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One of the most persistent right-wing memes is that “the media” is left-wing, or at least liberal. Donald Trump’s constant slagging of the media as “fake news” and “enemies of America” with a “liberal agenda” is reinforced by far-right politicians and...
by CarolEllison
on Thu Jan 05, 2023 at 09:01 AM PST
with 27 Recommends
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from just some of my reading today.
From Sen. Chris Murphy's op ed in today’s Washington Post:
In my states of Connecticut, which has expanded background checks and requires issued handgun permits, gun crimes have dropped by 40 percent.
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by teacherken
on Tue Oct 03, 2017 at 02:33 AM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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On March 31, 2004, four guards from the private security company Blackwater USA made the fatal mistake of entering a part of Fallujah, Iraq controlled by fighters resisting the US-led occupation.
The contractors were brutally tortured and murdered,...
by Brett Wilkins
on Fri Jan 13, 2017 at 02:09 PM PST
with 4 Recommends
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The grief and suffering of the families of the four Americans killed in Benghazi, Libya in 2012 must be unbearable and interminable. Only someone with the most hardened heart would fail to understand their pain and anguish.
But that doesn't mean the...
by Jon Perr
on Tue Aug 09, 2016 at 02:08 PM PDT
with 16 Recommends
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Last month the Iraqi government kicked off a campaign to knock ISIS out of Fallujah, the notorious Sunni insurgent stronghold about 45 miles northwest of Baghdad. On Friday, Iraqi forces, backed up ...
by Steven Andrew
on Sat Jun 18, 2016 at 07:01 PM PDT
with 52 Recommends
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A couple days ago I posted a blog asking if President Clinton or President Obama would be the one to launch the offensive that “liberated” through total destruction the city of Mosul Iraq. Would it happen in the last half of 2016 or in 2017? The Obama...
by andyfrombrooklyn
on Sun Apr 24, 2016 at 08:46 AM PDT
with 7 Recommends
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ELEVEN YEARS AGO, on May 1, 2003, President Bush stood on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, with a big banner behind him saying “Mission Accomplished,” and declared victory ...
by mftalbot
on Fri May 02, 2014 at 10:50 AM PDT
with 26 Recommends
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When the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1918 after defeat in World War I, the comic opera borders of many of today's Middle Eastern countries were drawn by the British and French Foreign offices, in ...
by LeftOfYou
on Sun Jan 26, 2014 at 03:27 PM PST
with 51 Recommends
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I post this only because it's my practice to let Kossacks know when something goes up over on ICTMN .
The reason not to do so is because it's a mash-up of three diaries I've already posted here, ...
by swrussel
on Fri Jan 10, 2014 at 07:14 AM PST
with 1 Recommend
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The Al Qaeda takeover of Fallujah, where four American contractors were butchered and where U.S. Marines fought their bloodiest battle of the Iraq war, has spurred a furious response from Senator ...
by Jon Perr
on Wed Jan 08, 2014 at 12:58 PM PST
with 9 Recommends
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Four Americans were slaughtered there. The ...
by Jon Perr
on Mon Jan 06, 2014 at 01:17 PM PST
with 39 Recommends
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It's been a couple of hours since I read in the Sunday New York Times that Al Qaeda is now in possession of Fallujah, and there's still a knot in my stomach that won't go away. The tears have eased ...
by swrussel
on Sun Jan 05, 2014 at 09:54 AM PST
with 11 Recommends
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I've been feeling nothing but contempt for John Kerry lately--because of his warmongering and shameless fearmongering, his weaselly responses in congressional hearings, his vile invocations of the ...
by Liberty Equality Fraternity and Trees
on Thu Sep 05, 2013 at 08:55 PM PDT
with 218 Recommends
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Yesterday, John Kerry did his Sunday morning war propaganda tour, appearing on the Sunday shows to beat the war drums with a largely deferential press.
When American politicians are trying to ...
by Liberty Equality Fraternity and Trees
on Mon Sep 02, 2013 at 11:49 AM PDT
with 35 Recommends
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On Wednesday, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) will hold new hearings into ...
by Jon Perr
on Tue May 07, 2013 at 12:22 PM PDT
with 15 Recommends
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I saw this on the crooksandliars website Friday night, and was sickened. The pictures are beyond disturbing, and I think the U.S. is damned for all eternity. And should be.
Short synopsis - the ...
by glorificus
on Sun Mar 24, 2013 at 05:45 AM PDT
with 4 Recommends
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If there are no pictures, did anything happen?
One of the unfortunate consequences of the kerfuffle over the snapshots from Abu Ghraib was that it alerted the Pentagon to the necessity of making ...
by hannah
on Thu Mar 21, 2013 at 04:17 AM PDT
with 13 Recommends
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If there's one thing both parties in Washington can agree on, it is the necessity of getting to the bottom of the Sept. 11 assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four ...
by Jon Perr
on Thu Nov 15, 2012 at 01:07 PM PST
with 69 Recommends
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Probably the most censored story of the past few years (and certainly in my lifetime) is the cancer rate in Fallujah, Iraq ...
by CartoonDiablo
on Tue Jul 19, 2011 at 03:17 PM PDT
with 20 Recommends
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While we may spend our time fighting amongst ourselves whether or not Robert Gibbs was right in what he said, and whether or not the accomplishments of the President are deemed to be important and ...
by Moon Mop
on Thu Aug 12, 2010 at 04:29 PM PDT
with 41 Recommends
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