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- To Counter the Hope Hicks is a victim narrative, Lawrence sums it up perfectly. UPDATED w/transcriptThe diary on the rec list about Hicks being groomed and the media obsession with her crocodile performative tears IMO is waaayyyy off the mark as Lawrence O'Donnell explains. Lawrence starts as follows: Today's courtroom was a tale of two young women...74 comments 310 Recs
- reluctant witness Hope Hicks’ testimony has been sliced and diced, chopped and whirred to a fine powder after her turn on the stand. Fox commentators looked to spot a silver lining among the gathering darkness of her tale about her time with the...226 comments 475 Recs
- Plane gone. Crew dead. What a shame. This Russian fast-attack ship was destroyed quickly. This is the type of boat that was destroyed. Ukraine appears to have deployed a naval drone that can fire air-to-air missiles, making it a threat to low-flying...21 comments 111 Recs
- The right wing or Republican media has long been engulfed in scandals. Fox “News” fired chairman Roger Ailes and top rated entertainer Bill O’Reilly after they paid out $40 million in settlements for sexual harassment. Fox paid a whopping $787...124 comments 405 Recs
- This is my first diary. I'm writing this as much for cathartic reasons as I am trying to warn. I've lurked here for well over a decade and love this site and the people. The first, and likely rambling part is about my current state of affairs. I simply...441 comments 773 Recs
- I started work on this 2021 cartoon on November 28, 2006. (Or at least, that's when my computer tells me this file was created). I had the idea and wrote a bunch of panels, but I wasn't happy with them, so I left it in my folder of unfinished cartoons....35 comments 179 Recs
- When Hamas attacked civilians in southern Israel on October 7, the world was aghast, and sympathies were with Israel, the victims, and their families. And it was clear that something would have to be done about Hamas. But thanks to the actions of the...59 comments 97 Recs
- Here’s the afternoon liveblog.� I’ve scheduled for 2:15.� I may be a tad late.� For those of you following, updates are in the comments section.� I’m not as talented as Mark Sumner to use the ...171 comments 132 Recs
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- Two key witnesses today walked through the documents central to the prosecution’s claims of business fraud in today testimony. Neither witness was a progressive, or Mike Cohen or any liberal of Biden ilk. Nope, they were both financial officers from...13 comments 38 Recs
- I first saw this news tweeted out by Palestinians. But axios reporter Barak Ravid and Reuters is also saying this. Reuters is also reporting the story. CAIRO, May 6 (Reuters) - Hamas said on Monday that it had accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal from...189 comments 157 Recs
- Reposted from Dark Skies on the Horizon Deniro: He’s a sick person, who has been allowed into our system. I’m tired of calling him names. He just can’t be anywhere near the office of the Presidency. Q: You’ve played a lot of bad guys, would you ever...30 comments 73 Recs
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- From Newsweek : Two images of classified documents were found on a phone owned by Donald Trump 's valet, federal prosecutors have claimed in court. Prosecutors will call a phone expert to show ...4 comments 10 Recs
- Here’s the headline of the current lead story on the Washington Post website: “Social Security and Medicare Finances Look Grim as Overall Debt Piles Up” Here’s the lead paragraph: Social Security and Medicare will run out of money in just over a...4 comments 14 Recs
- 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, while ruminating over the weekend of possibly being a key...1 comments 0 Recs
- "We’re the first generation to experience the climate crisis, and we’re the last that can do anything about it." (President Barack Obama - 2015). That was almost ten years ago, and since then we've only done more nothing about ameliorating the threat....3 comments 8 Recs
- We’re about to find out if Donald Trump, the insurrectionist former president on trial in Manhattan for falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels in the weeks before the 2016 election, has any capacity for...12 comments 13 Recs
- Plane gone. Crew dead. What a shame. This Russian fast-attack ship was destroyed quickly. This is the type of boat that was destroyed. Ukraine appears to have deployed a naval drone that can fire air-to-air missiles, making it a threat to low-flying...21 comments 111 Recs
- When my undergraduate acceptance letter from the State University at Buffalo arrived many years ago, it included an invitation to their summer orientation program. After arriving on campus along with group of other freshmen, I was handed an orientation...14 comments 21 Recs
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- Two key witnesses today walked through the documents central to the prosecution’s claims of business fraud in today testimony. Neither witness was a progressive, or Mike Cohen or any liberal of Biden ilk. Nope, they were both financial officers from...13 comments 38 Recs
- Trump Fixates on Fox News Phonies While Lying (Again) that a Gag Order Prohibits Him from TestifyingThe third week of Donald Trump's trial for election interference and campaign finance fraud (sometimes known as the "Hush Money" trial), began with a bang on Monday morning. Judge Juan Merchan slapped Trump with another contempt of court violation (his...15 comments 26 Recs
- Listen to our archived episodes: Pandora|LibSyn|YouTube Support the show: Patreon|PayPal: 1x or monthly|Square Cash * Today, David Waldman reminds us that there’s only 364 shopping days until Eastern Orthodox Easter, while Greg Dworkin oars his Raft...1 comments 0 Recs
- Sorry for the short diary but the last few days I am getting aborted connections when I load some pages because the URL is on the Blacklist. My AVG is rejecting ressaymonstives dot com links on certain stories. Is anyone else finding that and is...7 comments 4 Recs
- It's true. Trump once told a healthcare truth. Progressive Molly Cook is not a Texas State Senator. Senator Tim Scott is more than a sycophant as he morphs into a Trump fascist! Tim Scott sycophancy. Podcasts (Video — Audio) Politics Done Right Live...1 comments 2 Recs
- This is an Open Thread / Coffee Hour and all topics of conversation are welcome. And as a suggested topic, today lets talk about "The straw that broke the camel's back." Baktrian Camel in ...10 comments 8 Recs
- The downballot primary season comes to Indiana on Tuesday, where Republicans have expensive and nasty nomination contests to sort through for governor and a quartet of U.S. House seats—including ...2 comments 6 Recs
- Draft Beer, not boys! Hell no, we won’t go! No Justice, no peace! We Shall Overcome! Protests in the 60s were personal. The Pro-Palestinian protests, as justified as they may be, have become a business. Tied to it are election ramifications,...1 comments 6 Recs
- When Hamas attacked civilians in southern Israel on October 7, the world was aghast, and sympathies were with Israel, the victims, and their families. And it was clear that something would have to be done about Hamas. But thanks to the actions of the...59 comments 97 Recs
- Newly elected Texas Senate District 15 Democratic State Senator Molly Cook (@MollyforTexas) details her winning strategy. More importantly, she speaks about the mission to represent her district and Texans at large. Molly Cook, newly elected SD15 Texas...2 comments 12 Recs
- Here's a tweet that caught my eye. It's called assignment night, sometimes drop night (because that's the day new pilot assignments drop), and it's a party. It was a party in my day too, then as now held at the officers' club, but the actual assignment...6 comments 23 Recs
- Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 by Alberto Brandolini, an Italian programmer, that emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating...3 comments 10 Recs
