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By Renate Justin (1926- 2017) Dr. Renate Justin, our mother and aunt, died in 2017 at the age of 90. She was a German Jewish refugee from the Holocaust. She, her parents (her father recently released from Buchenwald concentration camp) and two sisters...
by Blue Notes
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on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 09:28 AM PST
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Here’s a truth (or do I mean a truism?): you’re only young once. I say that, of course, as I head for my 80th year on this planet....
by TomDispatch
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on Thu Jan 18, 2024 at 07:53 AM PST
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Yes, “the world” just gathered in the United Arab Emirates, a major oil producer, to decide the fate of our planet. And among...
by TomDispatch
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on Tue Dec 19, 2023 at 07:05 AM PST
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. I began TomDispatch a century or so ago (just kidding!) in response to a piece I read in the mainstream media soon after the Bush...
by TomDispatch
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on Tue Oct 31, 2023 at 07:31 AM PDT
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At the same time that the United States is struggling in the midst of a conservative Republican “culture war” against American history that is dividing the nation, crippling government, and undermining education, distressing national test scores show...
by Alan Singer
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on Sun May 14, 2023 at 10:56 AM PDT
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Elon Musk wants his employees to work 60+ hours/week. www.thestreet.com/... House GOP members want to raise the age to receive full Social Security to age 70 because the GOP want's to hoodwink America into thinking men and women want to “work longer”....
by Kenneth DeBacker
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on Mon Jan 16, 2023 at 05:19 PM PST
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**Conferences** Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War: Social and Economic Costs of the Current Nuclear Weapons Buildup Saturday, January 21 Addressing Climate Emergency for Small Islands States: The case of the Maldives Monday, January 30 **Lecture...
by gmoke
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on Sat Dec 31, 2022 at 02:11 PM PST
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Like so many Black women, the topic of hair has always loomed large in my life. I’m a Black biracial woman; my mother was Jewish, and my father (who raised me) was Black. And I can confidently say ...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Mon Jan 02, 2023 at 09:00 AM PST
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I hear the debate. People complain about fairness. X gets something Y does not. IT IS UNFAIR!!! Well, what about charity? What about medicaid? What about progressive tax rates? What about disability? What about tax exemptions for the rich that 99% of...
by iarnstein
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on Tue Sep 06, 2022 at 09:25 AM PDT
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Today, 80 years ago, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked American forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, launching the USA into a long war against both racist fascist and racist nazi ideologies, then suffocating nations of millions. Many, many, many years of...
by Falcon Hawke
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on Tue Dec 07, 2021 at 04:25 PM PST
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It seems like it is a conspiracy against Americans. And it is. The perpetrators are very well orchestrated. Now we must as well. Americans must fight back Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 11:00 AM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live Calls: (346)248-7799...
by Egberto Willies
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on Fri Nov 26, 2021 at 12:53 PM PST
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A new Quinnipiac Poll shows Americans are confused. REALLY! GOP sock it to frozen Texans. Chris Christie wrote a new book that ignores Fox News lies. Americans are confused. Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 11:00 AM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live...
by Egberto Willies
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on Thu Nov 18, 2021 at 01:00 PM PST
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So we sit, month after month, patiently waiting for the 90 million or so unvaccinated, COVID-19 vaccine-eligible people in this country to get off their pampered American asses and drive a meager mile or so to the CVS or Walgreen’s to get a safe and...
by Dartagnan
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on Fri Aug 13, 2021 at 06:14 PM PDT
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As the great philosopher, Pogo, wisely proclaimed, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” There can be little doubt that the problem with America is Americans. While the right-wing media flails widely about casting blame on others, especially...
by JohnBAlexander
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on Mon Aug 02, 2021 at 02:54 PM PDT
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Please bear with the opening moments — I promise it’s worth it.
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by mettle fatigue
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on Tue Jan 19, 2021 at 02:30 PM PST
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"It will be practically and politically impossible to close the emissions gap if governments don't cut the carbon footprint of the wealthy and end the inequalities which leave millions of people without access to power or unable to heat their homes."...
by mettle fatigue
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on Sun Dec 13, 2020 at 10:16 PM PST
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Dear Leader Mitch McConnell, I know we had our differences in the last few years. We might have criticized you overtly that you were somehow in cahoots with Russia and called you Moscow Mitch. We were quite concerned about how you were silent on...
by kkodithala
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on Thu Nov 12, 2020 at 05:30 AM PST
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After four years of madness, sleepless nights, worry and darkness...light is at the end of the tunnel. Today, we can celebrate the election of President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris. We worked hard to save our democracy — and...
by ChrisH982
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on Sat Nov 07, 2020 at 10:59 AM PST
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by WildLilac
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on Fri Nov 06, 2020 at 06:34 AM PST
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You know, I must be living in the damned Twilight Zone or something. Never in my estimation could we have ever gotten to this level...EVER! I have been alive for seven presidential administrations and studied history of the same. You know what? I...
by marroyo66
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- Today, the state of Louisiana managed to do something I didn’t think possible — they found a new low. Once Jeff Landry, a far-right acolyte, was elected governor I knew the place was going to be in rough shape. The state legislature is hopeless, with...86 comments 270 Recs
- This is the best news of the day. As Dark Brandon might say, trashing an over-the-horizon radar is a big fucking deal. Is that the silhouette of Ammo Dump Jesus in the ball of flame blessing the bavovna? Run away! Run away! Russians try an assault with...76 comments 286 Recs
- Dickie Betts has passed, now jamming with Duane. The Allman Bros were a major part of my life’s soundtrack. Not because I was into them but my little brother was. Donnie had them cranked all the time, Southern Rock was his genre. Donnie also recently...127 comments 338 Recs
- GET OUT THE VOTE BIG TIME! HERE ARE THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO DO THAT! Hope Springs from Field PAC (background in this DKos story). Voters of Tomorrow (younger voters) led by Santiago Mayer Leaders We Deserve (younger voters) led by David Hogg The...25 comments 158 Recs
- ABC news and Reuters report that Israel has struck a site in Isfahan, Iran near an airport. Currently, information is still coming in and we do not know if there are casualties or serious damage. Read here: abcnews.go.com/… www.reuters.com/...190 comments 44 Recs
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- Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, my heart has been heavy at the suffering of so many innocent people in Ukraine. War is always a tragedy, but this war is particularly touching to me because of its David vs. Goliath, good vs evil quality. The bravery...153 comments 317 Recs
- Trump and Jesse Watters, as well as conservative influencer media, just bullied a juror into leaving Trump’s Manhattan Criminal trial. I have read Democrats raging against the poor woman, calling her a coward, but really, can anyone blame her? Juror...12 comments 42 Recs
- I’m hoping Mark Sumner will be up with a live blog but there’s a load of stuff already happening: All from WaPo Liveblog: Justice Juan Merchan dismissed Juror No. 2, a nurse who said she had concerns after people she knew identified her as a juror and...383 comments 346 Recs
- Today should be an interesting day in Judge Merchan’s court room.� Donald Trump reposted an attack by Fox’s Jesse Watters on the jury members selected for Trump’s current trial in NYC on ...235 comments 451 Recs
- Fed Chair Jerome Powell reveals the cause of persistent inflation - economy is becoming uninsurable.Jerome Powell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was nominated by Donald Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the US Senate. President Joe Biden renominated him when he entered office in January of 2021. The job of the Fed...193 comments 502 Recs
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