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DeSantis picked Education Board to withhold state funds from two school districts with mask mandates Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran announced Friday the state would withhold state funds from two school districts that issued mask mandates to protect students and faculty: Broward and Alachua public schools. The state Board of Education,...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Fri Aug 20, 2021 at 10:14 AM PDT
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Attempts to reform police will likely fail if we do not come to terms with the political system that empowers them as well as their primary purpose. In a stratified class system designed to protect the interests of the wealthy, privileged classes, and...
by psychusa
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on Sat Jul 03, 2021 at 06:57 AM PDT
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Former President Barack Obama is facing criticism from his supporters after he encouraged them to part ways with the phrase “defund the police.” The former community organizer appeared in an interview posted Wednesday on journalist Peter Hamby's...
by Lauren Sue
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on Wed Dec 02, 2020 at 10:40 AM PST
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Killer Cop Won't Talk, Family Autopsy: shot in the back, Los Angeles Sheriff stalls, Cameras Smashed Results of an independently conducted autopsy on the body of 18 year old Andres Guardado, killed under troubling circumstances as yet unexplained by Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy identified in press reports as one Manuel Vega, a cop with a similarly...
by willisnewton
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on Thu Jul 09, 2020 at 12:07 AM PDT
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Appearing on ABC News’ This Week on Sunday morning, former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams weighed in on a debate that’s created waves among Democrats and the progressive left as protests for justice for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Sun Jun 14, 2020 at 09:26 AM PDT
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Amid calls to “defund the police,” Donald Trump and ...
by Mark Fiore
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on Fri Jun 12, 2020 at 04:50 AM PDT
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First up — law and order are crucial to a peaceful society. And without enforcement, there is no practical continuance of law and order over time — anarchies of all varieties do not maintain. No one is disagreeing with that. (Well, except the...
by Ryan in FL
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on Mon Jun 08, 2020 at 08:42 AM PDT
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November 2016
Donald Trump is poised to eliminate all climate change research conducted by Nasa as part of a crackdown on “politicized science”, his senior adviser on issues relating to the space agency has said.
3 June 2019
Over the...
by R Holloway
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on Mon Jun 03, 2019 at 05:45 PM PDT
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THE story of the day—perhaps THE story which exemplifies our times—is being camouflaged, if not buried, beneath excessive coverage of Donald Trump and incremental jockeying for poll percentages in the
by RareBird0
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on Fri Dec 11, 2015 at 11:48 AM PST
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by Joan McCarter
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on Tue Sep 08, 2015 at 03:30 PM PDT
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President Obama has forced the GOP to come out against folks like these.
Had fantasy of Obama yelling at GOP like Rorschach: "I'm not locked ...
by Armando
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on Sun Nov 23, 2014 at 09:00 AM PST
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Fired up Democrats elected Amanda Murphy to the Florida House last night in special election in formerly Republican-held seat.
If Democratic base groups turn out, we win. If they don't, we lose. ...
by kos
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on Wed Oct 16, 2013 at 09:41 AM PDT
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Going down, down, down. Not just ...
by kos
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on Thu Oct 10, 2013 at 02:00 PM PDT
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Boehner lets 'em keep shutdown in exchange for 6wk DL ext MT @BenjySarlin Labrador says he backs DL increase to ...
by kos
145 comments
on Thu Oct 10, 2013 at 08:43 AM PDT
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He wants the minority. We can only oblige.
GOP Rep. Phil Gingrey :
Gingrey said Republicans were “absolutely” prepared to lose the House to extract ...
by kos
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on Wed Oct 09, 2013 at 08:27 AM PDT
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McConnell last week tried to sell the spending level concession by WH as a conservative win. Didn't get traction with tea party crowd.
by kos
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on Mon Oct 07, 2013 at 02:49 PM PDT
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Down, down, down.
Conservatives spent the morning ...
by kos
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on Mon Oct 07, 2013 at 01:03 PM PDT
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Rep. Dan Maffei (R) taking oath of office with the guy he loves to "compromise" with.
