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Harvard Yard Encampment Journal by Jane Collins 4.29.2024 When I left Medford, it was a warm sunny day. In Harvard Square, it was chilly, damp, windy, and overcast. The mood of the encampment was equally gray. The students had just received a warning...
by AliceT4
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The University of Vemont's administration caved to protestors and rescinded the invitation for commencement speaker Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. (Happy 100th Foreign Service Day.) I am upset. This won’t stop the demonstrations. Today a speaker...
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Haven’t posted a story in ages but… Hard to believe there’s no mention of this anniversary on Daily Kos today.
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“Aren’t you going to lie down with me?” I asked my cat, who was sitting on the footrest of my seat, staring at me. Patting the couch next to me I added, “come sit with me.”
He stared, ...
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Over the past 3 election cycles, I’ve raised over $7.7 MILLION for HUNDREDS of Democratic candidates at the federal, statewide and state legislative levels. For statewide races, I list every GOP state, no matter how deep red, because I trust people to...
by Brainwrap
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There is a certain schadenfreude in watching a MAGA humper destroy their own political career, and every person with a shred of compassion is rightfully outraged at Governor Noem’s story about killing her dog, Cricket. It was an act of wanton cruelty...
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Welcome to DKos Asheville. This space appears each weekend to share links to news and opinion from Asheville and Western North Carolina. The floor is open for comment and discussion. Wishing all a good day from this beautiful part of the world. “Daily...
by randallt
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The last Jedi turned up at the White House to visit President Joe Biden and then surprise the White House press corps at Friday’s daily briefing. An excited White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre introduced her special guest Mark Hamill, who...
by Charles Jay
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Eduardo Cuevas of USA Today reports the case of “Columbia University Professor of Japanese Cultural History, Gregory Pflugfelder. Residing in an apartment opposite the campus, he stepped out and decided to film the interaction of the NYPD with the...
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The 2024 election is months away, and it involves the risks posed by nuclear weapons, although voters aren’t thinking much about it, most likely. Writer Darryl Kimball addressed the upcoming election issues in his story “Nuclear Dangers and the 2024...
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Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] is fully activated. We targeted 12 Swing States to knock on doors this year, and now we have volunteers canvassing in all of them. All except for Montana are engaged in our Issues Canvass approach, knocking on the...
by snowbored
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So I got this email from none other than Mark Hamill. (I like it when I am on good email lists. I spend every morning blocking the bad ones.) It of course asks for donations for President Biden and VP Harris. You all know how to do that so I will only...
by Carmeninvermont
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, by Naomi Klein, is a huge and wide-ranging book, focused on the disasters arising from Milton Friedman’s Market Fundamentalism, applied in countries around the world from Chile to, yes, the US. I am...
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by Frank Vyan Walton
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The Missoula Butterfly House in Missoula, Montana, has a tropical greenhouse filled with butterflies from around the world. Butterflies require warm and humid conditions and therefore, the ...
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Good morning, Newdists. Hope all is well with you.
Lets get on with it —�
Your Cafe’s Early Owls and a PSA ==�
by Crimson Quillfeather
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The big news this week was not campus demonstrators or Lump’s trial or the NBA playoffs. No, ‘round here, the biggest story was that, after decades of dreaming, Quint Davis finally got the Rolling Stones to play the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage...
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"Israel will under no circumstances agree to the end of the war as part of an agreement to release our hostages" -Israeli Official The bitter truth about Israel's actions in Gaza is now glaringly evident. This is not a noble rescue mission; there were...
by michlawa2
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"Wild Florida" is a diary series that explores the flora and fauna of the Sunshine State. Yes, we are a single-party wannabe-fascist state, but we have some amazing wildlife here.
by Lenny Flank
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Went out to take more photos of the eagles nest on Monday only to be turned away by a street paving job that blocked the trail entrance. So I headed to a park near my house to see what was there. I ...
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