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On Monday 15 April 2024, the State of New York will commence its trial against Donald Trump on the accusation of falsifying business records. (A copy of the filing is available on documentcloud.org ...
by Liberal Thinking
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on Sun Apr 14, 2024 at 04:00 PM PDT
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After all the pushback from, well, everyone, NBC has apparently been looking for the right crow recipe before serving up their “Ronna will be spending more time with her family” entree. This just in from Sky Palma through Raw Story. Leadership at NBC...
by randallt
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on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 11:26 AM PDT
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I do not listen to BBC news anymore. It is almost impossible to listen Sky News as well, but periodically they let a tiny amount of criticism of this government and its policies to sneak in. So, when the government passes something which is in...
by NY brit expat
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on Sun Mar 24, 2024 at 03:00 PM PDT
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The NYT and rest of the mainstream media (MSM) are acting as if it’s business as usual. They think that subtlety (or not so subtley) bashing and catastrophizing Democrat's chances in November is ...
by ThinkOutsideTheBox
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on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 12:31 AM PDT
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While reading a story here [this one] about the pathetic spin the NYT is attempting with the SOTU, it occurred to me that the Grey Lady is long gone. She has clearly either retired or died. And upper management preferred to replace her with a shameless...
by Gaelsdottir
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on Mon Mar 11, 2024 at 06:30 AM PDT
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The process of corporate watering down and suffocation of media that does its job moderately well has been quite successful. Money and creeping one-sidedness. First get rid of the older “More expensive” people… ease out the more effective ones who ask...
by IreGyre
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on Sat Mar 09, 2024 at 07:50 PM PST
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It is being reported by both by both Washington Post and the (ugh!) NY Times that over 32 million people watched the address.This is up by about 18% from the 2023 audience. This seems to give credence to those who opined that as the election gets...
by MikePhoenix
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on Fri Mar 08, 2024 at 09:34 PM PST
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When President Biden gives his State of the Union Address Thursday night, you can bet the press will be hanging on every word, looking for anything that will bolster the narrative that he is losing it, that age is catching up with him, the there is...
by xaxnar
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 08:25 AM PST
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NY Times to Biden: You're too old, too unpopular, suck at your job - Go Away. Also: Trump's a winner UPDATE: Monday, Mar 4, 2024 · 5:05:09 PM +00:00 · xaxnar Tom Sullivan Points to an interview that tells where Biden is coming from, and why. Among other things, Biden puts it plainly: Trump tried to steal the election from him — and he’s the only one...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Mar 04, 2024 at 07:05 AM PST
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Welcome to Face-cage Friday where I comment on the current figurative rat in my metaphorical face-cage. Today it’s about….. Context I’m a research scientist by education and training with published work. The rigors of scientific research and academic...
by nevdull
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on Fri Mar 01, 2024 at 10:00 AM PST
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The Heritage Foundation’s roadmap on how they want to transform the federal government has been discussed before, but not taken as deeply as it might have been. Carlos Lozada has taken time to read it, and the language he quotes is chilling. The entire...
by xaxnar
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on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 10:51 AM PST
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Dead wrong. They can sit right the hell down and shut up. So can those on the Left and Right doing the same. We all know exactly why they attack our Madam Vice President. The grownups are working and getting things done. We will continue to do so and...
by Onomastic
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on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 11:08 AM PST
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Happy Tuesday morning, Gnusies! I have a lot of good news to share today but no particular theme to tie it all together, so let’s just get straight to it. Pour yourself a big mug of your ...
by arhpdx
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on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 04:00 AM PST
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After Iowa, Trump Is Back to Command the National Psyche. He Never Actually Left. The former president’s detractors own no earplugs effective enough to block out his steamrolling bid for a third nomination. www.nytimes.com/... Gee, why would that...
by Back of Bourke
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on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 10:22 AM PST
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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-is-the-mainstream-media-failing? I think it may be worse than Reich thinks. He did not talk about money and the profit motive which drives MSM owners and managers. A Trump presidency would be good for business....
by mcornelison
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on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 01:23 PM PST
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— — Mehdi Hasan cuts to the mental-acuity chase: Forget Biden. Here’s 'stable genius' Donald Trump in his own bizarre words MSNBC — — The Lincoln Project has their own take on this “hot button” campaign issue too: Senile The Lincoln Project TLP is...
by jamess
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on Thu Nov 16, 2023 at 05:04 PM PST
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Who again was… Ken Buck? Good question. Trump’s methodological deficiencies keep worsening because he keeps increasing the fire rate on low value targets mainly belonging to his on party. Shortly, he is keeping his property tidy from unwanted polluters...
by ca cokz
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on Thu Nov 02, 2023 at 01:41 AM PDT
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C’mon, play along! Which US representative going to win the coveted $25 million a year Fox News gig? This weeks contestants are: Nancy Mace! New “liberal media” it girl! Sure, she doesn't pass any legislation that will help Americans but look at my...
by Roadie63
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on Wed Oct 11, 2023 at 10:17 AM PDT
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— Well, actually a boatload of two-faced cowards, makes. Political ambition can do strange things to people … Make them take bold stands: “All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough,” [Graham said.] [...] In a statement, McConnell called Jan. 6 “a...
by jamess
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on Sat Jul 22, 2023 at 02:28 PM PDT
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Listening across the media the climate crisis is being referred to as the new normal. There is nothing “Fucking Normal” about it! More intense storms and flooding. Flash Flooding. Longer lasting droughts. More severe and longer-lasting heat waves. More...
by LaFeminista
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on Mon Jul 17, 2023 at 12:14 AM PDT
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