions of...
by annieli 8 comments 30 Recs
NPR: Judge Cannon one of many judges who failed to timely disclose gifts
Admin correction: This story has been updated to link to the NPR story. The story and headline have also been updated to more accurately reflect NPR's reporting about dozens of federal judges who did not disclose free trips they received, including...
by NotSoNew 205 comments 756 Recs

White House Picture of the Day for May 7th 2024
Welcome to White House Picture of the Day Showcasing a photo from the White House Photography staff, led by Adam Schultz. Feel free to join us anytime and share with us what is happening in ...
by bsegel 1 comments 1 Recs
Donald doesn't auto-pen his checks, his maps, or his Bibles
More than paperwork, the prosecution continues as we discover how the conspiracy was actually written down by Trump financial officers. Deborah Tarasoff, who testified in Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial on Monday, is an accounting department employee...
by annieli 6 comments 14 Recs
Itzl Alert Network, Tuesday, 7th of May, 2024: Luke Skywalker Has Endorsed the Biden/Harris Team!
I keep writing, over and over, that the Biden/Harris ticket will get more than 100 million votes in November. All the other votes combined will add up to less than 50 million. Now that Mark Hamill ...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac 3 comments 8 Recs
Fmr. Georgia Republican Lt Governor: He's voting for a decent man, Biden, not a criminal, Trump.
Former Georgia Republican Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan wrote an op-ed supporting Biden, a decent man, as opposed to Donald Trump, a criminal. Geoff Duncan (R-GA) is voting for Biden. Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Podcasts (Video — Audio)...
by Egberto Willies 1 comments 4 Recs
Countdown With Keith Olbermann, S2E170: Noem, Trump, And MAGA’s Belief They Have The Right To Kill
Episode 170 has been uploaded. iHeartRadio this podcast all podcasts Omny.FM this podcast all podcasts ivoox this podcast all podcasts Apple this podcast all podcasts Preview: YouTube, later. A-Block SPECIAL COMMENT: The reaction to Justice Merchan’s...
by Proginoskes 1 comments 1 Recs
Ukraine Invasion Day 804: RU launches 69 airstrikes in 24 hours
Russian forces conducted drone strikes against northeastern Ukraine on the night of May 5 to 6. Over the past day the Russians launched 2 missile attacks and 69 airstrikes, as well as 52 attacks from multiple-launch rocket systems on the positions of...
by annieli 8 comments 30 Recs
Overnight News Digest: Nearly 10 million people in central US under severe weather threat
Nearly 10 million people in central US under threat of severe weather, agency warns The Guardian, US Millions of people in the central US could see powerful storms on Monday including long-track ...
by maggiejean 15 comments 25 Recs
Trump IS No.6
I invite you to play a thought experiment with me. Let's examine the possibilities of what might happen in the near future. Assume that in the next election, for instance, Trump loses and by a quite noticeable margin, so there is no chance of any...
by Adventurist 21 comments 5 Recs
Insomniacs' late night venthole
This Vent-Hole (hereinafter known as IVH) if lost or stolen will not be replaced or purchase price refunded. Violation of IVH rules will result in expulsion without refund. A copy of IVH rules can be obtained from one or more members wearing tie-dyed...
by dsb 23 comments 4 Recs
Cartoon: Hope Hicks Testifies!
I create cartoons using AI from prompts. I don’t draw, in fact, I can’t draw. If you rec and tip, I’m grateful. If you comment, I’m ecstatic. But please, support the Patreons of DK’s many awesome cartoonists with the only currency that counts: $.
by PrivateIce 1 comments 1 Recs
Christian Politicians & religious figures: The data says it is you who are a danger to our child
Evangelical Christian politicians & religious leaders are the ones that we should fear being around our children. They have a higher proclivity to harm children. Evangelical Christian Politicians are a danger to children. Watch Politics Done Right T.V....
by Egberto Willies 1 comments 4 Recs
Macklemore making things worse for Biden
Macklemore. dropped an admitted bop against the genocide today. Called “Hind’s Hall”, it was all on point except for his claim that he isn’t voting for Biden in the fall. Like Trump would be better. I am not a Biden fan, but this is just fucking stupid...
by Jules McGee 20 comments 3 Recs
Trump attacks Tester for his body fat
Now, who is obese…. eventually??! Hahahahaha!!! (Does anybody get it? Is Trump slim eventually?!) www.rawstory.com/… Former President Donald Trump took a swipe at Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) for his physical appearance, saying that he "looks pregnant to me"...
by ccoaler1 8 comments 5 Recs
2024 Electoral -- and Climate -- Omens: 'BradCast' 5/6/2024
Also: Latest in Israel's war on Gaza Latest in Trump's NY criminal trial... We've got a lot of news from around the globe and right here at home on today's BradCast. Some of it is even not terrible! But, yeah, much of it is. [Audio link to full show...
by TheBradBlog 1 comments 0 Recs
Top Comments: Shoe Stories Edition
6813 days. 973 weeks +�2 days.�9,810,720 minutes. That’s how long Mr. Brillig and I have been the parents of someone attending K-12 school. We began on September 8th 2005 when K1 entered ...
by brillig 13 comments 15 Recs
PWB Peeps Open Thread: Nurses Day
Critters are always ready to help hoomins feel better.
by strawbale 14 comments 30 Recs
Connecting Israel's shift to the right with our own struggles
To start this off, I want to recall a story on this site that has stayed with me since the day I read it: Is Comer's probe somehow part of Smirnov's mission? Were the dopes duped? In this text, it suggests that Alexander Smirnov was a Russian asset...
by Skeptic Theorist 2 comments 2 Recs
Biden's Charade with Israel
Biden phoned Netanyahu today to assert his opposition to the invasion of Rafah. Does he really think we're fools? There are two damning possibilities here: 1) Biden is so disastrously incompetent as President that he’s squandered all his leverage by...
by michlawa2 116 comments 8 Recs
Kitchen Table Kibitzing ~5.6.24
I just spent 6 days in Marsha Blackburn's district, Williamson County. �Cris crossing back and forth and all around. Mostly all I saw were huge houses with 5+ acres, farms, creeks, rivers, and small ...
by ZenTrainer 127 comments 23 Recs
Geoff Duncan: Why I’m voting for Biden and other Republicans should, too
Finally, at least one Republican politician understands what this election is all about. Former Georgia Lt Governor Geoff Duncan (who had an eyewitness view of tfg’s attempt to overturn the results in that infamous phone call demanding an additional...
by Irontortoise 25 comments 109 Recs

