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In July of 2017, Donald Trump made a big deal out of an announcement that Foxconn, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, would be building a new factory in Wisconsin. This project was touted by Trump as "the eighth wonder of the world," that would...
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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Judge Cannon’s luxury gift scandal grows. Then, on...
by justiceputnam
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One of the enduring puzzles of current politics is why evangelicals continue to support Von Schitzinpants after all the revelations about his sexual habits, his crudity, his cruelty, his inability to properly cite a verse, much less a book, of the...
by Dan K
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The flaws of the US Constitution not only prevent us from taking needed action on urgent crises, they also distort our self-image as a country. The first post in the Fixing the Constitution series on ChangeShapers.blog. When we dare to peek between our...
by Erik of Mpls
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Some sixteen years ago, two future U.S. presidents stood on the same debate stage, engaged in a spirited discussion. Barack Hussein Obama, a young and talented United States Senator based in Illinois, was one of them. The other future president was...
by Eihenetu
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The UK has ordered the expulsion from the country of Russia’s defense attache. Cleverly also announced the U.K. was removing diplomatic status from several Russian-owned properties, "including Seacox Heath house, a Russian-owned property in Sussex, and...
by quaoar
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I am not a frequent diarist, but sometimes a topic comes across that is so in my wheelhouse I can’t help myself. My day job is risk assessment and mitigation, so when I first hear about the Man or Bear question, I immediately understood why women were...
by blueMN
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For those less enamored with my long, convoluted diatribes—where I finally circle around to get to the point—here is the skinny: America loves winners, and Trump is a loser. Ah, you say, but Trump lost the last election and almost half the country...
by Stephen Dreyfus
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There was another hearing with the House Education Subcomittee today (oxymoron). Today it was the heads of K-12 programs to face the music. We know the Ivy League Presidents didn’t fare well facing the Republican Clowns (looking at you Stefanik). How...
by TomFromNJ
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In the last twelve months, 1114 people were killed by the police in the United States, according to data from the Washington Post. Since 2015, 9,593 people have been killed by the police. These killings have a clear racial dimension: although African...
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Helping Humpday is the Wednesday Street Prophets Coffee Hour. It was created for us by bfitzinAR and was taken over by Dixiecollie, who also left suddenly. Now it’s njm5000 who keeps the list of Kossacks in need. Helping Humpday is still here, the...
by Aashirs nani
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Reagan has always been wrong -- government is not the problem. Jamaal Bowman schools Congress on hate in antisemitism hearing. New York Times editor Joe Kahn shows he is willfully delusional in Semafor interview. Jamaal Bowman nails it on hate. Watch...
by Egberto Willies
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Months back I wrote a similar article but think this is a good time to bring it back up. The story about RFK Jr. his brain worm and mercury poisoning made me want to write a new article. This is a subject I get really upset about. Our rivers, lakes,...
by Dune
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When the best candidate you have has been dead for 2 months. gazette.com/… Jennifer Pace won the GQP primary for the Indianapolis area last night, the only problem being she died 2 months ago and nobody bothered informing the Indiana GQP or voters. She...
by Yuck Human Kisses
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The past half year has seen a steady stream of disturbing reports about serious human rights abuses tied to industrial fishing. First came a long expose about forced labor at sea tied to hundreds of Chinese fishing ships that supply many of the biggest...
by The Outlaw Ocean Project
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While following the Donald Trump election campaign finance trial yesterday, I was struck when Stormy Daniels said she did not want to sleep with Mr. Trump. After repeatedly rebuffing Mr. Trump’s advances, including greeting her in silk pajamas, she...
by ReasonaBill
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Listen to our archived episodes: Pandora|LibSyn|YouTube Support the show: Patreon|PayPal: 1x or monthly|Square Cash * David Waldman and Greg Dworkin fight ignorance and injustice on today’s KITM. Well, most of the KITMs, actually, but today is a good...
by Scott Anderson
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Ted Cruz is scrambling to reinvent himself ahead of reelection bid A personality makeover and better choices on when to go on vacation certainly couldn’t hurt the guy. Judge pauses trial for Trump son's graduation. Trump sneaks in a fundraiser too...
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A lot of hoopla is being made this week about former Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan saying publicly that he won’t vote for Trump. That’s all well and good, but what really bothers me is that he did not say that he would vote for Biden....
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The recent administrative hold on a shipment of munitions meant for Israel has gotten AIPAC and congressional republicans hopping mad. The influential pro-Israel US lobby group described the move, confirmed by defence chief Lloyd Austin earlier, as a...
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