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In a sign of the insane times we’re living through, an anti-government protester in the closed area for Trump’s followers, dropped his bag, tossed a handful of pamphlets into the air (a 2,000+-word screed saying that the “criminal government” should be...
by Munchausen
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 11:51 AM PDT
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Cartoon by Jen Sorensen. Donors sympathetic to reactionary-right ideology and their pet pundits have created a cottage industry of bashing college students with negative stereotypes. Receive my weekly newsletter by joining the Sorensen Subscription...
by Jen Sorensen
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 04:50 AM PDT
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It is Clear that the Supreme Court has largely ignored the Civil Liberties of a Woman's Reproductive Healthcare and has denied them of Medically Necessary Best Practices! Furthermore, the New Laws has enslaved women to carry the rapist child to term,...
by VETFORJUSTICE007
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on Tue Apr 09, 2024 at 09:52 AM PDT
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She was a member of the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and was active throughout the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. While protesting the demolitions as they were being carried out, she was crushed to death and killed...
by coolspring
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on Sat Mar 16, 2024 at 09:10 AM PDT
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Hollywood came to a grinding halt today. Not for the 2024 Oscars ceremony at Dolby Theater— but for a pro-Palestine protest that marched on the Oscars. Activists chanted in support of Palestine and demanded an immediate ceasefire and end to Israel’s...
by VPSReports
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 07:08 PM PDT
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“Hitler killed five million [sic] Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher’s knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs.....It would have aroused the world and the...
by gmoke
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on Wed Feb 21, 2024 at 08:53 PM PST
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I believe in a big tent Democratic Party, and I’ve often supported and contributed to Democrats far to my right, in the belief that Democrats champion a free and open society, but Queens (NY) Assembly members Stacey Pfeffer Amato and Sam Berger, who...
by jsoffer
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on Sun Feb 11, 2024 at 09:57 AM PST
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It will be wild! Today is the start of the Army of God gathering for a trucker protest at several southern border areas, Texas, CA, and Yuma AZ. Will is be the 700 or 700,000 truckers? The Convoy claiming to be ‘God’s army’ heading to Texas to protest...
by radicalink
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on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 07:40 AM PST
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Everybody likes a spectacle. If there is an extravaganza to see, people will travel from near and far to see it. Although, I’ve never been very impressed by the people who travel from near. Far seems harder. But people want to see a show, and history...
by daylin
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on Tue Dec 19, 2023 at 07:47 AM PST
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The spotlight is a weekly, categorized compilation of links and excerpts from environmentally related posts at Daily Kos. Any posts included in the collection do not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of them. Because of the...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Dec 10, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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The main story on NBC Nightly News concerned the first hostage release in the Israel/Gaza war. About 10 minutes into the broadcast, they ran three stories, all involving heightened mall security on Black Friday. The first story was about a...
by AliceT4
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on Sat Nov 25, 2023 at 01:53 PM PST
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CBS News reports the story: Pro-Palestinian protesters block westbound Bay Bridge for hours; dozens arrested (Nov. 16) Pro-Palestinian protesters demanding a cease-fire in Gaza blocked all westbound lanes of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for...
by ybruti
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on Fri Nov 17, 2023 at 12:53 PM PST
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Yesterday, we covered a new report from Greenpeace, which details the police violence against climate activists that the fossil fuel industry is sponsoring. Today, we're looking at the report's findings on how the industry is working across the country...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
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on Tue Nov 14, 2023 at 06:21 AM PST
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In an email to school staff Wednesday, November 8, New York City schools Chancellor David Banks warned teachers about violating Education Department rules on political speech. Banks ordered teachers to keep their personal political beliefs out of the...
by Alan Singer
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on Fri Nov 10, 2023 at 06:58 AM PST
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54 years ago today 2 million Americans marched to end the war in Vietnam. It was the second of two big events marking resistance to an unjust war.
by jck
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on Wed Nov 15, 2023 at 05:30 PM PST
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There was an elderly man who died in Thousand Oaks, CA, yesterday. His name was Paul Kessler. He had been a counterprotester to a relatively small protest in support of Palestinian rights. Kessler, for his part, was holding an Israeli flag. We don’t...
by novapsyche
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on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 12:26 PM PST
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Over the past few weeks, protests organized by Jewish Voice for Peace have poignantly made the case against the slaughter of civilians in Gaza with slogans such as "Never again for anyone" and "My grief is not your weapon." A rabbinical student wrote a...
by Jen Sorensen
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on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 04:50 AM PST
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Climate and anti-capitalism activists blocked the only entrance into the Burning Man Black Rock City Festival 2023 before gun-toting police roughed them up and rammed their positions. The cops (Paiute tribal officers) were not the only people...
by Pakalolo
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on Sun Sep 03, 2023 at 05:53 AM PDT
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Shaking violently between sobs, parent Sarah Shoop Neumann could only manage a whisper as � state troopers escorted her out � of a Tennessee legislative hearing where she was waiting to testify ...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Aug 26, 2023 at 09:00 AM PDT
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Tuesday marked the second day of the Tennessee Legislature’s special session on gun violence. Ostensibly set up by Gov. Bill Lee to help legislate ways to make the state safer and protect children ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Aug 23, 2023 at 09:17 AM PDT
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