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Alabama treats people worse than dogs In October 2019, a US Special Operations raid killed the head of the Islamic State terrorist organization, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Then-President Trump gleefully announced al-Baghdadi had “died like a dog.” It was a...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Sun Dec 17, 2023 at 03:26 PM PST
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Attacks on reproductive health and attacks on trans folks of all ages come from the same place for Republicans: demean, control, and isolate. The right to bodily autonomy and safe, accessible health care is under attack thanks to conservatives. As...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Wed Jun 29, 2022 at 08:53 AM PDT
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Here at Daily Kos, we have long covered the heinous efforts from conservatives to bar hungry students from eating. When it comes to school lunch in the United States, there’s a lot to criticize: the provided breakfast, lunch, and snacks are not always...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Thu Jun 23, 2022 at 09:00 AM PDT
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This comes from www.coloradopolitics.com/… which is a good go-to source for political news in Colorado. Some is behind a paywall, but thankfully they didn’t do it with this article. Update #1: Air Force One arrived this afternoon after a bumpy landing,...
by ColoTim
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on Fri Jan 07, 2022 at 06:19 PM PST
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A hot topic this election year has been climate change, as Americans have seen the damaging effects it has had on our environment. In the Western part of the States particularly, candidates’ position on climate change is playing into who people decide...
by dfrankle
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on Mon Oct 26, 2020 at 05:49 PM PDT
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In last weekend's SNLC, self the loser e-chatted with one of the regulars about movies, where3CM was wondering about whether to see the new movie Marshall . The movie tells a story about the young ...
by chingchongchinaman
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on Sat Oct 21, 2017 at 07:21 PM PDT
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SAM GASKINS FOR CONGRESS 2016
TWITTER: SAM GASKINS FOR CONGRESS
DAILY KOS COMER ARTICLE
by Brain Heat
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on Tue Sep 06, 2016 at 09:05 AM PDT
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“All Lives Matter.” Technically speaking, that’s true. But if it wasn’t for Black Lives Matter, we more than likely wouldn’t have the additional scrutiny of law enforcement shenanigans—...
by Thandisizwe Chimurenga
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on Wed Aug 17, 2016 at 03:31 PM PDT
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Trump Attacks Local Fire Marshall in Colorado Springs during an event. The Fire Marshall’s sin? He put public safety ahead of Trump’s need to feed his ego.
by Senor Frog
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on Fri Jul 29, 2016 at 07:31 PM PDT
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The Trump campaign is strongly denying rumors that famed Hollywood director Garry Marshall, creator of such TV series as Happy Days and spinoff Joani Loves Chachi, took his own life after watching actor Scott Baio’s opening night endorsement of Trump...
by Roger Burke
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on Wed Jul 20, 2016 at 09:50 AM PDT
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We sent Ann Richards to the Governor’s mansion, LBJ to the Congress and the White House and Jim Wright to Congress! Now we’ve uleashed Blake Farenthold, Louie Gohmert, Ted Poe, Bill Flores, Ted Cruz and Joe Barton on the nation. What has happened to...
by FaithChatham
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on Wed Nov 02, 2016 at 09:50 AM PDT
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March is Women's History Month
Today is
Festival of Life in the Cracks Day
International Bagpipe Day
International Day of Awesomeness
Landline Telephone Day
Nametag Day
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by Tara Thralls
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on Thu Mar 10, 2016 at 06:44 PM PST
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Previously published here.
Mainstream economics measuring success
Much of mainstream economics is based on mathematical models which, it is claimed, represent the success of various economic ...
by citizen k
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on Mon Feb 17, 2014 at 05:17 PM PST
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The way the republican congresscritters from the Buffalo Ridge and beyond tell it, the federal government is a bloated jobs program and all the sequester shrunken legions of feds will have to do to ...
by RuralRoute
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on Thu Feb 28, 2013 at 07:26 PM PST
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We've spent the last month taking MI-08 Congressman to task for his silence on Enbridge Energy, the Canadian company responsible for the July 2010 oil spill in Marshall, MI. The company recently ...
by Lance Enderle
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on Fri Sep 07, 2012 at 07:00 AM PDT
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On July 26, 2010, the Enbridge Energy oil pipeline running through Marshall, MI ruptured and spilled over 800,000 gallons of tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River . The spill was the costliest in-...
by Lance Enderle
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on Tue Aug 21, 2012 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Traffic was strangely heavy last night at a few minutes before ten as I drove past Marshall, Minnesota on highway 23. Looking over at the WalMart parking lot, it was half full, and seemed like ...
by RuralRoute
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on Fri Nov 25, 2011 at 04:43 PM PST
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I'm making this diary short and sweet. We've almost halfway to victory and proving the Washington D.C. pundits and pollsters wrong. Since the spring of this year, we've heard about the 'enthusiasm ...
by Tommy Ates
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on Mon Nov 01, 2010 at 05:03 AM PDT
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More than 800,000 gallons of oil spilled into Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River on Sunday and Monday. The oil is a part of the eight million gallons that traverse the area each day en route ...
by DingellDem
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on Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 02:43 PM PDT
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Friends --
Right this minute, I'm prepping for tonight's debate with my fellow candidates seeking the nomination, but I'd be remiss not to inform you of another sign ...
by Elaine Marshall
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on Wed Apr 14, 2010 at 02:01 PM PDT
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