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Frank Luntz was on NPR this morning saying (just like plenty of other pundits and pollsters) that the Iowan Trump supporters were full of passion for Trump because he’s the victim and he’s getting attacked like they’re being attacked. Somebody even...
by liberalismiscommonsense
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on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 05:59 AM PST
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Featuring Leaders from Across the Country, with Plenary Speaker Nina Turner! Reserve Your Virtual Seat Here.
by Progressive Democrats of America
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on Tue Nov 28, 2023 at 08:28 AM PST
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On 14 October a referendum proposed by the First Nations National Constitutional Convention asked all Australians to approve Indigenous Peoples having a constituted elected body which could advise governments on legislation affecting them. It was a...
by Alan Austin
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on Mon Oct 23, 2023 at 04:24 AM PDT
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Since Australia’s federation in 1901, which marked separation from British rule and the states joining to become one nation, there have been six major landmarks in Indigenous affairs. The Coalition of two right-wing political parties – the National...
by Alan Austin
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on Mon Oct 16, 2023 at 04:41 AM PDT
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Previous parts of this story have chronicled the September 30 election in Slovakia, in which the pro-Russian Smer (Direction) party won a plurality with 24% of the vote, followed by the pro-western Progressive Slovakia (PS) party with 19%, and the Hlas...
by GreenCajun
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on Wed Oct 11, 2023 at 06:38 AM PDT
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CNN politics on Apple news has an article: “Analysis: The most obvious speaker solution is also the most radical, by Zachary B Wolf, CNN, posted 5:14 pm EST 1/5/2023” A dem/rep coalition of moderates would effectively defuse radicals. Mr. Wolf’s...
by Be Here Now
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on Fri Jan 06, 2023 at 07:06 AM PST
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“Transformative Politics” - A Lost Manuscript Shows the Fire Barack Obama Couldn’t Reveal on the Campaign Trail https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/opinion/obama-lost-book-manuscript.html My synopsis — selected quotes from the above essay: abolishing...
by hughwill
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on Mon Oct 10, 2022 at 01:11 PM PDT
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Three Take-Aways Climate change’s synergistic crises don’t allow us enough time to respond normally. The GQP & allies flood the world with lies, fear and bigotry to prevent progress. The Democratic coalition must fight with greater urgency, unity,...
by CorpFlunky
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on Fri May 06, 2022 at 12:43 PM PDT
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After three years of incompetent and lazy mismanagement by prime minister Scott Morrison and treasurer Josh Frydenberg, Australia’s global score on economic freedom has collapsed to an all-time low. This adds yet another item to the list of “worst...
by Alan Austin
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on Mon Feb 21, 2022 at 04:34 AM PST
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Quick one here, I have to leave for work, but I saw this video on Brian Taylor Cohen featuring Evan McMullen. He talks about an Independent coalition of everyone who isn’t a crazed Trumper. I think this could be a powerful tool in red states. Thoughts?...
by Hinoema01
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on Mon Jan 03, 2022 at 03:59 AM PST
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Australia’s economic growth is at a 30-year low relative to comparable countries. Yet the Treasurer claims it now ‘leads the pack’. He is apparently inspired by Donald J Trump – don’t waste time on small lies; the bigger the better! Last week’s...
by Alan Austin
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on Mon Sep 06, 2021 at 07:23 AM PDT
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Australian workers have received all-time low annual wage rises over the financial year to June 2021. That is according to an article published this week by Independent Australia. Australia has always rewarded workers with steady wage increases year on...
by Alan Austin
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on Fri Aug 27, 2021 at 10:09 AM PDT
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An article published today in Australia, based on the national accounts from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), showed that the process of shifting wealth and income from the poor and middle to the rich is not just continuing but accelerating....
by Alan Austin
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on Mon Dec 07, 2020 at 05:32 AM PST
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The George Floyd — Minneapolis crisis is complex: protesters delivering an urgent valid message, rioters venting frustration, looters engaging in vandalism, general public in sympathy yet fearful of chaos. Then add in all of the pundits, media, law...
by KKwriter
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on Tue Jun 02, 2020 at 06:55 PM PDT
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For brief descriptions of and links to recent posts, click here. For an inverse-chronological list with links to all posts after January 23, 2017, click here. For a subject-matter index to posts before that date, click here. As an incisive op-ed in the...
by dratler
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on Wed May 27, 2020 at 12:17 PM PDT
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Some good news for the north coast of Western Australia. A tropical Cyclone promises heavy rain and winds to the parched, tinder dry, NW region of the island continent. “The Bureau of Meteorology’s Neil Bennett said the cyclone’s expected path would...
by Pakalolo
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on Mon Jan 06, 2020 at 04:06 PM PST
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This battle is coming to a close. No matter what happens on Tuesday, we’ve made history. We stood up together in the face of injustice and we, the people did something. Win or lose, we’re not going anywhere. Win or lose, we stand together.
In times...
by lucylamp
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on Mon Nov 05, 2018 at 08:16 AM PST
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Eleven thousand voters turn 18 every day, according to the Future Coalition, a national network of youth-led organizations and initiatives. It’s those newly eligible voters, and others comprising the notoriously unlikely-to-vote 18-24 age group, that...
by Jessica Sutherland
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on Sat Nov 03, 2018 at 07:00 PM PDT
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The entire country is not blue (Democrats) and red (Republicans).
Coalitions must be allowed to form.
Except for the courts, entire governments must be allowed to disappear when they fail, not every 4 years and/or 2 years and/or 6 years.
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by michaelsam963
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on Fri Jun 08, 2018 at 04:59 PM PDT
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In its annual report on US coalition bombings in Syria/Iraq, Airwars estimated 6,000 civilians were killed by missiles and bombs funded by US taxpayers. Airwars noted a huge increase in bombings and civilian deaths under the Trump administration.
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by subir
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on Mon Mar 19, 2018 at 10:12 AM PDT
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