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In a sign of the insane times we’re living through, an anti-government protester in the closed area for Trump’s followers, dropped his bag, tossed a handful of pamphlets into the air (a 2,000+-word screed saying that the “criminal government” should be...
by Munchausen
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 11:51 AM PDT
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First off, let me make it clear that I think that Mike Johnson should bring the bill to a vote in the House. I think he needs to grow a spine. Or grow a conscience. Or both. That said, there is still about $4 billion of PDA left. Not 4 million, 4...
by Jim Carner
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on Wed Apr 03, 2024 at 09:16 PM PDT
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Cheers everyone and welcome to Friday’s Morning Open Thread. Morning Open Thread is a daily, copyrighted post from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful dialogue in...
by P Carey
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on Fri Mar 01, 2024 at 03:30 AM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 09:17 PM PST
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When you thought things could not get any worse in Russia, between egg shortages and millions of Russians without heat in the middle of an inordinately cold Russian winter; now it appears they have been using conscripts provided by large corporations,...
by Uncle Tom
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on Sun Jan 14, 2024 at 02:57 PM PST
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �You can push ...
by birches
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on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 10:00 AM PST
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I haven't seen this on here yet. FYI, there is not a link to MAGA at this point but they are investigating further. Raw Story, Yahoo News, and MSN also reporting. Update: Thanks for the rec list guys! Since not many were reporting I wanted to let...
by Pam LaPier
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on Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 09:56 AM PST
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I thought people might like to see the news reports of the fire that gutted the part of Accra where my friends were living. https://www.modernghana.com/news/1275726/fire-gut-structures-behind-arts-centre-in-accra.html...
by McCrowlerr
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on Mon Nov 27, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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John is my friend in Ghana who helps people who come to him in need. He is a minister who serves others with deeds not words. I have known him for perhaps ten years or more now. I have written of him here many times. John is presently living in the...
by McCrowlerr
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on Sat Nov 25, 2023 at 08:04 AM PST
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More than a hundred million people in Brazil endure extraordinary and lethal temperatures. The heat index, a combination of temperature and humidity, shattered records in Rio de Janeiro with 108.5 degrees and a feel-like temperature of 137.3 F. The...
by Pakalolo
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on Fri Nov 17, 2023 at 03:13 AM PST
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HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring ...
by Associated Press
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on Mon Nov 13, 2023 at 02:53 PM PST
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Politico has an article about Cancel Culture and Free Speech, describing Greg Lukianoff’s efforts to promote a broader, more respectful discourse between competing views, based on his civil libertarian philosophy. He wrote The Coddling of the American...
by CorpFlunky
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on Sun Oct 22, 2023 at 09:12 AM PDT
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If you look up senior citizen fire in Michigan, you're probably going to read about our fire. Senior citizen complex and we are basically homeless at this point. We had just enough time to grab my bag and not much else. My sweetie wasn't even able to...
by starmusic
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on Wed Oct 04, 2023 at 12:40 AM PDT
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When RJ and I met 12 years ago, he was spending his spare time putting the finishing touches on the house he’d been building from the ground up for 10 years. I was spending mine protesting police militarization and advocating for the inclusion of Black...
by nancyjones
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on Sat Sep 30, 2023 at 10:14 AM PDT
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HONOLULU (AP) — Residents who survived the wildfire that leveled the Hawaii town of Lahaina might not be able to afford to live there after it is rebuilt unless officials alter the zoning laws and ...
by Associated Press
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on Mon Sep 25, 2023 at 03:59 PM PDT
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While it just gets a small headline on the digital front page of The NY Times, what’s happening in Canada right now puts Maui in context — although the way the Times frames it, the big story is its effects on Washington State. Wildfire Prompts...
by xaxnar
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on Sat Aug 19, 2023 at 08:37 AM PDT
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Hawaii's governor vowed to protect local landowners from being “victimized” by opportunistic buyers when Maui rebuilds from deadly wildfires that incinerated a historic island community and killed more than 100 people. Gov. Josh Green said Wednesday...
by Associated Press
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on Thu Aug 17, 2023 at 07:08 AM PDT
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Awakened by howling winds that tore through his Maui neighborhood, Shane Treu went out at dawn and saw a wooden power pole suddenly snap with a flash, its sparking, popping line falling to the dry grass below and quickly igniting a row of flames. He...
by Associated Press
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on Tue Aug 15, 2023 at 02:43 PM PDT
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Survivors witnessed a surreal landscape of flattened homes, blackened hulks of burned-out cars and ashy lots where buildings once stood as they took stock of their shattered lives in the aftermath of a fast-paced wildfire on the Hawaii island of Maui...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Aug 12, 2023 at 07:32 AM PDT
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Maui residents who made desperate escapes from oncoming flames, some on foot, asked why Hawaii’s famous emergency warning system didn’t alert them as wildfires raced toward their homes. Hawaii emergency management records show no indication that...
by Associated Press
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on Fri Aug 11, 2023 at 05:49 AM PDT
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