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Back on April 4, 2024, Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo offered up an observation that I found rather striking. Many people have been outraged that Biden has not forced Israel into a cease-fire and are angry that the U.S. is still sending weapons...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 06:56 AM PDT
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UPDATE 4-13-24 5:10 ET The NY Times reports Iran has launched drone attacks on Israeli territory. ...Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said in a statement broadcast on state television that it had launched missiles as well as drones toward Israel from...
by xaxnar
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on Sat Apr 13, 2024 at 07:46 AM PDT
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The NY Times has noticed the Right is winning the disinformation wars - and what they omit says why. The Headline at the Paper of Record is explicit: How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation Their claims of censorship have successfully stymied the effort to filter election lies online. It’s a good read up to a point. The right wing...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 08:34 AM PDT
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Via the BBC Donald Trump told to pay six-figure costs of firm he sued Donald Trump has been told to pay the six-figure legal costs of a company he sued over claims of "perverted" sex acts and bribes to Russian officials. Mrs Justice Steyn threw out the...
by xaxnar
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 09:21 PM PST
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Just a quick post before running off on multiple errands. This is apparently going viral — a former BBC news anchor, Emily Maitlis, was at Mar-a-Lago covering the reactions to the Super Tuesday primary vote for the News Agents, and was interviewing...
by xaxnar
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on Wed Mar 06, 2024 at 05:49 AM PST
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See Updates Below So it seems Saturday in South Carolina, Trump was bragging how he told NATO leaders if they didn’t pay up, he’d invite Russia to do whatever the hell they wanted to them. Via The NY Times (full access): Trump Says He Gave NATO Allies...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Feb 11, 2024 at 07:06 AM PST
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Despite the risk of TOO MUCH INFORMATION, I’ve put together this TL;DR compendium of writings addressing the constitutional challenge now facing the country. I realize it is a lot to go through, but when the regular media treats Trump vs Biden as “the...
by xaxnar
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on Tue Jan 30, 2024 at 10:43 AM PST
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The New Hampshire Primary was the first in which it was essentially a choice between just Trump or Haley - but it won’t be the last. While Haley did not score a knock-out, neither did Trump win by an overwhelming margin either, not for a former...
by xaxnar
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on Thu Jan 25, 2024 at 08:10 AM PST
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MUST SEE!!! Digby's two videos, article on what the GOP will do to America and the world if they win Digby has three things that need to be seen as widely as possible. 1) There’s a Tik Tok video from Courier Newsroom that pulls out specifics from Project 2025 on just a few of the things that will horrify anyone who hasn’t drunk the Heritage Foundation...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Jan 15, 2024 at 03:01 PM PST
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Via the BBC Abrielle Baldwin, 23, was shot in the chest by one brother while she had her 10-month-old son in a carrier, the Florida sheriff's office said. The brother was then shot by their other sibling, who pulled his own gun, Pinellas County...
by xaxnar
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on Wed Dec 27, 2023 at 09:49 AM PST
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ICYMI, House Speaker Mike Johnson released thousands of hours of video from the January 6 insurrection to supposedly reveal the ‘truth’ about what happened that day. As The NY Times reported 11/23/23, Johnson’s Release of Jan. 6 Video Feeds Right-Wing...
by xaxnar
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on Wed Nov 29, 2023 at 12:07 PM PST
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I keep on seeing a commercial for Indonesia on BBC News channel. The way they are selling themselves, in some ways, tickles me: Amid the world slowdown, we stand firm. As home to a fifth of global nickel reserves, Indonesia is poised to lead the global...
by gmoke
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on Sun Nov 26, 2023 at 11:07 AM PST
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See the update below with Kevin Drum’s take on the import of this election 11-24-23 12:00 noon ET If you didn’t see the post about this from marsanges, here it is: Shock election result in The Netherlands - Geert Wilders wins ...Geert Wilders is the...
by xaxnar
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on Thu Nov 23, 2023 at 09:00 AM PST
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Please let me clarify from the start, there hasn’t been a single social media site that can 100% guarantee that it’s users will be protected from encountering hateful material. This is simply due to the fact that people post their opinions on these...
by Discobiscuit1978
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on Fri Nov 17, 2023 at 01:44 AM PST
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Here’s something of a treat for fans of Doctor Who. While it seems incredible, it has now been 60 years since the first adventure of the Timelord from Gallifrey was broadcast on the BBC. This is a link to the audio of a 2023 performance by the BBC...
by xaxnar
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on Tue Oct 24, 2023 at 06:18 PM PDT
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This is a major story in Europe; the Gotthard Base Tunnel has been closed by a derailment that happened on August 10, 2023. The tunnel is an incredible piece of infrastructure and a passenger as well as freight route. The accident is in the news now as...
by xaxnar
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on Fri Aug 18, 2023 at 09:14 AM PDT
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I stumbled on a BBC documentary called "South Africa: On the edge of darkness" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofwx-kyxHq4) a week or so ago. It was a hard look at the South African energy and climate situation where coal provides 85% of the...
by gmoke
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on Sat Aug 12, 2023 at 08:49 PM PDT
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The NY Times reports experiments with muons give a pretty clear hint that the standard model of particles and forces is… incomplete. Scientists are putting to the test the Standard Model, a grand theory that encompasses all of nature’s known particles...
by xaxnar
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on Thu Aug 10, 2023 at 09:31 AM PDT
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There’s more tankie nonsense about how slow Ukraine’s progress is, this time at the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66383377 The report describes Ukraine’s actions to date as mostly defensive. The push down to Kharkiv, the breaking of the...
by bobdowling
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on Sat Aug 05, 2023 at 11:43 AM PDT
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James Landale reporting from Kyiv for the BBC has the story of a surprise discovery: the remains of 8 British Hurricane fighters sent to the Soviet Union early in World War 2, after Germany invaded. ...They were part of a package of allied military...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Jul 02, 2023 at 06:50 AM PDT
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- If the Supreme Court thinks former presidents have, or do not have, some 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 there other priorities on their...289 comments 593 Recs
- Reposted from Substack This week MAGA Media outlets have breathlessly declared that they’ve found “smoking gun” evidence that proves that the Biden Administration was in communication with ...13 comments 83 Recs
- Expect the Senate race to be close this fall—unless Wisconsinites find out what Eric Hovde thinks of them. Are you a farmer? Eric Hovde thinks your retirement age should be pushed up to 72 because after all, “you’re largely driving around on a tractor”...15 comments 88 Recs
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- Welcome 🌻 to Fridayâs Roundup of Good News! President Biden has said many times that he is a president for all of America, whether you voted for him or not. His attitude can be hard to take at ...111 comments 158 Recs
- A new digital ad will run in the swing states during the NFL draft. The draft festivities were held in Detroit, attended by 300,000, and broadcast to millions across the country. The ad targets Trump's lack of interest in football, comparing it to...47 comments 144 Recs
- Never in my long life have I been as enraged and sickened about American politics as I am now. I am close to utter despair at what I’m seeing. My beloved country is becoming an insane asylum, filled with people who want to see the American experiment...120 comments 260 Recs
- I am channeling my inner Andy Rooney for this VERY short diary, and am delighted that the Image Library is here to help yet again. Did ya ever notice how, right after the Democrats pull off something absolutely remarkable, this strange thing happens...400 comments 778 Recs
- Russian forces conducted missile strikes against Ukrainian railway and logistics infrastructure on April 25. Ukrainian military officials reported that Russian forces struck a logistics and railway connection point in Smila, Cherkasy Oblast likely with...37 comments 172 Recs
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