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Domestic terrorists win. ‘Nuff said.
by TheseusInWisconsin
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on Sat Jan 07, 2023 at 11:20 AM PST
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[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster.]
I began the process of purging my Twitter account of 95% of its political input yesterday, the political news has been such a daily hammer blow for so long I hit a wall, there’s only so much terrible news I can...
by paradox
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on Fri Mar 15, 2019 at 04:38 AM PDT
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Chancellor-in-Chief Litler applies lipstick to his capitulation. He used the same tried and true technique of a vocal stream of goebbage designed to obscure the fact that he he ordered children to be separated from their parents, to be shipped to...
by Dave the Wave
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on Thu Jun 21, 2018 at 04:22 AM PDT
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I’ll start with a film about Nazi Germany—Sophie Scholl: The Final Days. Sophie Scholl was a young German woman involved in resistance to the Nazis, in particular a group called the White Rose. She, along with her brother and many others, were...
by deadpan
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on Sat Mar 18, 2017 at 03:15 PM PDT
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I had intended to remain silent other than my PA judicial elections diaries (here and here), and I imagine other people have been covering this, but I recently had a discussion with a friend of mine about how strongly Democrats should try to obstruct...
by deadpan
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on Sun Feb 19, 2017 at 01:56 PM PST
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The 31 House Democrats that voted for the Keystone XL pipeline, mapped
By Philip Bump
Thirty-one Democrats broke ranks with the rest of their caucus on Friday to vote in favor of approving the ...
by Lefty Coaster
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on Sat Nov 15, 2014 at 04:57 AM PST
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FOX dumps the Cruz-aders: I was an Obamacare Guinea Pig. I signed up. I saved. And so will millions. To paraphrase LBJ, a Texan who knew a thing or two about politics, when you've lost FOX, you've lost the war. That's a fact Granny Palin and the Cruz-aders just have to accept. Like it or not.
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by 8ackgr0und N015e
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on Tue Oct 22, 2013 at 02:48 PM PDT
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Thursday’s developments were not good news for the GOP.
It has become increasingly apparent in the last 48 hours that the long national nightmare over the government shutdown is nearing an end.
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by Warren Swil
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on Fri Oct 11, 2013 at 05:05 AM PDT
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This is really disturbing, if not unexpected.
Obama Budget to Include Cuts to Programs in Hopes of Deal">Obama Budget to Include Cuts to Programs in Hopes of Deal
By JACKIE CALMES
WASHINGTON — ...
by Lefty Coaster
67 comments
on Fri Apr 05, 2013 at 12:02 PM PDT
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Don't worry. This time, I'm REALLY going to let you kick it.
by tim72184
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on Thu Jan 24, 2013 at 10:09 AM PST
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Un-frickin-believable!
In what can only be called a massively stupid move on the part of the DNC, they backed down from properly removing all references to God from the DNC platform. For f-ck's ...
by TigerMom
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on Wed Sep 05, 2012 at 04:18 PM PDT
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Apparently the Ron Paul Revolution was a text book case of what the Chinese called "Paper Tigers"
After all of this tough talk, brinksmanship, and jaw-jutting pugnaciousness, when show time came, ...
by plan9pub
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on Wed Aug 29, 2012 at 07:11 AM PDT
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Check the weather reports, because I'd swear right now that Hell must have frozen over on this late November day. I've heard a couple of things from two different people, and given recent history, ...
by HamptonRoadsProgressive
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on Tue Nov 22, 2011 at 10:59 AM PST
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In yet another hostage situation, the Republicans are about to break the debt ceiling deal and separate the Military cuts from the non-military cuts. What a surprise! As if there wasn't anyone on ...
by pollwatcher
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on Fri Nov 04, 2011 at 11:40 AM PDT
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Yesterday, I wrote about the monumentally crazy letter co-signed by 60 House DEMOCRATS, who, by adding their names ...
by Tasini
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on Fri Nov 04, 2011 at 11:17 AM PDT
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In today's installment of stupidity, crass political calculations and the desperate need to be inducted into the Washington Post's circle of Very Serious People, I present to you a list of 60 ...
by Tasini
478 comments
on Thu Nov 03, 2011 at 07:59 AM PDT
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Congressional Republicans plan to block President Barack Obama from appointing a director for the new U.S. consumer agency over the August congressional recess.
A spokesman for Senate ...
by nappingwiththecat
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on Tue Aug 02, 2011 at 11:20 PM PDT
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Krauthammer: This Is A Victory For The Tea Party
realclearpolitics -- 07/31/...
by jamess
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on Mon Aug 01, 2011 at 08:32 PM PDT
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With apologies to Eric Idle... The Tale of Sir Obama!
by Great Lakes Liberal
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on Mon Aug 01, 2011 at 02:07 PM PDT
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Well I just contacted the White House to express my frustration.I'm not the most eloquent guy, but I can't stand the damn capitulation antics anymore.Talking here and at the Huffington post get me ...
by MasterfullyInept
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on Mon Aug 01, 2011 at 11:50 AM PDT
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