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A new Axios article details something that I’ve been thinking about for some time now: what a crazy excellent job Hakeem Jeffries has been doing as the House minority leader. In fact, Axios points out how Jeffries has emerged as Congress’ Shadow...
by davidkc
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on Tue Apr 23, 2024 at 07:22 AM PDT
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You can lead by ...
by strawbale
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on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 07:00 PM PST
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Yesterday was a profoundly historic day in Virginia. In Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy, the Virginia General Assembly unanimously elected Democrat Don Scott as House Speaker, making him the first Black Speaker in the history of the...
by fromberkeleytocville
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on Thu Jan 11, 2024 at 05:09 AM PST
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“No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.” —Thomas Carlyle When Donald Trump fails or falls, are there other standing-in-the-wings fascist Republicans capable of taking his place? This is a subject of...
by thomhartmann
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on Mon Jan 01, 2024 at 11:59 AM PST
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This bothers me. Maybe you all have asked this question but not out loud. Where are the former leaders of the Democratic Party or even the Republican party not all over this outrage promise from the orange man to be a dictator, to destroy the...
by Vetwife
326 comments
on Sun Dec 10, 2023 at 06:52 PM PST
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The January 6 bomber—the person who placed the pipe bombs outside DNC and RNC headquarters the night before the January 6, 2021 insurrection—is still at large. This past June, Republicans (yes, R’s) in Congress conducted an interview with Steven...
by will cambridge
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on Sun Nov 05, 2023 at 08:34 PM PST
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McCarthy really wants the job back, and has been floating this nightmare scenario: “reinstall him as speaker and make conservative Trump ally, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the assistant speaker.” That’s been floating around on social media for a few hours,...
by annieli
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on Tue Oct 24, 2023 at 05:07 PM PDT
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My problem with Jim Jordan starts with how he’s a moronic, right-wing insurrectionist, but it doesn’t end there. I also don’t like that he’s a former wrestler, and thus serves as a representative of the sport. And I imagine how easy it must be to...
by will cambridge
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on Thu Oct 19, 2023 at 10:35 PM PDT
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I can state the paradox of Joe Biden in four sentences. Everyone frets about his age. But the experience that comes with age has made him the most successful and productive president I ever got to vote for, and I’m 78. He’s far from a brilliant orator;...
by dratler
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on Sun Sep 10, 2023 at 11:23 AM PDT
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— It may be time to make “populism” popular again. Real populism. Not faux populism. Not ground-hog-day Infrastructure weeks, that never amounted to a hill of beans. But instead Joe Biden populism, you know the kind that actually puts people first. The...
by jamess
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on Wed Jul 19, 2023 at 05:30 PM PDT
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The following is the “Really Bad News” for Russia and the Russian Military. It reviews the mistakes of the war to date. Also, the futility and danger of the continued Russian/Wagner frontal assaults at Bakhmut and the challenges Russia faces against...
by Verus
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on Wed Apr 05, 2023 at 10:41 AM PDT
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{Pursuant to the readers of Find a Hill and DIE on It...} I’ve drafted politically charged communiques before. I know how responses go. They’re politically charged. And in anticipation to them, I’d like to relate the following: A. I am not, personally,...
by Isolato
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on Wed Feb 01, 2023 at 01:42 PM PST
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I get a lot of email. I won’t bore you with the details except to say this: So many arrive from both the DNC and RNC, asking me to donate funds with which I can’t afford to part. The economy hasn’t been kind, the job market hasn’t been kind, and most...
by Isolato
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on Wed Feb 01, 2023 at 01:10 PM PST
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I am spending this week at the beach. As I watch the waves come in and go out, I am reminded of the impermanence of all things. Mighty waves crash against the shore and lose their form and power. Sand castles, carefully constructed, disappear in one...
by mbenefiel
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on Thu Sep 29, 2022 at 09:40 AM PDT
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Our human species faces two existential threats. The first is accelerating climate change of our own making. It appears to be reaching a tipping point (see this post, or this one for more detail). Beyond that point, it could become self-sustaining,...
by dratler
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on Wed Sep 28, 2022 at 12:15 PM PDT
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As I watched the unveiling of the Former President and First Lady Obama portrait’s, I reminded myself of what true words and thoughts should every true American take into the voting booth. Hope instead of Hate Equality instead of Exclusion Fairness...
by Vetwife
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on Wed Sep 07, 2022 at 12:29 PM PDT
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I hear so much criticism of Joe Biden. He’s blamed for everything, when in reality a president—no president—has the power to magically change things. He’s most often blamed for inflation, yet economy expert Robert Reich says: “Regardless of what the...
by otter54
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on Thu Jul 28, 2022 at 02:02 PM PDT
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I have been a long time, since 2008, regular lurker in this community which has been a pillar of strength for me. I have always agreed on the motto of more and better democrats. When Obama failed to pass significant laws even with filibuster proof...
by Vidisha
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on Sat Jun 25, 2022 at 01:23 PM PDT
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Our forests are under existential threat from climate change, and the federal response is confused, misinformed and disorganized. There’s not enough time to waste making more mistakes. We need to wake up, listen to the right scientists, change our...
by CorpFlunky
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on Mon Jun 13, 2022 at 12:05 PM PDT
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This isn’t actually my diary but a repost of an post I just read on Quora: qr.ae/… Here’s the text: Original question: What can Democrats do to win in more conservative states? Here’s a somewhat truncated version of Geoffrey Widdison’s answer So, I...
by dlsamson
415 comments
on Sat Jun 04, 2022 at 09:14 AM PDT
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- Expect the Senate race to be close this fall—unless Wisconsinites find out what Eric Hovde thinks of them. Are you a farmer? Eric Hovde thinks your retirement age should be pushed up to 72 because after all, “you’re largely driving around on a tractor”...21 comments 116 Recs
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- Reposted from Substack This week MAGA Media outlets have breathlessly declared that they’ve found “smoking gun” evidence that proves that the Biden Administration was in communication with ...14 comments 109 Recs
- I am channeling my inner Andy Rooney for this VERY short diary, and am delighted that the Image Library is here to help yet again. Did ya ever notice how, right after the Democrats pull off something absolutely remarkable, this strange thing happens...407 comments 786 Recs
- A new digital ad will run in the swing states during the NFL draft. The draft festivities were held in Detroit, attended by 300,000, and broadcast to millions across the country. The ad targets Trump's lack of interest in football, comparing it to...60 comments 157 Recs
- Happy Freidai, Peeps! Some of us donât have to sweat out a workweek, but even so, sometimes Freidai makes us want to dance. But what KIND of dance? But FIRST: A gentle reminder of how we do ...66 comments 56 Recs
- I am heartbroken to hear of Mike Pinder’s passing. His music and the Moody Blues have played such a formative role in in my life and how I see the world. I am a kinder person for the influence of his and their music. If there is a great beyond, I’ve no...30 comments 41 Recs
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