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A sermon from ‘self appointed rabbi’ Arnstein on why you can’t vote for the GOP. I think their whole concept and crusades against trans gender and the people streaming to our borders for the problems we've created and the 'American way of life' we've...
by iarnstein
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on Fri Apr 12, 2024 at 02:13 PM PDT
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During a ludicrous forced-birther symposium on Tuesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene breathlessly said, “We will repeal the FACE Act if we can get our opportunity,” referring to the 1994 law that ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 02:00 PM PDT
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The major religions of the world have always been about patriarchy, internal misogyny of leadership positions and authoritarianism. Requiring a moral “franchising” of conditions for sexual relations which limits them to heterosexual couples tied to a...
by psychusa
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on Fri Mar 22, 2024 at 02:29 PM PDT
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I don’t know how The New York Times missed the lede on this interview from yesterday’s Sunday magazine section, but they did: Inside the Heritage Foundation’s Plans for ‘Institutionalizing Trumpism’ “People will lose their jobs,” the think tank’s...
by Bob Johnson
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on Mon Jan 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM PST
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“Small government” is the antithesis of the creeping authoritarianism that can be readily seen within the Republican Party Republicans have claimed to favor “small government” for decades, but their policy positions contradict that assertion. Ronald...
by frankfaiola
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on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 05:53 AM PST
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Three years after the spectacle of rioters storming the Capitol played out on television screens across America, the events of Jan. 6 are now highly open to interpretation depending on one's ...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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When President Joe Biden delivers his campaign kickoff speech Friday, he is expected to lay bare that the stakes of the campaign season before us are nothing short of the preservation of democracy.
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Thu Jan 04, 2024 at 02:08 PM PST
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Media critics and experts have repeatedly warned that the political media's sloppy insistence on gossip and horse-race coverage while ignoring the public issues behind the politics is the "darkness" ...
by Hunter
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on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 11:55 AM PST
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Anne McElvaine & Robert S. McElvaine NOTE: This is a more complete version of apiece originally published in Ms Magazine on November 24, 2023. There is rarely, if ever, agreement among various dictionaries and language organizations on the Word of the...
by Robert S McElvaine
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on Mon Nov 27, 2023 at 09:23 AM PST
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That is the title of the thesis* with which the Italian Francesco Morella received a PHD at Tilburg University in the Netherlands November this year. The answer to that question is relevant for who wants to understand what is going on in Europe, where...
by the shrink
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on Sat Nov 25, 2023 at 02:35 AM PST
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by Jen Sorensen
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on Tue Nov 21, 2023 at 04:50 AM PST
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Angela “Angie” Nixon (D), the representative for the 14th District in Florida’s House of Representatives, made a tearful speech in support of ceasefire in Israel’s invasion of Gaza, which resulted in 10,000 deaths. Nixon’s ceasefire resolution failed...
by OK Dodo
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on Sat Nov 11, 2023 at 06:57 AM PST
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Following the well-fought and well-earned victories by pro-choice forces — again — in the latest election rounds, the body politic has been greeted, or burdened, with more than the usual number of political post-election punditry trying to make sense...
by Dan K
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on Fri Nov 10, 2023 at 03:42 PM PST
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Please scroll down a bit to see manual updates to this diary. I’ll continue to post more editorial cartoons both as updates and in the comments section. Thanks. First Things First The House Will Be in Order Don’t Be Fooled by This “Polite Extremist”...
by JekyllnHyde
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on Thu Nov 02, 2023 at 03:10 PM PDT
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It’s Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference Mike Johnson’s turn on the big stage, the floor of the House of Representatives, and another opportunity for Republican “moderates” to deny yet another extremist the speakership. Don’t let the glasses,...
by Joan McCarter
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on Wed Oct 25, 2023 at 08:12 AM PDT
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Over the weekend I encountered a smattering of stories about the intimidation tactics being used by the growing extremist movement within GOP. This is nothing new, of course, as we’ve seen all manner of threats against politicians, election officials,...
by Jen Sorensen
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on Tue Oct 24, 2023 at 04:50 AM PDT
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In the time since I wrote my diary last week where I expressed anti-war sentiments, I’ve returned to my normal stance of observer. Perhaps, as it was suggested in the comments attached to nancyjones’ diary Tuesday, people have “fatigue” when it comes...
by novapsyche
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on Sat Oct 21, 2023 at 11:12 AM PDT
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...a choice not an echo... This week's headlines bring into sharp focus the incessant strain of extremism in our lives. Extremists live among us like viruses that appear at random to create their havoc. Seemingly unrelated events suddenly begin to...
by vjr7121
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on Mon Oct 16, 2023 at 03:49 AM PDT
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has had Donald Trump's number from the beginning. During her 2016 presidential campaign against him, she was one of the first major political figures to ...
by Hunter
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on Fri Oct 06, 2023 at 01:40 PM PDT
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To put it simply, blaming Democrats (or the left) for the right's behavior -- or for Trump possibly getting re-elected -- is relying on a false paradigm. Elections don't hinge on rational responses to policy minutiae in a vacuum. Everything passes...
by Jen Sorensen
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on Tue Oct 03, 2023 at 04:50 AM PDT
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