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This diary is a work in progress & I am hoping that Daily Kos readers can help me flesh out some of these ideas into a working strategy to steal a major issue from the GOP. I know some people who are nice enough folk except for the fears that drive...
by dlsamson
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on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 06:44 PM PST
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I was both excited and concerned about our plans to meet a couple we hadn’t seen in 8-ish years. About 25 years ago, the couple had instantly connected with my wife and me, because our two kids were the same age as their two kids, the kids had lots of...
by rmartin1241
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on Tue Dec 12, 2023 at 08:55 PM PST
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October 12, 2023 by Netta Ahituv and Nadin Abou Laban In Haifa and Jaffa, joint Jewish and Arab patrols seek to prevent violence on both sides. In the south, Bedouin residents risk their lives to search for victims of Hamas terror. In the shadow...
by mettle fatigue
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on Sat Oct 14, 2023 at 05:48 PM PDT
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“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old (ways*), but on building the new” -Socrates Artificial Intelligence (AI) is promising to be one of the most transformative technologies in history. As we stand on the brink of...
by Push4Purple
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on Sat Oct 14, 2023 at 06:50 AM PDT
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[NOTE TO READERS: I first wrote the following essay in October 2017, in the ninth month of the Demagogue’s presidency. But apparently I never published it. Another essay entirely now appears under the same title I then gave this one, namely, “Why this...
by dratler
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on Mon Jul 03, 2023 at 02:41 PM PDT
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In addition to AM talk radio, conservativism seems to own all the grocery store checkout aisles. Why is that? Are people who listen to talk radio or who go grocery shopping not an audience progressives can reach? ALL of those folks are unreachable???...
by Rob in Vermont
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on Sun Apr 02, 2023 at 03:17 PM PDT
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Welcome to Street Prophets Coffee Hour! Thermal for the warmth of a good cup of coffee or your preferred beverage, as well as the warmth of a more progressive religion and community. Or it’s ...
by elenacarlena
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on Thu Sep 15, 2022 at 01:06 PM PDT
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Welcome to Street Prophets Coffee Hour! Thermal for the warmth of a good cup of coffee or your preferred beverage, as well as the warmth of a more progressive religion and community. I’ll ...
by elenacarlena
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on Thu Sep 08, 2022 at 01:06 PM PDT
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Robert Reich wrote an important thought piece in The Guardian that was well picked up by crepescule here on DK yesterday. I sympathize with my fellow Northern Californian Reich’s point of view, as well as his frustration and passion. A political party...
by rdewey
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on Tue Jul 12, 2022 at 04:00 PM PDT
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How often have you heard Harry S. Truman’s phrase: “The most important job I ever held was that of precinct committeeman”? If you are involved in local and state politics, you may have heard ...
by Christopher Reeves
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on Sun Jul 03, 2022 at 04:40 PM PDT
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It’s no secret that many Americans are susceptible to the many outrageous lies being spread by the Republicans. They have invested years and billions of dollars in establishing them in the minds of voters. Some of those deceptions have been bipartisan...
by psychusa
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on Wed Feb 09, 2022 at 11:48 AM PST
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Politics as practiced in the United States broadly has the character of team sports in which Democratic and Republican voters show concern more for the letter that appears in parentheses after a politician’s name than about policy.This claim will shock...
by Greg Camp
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on Sun May 16, 2021 at 04:33 PM PDT
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Who knew?
by Hilmbrown
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on Wed May 12, 2021 at 04:42 PM PDT
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The following originally showed as my “Good News Roundup Annex,” with a few major additions here. I admit, I have been having difficulty spinning what I see going on with the Rethugs to spin it into a “Good News” content. The best I can come up with is...
by Mrmuni12
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on Thu May 06, 2021 at 10:41 AM PDT
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The day after the anemic turnout at Donald Trump's inauguration in early 2017, the Women's March on Washington drew out what some researchers believe to be the largest single-day demonstration in recorded U.S. history. It marked staunch, widespread...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Tue Apr 27, 2021 at 09:14 AM PDT
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And no, I don’t mean the neo-Confederates trying to secede. I mean the civil war within the GQP. (I love that “GQP” thing!) I am not going to try to list all the signs of the growing split in the Ugly Party. You folks know them. I was chortling reading...
