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ALICE — Acronym for Assist Limited, Income Compromised, Employed. Hopefully ALICE becomes a “thing”. Here’s why; many people make just over poverty levels of income but just enough which eliminates them from receiving any government assistance. That is...
by Little Big Zebra
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Hi, fellow scribes! At the request of mettle fatigue, who excels in diligence and ubiquity, but whose superpowers should never be taken for granted, I'm for once stepping in to host this evening. The downside, for you: I'm not qualified to teach, guide...
by Clio2
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The Daily Brooklyn Bugler’s editors have so far been pleased with the courtroom sketches I’ve supplied for Donald Trump’s Hush Money Trial. In case you didn’t know, this trial is actually about Trump fraudulently altering financial reports in order to...
by EdFlynn
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Zog Marano: a modern Yiddish poet's Passover questions to Marranos centuries before.
Welcome to A Song of Zion , our weekly check-in and virtual minyan for Jews on Daily Kos. This is an ...
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Back in 1954, when Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s anticommunist campaign was at its peak, the Wisconsin senator picked a fight with the U.S. Army, claiming there was lax security at a top-secret army facility. The U.S. Army hired Boston lawyer...
by Charles Jay
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I hope you’re sitting down for this. Take a deep breath. OK, ready for this shocking news? It looks like a senior director at Turning Nazi Point USA and an Arizona state representative has resigned for his “job” at TPUSA and ended his reelection...
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Today, the state of Louisiana managed to do something I didn’t think possible — they found a new low. Once Jeff Landry, a far-right acolyte, was elected governor I knew the place was going to be in rough shape. The state legislature is hopeless, with...
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Palestinian paramedics said Israel gave them safe passage to save a 6-year-old girl in Gaza. They were all killed. Nick Kristof: “One of the most heartbreaking stories from Gaza was of 6-year-old Hind who was sole survivor when her vehicle was hit. Her...
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� All of these people, should they desire, can indicate events and details they remember differently. But there is one unfortunate exception. In 1958, Rosalind Franklin died at the early age of ...
by dkosdan
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Jewish Space Lasers redux The Republican House is trying to pass a bill giving supplemental aid to Israel for the rest of fiscal 2024. Rep. MT Greene (R-GA) has problems with it. And has offered an amendment, the sole purpose of which is to throw sand...
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The second time was a charm. After the disastrous death of 830,000 Chinook salmon fry after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) released them into the river above Iron Gate Dam in March, the agency this month successfully released...
by Dan Bacher
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Today’s Financial Times’ Election Countdown had an interesting write-up about the presidential race comparing Biden and Trump’s latest fundraising figures, with some nice graphics. Biden ...
by snowbored
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GET OUT THE VOTE BIG TIME! HERE ARE THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO DO THAT! Hope Springs from Field PAC (background in this DKos story). Voters of Tomorrow (younger voters) led by Santiago Mayer Leaders We Deserve (younger voters) led by David Hogg The...
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This is the best news of the day. As Dark Brandon might say, trashing an over-the-horizon radar is a big fucking deal. Is that the silhouette of Ammo Dump Jesus in the ball of flame blessing the bavovna? Run away! Run away! Russians try an assault with...
by quaoar
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Which bum? Anyone the rabid, fascist Republicans call a bum, and sometimes that is even a Republican. If you are not going to legislate or govern you do not need a speaker of the house or any other leadership. And since keeping our alliances and...
by Steve McKeand
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The head of the CDC thinks we are well-prepared for the next pandemic, better prepared than ever. Let’s discuss. It is self-destructive to try to memory-hole just how bad the previous pandemic was, or to pretend that another one won’t happen. It will....
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When your Senators work for you - https://www.merkley.senate.gov/connect/oregon-treasures-quest/ The link is to an Oregon Treasure Quest book put out by Senator Merkley’s office. It was pictures and a list of places to visit in every county in Oregon....
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Miscellany. There are now 12 jurors, 6 alternates still need to be chosen. "He's sort of plopped in the chair. You know? You can see the orange." Trump NYC jury selection continues — two seated jurors gone. Asymmetric strategies at work. Why do they...
by annieli
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It isn't often that Republican MAGA-naut, Marjorie Taylor Greene, manages to do or say anything that is remotely related to reality. So on those rare occasions when she manages to do so, we need to give credit where credit is due. Even if it was...
by News Corpse
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As an early birthday gift for my amazing significant other, I took our COVID era sand box which hasn’t been used much lately and converted it into raised bed for a vegetable garden. The original sand box was just under 4 ft by 8 ft (and ¾ cubic yard of...
by Peter Olandt
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