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Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new � bathroom law � with thousands of hoax reports in an effort to shield trans ...
by Associated Press
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on Wed May 08, 2024 at 09:30 AM PDT
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Clarence B. Jones says he thought a prankster was on the line when he answered the telephone and heard the person on the other end say they were calling from the White House.
by Associated Press
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on Fri May 03, 2024 at 02:29 PM PDT
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President John F. Kennedy, then a US Senator, won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize (Biography) for writing Profiles in Courage.* The narrow scope of his treatise focused on eight US Senators who risked their political careers (or even their lives) by defying...
by C0RI0LANUS
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on Wed Mar 13, 2024 at 11:16 AM PDT
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Vivian Silver, 74, an Arabic-speaker, life-long hands-on advocate for peace, Palestinian rights, and women’s rights, presumed kidnapped by Hamas in the October 7 massacre, today was declared dead, on the basis of forensic examination of previously...
by mettle fatigue
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on Mon Nov 13, 2023 at 05:49 PM PST
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Thanks to Dartagnan's rather excellent article on DK. I felt the need to add to their sense of urgency! Here's the article from the Washington Post! Read it! Knowledge is power! This article reprint, as of now, is not behind a paywall. You can read...
by ThinkOutsideTheBox
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on Mon Nov 06, 2023 at 11:34 PM PST
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Back in the good, old, days Dictator Trump “just” threatened to sue you! Here’s a list of Golden Oldies published in the Huffington Post that was last updated back in ancient times, in October of 2016! Dictator Trump threatened: The New York Times,...
by ThinkOutsideTheBox
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on Mon Oct 30, 2023 at 10:18 PM PDT
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In a major victory for climate activists that, if it stands on appeal, will be a powerful weapon for in the fight to prevent catastrophic change, a Montana state district court judge ruled that the failure of the State of Montana to protect the...
by Alan Singer
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on Wed Aug 23, 2023 at 02:52 AM PDT
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“Who can I volunteer for to knock on doors?” I have been asked some variation of this question quite often this year. One DKos commenter even told me he was going to change loyalty in the primary because this other candidate was knocking on doors! In...
by snowbored
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on Fri Nov 04, 2022 at 08:52 AM PDT
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Mere weeks ago, President Biden was making more memories in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he typically vacations. His home away from home in nearby North Shores sits less than one mile from the Atlantic Ocean and, like many homes in beach...
by April Siese
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on Tue Sep 13, 2022 at 02:09 PM PDT
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After initially reporting on Apr. 1 about a bizarre case in Washington, D.C., where police discovered five fetuses in the home of an anti-abortion activist, now we learn that the fetuses came from a box filled with 115 fetuses that a truck driver...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Wed Apr 06, 2022 at 12:18 PM PDT
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Black farmers are fast becoming a dying breed. Just 1.4% of farmers in the U.S. identify as Black compared with 14% 100 years ago—fewer than 35,000 Black-run farms in the nation. Farmers such as John Boyd Jr. have struggled for decades, in fact, really...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Fri Feb 18, 2022 at 05:31 AM PST
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Isaias Hernandez grew up in Sylmar, California, a low-income neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. He tells Daily Kos that living in affordable housing, eating using food stamps, and having his home near toxic industries launched his journey into...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Fri Feb 11, 2022 at 11:40 AM PST
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DON'T BE FOOLED: The Economy is good. Sinema's filibuster hypocrisy's an assist to Trump's next coup At last sane reporters tell the truth about Biden's economy. Sinema's hypocrisy is placed into perspective by two well-known activists. The economy is better than you think FIERY SPEECH: MLK III excoriated Sinema & Manchin for their voting rights...
by Egberto Willies
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on Tue Jan 18, 2022 at 01:00 PM PST
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A small nonprofit in Georgia has uncovered a shocking injustice facing a tiny town in the south of the state. Not only is pollution from several industrial facilities destroying the environment, but the mostly Black and brown community members are...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Fri Jan 14, 2022 at 12:02 PM PST
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Five of the 20 veterans who’ve served on Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s advisory council since 2019 wrote a blistering letter to her today—one she is not likely to soon forget. The five resigned and indicted Sinema for “hanging your constituents out to...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Thu Oct 21, 2021 at 09:43 AM PDT
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When Ed Asner died at 91 on Aug. 29, the headlines largely focused on his legendary role as Lou Grant, the “gruff but lovable newsman” who debuted on The Mary Tyler Moore Show before being spun off into the lead of Lou Grant. Asner’s achievements as an...
by Laura Clawson
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on Mon Aug 30, 2021 at 01:20 PM PDT
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Links: The Guardian:The Pegasus Project Forbidden Stories: All the articles The Guardian view on spyware sales: the proliferation risks are real The Israeli surveillance company NSO Group has created, developed and sold hacking software, known as...
by LaFeminista
133 comments
on Tue Jul 20, 2021 at 07:53 AM PDT
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Activists Storm the Boardrooms of Big Oil GLENN DAIGON 06/21/21 The last week of May this year was a bad one for Big Oil. Sixty-one percent of Chevron’s shareholders voted in favor of a resolution calling for cutting back on the firm’s emissions. A...
by gdaigon
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on Mon Jun 21, 2021 at 04:13 AM PDT
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Reddit activists are proving that the stock market is but a fraudulent betting game. Homeland security watching Right-Wing extremist. And More! Reddit proving something big Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live...
by Egberto Willies
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on Wed Jan 27, 2021 at 01:00 PM PST
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In 2000, Ohio was viewed as one of the key states to swing an election. The focus has shifted over time, as Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida and other states flit in and out of contention. Ohio drifted off the Democratic radar for a while, but this year,...
by Christopher Reeves
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on Tue Sep 22, 2020 at 11:09 AM PDT
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