by thresholder
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on Tue Feb 16, 2021 at 11:23 AM PST
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I know many of you aren’t interested in having a debate with Matthew McConaughey, but personally I believe it provides some opportunities to clear up a lot of misunderstandings about what we on the left believe in and to define the acceptable spectrum...
by hamez
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on Tue Dec 15, 2020 at 05:03 PM PST
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In order to save democracy, we need to consider some important concepts, so we can solve these problems. Patterns in history show us, at a minimum, what we need to do to save our democracy. We will NOT save democracy if we don’t restore the...
by greatlyconcerned
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on Mon Sep 28, 2020 at 03:00 AM PDT
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I used to avoid Jennifer Rubin back in the Obama days, when she could find nothing good to say about the President and nothing bad to say about Romney, as well as the way she insisted that everything conservative was better. Since the Great Orange Slug...
by Dan K
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on Mon Jul 13, 2020 at 09:29 AM PDT
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In the last decade: -Historic crowds protested racism and police brutality -Me Too stirred the hearts of the whole country -The movement for LGBTQ* rights gained enormous traction and victories These social issues moved people and created change. Much...
by KafkaWest
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on Mon Jun 08, 2020 at 04:40 PM PDT
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- Today, the state of Louisiana managed to do something I didn’t think possible — they found a new low. Once Jeff Landry, a far-right acolyte, was elected governor I knew the place was going to be in rough shape. The state legislature is hopeless, with...91 comments 315 Recs
- With righteous outrage and humor, Rep. Jared Moskowitz calls out MTG as Putin's envoy to US CongressBack in 1954, when Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s anticommunist campaign was at its peak, the Wisconsin senator picked a fight with the U.S. Army, claiming there was lax security at a top-secret army facility. The U.S. Army hired Boston lawyer...86 comments 318 Recs
- This is the best news of the day. As Dark Brandon might say, trashing an over-the-horizon radar is a big fucking deal. Is that the silhouette of Ammo Dump Jesus in the ball of flame blessing the bavovna? Run away! Run away! Russians try an assault with...82 comments 309 Recs
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- Dickie Betts has passed, now jamming with Duane. The Allman Bros were a major part of my life’s soundtrack. Not because I was into them but my little brother was. Donnie had them cranked all the time, Southern Rock was his genre. Donnie also recently...133 comments 353 Recs
- Today should be an interesting day in Judge Merchan’s court room.� Donald Trump reposted an attack by Fox’s Jesse Watters on the jury members selected for Trump’s current trial in NYC on ...237 comments 463 Recs
- I’m hoping Mark Sumner will be up with a live blog but there’s a load of stuff already happening: All from WaPo Liveblog: Justice Juan Merchan dismissed Juror No. 2, a nurse who said she had concerns after people she knew identified her as a juror and...385 comments 348 Recs
- From Electrek (Industry blog) : In a major clean energy benchmark, wind, solar, and hydro exceeded 100% of demand on California's main grid for 30 of the past 38 days. Stanford University professor of civil and environmental engineering Mark Z....170 comments 682 Recs
- Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, my heart has been heavy at the suffering of so many innocent people in Ukraine. War is always a tragedy, but this war is particularly touching to me because of its David vs. Goliath, good vs evil quality. The bravery...155 comments 321 Recs
- GET OUT THE VOTE BIG TIME! HERE ARE THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO DO THAT! Hope Springs from Field PAC (background in this DKos story). Voters of Tomorrow (younger voters) led by Santiago Mayer Leaders We Deserve (younger voters) led by David Hogg The...27 comments 170 Recs
- Fed Chair Jerome Powell reveals the cause of persistent inflation - economy is becoming uninsurable.Jerome Powell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was nominated by Donald Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the US Senate. President Joe Biden renominated him when he entered office in January of 2021. The job of the Fed...199 comments 507 Recs
- I am no fan of religion but will acknowledge there are some benefits to churchlife. My Mom loved church music and looked forward to choir practice and Sunday mornings I was always taken to Sunday school. Dad prefered the Church of the 18 holes when...226 comments 147 Recs
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