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Remember Madison Cawthorn , the one-term GOP wonder boy who flamed out in a flurry of scandals, not the least of which was claiming he had been “ invited to what he described as cocaine-fueled ...
by xaxnar
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on Fri Oct 06, 2023 at 10:45 AM PDT
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Writing at Alternet, Thom Hartmann has put together a summary of the long history of GOP actions that have been bad for business and bad for America too. With the media narrative pushing the idea that the economy is a disaster under Biden (Hint — it’s...
by xaxnar
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on Wed Aug 30, 2023 at 09:10 AM PDT
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UPDATE: Monday, Jul 17, 2023 · 5:17:50 PM +00:00 · xaxnar Novapsyche has provided a gift link to the Article; many thanks! Thanks to everyone else who has done so in comments. UPDATE: This report in the NY Times is getting a lot of attention — see...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Jul 17, 2023 at 08:56 AM PDT
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Sunday I wrote up a diary based on multiple reports from Alternet that covered the shooting in Allen, Texas . There was one article in particular that deserves more attention, so I’m excerpting ...
by xaxnar
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on Mon May 08, 2023 at 06:25 AM PDT
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Once again, I have to delete a perfectly good, well, actually flaky “woe is me” open thread because I find a story on the internet that makes me see red. I was reading my fb feed when a story from Alternet scrolled past and I backed up and started...
by blueoregon
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on Sat Sep 03, 2022 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Via Brandon Gage at AlterNet: Texas GOP governor refuses to acknowledge climate change while cities drown in '1-in-1,000 year' floods Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott refused to acknowledge that climate change is driving the historic flooding that...
by xaxnar
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on Wed Aug 24, 2022 at 08:53 AM PDT
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What else does the January 6 Select Committee know? (Plus Colbert's hearing highlights from 6-28-22) The surprise hearing by the January 6 Select Committee on Tuesday June 28, 2022 was full of bombshells from the riveting testimony given by Cassidy Hutchinson. The hearing began by establishing Hutchinson’s credibility as someone who is a Republican,...
by xaxnar
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on Wed Jun 29, 2022 at 07:31 AM PDT
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AlterNet crops out Trump's double chin, uses a more flattering photo for their "bonkers" Trump story Related articles: Trump Asked Not To Publish Unflattering Double Chin Picture, The Internet Responded, Sad and Useless 'Prompted my diary: This story is fairly shocking': WaPo reporter breaks down latest 'bonkers' reports on Trump’s final days as...
by HalBrown
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on Thu Feb 17, 2022 at 07:16 AM PST
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I would like to say it’s amazing that 20 years of blundering in Afghanistan is now being proclaimed all the fault of President Joe Biden. I would like to, but it’s not. I will repeat a quote from Charles P. Pierce the other day. There are a number of...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Aug 22, 2021 at 08:00 AM PDT
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Ever hear of the old game of “Hot Potato”? Hot potato is a party game that involves players gathering in a circle and tossing a small object such as a beanbag or even a real potato to each other while music plays.[1] The player who is holding the...
by xaxnar
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on Fri Aug 20, 2021 at 09:23 AM PDT
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Let's talk about the Exxon Mobil bipartisan infrastructure bill: following the money, what's missing Via MarketWatch, Basav Sen of the Climate Policy Program at the Institute for Policy Studies details how Exxon Mobil dictated key elements of the bill, stripping out some vital measures that would deal with climate — but hurt Exxon Mobil’s bottom line....
by xaxnar
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on Fri Jul 30, 2021 at 09:13 AM PDT
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Paul Rosenberg at Alternet has a fascinating read: An edition of the Bible aimed at right-wing evangelicals has quietly scrubbed references to slavery and 'the Jews' The Bible is a moving target, continually being revised and tailored to suit...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Jul 12, 2021 at 01:48 PM PDT
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I would have missed the story from Daily Kos contributing editor Hunter, a wordsmith par excellence. Hunter joined Kos in 2003 and has published 7915 diaries. I would have missed his super snarky exercise in taking down Trump’s attempt at building a...
by HalBrown
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on Thu May 13, 2021 at 08:34 AM PDT
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Alex Henderson, a freelance journalist, wrote a story in Alternet that could be interpreted as a window to the psyche of Family trump. It seems that when Rudy Colludy has his crib tossed, it sent a wave of fear through the Trump orbit. Alex quotes a...
by RUBonaTwinkie
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on Thu May 06, 2021 at 11:51 AM PDT
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Okay, here’s the deal. We knew there was no chance 17 Republicans would choose to do the right thing and vote to convict Donald Trump. They couldn’t keep him from getting the nomination. They refused to do anything for four years of chaos. They...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Feb 14, 2021 at 10:59 AM PST
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Via Alternet, DCReport finds there’s an interesting set of numbers out of the Bluegrass State. ...In 2017, a Public Policy Polling Survey asked Kentuckians, "Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Mitch McConnell's job performance?" Only 18% approved....
by xaxnar
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on Sun Dec 20, 2020 at 11:20 AM PST
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thanks to Black Max for suggesting I diary this link about Cunha’s peremptory firing from the NYT and the longstanding relationships between NYT upper echelons and Trump. Credit to Alternet for publishing Cunha’s article. I was fired from the New York...
by mrnola
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on Sun Nov 24, 2019 at 01:30 PM PST
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Alternet is reporting today that there are seemingly honest conservatives out there who acknowledge the White Supremacist problem of today’s GOP, but who insist that a conservative movement that opposes white supremacy is not only possible, but could...
by senorjoel
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on Sat Sep 07, 2019 at 04:25 AM PDT
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The BBC has reported that:
...Few details have been released about the incident, which is said to have taken place at about 06:00 (02:00 GMT) on Sunday within UAE territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman, east of the emirate of Fujairah.
The UAE...
by xaxnar
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on Tue May 14, 2019 at 08:11 PM PDT
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Bill Maher comes up with some good stuff every so often. His latest is having Barack Obama impersonator Reggie Brown to come to the show and repeat phrases that Trump has said over the last few years, while calling out Republican hypocrisy. (Hat tip to...
by xaxnar
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on Sat Aug 05, 2017 at 07:27 PM PDT
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