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With Nikki Haley bowing out of the GOP primary race on Wednesday , Donald Trump became the party’s presumptive nominee for president. Comedian Seth Meyers used his late night show’s “A Closer ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 12:45 PM PST
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Rep. Matt Gaetz’s ongoing battle with almost everyone not named Donald Trump has added a new GOP congressman into the mix.� On Sunday, CNN published a story about the behind-the-scenes moves ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Feb 26, 2024 at 01:30 PM PST
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She had a legal right according to Florida law, was to stand her ground but why was this abuser not arrested? My daughter’s boyfriend;s mother was a victim of road rage in a Walmart parking lot. This is one of the most outrageous things I have heard....
by Vetwife
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on Sun Dec 17, 2023 at 03:27 AM PST
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American adults cannot handle drug legalization OR drug criminalization By Mike Males Just in the last five years, a staggering 771,000 Americans ages 21 and older have died from drug and alcohol abuse. That’s the entire adult population of a major...
by mmales
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on Mon Dec 11, 2023 at 11:02 AM PST
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Warning: Unlike feel-good columns blaming "social media" for teen problems and praising grownups as healthy rescuers, this column is no fun to read. Mike Males The three figures to the right, taken from standard Centers for Disease Control tabulations...
by mmales
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on Wed Nov 29, 2023 at 01:00 PM PST
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Word went out on Friday, House members would have the weekend to ‘think over’ whether they could support Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House, after moderates voted they wouldn’t support him on the House floor, 55 to 139 after they had already rejected...
by citixen
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on Sun Oct 15, 2023 at 12:24 AM PDT
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On Sunday, Rep. Nancy Mace appeared on “Face The Nation.” Mace’s job was to defend her decision to vote to vacate Kevin McCarthy from the position of speaker of the House, aligning herself with Rep. Matt Gaetz—a person she had proclaimed was a...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Oct 09, 2023 at 11:30 AM PDT
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I hope this falls into the “abundance of caution” category, but having a secret cell phone suddenly go off could be seriously threatening for some folks. WaPo has a story about the nationwide alert system test scheduled for Wednesday the 4th, 2:20pm...
by pixxer
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on Tue Oct 03, 2023 at 10:48 PM PDT
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General Milley, just-retired JCOS chairman being threatened with physical harm by MAGA President to the extent he has to hire private security. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), seconding the MAGA ex-president, saying General Milley should be ‘hung’. (His...
by citixen
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on Sun Oct 01, 2023 at 02:21 PM PDT
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Dr. John Dee 1574: "Some persons have super-normal powers not of a magitien but of a peculiar and scientific qualiti" Metaphysical studies generally seek to explain inherent or universal elements of reality which are not easily discovered or...
by Angmar
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on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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This falls under the unfortunately common category of “only in America...only to someone Black”. Minor (AL) High School coach Johnnie Mims was finishing up leading his band at the end of a football game (like they normally) do, when police ordered them...
by ursusdavid
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on Thu Sep 21, 2023 at 04:59 PM PDT
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“What do you want for your birthday”? my wife sweet Mel Melissa Pavlik asked as my 49 birthday was getting close. There was one birthday wish that I wanted to fulfil. For many years around my birthday, my Facebook and Instagram accounts get inundated...
by The Boss Gomez
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on Thu Aug 17, 2023 at 12:30 PM PDT
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An apology. My keyboard is failing, and I have lost the “t” key, so am copy-pasting or Unicoding where needed. If I miss one or more, please grant me grace to understand that you are seeing typos, not subtext or sly commentary. ******** Trump’s...
by Gaelsdottir
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on Wed Aug 16, 2023 at 07:35 AM PDT
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I came across this news report via Eschaton, and it seemed that the least I could do for the Marion Record in response to such a bloodcurdling, last-gasp cry for help is reconstruct the events described in Marion, KS in chronological order. edit:...
by Amillenial Fisking King
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on Sun Aug 13, 2023 at 09:02 AM PDT
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Sinéad O'Connor, the Irish singer whose legacy with hits like "Nothing Compares 2 U" made headlines with an infamous appearance on Saturday Night Live, during which she tore up a photo of the pope.
by The Boss Gomez
176 comments
on Wed Jul 26, 2023 at 11:50 AM PDT
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by RubenBolling
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on Thu Jun 22, 2023 at 04:50 AM PDT
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The feds need to look into possible human rights abuses and trafficking by Govs. Abbott and DeSantis Right now, human beings are being used as political stunts. In an effort to embolden their base, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov.�Ron DeSantis have proudly boasted that they have put ...
by Erin Tulley
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on Thu Jun 15, 2023 at 02:00 PM PDT
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I hope I am not violating any rules with this content. Please forgive me if I did. Poltico reported on the EU calling out Mark Z for his failure to be a responsible content provider and will follow up with him when they meet at Meta HQ on June 23rd....
by healejd
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on Thu Jun 08, 2023 at 12:31 PM PDT
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Illinois' attorney general has ended a five-year investigation into sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in the state, releasing a � nearly 700-page report � that revealed the problem was far ...
by Associated Press
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on Wed May 24, 2023 at 04:09 PM PDT
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Sorry I’m so late this week. Ir’s hard to follow the news these days without going crazy. The reality is grim, but reality has very little to do with what is being done in the states and the House of Representatives, and the results are frightening. In...
by ramara
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on Sat May 20, 2023 at 05:23 PM PDT
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- If the Supreme Court thinks former presidents have or do not have extensive or absolute immunity against criminal prosecution, why not just say so now? Why would it take months? Do they have something better to do? Are their other priorities on their...42 comments 84 Recs
- -Prosecutors argued that Trump has violated the gag order four times since Tuesday’s hearing on potential contempt fines for violating the gag order. The judge has still not ruled on that contempt motion. He set a hearing for 2:15 next Wednesday on the...34 comments 137 Recs
- "He Wrote All of it Down" - Prosecution has Weisselberg's Handwritten Notes, Spelling Out the SchemeMichael Cohen’s testimony in the election interference trial of Donald Trump shall be corroborated by a simple bank statement, on which CFO Allan Weisselberg broke down the reimbursement scheme. The prosecution has that bank statement, as they told the...176 comments 522 Recs
- Multiple news outlets are reporting that infamous right-wing election conspiracy-slinging website, The Gateway Pundit, has declared bankruptcy in order to “consolidate” risk associated with multiple pending lawsuits. These defamation lawsuits are the...77 comments 466 Recs
- David Pecker blames Trump for the entire scheme but still considers him a friend. Was it the lie to Melania or was it the cover-up? He did have a much longer affair with Karen McDougal than with Stormy Daniels, and AMI spent more to keep her quiet than...33 comments 102 Recs
- After a needless delay of several weeks, the Supreme Court has finally assembled to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump can be held accountable for the crimes he committed while occupying the White House. He is asserting that an imaginary doctrine...153 comments 238 Recs
- I just want to say thank you from Ukraine to every US citizen and every friend of Ukraine all over the world who took action and made this critically needed military assistance package possible. Thank you for every call and email to your congressman,...199 comments 802 Recs
- One predictable effect of the various states charging the fake electors is that because these people were State Party officials, any lawyers hired by the defendants will very likely have their fees paid by the state party. e.g. In GA, the State...124 comments 574 Recs
- I just found out that some of our oldest (longest term) and dearest Kossacks have recently been laid off or resigned. Apparently It came up in the comments in the diary about the Second DK Site Maintenance with the recent update. I had no idea. I...822 comments 1354 Recs
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