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Voyager 1 calls home!
JPL announced today that engineering data was successfully received from the Voyager 1 spacecraft on Saturday April 20, the first time since Nov 2023. A new set of commands were sent on Thursday to relocate some code around a failed memory chip in the...
by AKALib 152 comments 515 Recs
Will it finally end here? Supreme Court tells Kari Lake and Mark Finchem to pound sand
For more than two years Arizonans have had to put up with the constant legal challenges to the 2022 election brought by Republicans Kari Lake and Mark Finchem. In a year that saw all of the state-level Trump endorsed candidates in Arizona go down, Lake...
by Mother Mags 70 comments 508 Recs
Trump’s Steep Mental Decline Should Be a Top Campaign Issue
(Please check out my Substack ) Dr. John Gartner, a former Johns Hopkins University professor of psychiatry, has gathered a boatload of evidence that Donald Trump is currently in the advanced ...
by kindler 314 comments 685 Recs
DeSantis's Martha's Vineyard Stunt Allows Undocumented Immigrants to Legally Stay in US
Back September 2022, Ron DeSantis (aka Ron DeSatan) decided to pwn™ the libs by dumping a bunch of undocumented immigrants on the “librul enclave” of Martha’s Vineyard, figuring he would show them up as hypocrites and, not at all incidentally, burnish...
by Dan K 74 comments 429 Recs
CRYBABY TRUMP is Miffed that His MAGA Cult Isn't Storming the Courts to Protest His 'Persecution'
On the first day of testimony in Donald Trump's election interference (aka "hush money") trial in New York, the defendant sat ruefully contemplating his fate. When he wasn't nodding off, he is reported to have appeared tired and annoyed as the opening...
by News Corpse 215 comments 406 Recs
Benny Thompson goes for the throat
I didn’t see this in a quick search, from 3 days ago: April 19, 2024 RANKING MEMBER THOMPSON INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ENSURE NO SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION FOR CONVICTED FELONS SENTENCED TO PRISON (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS),...
by Patriot4peace 123 comments 446 Recs
Russian stuff blowing up: Russia's old Czarist ship may have survived
I can understand not wanting to part with a Patriot system, but the chances that Russia will attack Spain or Greece anytime in the foreseeable future are remote. That’s a hell of a smoke screen. The “Kommuna” salvage and recovery ship may have...
by quaoar 54 comments 267 Recs
Quick Note about a pet grammar peeve of mine.
Grammar pet peeves: Affect vs Effect. This pair can be confusing because each word can be used as a verb or as a noun. Perhaps these definitons can help clarify. Affect - verb: Causing a change in something. e.g. "Trump passing gas affects the comfort...
by keepiru 687 comments 343 Recs
A day of whine and posers, as Donald violates gag order again, passing gaslight, 'lighting a match'
The criminal trial underway in New York centers on an effort to bury a story about an alleged affair — the uncharged crime undergirding Trump’s charges. And it’s still about falsifying business records. Jesse Watters claims Trump’s treatment is worse...
by annieli 35 comments 118 Recs
My Summation of Day 1 of Trump's Criminal Trial
Day 1 of the Trump trial phase has ended early (at 12:40) to accommodate a juror who had an appointment. It will start late tomorrow (11:30) because the court will have a hearing in the morning on whether Trump should be held in contempt for posts and...
by KeithDB 105 comments 285 Recs
Hillary Clinton says something true and the GOP freaks out
Reposted from my Substack If you haven’t noticed, Hillary Clinton still exists. �She still has thoughts. She even has opinions. She even speaks. �Apparently, that really freaks the right wing out.
by Frank Vyan Walton 82 comments 327 Recs
Destruction of Russian-made Air Defense System Could Have Implications for Two Wars
The destruction of a Russian-made air defense system in Iran could have implications for both the Israel-Iran conflict and Russia-Ukraine war. S-300 missile defense systems have been important in former Soviet countries and other nations for decades....
by EricAZ 76 comments 462 Recs

Recent Diaries

John Oliver and his take on Medicaid.
