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[If you appreciate my writing you can join my Substack where I am 4-5 articles ahead, but it has a free tier. Subscribe now. Thanks.] Reposted from My Substack. This week, Rep. Elise Stefanik vehemently argued that we should ask “Are you better off...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Sat Mar 16, 2024 at 09:05 AM PDT
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And I am pissed. The defense horde is squeezing blood from a turnip, turning facts on their heads, and trying to create something out of thin air. I am ashamed of my profession. Olde white dudes, upset by the fact that a black dare seek a conviction...
by agnostic
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on Fri Mar 01, 2024 at 10:59 AM PST
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Probably because she’s a despicable sub-human bigot Fox Propaganda Host and rumor-monger Maria Bartiromo idly wondered today if Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts are at fault for the death of the 3 U.S. Soldiers recently in Jordan. Because of...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Tue Jan 30, 2024 at 03:20 PM PST
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Yesterday was COP28’s official "rest" day, the half-way point of the 2-week UN climate negotiations. We spent the day reading this lovely paper we saw some deniers getting mad about at some point in the last month or so... "Climate denialism bullshit...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
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on Fri Dec 08, 2023 at 06:29 AM PST
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Gun violence and alternative facts solved! (Satire warning) — apparently not everyone - the lawyer for the former guy - understands what satire is and how it’s used. Refer to E. Jean Trial line of clueless questioning. I am writing with a fresh and...
by keighserah
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on Wed May 03, 2023 at 11:22 AM PDT
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by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Tue Dec 06, 2022 at 08:00 AM PST
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Let this sink in for a moment: Associate Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the majority opinion in Dobbs, called Roe "settled law" and "important precedent" during his 2006 confirmation hearings, but did not rule out re-examining it. The three most...
by ThinkOutsideTheBox
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on Tue Sep 06, 2022 at 08:39 AM PDT
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Herein where Trump calls imprisoned WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner “spoiled” and “loaded up with drugs.” Because this is the image that people like Trump have of successful talented women of color. Brittney was carrying less than an ounce —...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Thu Aug 04, 2022 at 01:34 PM PDT
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As we’re all well aware, effective election preparations are all about good messaging (and the self-fulfilling prophecies that often come with it), and the “Latinos are re-aligning towards the GOP” is one of the dumber and more inaccurate media memes...
by Tweedledee5
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on Thu Jul 28, 2022 at 10:23 AM PDT
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School shootings are the best thing ever. Be glad someone’s child is sacraficed for your need to sell guns, get ad revenue, or use the fear button to hold on to power. And make sure you damn well act like you care but your needs outweigh some dead kid...
by iarnstein
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on Mon Jun 20, 2022 at 11:15 AM PDT
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Had an odd thought today. Nothing of great significance, really, just an amusing little “What If” suitable for a Sunday afternoon. It has been widely speculated that the Former Fellow’s seemingly ironclad grip on the souls of Republican office-holders...
by Crashing Vor
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on Sun Feb 06, 2022 at 01:17 PM PST
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Eric Boehlert at Press Run Media documents the media atrocities, as per the latest: The media's weird obsession with Biden Delaware trips — Still playing gotcha. We’re really still doing this? Five months after White House reporters began raising the...
by xaxnar
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on Fri Aug 13, 2021 at 09:24 AM PDT
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fTucker Carlson is the favorite propagandist of the White Supremacist movement. Now that hundreds of supremacists were caught on film storming the Capitol in an insurrection, he’s got to start doing some lying. David Pakman watches fTucker...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Tue Feb 16, 2021 at 07:03 AM PST
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We rightly mock and deride right-wing conspiracy theorists and conservative media outlets for delivering what their hungry masses want to hear instead of providing facts, truth and reality. I have long crusaded here against our own...
by Bob Johnson
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on Thu Feb 11, 2021 at 07:06 PM PST
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Anybody surprised? I didn’t think so, but give it time...�This diary has only just begun...
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Frederick Gattuso, 43, was arrested without incident and charged with one count ...
by PvtJarHead
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on Sat Jan 30, 2021 at 04:40 PM PST
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Quite a few republicans are whining that the Tangerine Tyrant has damaged his legacy. Really? Trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy both corporate and private, pennies for the poorest. Praising racists and authoritarians for four years. Building...
by LaFeminista
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on Thu Jan 07, 2021 at 04:08 AM PST
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I know we’re likely not the first ones to point this out, but after going through our data in full recently, we’ve found that the media’s claims (even once-reliable outlets like NYT and WaPo) of a “minority swing” towards Trump in 2020 is complete...
by Tweedledee5
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on Wed Nov 11, 2020 at 05:05 PM PST
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One reason I’m so optimistic about Texas Democrats winning this year’s Toss Up elections is candidates like Hank Gilbert, who has been putting up one helluva fight for Texas’ First Congressional District. Rancher, Aggie, former high school agriculture...
by nomandates
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on Thu Oct 29, 2020 at 06:37 PM PDT
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Republicans are putting everything in place now to ensure as big an economic collapse on the Democratic Party that they can — including as much sabotage as they can do for recovery funding, and setting up the stock market to fall after an unnatural...
by Ryan in FL
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on Thu Oct 15, 2020 at 03:01 PM PDT
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Not sure is this is live or not but it’s clear the crowd noise is canned. He’s saying he was cured from COVID so it’s recent, so maybe there’ll be some coughing. He’s selling a ‘cure’. A few weeks ago Limbaugh claimed BLM protestors in...
by certainot
44 comments
on Fri Oct 09, 2020 at 09:29 AM PDT
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