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My vote is no. A unanimous jury—which is required—isn't going to convict him. The Republican nominee for president will nab at least one hold-out juror. America's conscience, however, has already been indicted. It is indeed an alarming commentary on...
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Covid. It’s about as good as it gets right now. Wastewater surveillance, weekly deaths, and hospitalizations are at or near pandemic lows. Yet Covid is still a thing to watch, and many of us still adjust our behaviors based on the weather forecast. So...
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This is the video and transcript of a presentation to the most recent annual Green Builder’s Sustainability Symposium by Michael Barnard https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/06/green-builder-sustainability-symposium-presentation-slides-transcript/ It is...
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People seem to have noticed that President Biden is gaining on TFG in the polls. But this is what we have been finding at the doors, in every state (which just so happen to be Swing States) where Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] volunteers are...
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(UPDATE) According to Snopes, DJT did go to his other kids’ graduations. Will Barron’s be any different? The judge _explicitly_ made that not be a day in court so the soon-to-be-felon 🤞 could attend. (Newsweek) Instead, DJT is scheduled to give...
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By David Helvarg “Pigs off Campus,” is what none of the thousands of pro-Palestinian anti-war student protestors have shouted at the police as they’ve been arrested on campuses from New York to Texas to California in the last weeks. But that is what...
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[This piece will be appearing this week — under the title ‘”School Names and the Place of the Confederacy in People’s Identity” — as an op/ed in newspapers in the congressional district (VA-06) in which I was the Democratic nominee for Congress in...
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Montana became a state in 1889 and by 1924, there were 12 reservations in the state. Briefly described below are some of the American Indian events in Montana in 1924.
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Do elite Republicans and the CEOs who fund them hate working people? Or are they simply unable to control themselves, even when deep down inside they know they’re ruining America? In Ohio, there’s a growing statewide petition effort to get a...
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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy � is � Now Open! � 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our � especially special Daily Special; � Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!
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A Dose of Clarity: Israel, Gaza, and the American Protests Stephen Eric Bronner Confusion now hath made his masterpiece. --- William Shakespeare, Macbeth Anti-Semitism has always had its ebbs and flows, But a bitter past teaches that it is always...
by Stephen Bronner
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Why did “they” take a really great package design and add three pieces of plastic to it? In the waxed carton on the right there is the plastic cap, the plastic safety seal and the embedded plastic threads for the cap. The package on the left takes...
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Good morning, Newdists!� Gonna be a busy day for me after this, so let’s load up on the caffeine!
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John is my friend in Ghana who does what he can to help people who come to him in need. Though very poor himself, John always tries to care for others. When things get too desperate John sells the only thing he owns of any real value, his cellphone....
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Despite the lack of televised coverage of Donald Trump in court, the trial of the century — or do I mean of the month, week, day,...
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Columbia University has become the focal point of escalating protests following the occupation of Hamilton Hall by pro-Palestinian students. The protesters blocked entrances and unfurled banners advocating for the liberation of Palestine, prompting...
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Mark Sumner's Liveblog is here. Good morning, trial junkies! I did find yesterday fascinating but I used to practice regulatory environmental law which can be boring to some. As before, I’ll guide to Mark Sumner’s diary if he chooses to write one. He’s...
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Like someone trying to salvage a tattered relationship, President Joe Biden has taken too long to tell Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that’s his killing spree through Gaza has to end or he can forget about any more aid – military or...
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Recent weeks have witnessed a surge in protests across college campuses in the United States, where students and faculty alike have voiced their concerns and demands regarding the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza. These demonstrations, marked...
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