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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 Mar 22, 2024 at 09:39 PM PDT
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It’s hard to imagine a Republican Party candidate being even more offensive than Donald Trump, but North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is pulling out all the stops.�
Over the years, the so-...
by Mark Sumner
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on Mon Mar 04, 2024 at 12:00 PM PST
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People like me When I was in elementary school, I was the only Jewish kid in my school, and one day out of the blue a classmate on the playground called me “Jew boy.” I was shocked. I knew about antisemitism, about Jewish history, but I’d never...
by Rob in Vermont
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on Sun Dec 31, 2023 at 01:34 PM PST
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Welcome to what is the 1272nd original profile here at “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day”, where we’ll be profiling North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, who is running as a 2024 candidate to be the next Governor of North Carolina....
by republicinsanity
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on Fri Dec 29, 2023 at 01:39 PM PST
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On this date in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, as well as in 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day posted profiles of Montana State Senator Keith Regier, who has repeatedly tried to create laws criminalizing “attacks upon an...
by republicinsanity
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on Sat Dec 23, 2023 at 10:40 AM PST
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American college campuses , as well as our society more broadly, continue to be roiled by incidents of hate targeting ...
by Ian Reifowitz
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on Sat Jan 27, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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If anyone even hints that demanding a ceasefire is anti-Semitic in any way, shape, or form, I won't take it. I'll spell out what I think about all this: At this time, the best ally neo-nazi right-wing anti-Semites have is Israel's Prime Minister...
by LillianGodoneMaresca
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on Wed Dec 13, 2023 at 12:57 PM PST
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On this date in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day posted profiles of the U.S. House Representative from Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, Thomas Massie, who you would expect...
by republicinsanity
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on Sat Dec 09, 2023 at 10:15 PM PST
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On this date in both 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, that “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” profiled Iowa State Senator Jason Schultz, who has served in the Iowa state legislature since 2009, spending six years in the lower chambers...
by republicinsanity
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on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 06:31 PM PST
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FOUR HARD FACTS ABOUT THE ISRAEL – HAMAS CONFLICT In an increasingly polarized world it is important to understand that multiple seemingly conflicting truths can exist at the same time. Here are four hard facts that must be acknowledged by all parties....
by MKGregory
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on Sun Nov 26, 2023 at 12:34 PM PST
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By Karen Rubin, News-Photos-Features.com Thanksgiving is supposed to usher in a season of goodwill to all (human)kind. But just as there was this “movement” to replace the respectful (“woke”) “Happy Holidays”(to acknowledge people come from different...
by NewsPhotosFeatures
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on Fri Nov 24, 2023 at 06:32 AM PST
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In 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” posted profiles of Elaine Morgan, a Rhode Island State Senator and dry cleaner who only seemed like as kooky as the average conservative at first when...
by republicinsanity
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on Thu Nov 23, 2023 at 11:44 PM PST
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President Joe Biden, in an op-ed posted Saturday by The Washington Post, said that the “world faces an inflection point, where the choices we make … will determine the direction of our future for generations to come.” He linked Vladimir Putin and...
by Charles Jay
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on Sat Nov 18, 2023 at 07:05 PM PST
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Amid rising tensions on campuses across the country over the Israel-Hamas war, a prominent rabbi and imam have been meeting with�Jewish and Muslim student leaders at New York City campuses�on a ...
by Charles Jay
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on Sat Nov 18, 2023 at 07:30 AM PST
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On this date in both 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” profiled Mary Dye, a member of the Washington House of Representatives who was first appointed to her position back in 2015, quickly dropped...
by republicinsanity
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on Thu Nov 09, 2023 at 10:44 PM PST
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Dear Daily Kos Community, Thank you so much for being a part of my life and for keeping me informed and updated about important news and issues all around the world. I’m also happy to report that Mayor Lauren McLean won her reelection for Boise mayor...
by BLAYMAN
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on Wed Nov 08, 2023 at 09:27 AM PST
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The war in the Middle East between Hamas terrorists and Israel is continuing to cost the lives of untold numbers of civilians on both sides of the conflict. However, the tragic consequences of this war are not limited to the geographical region of the...
by News Corpse
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on Fri Nov 03, 2023 at 12:40 PM PDT
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On this date in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day posted profiles of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a man the general public finds the most loathsome and revolting personality...
by republicinsanity
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on Fri Nov 03, 2023 at 12:18 AM PDT
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A cartoon by Clay Bennett.
by Clay Bennett
37 comments
on Thu Nov 02, 2023 at 03:43 PM PDT
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Antisemitic hate crimes on American college campuses are nothing new. But things have gotten much worse since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in which Hamas raped, murdered, and kidnapped civilians in Israel—overwhelmingly Jews, but those of other...
by Ian Reifowitz
451 comments
on Thu Nov 09, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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