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Excerpt: Kansas City native Edward J. Dwight Jr. is set to be on the next Blue Origin rocket into space. The rare opportunity comes more than six decades after he was passed over to become a NASA astronaut. Dwight says he experienced feelings of...
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by BrianMcFadden
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The language police have become mall cops. It’s been a week with police riots at colleges across the US: Emory, GOP photo-ops in NY, and everywhere there are Clint Eastwood central administrators yelling “GET OFF MY LAWN”. Darn that intersectionality...
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Got on of these in my mailbox the other day. It was addressed to somebody up my street I didn’t know, so I just put it back in my mailbox with the flag up for my mail carrier. Today, I got one addressed to me. This is some kind of weird anti-Catholic...
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Day 4 of the Trump criminal trial saw three different witnesses take the stand. -The judge rescheduled Trump’s contempt hearing from next Wednesday to Thursday. Still no ruling on the previously pending contempt motion. -Testimony continued with more...
by KeithDB
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Commentary by Black Kos editor JoanMar I thought of Barack Obama as a once-in-a-generation politician. He epitomized everything I wanted to see in someone who’d seek public office. His speeches often moved me to tears; he was/is that inspiring. But...
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Ukraine sets fire to a Ministry of Defense helicopter in Moscow. Whoa. That’s close. The Russian who fell off before they hit the mine is thanking his lucky stars. Housekeeping is going to be pissed at the mess. Russian soldier discovers an effective...
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April 27, 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the end of legalized racial oppression in South Africa — known officially as “apartheid.” However, most people still don’t know the name of an important anti-apartheid hero — a man named Dimitri Tsafendas;...
by ClareXanthos
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Donald calls fascists "little peanuts", denies affairs, and asserts absolute immunity, whereas Kristi Noem, possible VP, exercises the lethargic ethics of animal abuse. Mitt Romney: "I strapped a dog to the roof of my car" Kristi Noem: "hold my beer" —...
by annieli
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I make ZERO bones about the fact that I think the NYT is doing more harm to our democracy than any other news organization, and I include Fox News on that list. You, dear reader, who I would have to assume is a left-leaning voter that frequents...
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The demented drivel that emanates from Fox News on any given day is relentlessly ridiculous. They find fault with President Biden and Democrats on everything from the atrocity of eating an ice cream cone to the flagrantly false fear mongering about...
by News Corpse
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Greetings and welcome to another of Marko's little hairballs. It's almost all fluff. There might be a hint of something seriously phlegmy between the pictures. All of it is just an excuse for ...
by Marko the Werelynx
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It is this type of Republican that will make Democrats win big in 2024. We must engage them. This therapist uses her experience with the trauma we can extrapolate to our politics. This Republican is the 2024 template. Watch Politics Done Right T.V....
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Super-patriotic GOP candidate forgets words to the Pledge of Allegiance Watch him pledge his allegiance to … um … uh … Delusional Senate Republicans still believe they can control Trump What’s that definition of insanity again? Cartoon: A prickly...
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Main points: The startling thing about what the Supreme Court has done to help Trump avoid being tried for his most serious crimes against the Constitution before the election (if ever) is this: THE SUPREME COURT HAS SIDED WITH THE CRIMINAL AGAINST THE...
by AndySchmookler
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Here in the Wolverine State, we’ve seen a remarkable turnaround. In 2016, we had a Republican Governor, Republican Attorney General, Republican Secretary of State, Republican-held Supreme Court, Republican-controlled State House and...
by Brainwrap
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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...
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