Rep. Dan Maffei ...
by kos
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on Wed Oct 02, 2013 at 10:41 AM PDT
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So far, hangin' tough.
by kos
346 comments
on Wed Oct 02, 2013 at 08:22 AM PDT
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by kos
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on Mon Sep 30, 2013 at 04:43 PM PDT
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- Today, the state of Louisiana managed to do something I didn’t think possible — they found a new low. Once Jeff Landry, a far-right acolyte, was elected governor I knew the place was going to be in rough shape. The state legislature is hopeless, with...48 comments 137 Recs
- This is the best news of the day. As Dark Brandon might say, trashing an over-the-horizon radar is a big fucking deal. Is that the silhouette of Ammo Dump Jesus in the ball of flame blessing the bavovna? Run away! Run away! Russians try an assault with...50 comments 208 Recs
- With righteous outrage and humor, Rep. Jared Moskowitz calls out MTG as Putin's envoy to US CongressBack in 1954, when Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s anticommunist campaign was at its peak, the Wisconsin senator picked a fight with the U.S. Army, claiming there was lax security at a top-secret army facility. The U.S. Army hired Boston lawyer...20 comments 80 Recs
- Dickie Betts has passed, now jamming with Duane. The Allman Bros were a major part of my life’s soundtrack. Not because I was into them but my little brother was. Donnie had them cranked all the time, Southern Rock was his genre. Donnie also recently...118 comments 301 Recs
- Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, my heart has been heavy at the suffering of so many innocent people in Ukraine. War is always a tragedy, but this war is particularly touching to me because of its David vs. Goliath, good vs evil quality. The bravery...143 comments 291 Recs
- Today should be an interesting day in Judge Merchan’s court room.� Donald Trump reposted an attack by Fox’s Jesse Watters on the jury members selected for Trump’s current trial in NYC on ...215 comments 434 Recs
- GET OUT THE VOTE BIG TIME! HERE ARE THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO DO THAT! Hope Springs from Field PAC (background in this DKos story). Voters of Tomorrow (younger voters) led by Santiago Mayer Leaders We Deserve (younger voters) led by David Hogg The...11 comments 92 Recs
- I’m hoping Mark Sumner will be up with a live blog but there’s a load of stuff already happening: All from WaPo Liveblog: Justice Juan Merchan dismissed Juror No. 2, a nurse who said she had concerns after people she knew identified her as a juror and...369 comments 323 Recs
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- I decided to celebrate my�birthday Monday by returning to Bolinas. It may have been�two years since I� drove over Mount Tamalpais to visit my old�home. A friend accompanied me for the afternoon. We ...17 comments 14 Recs
- From Electrek (Industry blog) : In a major clean energy benchmark, wind, solar, and hydro exceeded 100% of demand on California's main grid for 30 of the past 38 days. Stanford University professor of civil and environmental engineering Mark Z....164 comments 672 Recs
- It isn't often that Republican MAGA-naut, Marjorie Taylor Greene, manages to do or say anything that is remotely related to reality. So on those rare occasions when she manages to do so, we need to give credit where credit is due. Even if it was...33 comments 75 Recs
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- Please go read TheCriticalMind story on MTG and space lasers she wants to place on the southern border. As I live less than 30 miles from the southern border I thought I would put my insights on the border and how Customs and Border Protection and the...1 comments 0 Recs
- Today at Columbia University the NYPD was called to execute a fascist raid against college students…exercising their right to protest…. www.nytimes.com/… I haven’t seen anything about this here..,.but this is a police state type action. These young...1 comments 0 Recs
- I decided to celebrate my�birthday Monday by returning to Bolinas. It may have been�two years since I� drove over Mount Tamalpais to visit my old�home. A friend accompanied me for the afternoon. We ...17 comments 14 Recs