John Oliver nails it on state purges of the state Medicaid roles. As normal he hits several cases where people have been screwed around by idiotic paperwork requirements, dropping people without warning, dropping a child because the state says he...
by Dune 1 comments 0 Recs
Congressional HPSCI Report: CIA Inadequately Protects Women from Sexual Assault and Harassment
Recruiting, investigating, vetting, and training CIA (and USIC) personnel is a time-consuming process and costly to the US taxpayer, which Congress is fully aware of. This unclassified bipartisan investigation reveals that CIA leadership fails to...
by C0RI0LANUS 1 comments 3 Recs
White House Picture of the Day for April 23rd 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 6 Recs
Countdown With Keith Olbermann, S2E162: Now Trump Wants His Mobs To Occupy The Courthouse
Episode 162 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: Stochastic threat number one...
by Proginoskes 2 comments 7 Recs
Itzl Alert Network: Tuesday, 23rd of April, 2024: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Tax Benefits
A few weeks ago, one of my many brothers-in-law posted a thing (that I call a poster, like you would hang on your wall, but I think folks call them memes), on our Facebook family group chat. It was ...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac 9 comments 11 Recs
Ukraine Invasion Day 790: combat continues, spies arrested
The authorities in Poland and Germany have arrested at least five of their citizens and accused them of spying for Russia or of offering to help Moscow commit violence on European soil, including a “possible attack” on the president of Ukraine,...
by annieli 14 comments 55 Recs
Overnight News Digest
by eeff 18 comments 30 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 12 comments 7 Recs
Can Canadians drive voters to the polls?
Any election lawyers out there — is it legal for Canadians to cross the border and help drive people to the polls? I live close enough to help in Niagara Falls or Buffalo or Rochester areas and could likely corral a few friends.
by open sky 9 comments 5 Recs
Her husband's on trial, but Melania Trump is online selling $245 necklaces for Mother's Day
Melania Trump might as well have been walking around Mar-a-Lago wearing her “I really don’t care, do u?” jacket on the opening day of testimony in�her husband’s election interference/hush ...
by Charles Jay 31 comments 53 Recs
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays Podcast (Audio)
Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump will face the witness he fears the most in his criminal...
by justiceputnam 1 comments 1 Recs
Waging War on Woke — The Week in Editorial Cartoons, Part 2 (Update #3)
I expect to post at least another 15-20 editorial cartoons in the comments section of this diary. Scroll down a bit for manual updates. Thanks for supporting this diary series. In case you missed my recent diaries, here are the links. Restricting...
by JekyllnHyde 12 comments 50 Recs
Top Comments: Earth Day 2024 Reducing Plastics Edition
Happy 54th Earth Day ! According to Earthday.org, the official site for Earth Day , this year’s theme is Planet vs Plastics. From the website: For Earth Day 2024 on April 22nd, EARTHDAY.ORG is ...
by brillig 9 comments 26 Recs
PWB Peeps Open Thread: Earth Day
Our furry friends encourage us to love our Mother Earth. ...
by strawbale 40 comments 40 Recs
'First Domino Falls' With TN Win in Landmark UAW Effort to Unionize the South: 'BradCast' 4/22/2024
Guest: Labor journalist Steven Greenhouse Also: House finally passes aid package for Ukraine Prosecutors accuse Trump of 'election fraud' in NY criminal trial opening statement... Nothing but huge news -- all of several different sorts -- on today's...
by TheBradBlog 1 comments 8 Recs
A day of whine and posers, as Donald violates gag order again, passing gaslight, 'lighting a match'
The criminal trial underway in New York centers on an effort to bury a story about an alleged affair — the uncharged crime undergirding Trump’s charges. And it’s still about falsifying business records. Jesse Watters claims Trump’s treatment is worse...
