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The vast majority of police officers in the US are decent, hard-working people who may never fire their weapons once in the line of duty. Law-enforcement personnel are members of the DailyKos community. We have relatives who are cops. But too many...
by C0RI0LANUS
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on Thu Apr 25, 2024 at 12:31 AM PDT
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On Friday, 12 April 2024, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two controversial bills to protect law enforcement from "anti-police activists." SB 184 sets a 25-foot "no-go" zone around police and first responders who are "engaged in the lawful performance...
by C0RI0LANUS
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on Sun Apr 14, 2024 at 05:55 PM PDT
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Thanks to Michael Lee at Bellingcat, the Ada County Sheriff in Idaho can seek extradition of dangerous militant Aamon Bundy from the state of Utah. If you recall, in 2014 the Bundy family led an armed standoff against Bureau of Land Management (BLM)...
by C0RI0LANUS
163 comments
on Sat Mar 30, 2024 at 06:06 AM PDT
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According to the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), hundreds of NJ law-enforcement officers attended a police training conference where they were taught unconstitutional policing tactics which glorified violence while simultaneously...
by C0RI0LANUS
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on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 12:13 AM PDT
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This is really an update to a previous diary I posted a few days ago. His offense: wearing his hair in long locs. I imagine most folks have heard of the devastating ruling against Darryl George last Thursday. CHAMBERS COUNTY - A Texas judge ruled in...
by rflctammt
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on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 07:27 AM PST
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I don’t know how many of you have been following the saga of an unfortunate, perhaps, but brave, certainly, young Black high school student in Texas named Darryl George. I know Black Kos members have. Black folk have been discriminated against not just...
by rflctammt
383 comments
on Thu Feb 22, 2024 at 12:03 PM PST
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Sergeant John “Edward” Welch, Harlem Renaissance Man Artist / Sign Painter, World War II Buffalo Soldier by Mary Hess, with Bobby and Joan Harris Photographs of Edward Welch’s Art courtesy of Bobby and Joan Harris In 1918, as a baby in his mother’s...
by limelightonyou
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on Sun Feb 25, 2024 at 04:44 AM PST
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Reposted from My Substack By vast numbers, most Americans agree with the predominantly Democratic position that we should maintain a separation of Church doctrine and State governane — and yet we still have loud and vocal movements to restore prayer in...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Fri Feb 02, 2024 at 09:00 AM PST
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(Author’s note: If you read this story straight out, you may be tempted to dismiss it. But what attracted me to attempting this speculative narrative is that almost every past-tense statement in here is true. For instance, Thomas’s wife, Ginni, really...
by announ
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on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 06:50 AM PST
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Yes, White people, allies and friends of White people and other people of every color, and all people who will likely become part of a marginalized group sooner or later — this constitutes a very real threat to your children and their future. No more...
by rflctammt
105 comments
on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 10:56 AM PST
with 235 Recommends
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At least 25 books are no longer for sale at gift shops at sites overseen by the Texas Historical Commission. Those books include: “Roots,” by Alex Haley; “Invisible Man,” by Ralph Ellison; “White Rage,” by Carol Anderson; and “Stamped from the...
by Walter Einenkel
42 comments
on Fri Dec 08, 2023 at 02:36 PM PST
with 115 Recommends
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MAGAs like to claim that January 6 was a "Peaceful Protest that got out of hand" (which is a false claim I debunked in a similar previous diary) but they also say Anti-Police Violence protests over George Floyd were just "Violent Riots." How does the...
by Frank Vyan Walton
80 comments
on Sat Nov 25, 2023 at 10:10 AM PST
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Latest report from Fox News: Middle-aged, anti-American terrorist driving a $300,000 Bentley on his way to Canada to kill American icon Gene Simmons, lead singer of Kiss, approached the border crossing and the bombs in his vehicle went off when he...
by Bob Johnson
170 comments
on Wed Nov 22, 2023 at 10:59 PM PST
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AZ GOP Rep Gosar Pushes to Open Protected Grand Canyon Area to Uranium Mining on Sacred Tribal Lands Arizona Representative Paul Gosar added to the Interior Appropriations Bill an Amendment that would prohibit using Interior Department funds to implement, administer, or enforce the Presidential Proclamation that established the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah...
by Roadrunner65
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on Sun Nov 12, 2023 at 11:06 AM PST
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Apparently eager to keep the chaos going, House Republicans have put forth budget distractions instead of solutions that leadership from both parties agreed on earlier this year. The Biden administration has made it clear that all new amendments...
by Walter Einenkel
118 comments
on Fri Nov 03, 2023 at 07:55 AM PDT
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Just having a little bit of fun at a Wyoming state legislator’s expense, since he’s being reliably right-wing but wrong, and I’m sure it’s not the first time. Today’s Colorado State Open ...
by ColoTim
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on Mon Oct 30, 2023 at 06:00 PM PDT
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To oversimplify the dilemma: Much of The non-Jewish right wing and their MAGA ilk have no problem “supporting” Israel (sure, let Israel fire-fight the Gazans- Hamas and civilians because they’re all Muslims), but are themselves also in bed with White...
by KKwriter
56 comments
on Thu Oct 19, 2023 at 04:16 PM PDT
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On Wednesday, Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama went on the “Bloomberg: Balance of Power” show to discuss the impending government shutdown as well as his battle to weaken our military. Host Joe Mathieu asked Tuberville about voting against President...
by Walter Einenkel
111 comments
on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 10:37 AM PDT
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Nightmare dentist Rep. Paul Gosar continues to spew hate-filled, misinformed invective out into the public sphere. On his official government website, Gosar unspooled a conspiracy theory in which former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chairman of the...
by Walter Einenkel
217 comments
on Mon Sep 25, 2023 at 12:22 PM PDT
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I saw and saved a lot of what went on during BLM and finally took the time to sort and resize some of the pics . . .
by Tax Haven
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on Tue Sep 19, 2023 at 02:03 PM PDT
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- Kristi Noem is the Governor of South Dakota. A leading candidate for Trump VP. And a woman who takes pleasure in killing things. To promote her candidacy, she will publish her obligatory autobiography, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with...314 comments 214 Recs
- Many Americans are confused by the spectacle they heard (we couldn’t “witness” it because Republicans on the Supreme Court won’t allow their proceedings to be televised) yesterday as an attorney for Donald Trump, at least three different times in...82 comments 237 Recs
- All our fears to the contrary, Trump actually has little real chance of winning the upcoming election. The key is demographics. There are, of course, a number of factors that influence which voters vote for which candidates, and these factors can...43 comments 60 Recs
- 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...301 comments 612 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 ...14 comments 115 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”...22 comments 122 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...412 comments 788 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...61 comments 161 Recs
- Happy Freidai, Peeps! Some of us donât have to sweat out a workweek, but even so, sometimes Freidai makes us want to dance. But what KIND of dance? But FIRST: A gentle reminder of how we do ...71 comments 59 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...129 comments 275 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...44 comments 182 Recs
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