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One thing that really bugs me about modern day, Fox-watching ‘conservatives’ is how little interest they have in maintaining and expanding the institutions that have made America great. I receive blank stares or even hostility when I talk about...
by AChris
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 04:24 PM PDT
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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...
by Little Big Zebra
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 05:15 PM PDT
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McCarthy's Revenge Tour: A Primary Race to the Far-Right Vs. Presumptive Nominee Jonathan Nez In Arizona, disgraced and ineffective short-term speaker Kevin McCarthy set his eyes on two of the ...
by StraightOuttaGosarsHellHole
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 05:15 AM PDT
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I’ve been working in Florida Politics in some capacity for about five years. My route was non-traditional, but now i’m 22, and I’ve worked as a vendor for over fifty campaigns, and been senior leadership on 15, ten of which have been victorious....
by JacksonofFL
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on Sat Mar 30, 2024 at 01:25 PM PDT
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There are grassroots movements in rural America today trying to reverse the effects of conservative groups who have been flooding rural America with conservative propaganda. One such group is Rural Americans United. Rural Americans United was born in...
by Uncle Tom
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on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 03:25 PM PDT
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I did not comment on Black History month this year. I celebrated instead by reading “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story” created by Nikole Hannah-Jones. Practically none of what I read was taught in several high schools and the few colleges I...
by 40ford
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on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 03:34 PM PDT
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I thought I would post the text version of this speech here for Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign. The extracted version of this speech is below: ============================================================= FDR 1936 Madison Square Garden Democratic...
by lamina566
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on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 02:12 PM PDT
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So, evidently, the White House is backing a ban on TikTok, even though the Biden Campaign is using the app. It’s pretty impressive that TikTok could trigger such a bipartisan desire to either shut it down or capture it and give it to an American...
by FogBelter
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on Sat Mar 09, 2024 at 03:28 PM PST
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In 2023, Montana State Representative Zooey Zephyr was barred from the house floor after unapologetically telling her colleagues that passing a trans youth care ban would result in the legislature ...
by JustJaelynn
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on Mon Mar 04, 2024 at 05:00 AM PST
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This diary is a work in progress & I am hoping that Daily Kos readers can help me flesh out some of these ideas into a working strategy to steal a major issue from the GOP. I know some people who are nice enough folk except for the fears that drive...
by dlsamson
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on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 06:44 PM PST
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Most of these � Boosting Biden � posts deal with ways that Joe Biden has helped all Americans. �But Biden has also done a lot of targeted things that only local folks know about. Honestly, too ...
by GoodNewsRoundup
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on Wed Mar 13, 2024 at 04:30 AM PDT
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Every so many generations in this country, there seems to be a national realignment of the two major parties on some very fundamental issue that divides us philosophically. The largest historical shift is the monumental flip between the parties that...
by tsm63
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on Wed Feb 14, 2024 at 02:07 PM PST
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Donald Trump loves to label his opponents. Labeling has always been a key to beating your political opponent. One way to win an argument or negotiation has been to get the opposition to use your words and definitions. IMHO, Trump is even more...
by nickm11
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on Sat Jan 27, 2024 at 08:50 AM PST
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The Geoffrey Grammer for U.S. Congress campaign is inviting DailyKos readers to join us tonight, Wednesday, January 17th at 7:00PM ET for a Meet & Greet Q&A with Dr. Geoffrey Grammer. Geoffrey will be taking voters’ questions about the issues affecting...
by Geoffrey Grammer
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on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 11:50 AM PST
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Victor Shi and the great Jill Wine-Banks had Simon Rosenberg on for an interview after the Republican Party's Iowa Caucus yesterday. I am going to post the transcript right below. However, a quick summary is that the Republican Party is going to...
by Dem
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on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 08:16 PM PST
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The "Don't Be A Mitch" campaign is back after a hugely successful 2022 cycle, raising $1.2 million for voter registration groups ahead of the midterm elections. This year, with a tough Senate map, we have no room for error. I put together a list of...
by Starchs
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on Mon Jan 15, 2024 at 06:24 AM PST
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Last November I posted “The Visibility Initiative Project” that pointed out Hitler’s rise to power in Germany as the result of good people being silent and invisible. Since then, Donald Trump has threatened to corral immigrants in concentration camps...
by 40ford
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on Sun Jan 14, 2024 at 02:55 PM PST
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Geoffrey Grammer is proud to endorse David Trone's campaign for the United States Senate and to represent the state of Maryland with the same dedication he has shown to Maryland's 6th Congressional District. U.S. Rep. Trone has been an advocate for...
by Geoffrey Grammer
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on Thu Jan 11, 2024 at 10:10 AM PST
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The right wingers have pushed for a flat tax off & on for decades, but the devil is always in the details. Here’s a way to steal their thunder while making for a truly fair tax. Here’s the key: The right wingers want to impose a flat tax that doesn’t...
by dlsamson
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on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 07:49 PM PST
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Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of participating in a breakfast forum hosted by the Asbury Democratic Club that was organized by the Women’s Democratic Club of Montgomery County, Maryland. This ...
by Ashwani Jain
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on Sat Dec 30, 2023 at 04:00 PM PST
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