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I wanted to offer a follow up to my last diary in which I supported Joe Biden’s decision to withhold 2,000 pound bombs and related unguided destructive offensive weapons from Netanyahu. It’s been a while coming, too. I want to talk about the remarkable...
by DrLou
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At 70 years old, I was raised though the battles of the 1960’s. That decade was full of protests of the Vietnam War, a war that many people of my generation, including myself, considered an immoral war. Students rallied along with many of the adults in...
by jwgarman
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Greetings and welcome to the real fluff, the hardcore fluff, the fluffy stuff that's built Tonka Tough™. But you've had enough of my guff. Rough, buff, snuff, scruff …
by Marko the Werelynx
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...until someone called. I’m feeling a bit good about myself today. Because I was the person who called. And then called another number and a couple more numbers. And then sent some emails. And then made another call or two. A couple of days ago, I...
by netop
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The high #InterestRates that we are paying is nothing more than legalized theft by the titans of the private sector against the working class. Here is an economic system, Modern Monetary Theory (#MMT), that will work. Why? Math. It is time for Modern...
by Egberto Willies
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'The Daily Show' takes on Kristi Noem's puppy problem and RFK Jr.'s brain worm We’ve finally learned what is too much for the MAGA crowd. Watch Hillary Clinton's chilling warning about 'determined demagogue' Trump Clinton has been speaking out about...
by Daily Kos Staff
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The most instructive and constructive lesson we should have learned from the pardoning of Richard Nixon is that it wrought Donald Trump. Conventional wisdom is pretty unanimous that Gerald Ford, who pardoned Nixon, sacrificed his political fortunes...
by ReasonaBill
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That's right, tomorrow is the second Saturday in May, which can only mean... The National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive* is here, that special day when your friendly, helpful, union letter carrier will pick up non-perishable items at your...
by Crashing Vor
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Last winter, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost all nine of her congressional staffers. On November 1, 2023, she fired her chief of staff, Dan Hanlon. In the next three months, the other eight quit. The reviews were not good. Mace earned a reputation as an...
by TheCriticalMind
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Burn, baby, burn. Ukraine hit this same refinery two months ago. Oh look! Lots of new job opportunities in Russia. I wonder if they have a good health plan. It has been anticipated for a while now that Russia would attempt an offensive near Kharkiv....
by quaoar
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Am I missing it somewhere or is there no monitoring of the hush money trial today?
by HolaJola
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Stormy Daniels is standing strong after spending more than seven hours over two days testifying about what happened one night in a Las Vegas hotel room with Donald Trump. And Trump attorney Susan Necheles’ attempt at “slut-shaming” the adult film star...
by Charles Jay
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Hi Peeps! There doesn’t appear to be a Friday diary in the queue, so I’m putting up a rerun. I will delete it if another diary shows up. The Toosdai Critters have a play date. Play dates may include: play bows butt wiggles stealthiness wrassling...
by samanthab
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Being a Garbahz (pronounced like “garage”) Cook means throwing meals together without using a recipe. Ingredients often come from what I have on hand as leftovers (also known as “Refrigerator Cooking”), or what I got on sale or even for free....
by Rexxmama
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Listen to our archived episodes: Pandora|LibSyn|YouTube Support the show: Patreon|PayPal: 1x or monthly|Square Cash * David Waldman makes a surprise return to KITM! It was mostly a surprise to him, but there he was, sitting in front of the microphone,...
by Scott Anderson
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From BBC News: “A Virginia school board has approved a motion for two schools to revert to their Confederate names following a debate that bitterly divided a town. The Shenandoah County School Board voted 5-1 to reinstate the names of Stonewall Jackson...
by CyberLady1
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Donald Trump is just now beginning to learn something rather important. Most people learn things such as this in their very young childhood. Mr. Trump is in his seventies, but it can fairly be said that he is also in some respects still in his very...
by Wilburhorse
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This cartoon was written by me and drawn by the wonderful cartoonist Jenn Manley Lee. (The link goes to Jenn's long-running science fiction slice-of-life comic, "Dicebox," which I highly recommend). Transcript, comments, and a blog post about this...
by Barry Deutsch
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When Louis IVX declared “I am the State” he created the template for all autocrats to follow. Today’s world is being distorted by deluded individuals who believe they are ordained by fate to rule over everyone else. Trump, Putin, Netanyahu, Orban, Kim...
by Greg from Vermont
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Once again Barak Ravid of Axios is the first to report that “last night the Israeli War Cabinet voted to expand its area of Rafah operations.” This can be construed as a violation of President Biden’s red line which he articulated to CNN recently. The...
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