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This week, Texas Gov. Abbot and other Texas Republicans are talking about banning trans and gender nonconforming people from teaching. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suggested that he wants to end transgender and gender nonconforming individuals from...
by Barry Deutsch
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on Mon Apr 22, 2024 at 10:19 AM PDT
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Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 pm�— in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers ...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 05:57 AM PDT
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I haven’t been closely looking into conservative claims of an ‘immigration crisis’ on the Mexican border. I know the situation is a mess, but after 20+ years of immigration panic, I have no confidence that they have any concerns that I would share, or...
by AChris
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 01:43 PM PDT
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I discovered this story because of this video between Dr. Rashad Richey and Journalism Student Juan Villasmil on the issue of CBS new policy on DEI.
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by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 09:12 AM PDT
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I posted a meme showcasing the acknowledged two-tiered justice system, most of it divided by class and race, that has always existed in America. A follower on one of my social media threads gave me considerable pushback from the meme. It seems some...
by sepiasiren
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 03:38 PM PDT
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This story was first posted by maggiejean on 4/15. Story number 12 in the overnight news digest. www.dailykos.com/… An Ohio man was charged with murder after shooting a Black ride-share driver in an unprovoked attack, following the most recent string...
by Kevo2007
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 01:59 PM PDT
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This is one of my personal favorite cartoons I've ever created. The little mini-panel at the end still makes me giggle.
by Barry Deutsch
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 11:13 AM PDT
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America has a long history of creating second-class citizens. In 1807, New Jersey removed the vote for women and free people of color. In the 1820s and 1830s, the Court decided that Native Americans no longer owned their land, once it had been...
by CorpFlunky
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 10:01 AM PDT
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One of the many things I’ve learned here on DK is that there is a rule (of thumb)�about asking a question with your title.� Basically the rule says you already know the answer to the question.� ...
by rflctammt
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 07:11 AM PDT
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Here’s how I first heard of O.J. Simpson: I was eight years old, and I’d never watched a football game before. My parents were white middle-class left-wing intellectuals, and disdained spectator sports. I was at my friend Kenny’s house. I knew Kenny...
by YellowDogBlue
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on Thu Apr 11, 2024 at 02:08 PM PDT
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Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, the right-wing fraudsters who orchestrated a robocall campaign targeting Black voters in seven states during the 2020 election, have agreed to pay $1.25 million in a settlement with New York Attorney General Letitia James....
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 06:32 AM PDT
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Reposted from My Substack. Biden-Harris HQ @BidenHQ Trump calls for mass detention camps and rounding up millions of Latinos, saying it will be larger than a 1950s military operation called “Operation Wetback” 7:38 AM · Apr 4, 2024 “We’re going to have...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Sun Apr 07, 2024 at 09:11 AM PDT
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Black-majority Newbern, AL hasn't had local elections in 60+ years, a federal suit might change that All of us here at dkos are fighting to protect and strengthen our democracy, especially with this year’s high-stakes national elections. But the fight for democracy is also going on at the state and local level, and I wanted to lift up an appalling...
by davidkc
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on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 11:01 AM PDT
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This song is catchy (love the Upright Bass) and effective Classism, Racism, Immigration, she touches it all Rich people stacking the deck Rich people with big fat checs Rich People havin’ a ball Rich People fu**in us all Sing it recite it , copy and...
by Jamesleo
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on Fri Apr 05, 2024 at 02:21 PM PDT
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THE RACIST HATE CULT OF DONALD J. TRUMP By Ron Clinton Smith When Donald Trump took office in 2016, hate crimes in America soared 320%. Trump had narrowly won the election trafficking in vitriolic, vengeful, violent language, toward anyone questioning...
by Latchroad
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on Thu Apr 04, 2024 at 11:18 PM PDT
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The mission of Fox News from its inception has been to promote far-right politics and the Republican Party. However, in recent years it has shifted to an even more extreme bias in favor one Republican in particular. The Fox News devotion to Donald...
by News Corpse
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on Thu Apr 04, 2024 at 02:01 PM PDT
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Trump and his allies find a new way to be extra racist So many new and exciting ways to push the racist envelope, so little time. No Labels has no candidates, no campaign, no nothin' The “alternative” political party has no future in the 2024...
by Daily Kos Staff
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on Thu Apr 04, 2024 at 01:25 PM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Hey, what if the next time Joe Biden visits the House of Representatives, Marjorie Taylor Greene is wearing a pin that says:...
by TomDispatch
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on Thu Apr 04, 2024 at 06:55 AM PDT
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I will readily admit that I sometimes have vivid dreams, often dealing with current political situations. This situation may or may not actually have occurred during the CoVid-19 crisis, when then-president Donald Trump actually had ordered the sped-up...
by GammaJo
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on Wed Apr 03, 2024 at 06:49 PM PDT
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“I am a woman, and I am Italian. We are all the same: human beings, children of God.” Mother Cabrini Cabrini is an impressive movie, a poignant depiction of America’s long history of xenophobia and racism. The film’s trailer opens with a powerful...
by tony a
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on Wed Apr 03, 2024 at 10:38 AM PDT
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- MRFF demands Army bases immediately cease using Christian nationalist National Day of Prayer artworkIt’s that time of year again – time for the National Day of Prayer – that day set aside each year for the government to completely unconstitutionally tell everybody to pray. This national day of flipping-the-bird-at-the-Constitution takes place...31 comments 121 Recs
- The type of dyslexia that I have is referred to as visual dyslexia, I have tinted glasses, and use colored overlays. The reason that I am writing this short diary? I learned to read late, and as a result, I was mocked until it was both diagnosed and...150 comments 260 Recs
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