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Members of the Kennedy family visited the White House Sunday for President Joe Biden’s St. Patrick’s Day brunch , and in case there’s�any doubt about the family’s allegiances this coming ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 04:15 PM PDT
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I’m very aware this opinion won’t go down well, so to preface with a couple lawyerly disclaimers: (1) I am a staunch progressive who voted for Biden in 2020, Hillary in 2016, Obama twice, etc. I will vote for whomever is the Democratic candidate for...
by NihonBuckeye
168 comments
on Thu Feb 08, 2024 at 11:19 PM PST
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Professor William Darity is known for his extensive work studying American economic history and advocating for Black reparations. As a Duke University Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, he has also pushed for a robust federal...
by Walter Einenkel
87 comments
on Fri Jun 02, 2023 at 01:15 PM PDT
with 300 Recommends
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If you’ve spent any time recently on Mastodon, you have probably encountered the raging debate over the “quote/toot” (QT), mostly fueled by Twitter refugees who loved or hated the Twitter “quote/tweet”. As of now, Mastodon does not support a QT...
by grapes
20 comments
on Tue Dec 27, 2022 at 05:03 PM PST
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He Called my Fiona a Smelly kitty, cause he didn’t like the photo on my Profile, and besides I kicked his ass like four times earlier. Behind the Curtain of Twitter This was in response to a picture of Hitler with his arms up {like trump}, and a...
by PadreMellyrn
11 comments
on Sun Oct 30, 2022 at 06:31 PM PDT
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Alex Stein came to a low level of internet fame when a series of his appearances at various city council meetings went viral. In those meetings Stein would usually pretend to be some concerned citizen and then do a literal song and dance routine. The...
by Walter Einenkel
53 comments
on Mon Aug 08, 2022 at 12:49 PM PDT
with 90 Recommends
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A musk-shaped cloud hangs over Twitter like a bad omen. I smell elon in the air. What to do? What to do? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go Elon will be trouble If I stay troll trouble doubles So come on and let me know Should I stay or …...
by Kent Moorhead
32 comments
on Mon May 16, 2022 at 07:37 AM PDT
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The far-right livestreaming troll Anthime Joseph “Tim” Gionet, known best by his moniker “Baked Alaska,” has been facing all kinds of legal problems in regards to his participation in the attempted overthrow of our government on Jan. 6, 2021. On...
by Walter Einenkel
202 comments
on Thu May 12, 2022 at 10:49 AM PDT
with 244 Recommends
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I was inspired to write this in response to the article and comments posted by A Bleeding God. The talk in democrat circles and the media is that Joe Biden won the 2020 election. I just spent 3 hours reading through her thread and that is not the...
by USforMe2
86 comments
on Tue Nov 10, 2020 at 04:54 PM PST
with 1 Recommend
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We all know that the Democrat establishment shoved a Republican in disguise down our throat with Biden. Once again, Bernie was cheated out of the nomination and I must say I will not stand for it. Like many Bernie supporters did in 2016, I fully...
by tfriend8603
236 comments
on Mon Oct 12, 2020 at 03:06 PM PDT
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I am truly undecided here. I voted for Trump in 2016. I know that will not win me any points here, but I was waiting 25 years to vote against Hillary Clinton. It is against every idea of public service to do what she did and sell...
by figandgage
60 comments
on Tue Sep 29, 2020 at 02:26 PM PDT
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Bernie Sanders was the only candidate in 2016 and 2020 that could win and was genuine in what he offered the American people. We were cheated by the DNC once again and a right wing candidate is being forced down our throats. I am joining the...
by bernietime2020
118 comments
on Tue Sep 22, 2020 at 04:12 PM PDT
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They say they know things others don’t know. If you have a problem, you can always seek out the Miraculous Flying Bernie Bros.
by Poorly Animated
38 comments
on Sun May 03, 2020 at 05:40 AM PDT
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I posted the following as a comment in another dairy and it was suggested I consider creating my own diary using it. Here’s what I wrote — with some additional tweaks: I am a progressive. I have come to the conclusion that under present circumstances,...
by dweb8231
62 comments
on Sun Mar 08, 2020 at 03:32 PM PDT
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Hey, are you undecided about the D presidential candidates? I have always gravitated towards Amy Klobuchar (similar midwest roots to mine). However, until she does something about Myron Burrell, who decays for life in a MN federal prison, courtesy,...
by spartacushighlife
59 comments
on Mon Feb 03, 2020 at 04:41 AM PST
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I know this won’t surprise many here, but I still gotta say it. During the impeachment trial today, I spent some time running twitter accounts through the website “Botsentinel.com”. This was new to me — I didn’t know there was a tool online to check...
by theOtherBarry
16 comments
on Thu Jan 30, 2020 at 01:12 PM PST
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Major League Baseball’s World Series championship series is underway between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros. The Nationals took a surprising 2-0 game lead in the series, winning the first two games in Houston’s own stadium. On Friday...
by Walter Einenkel
63 comments
on Fri Oct 25, 2019 at 10:23 AM PDT
with 129 Recommends
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www.thedailybeast.com/... Ukrainian Official: We’re Ready to Investigate Biden’s Son—if Trump Asks Officially Ukraine officials see no indication Biden or his son broke their laws. If Trump wants them investigated in Kyiv, his government will need to...
by Gurnt
223 comments
on Fri Sep 20, 2019 at 07:05 AM PDT
with 399 Recommends
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Love the articles on science here, but why the arbitrary Trump bashing?
Love the article regarding the fate most engineers and scientists are forced to in this country; taking a back seat to our supposedly “woke” brethren not tied down in their...
by scottgoing
75 comments
on Wed Mar 20, 2019 at 07:26 PM PDT
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Don’t Be A Dick, Ignore The Circular Firing Squad.
It’s already starting. One of us posts in support of a candidate and someone hijacks the comments with a specious trolling attack and off we go doing the devil’s (trRumps) work of dividing...
by Idontknowwhy
11 comments
on Tue Feb 26, 2019 at 10:58 AM PST
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