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Hello to the Daily Kos community. I come to you again asking for help. As always, you can read about the Section 14 Survivors Committee and the cause that we struggle for here: www.theguardian.com/… here: www.latimes.com/… and various other websites...
by izqu
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 02:56 PM PDT
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Florida man Rep. Matt Gaetz went on Newsmax Wednesday night to spin Donald Trump’s win in Monday’s Iowa’s Republican caucuses. After arguing that Trump’s victory was even biglier because the weather in Iowa was so bad, Gaetz addressed the nagging...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Jan 18, 2024 at 10:10 AM PST
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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
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Sorry for the brief hiatus, but between watching election returns, drinking cheap beer, and dodging that pesky coyote, the roadrunner has been busy. However, I was summoned by conscience to return to highlight an esoteric but revealing move made by a...
by Roadrunner65
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on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 11:47 PM PST
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From the late 1950’s through the 1960’s, residents of Palm Springs California, playground of the stars and home of the rich, were kicked out of their homes and had their homes bulldozed, burned down or destroyed in other ways. For some people this...
by izqu
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on Sun Sep 24, 2023 at 09:26 PM PDT
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As a white woman who once taught Black History to hundreds of elementary school students and Diversity Education to hundreds of high school teachers and college students, it’s important to me to keep abreast of “culturally correct” language in the...
by rflctammt
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on Thu Sep 07, 2023 at 05:39 PM PDT
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Support groups help manage the strain on caregivers in the epicenter of Alzheimer’s cases.
By� George B. Sánchez-Tello �for Capital & Main
Peggy Melancon, known as Mother Peggy, � got on the ...
by Capital and Main
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on Tue Aug 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT
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I’m not pointing fingers at anyone. I’m simply trying to educate, because it seems like a lot of people either don’t know this, or don’t understand it, and probably a few just can’t be bothered. But it actually does matter. Straight from google —...
by rflctammt
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on Fri Aug 11, 2023 at 11:59 AM PDT
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They want to hurt black people in America. I detailed here how my father, a military veteran, had to come home from foreign wars to sit in the back of the bus. He died in 2005 from drug addiction and a long struggle with illness. We were estranged...
by sepiasiren
204 comments
on Sun Jul 30, 2023 at 04:20 PM PDT
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From a story on Raw Story, here’s a Fox News guest complaining that Hollywood is so woke that “Snow White is not even a white woman anymore, even though her name is Snow White.” I suspect she is really, really not going to like the movie Black...
by Yojo
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on Mon Jul 24, 2023 at 08:03 PM PDT
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Kentucky MAGA Republican James Comer, Chair of the House Oversight Committee, has been exposed as basically a con man with his phony Hunter Biden bribe witness. Now he is trying to rewrite the history of Trump and Covid. Comer’s latest stunt to try to...
by thomhartmann
294 comments
on Fri Jul 14, 2023 at 08:09 AM PDT
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I’m a 78-year-old white man. Ever since I read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ path-breaking 2014 essay in The Atlantic, I’ve been thinking about reparations and how to make them work. Why? Because I think our society and our democracy are sick. And I think the root...
by dratler
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on Mon Jun 05, 2023 at 11:10 AM PDT
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The abuse of power by the GOP majority is happening in many states. Oklahoma against lawmakers they disagree with has now happened in Oklahoma: “Oklahoma’s only nonbinary state lawmaker, Rep. Mauree Turner (D-OKC), was censured by the...
by Kenneth DeBacker
101 comments
on Sun Apr 30, 2023 at 05:15 PM PDT
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by Nick Anderson
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on Wed Feb 01, 2023 at 05:00 AM PST
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One of five officers accused of beating Tyre Nichols previously involved in an assault, lawsuit says Five former Memphis police officers were arrested and charged with second-degree murder Thursday in connection to the death of a Black man Trye Nichols, who was stopped by the police on Jan. 7. The officers, who are all Black, face multiple charges of...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Fri Jan 27, 2023 at 09:30 AM PST
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Today, mindful of the MLK holiday, I woke up with this phrase: the burden of eyes. And it became this. Let’s make this the last generation That frequently suffers The burden of eyes Casting out icy judgement For nothing more Than pigment Instead let’s...
by ProgToddNorCal
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on Mon Jan 16, 2023 at 03:49 PM PST
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As Patrisse Cullors looked out upon a sea of umbrellas battered by rainfall, sirens rang out and red lights flashed onto her face. "I keep seeing all these ambulances. And I keep seeing the fire department. And I keep wondering 'where were they?' I...
by VPSReports
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on Sat Jan 14, 2023 at 08:02 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
47 comments
on Mon Jan 02, 2023 at 09:00 AM PST
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Chris Paul has long been recognized as an historically great point guard. Who can forget his move against Pau Gasol in the Olympics to help seal a close game in the Olympic finals for Team USA. Since Steve Nash, Chris Paul has been recognized as the...
by Dem
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on Fri Dec 16, 2022 at 02:25 PM PST
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This year, a record-breaking 145 American Muslim candidates ran for local, state, and federal office, including 48 state legislative candidates running in 23 states. Prior to Tuesday’s election, only 29 American Muslims were in office as state...
by Aysha Qamar
7 comments
on Fri Nov 11, 2022 at 08:40 AM PST
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