- The horse race isn’t really relevant right now. For one thing it can change, for another swing states are what matter, but there’s a lot more to polling that is of interest. Last week Kerry Eleveld, a DK staffer here made a post showing how polling...6 comments 5 Recs
- ALICE — Acronym for Assist Limited, Income Compromised, Employed. Hopefully ALICE becomes a “thing”. Here’s why; many people make just over poverty levels of income but just enough which eliminates them from receiving any government assistance. That is...4 comments 10 Recs
- Hi, fellow scribes! At the request of mettle fatigue, who excels in diligence and ubiquity, but whose superpowers should never be taken for granted, I'm for once stepping in to host this evening. The downside, for you: I'm not qualified to teach, guide...11 comments 6 Recs
- The Daily Brooklyn Bugler’s editors have so far been pleased with the courtroom sketches I’ve supplied for Donald Trump’s Hush Money Trial. In case you didn’t know, this trial is actually about Trump fraudulently altering financial reports in order to...1 comments 13 Recs
- Zog Marano: a modern Yiddish poet's Passover questions to Marranos centuries before. Welcome to A Song of Zion , our weekly check-in and virtual minyan for Jews on Daily Kos. This is an ...4 comments 7 Recs
- With righteous outrage and humor, Rep. Jared Moskowitz calls out MTG as Putin's envoy to US CongressBack in 1954, when Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s anticommunist campaign was at its peak, the Wisconsin senator picked a fight with the U.S. Army, claiming there was lax security at a top-secret army facility. The U.S. Army hired Boston lawyer...20 comments 80 Recs
- I hope you’re sitting down for this. Take a deep breath. OK, ready for this shocking news? It looks like a senior director at Turning Nazi Point USA and an Arizona state representative has resigned for his “job” at TPUSA and ended his reelection...7 comments 16 Recs
- Today, the state of Louisiana managed to do something I didn’t think possible — they found a new low. Once Jeff Landry, a far-right acolyte, was elected governor I knew the place was going to be in rough shape. The state legislature is hopeless, with...48 comments 137 Recs
- Palestinian paramedics said Israel gave them safe passage to save a 6-year-old girl in Gaza. They were all killed. Nick Kristof: “One of the most heartbreaking stories from Gaza was of 6-year-old Hind who was sole survivor when her vehicle was hit. Her...17 comments 28 Recs
- � All of these people, should they desire, can indicate events and details they remember differently. But there is one unfortunate exception. In 1958, Rosalind Franklin died at the early age of ...14 comments 8 Recs
- Jewish Space Lasers redux The Republican House is trying to pass a bill giving supplemental aid to Israel for the rest of fiscal 2024. Rep. MT Greene (R-GA) has problems with it. And has offered an amendment, the sole purpose of which is to throw sand...23 comments 52 Recs
- The second time was a charm. After the disastrous death of 830,000 Chinook salmon fry after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) released them into the river above Iron Gate Dam in March, the agency this month successfully released...2 comments 15 Recs
- Today’s Financial Times’ Election Countdown had an interesting write-up about the presidential race comparing Biden and Trump’s latest fundraising figures, with some nice graphics. Biden ...5 comments 22 Recs
- GET OUT THE VOTE BIG TIME! HERE ARE THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO DO THAT! Hope Springs from Field PAC (background in this DKos story). Voters of Tomorrow (younger voters) led by Santiago Mayer Leaders We Deserve (younger voters) led by David Hogg The...11 comments 92 Recs
- This is the best news of the day. As Dark Brandon might say, trashing an over-the-horizon radar is a big fucking deal. Is that the silhouette of Ammo Dump Jesus in the ball of flame blessing the bavovna? Run away! Run away! Russians try an assault with...50 comments 208 Recs
- Which bum? Anyone the rabid, fascist Republicans call a bum, and sometimes that is even a Republican. If you are not going to legislate or govern you do not need a speaker of the house or any other leadership. And since keeping our alliances and...2 comments 5 Recs
- The head of the CDC thinks we are well-prepared for the next pandemic, better prepared than ever. Let’s discuss. It is self-destructive to try to memory-hole just how bad the previous pandemic was, or to pretend that another one won’t happen. It will....12 comments 25 Recs