by annieli 35 comments 118 Recs
Coal to Newcastle. A Colorado State Open Thread, 4/22/2024
Sure, Colorado has quartz and fools gold. I have never seen it arranged in such a pretty pattern. So this 11 pound rock is coming to my home in Colorado. I found it in a rock shop in Hong Kong, which was crowded with all manner of beautiful spheres,...
by ColoTim 4 comments 9 Recs
"Cohen did it" "It was a legal expense" "Biden" and other lies - analyzing Trump's post-court rant
After napping through a short day in court, Trump was rested enough to comment on his case from the courtroom steps. If you like whining and repetition, it was a treat. Anyone expecting something new was disappointed. Let us look into the mind of a...
by TheCriticalMind 22 comments 77 Recs
WHAT THE MEDIA ISN'T TALKING ABOUT
Donald Trump is living on borrowed time. He lives on greasy, fatty fast food. His sleep pattern is erratic. He doesn’t exercise, unless you call waddling from a golf cart to a green exercise. It is amazing that he has lived as long as he has. But he...
by MeJean 20 comments 25 Recs
Social Media, AI, and the Unraveling Trust Fabric
In an era marked by unprecedented connectivity, the erosion of trust stands as a defining tragedy. When social media influencers Sheena Melwani and her husband, “TRID” spoke about how they met, they described how TRID’s father had gone through the...
by antiempire 4 comments 7 Recs

	South Korea's prime minister Chung Hong-won, resigning over the government's handling of a ferry sinking that has left more than 300 people dead or missing
3%	2 votes
	Kraft Foods, forced to recall 96,000 pounds of hot dogs over incorrect labels (as packages may contain cheese dogs, but the labels do not include milk as an ingredient)
0%	0 votes
	Senate primary challenger Matt Bevin (R-KY), denying he knew a political rally he attended had a pro-cockfighting theme … now seen on video being asked whether he would 'vote to support the effort to legalize gamecock fighting in Kentucky'
1%	1 votes
	Mayor Dan Clevenger (Marionville, Missouri), resigning for making anti-Semitic comments in the wake of the arrest of white supremacist Frazier Glenn Miller (and after aldermen voted to start the impeachment process)
1%	1 votes
	Gubernatorial candidate Douglas Gansler (D-MD), disparaging his primary opponent’s … service in Iraq
0%	0 votes
	Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY), who is expected to be indicted this week on charges he (systematically) raised illegal contributions
1%	1 votes
	General Mills, having to reverse its new policy barring customers who 'liked' its social media pages, downloaded coupons or entered any company-sponsored contests ... from joining class action lawsuits against the firm
5%	3 votes
	GOP pundits who couldn't get enough of a Nevada rancher ... then couldn't abandon him fast enough
57%	34 votes
	Whole Foods, after a California market was confirmed by health officials to have (at least) … one maggot in its meat case
0%	0 votes
	Herman Cain, the subject of a Jeopardy! clue: 'This pizza magnate and 2012 presidential candidate was a math major at historically black Morehouse College' … which all three contestants didn’t know, earning a tut-tut from Alex Trebek
0%	0 votes
	NBA owner Donald Sterling, whose LA Clippers franchise is reeling following the release of a tape in which he tells his (b-racial) girlfriend not to bring blacks to his team’s games … even chastising her for being in a photo with Magic Johnson
20%	12 votes
	Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) - whose primary campaign to unseat Sen. John Cornyn failed spectacularly - saying he's facing a congressional ethics probe
0%	0 votes
	The 130 year-old Ladies Home Journal, ending home subscriptions (and downgrading to a quarterly, newsstand-only model) … due to declining advertiser interest
3%	2 votes
	David Moyes, fired as manager of England’s powerhouse Manchester United soccer club – with several games left in his first season of a six-year contract – because of the team missing the playoffs for the first time in 19 years
1%	1 votes
	Multiple names above ... names not listed (please specify in a comment)
3%	2 votes

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