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The conservative Christian movement in the United States solidified a victory against women on Wednesday when the Southern Baptist Convention voted by a “9-to-1 ratio” to expel California’s Saddleback Church and the much smaller Fern Creek Baptist...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Jun 16, 2023 at 07:25 AM PDT
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Yesterday the RNC announced that they have picked Milwaukee for their 2024 Convention. Community organizers are already gearing up to protest. In a news story posted by CBS WDJTChanel 58 in Milwaukee, advocates for the RNC’s convention argue that the...
by waprogress
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on Sat Aug 06, 2022 at 08:25 AM PDT
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The Colorado State Open Thread is designed to be of interest to people who have heard of, maybe even live in our great “Squarish” state of mountains, plains, dark skies, fertile prairies, ...
by ColoTim
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on Mon Aug 01, 2022 at 06:00 PM PDT
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On day 1 the Republicans endorsed business attorney Jim Schultz to challenge Attorney General Keith Ellison. Schultz beat the previous Republican candidate Doug Wardlow, who happens to be general council for MyPillow. I guess Minnesota Republicans are...
by yogibear1963
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on Sat May 14, 2022 at 11:17 AM PDT
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It’s long past time for the Dems to call for a Constitutional Convention. If the big orange yam has taught us anything, it’s that we should have updated our constitution a long time ago. Why aren’t the Dems calling for this update ? We’ve seen just how...
by pappyz
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on Mon Jan 04, 2021 at 09:30 AM PST
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Our Founding Fathers screwed us with the Great Compromise: America is now broken and can't be fixed. Our Federal System Is Irreparably Broken — The Great Compromise Why is our Federal System broken? Because the Representative Democracy that our Founding Fathers had envisioned has run its course and no longer represents the will of the American people....
by alterego55
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on Tue Jun 21, 2022 at 11:57 AM PDT
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There was greatness in the beginning, and then...President Trump and Friends. That was it right there. So many had high hopes and I can even recall when I worked at a call center and the older white ...
by marroyo66
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on Thu Sep 10, 2020 at 12:04 AM PDT
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After Trump’s latest moves to approve, dog whistle or even sanction these very White Militias showing up to confront and antagonize BLM protesters- not to mention his defense of Kyle Rittenhouse — I’d love to shove a mike in the face of recent...
by KKwriter
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on Sun Sep 06, 2020 at 10:54 AM PDT
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Enjoy!! 3rd Night Ratings
by GayIthacan
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on Thu Aug 27, 2020 at 06:37 PM PDT
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I’m starting to get worried. After watching 2 days of the Trump love fest we may have problems. The lies being told on Joe Biden especially yesterday by Pam Bondi and our not answering as yet, makes me furious. LarryKudlow’s lies, lies...
by Rosalie907
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on Wed Aug 26, 2020 at 09:15 AM PDT
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Variety - Republican National Convention Night 1 Down on DNC in Early Numbers The first night of the Republican National Convention was down a touch in total viewership on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, at least...
by A Citizen
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on Tue Aug 25, 2020 at 10:28 AM PDT
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I can think of a reason to watch. I guess...to know your enemy. Shoot though after watching FOX News for more than a few minutes my level of being irate rises off the charts. I mean it would be ok, though still annoying if their editorial board had a...
by CameronProf
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on Mon Aug 24, 2020 at 03:56 PM PDT
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Democratic Convention Review By Martin Hittelman August 24, 2020 The Democratic Convention was held from August 18 through August 21. For the first time a Democratic Convention was held remotely (due to the outbreak of COVID-19). It was a four-day...
by martyhitt
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on Mon Aug 24, 2020 at 11:17 AM PDT
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This is by no mean an exhaustive list, but a the goal of a convention is to do three things:
Fire up your base and make sure they get to the polls rather than sitting on the couch
Inspire fence-...
by A Citizen
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on Mon Aug 24, 2020 at 09:59 AM PDT
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I sorely doubt I’ll be paying any attention to the next several days of endless lies in the GOP convention. For one reason, I’m just not a big fan of dyspepsia and nausea, not to mention several nights straight of feeling queasy is not my idea of fun....
by kuroneko
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on Sun Aug 23, 2020 at 08:09 PM PDT
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Hi all, This is more of a public question than a story or diary. I understand that the DNC is preparing counterprogramming during the RNC convention, but I haven’t seen any particular links to where it might be found. Do any of you have the inside...
by equern
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on Sun Aug 23, 2020 at 02:17 PM PDT
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I am referring above to the convention of the Democratic Party. Please do not say Democrat Party -- that is pure Re-pube speak. From early in my youth until now I have watched the major political parties at their conventions. They...
by Steve McKeand
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on Sun Aug 23, 2020 at 08:52 AM PDT
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by Tom Tomorrow
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on Mon Aug 24, 2020 at 05:00 AM PDT
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White Privilege will be the major theme of the 2020 GOP Convention the headliners will be Ar-15 waiving Ken & Karen who decides to confront protestors passing by their home, illegally threatening them by raising and aiming...
by Undazed Unamazed
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on Sat Aug 22, 2020 at 09:05 AM PDT
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As was documented here and here, Joe Biden gave the best political speech of his life, demolishing the blatantly false attacks of the Orange Bigoted Incompetent Narcissist who actually idiotically set expectations low ! Quite simply, Biden was...
by Dem
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on Fri Aug 21, 2020 at 08:09 PM PDT
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