	That in 1860 Southern leaders were simply appealing to their base.
4%	1 votes
	That in 1860 Sara Palin would have been tarred and feathered for speaking in public.
4%	1 votes
	That in 1860 "Death Panels" were not needed. People who reached 70 years of age had the decency to just die,
4%	1 votes
	That in 1860 most people thought that "bleeding" was a cure for a fever.
0%	0 votes
	That in 1860 the current Governor of Virginia had not been born yet.
0%	0 votes
	That white people can forget slavery like Japan has forgotten the Battan Death March.
4%	1 votes
	That in 1860 if God had wanted man to fly, he would have given them Boeing
0%	0 votes
	That in 1860 girls were discouraged from being educated.
4%	1 votes
	That in 1860, in Virginia, the most popular form of birth control was "going to the slave quarters".
0%	0 votes
	That the culture of 1860 believed that men were God's ultimate creation. Women, not so much.
0%	0 votes
	That if you could transport Michele Bachmann back to 1860 she would still be crazy.
28%	6 votes
	That in 1860 the Governor of Virginia would have been in the political mainstream.
0%	0 votes
	That in 1860 Conservates were against abolition. That in 1900 they were against women voting. That in 1960 they were against racial mixing. That in 2000 they were against regulating banks.
19%	4 votes
	That "Stupid is, as stupid does."
28%	6 votes

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