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Why does Donald Trump want to reserve the right to lie? That is what he is doing by couching his “defense” against Jack Smith’s January 6 charges, saying he had a “First Amendment” right to do so, to claim things even if he knew they were false. He...
by novapsyche
on Tue Aug 08, 2023 at 10:10 AM PDT
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There’s a difference between lying, stretching the truth, telling a whopper, eating a Whopper, fabricating, eliminating the truth from your whole being, being a lying sack-o-crap, lying to stay in practice, lying as a lifestyle, ready to lie at a...
by RussellWriter
on Mon May 15, 2023 at 12:20 PM PDT
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Gun violence and alternative facts solved! (Satire warning) — apparently not everyone - the lawyer for the former guy - understands what satire is and how it’s used. Refer to E. Jean Trial line of clueless questioning. I am writing with a fresh and...
by keighserah
on Wed May 03, 2023 at 11:22 AM PDT
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Not that he was biased, but in February, 2016, CBS’s Les Moonves honked “You cannot live without CBS” in general and “60 Minutes” in particular. Almost in the same breath, he suggested the network he helmed ought to foist wall-to-wall coverage of what...
by Inspector Clueso
on Tue Apr 04, 2023 at 03:56 PM PDT
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Amid a Polar Vortex slamming the central United States, Texas (and Texans) are facing an energy crisis — with greatly increased power (electricity demand) with lowered supplies (about 30 gigawatts of electricity production offline), massively...
by A Siegel
on Mon Feb 15, 2021 at 03:18 PM PST
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With over 30,000 documented lies just in his Presidency and the Big Lie central to Trump’s political power, there is one that truly stands out. A single $100,000,000,000,000 ($1T) lie — a lie that isn’t just Trump’s but permeates the...
by A Siegel
on Sat Jan 16, 2021 at 04:14 PM PST
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When our Capitol building was torched by foreign invaders in 1814, it’s unlikely Dolly Madison alone hoisted Washington’s portrait on her back. Our iconic first president in oils, was probably saved on the backs of slaves, who our 2021 Capitol...
by The Reasonable Voice
on Sat Jan 09, 2021 at 07:41 AM PST
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If you haven’t heard, this Donald Trump guy doesn’t seem to be a particularly good guy. He doesn’t seem to be a particularly competent guy. Frankly, he seems like he’s bad for our country. Hold on while I set fire to my possessions for fear I...
by Walter Einenkel
on Thu Sep 10, 2020 at 11:46 AM PDT
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We are all descended from immigrants unless we are Native Americans. This is even true for Stephen Miller, the White House senior policy adviser. Jennifer Mendelsohn, an author, journalist, and genealogist has researched Miller and other...
by KirkLC
on Fri Jun 29, 2018 at 06:45 AM PDT
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Chris Hayes had former Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services administrator Andrew Slavitt on tonight June 16th, 2017, who explained the trick that republican U.S. senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is most likely going to pull, which...
by Eric Nelson
on Fri Jun 16, 2017 at 09:35 PM PDT
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There's a war going on against academics as well as against the media. People who try to uncover the truth are never the favorites of people in power and often they are persecuted. (See this and this, for example. Journalists are being killed in a...
by AKSteve
on Tue May 02, 2017 at 10:15 AM PDT
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..that is the word used in the title of this video segment discussing the numerous motivations for the Trump regime to fire U.S. attorney Preet Bharara. Shocking.
At first I thought; no, nothing about this administration is shocking...
by Eric Nelson
on Sun Mar 12, 2017 at 10:06 PM PDT
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Journalist Christiane Amanpour sees an existential threat to American journalism. She warns that honest reporting is in danger in the United States and that reporters here could suffer the same repressive fate as those in authoritarian states.
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by David Guilbault
on Sun Nov 27, 2016 at 11:13 AM PST
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Most of the Clinton supporters with whom I interact on a regular basis become unresponsive when I suggest that her vote on the war against Iraq (vehement support) and her policy with respect to Libya
by weldon berger
on Wed Feb 03, 2016 at 05:10 PM PST
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... depending upon who writes Constitutional Amendments and who interprets them. The "Equal Protection" and "Due Process" clauses of the 5th and 14th amendments CAN be interpreted to state that ...
by bob wahr
on Tue Oct 06, 2015 at 11:36 AM PDT
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I wonder if it's the most taboo word in journalism.
The L-word. Nope, not Love. Not even Liberal.
LIAR.
Take a look at the tap-dancing that happened at a panel of Wisconsin journalists the ...
by AnnieJo
on Wed Jun 03, 2015 at 02:55 PM PDT
with 106 Recommends
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by the attacks on the reproductive rights of women by a Vaggle of CONservatives, rethugliCONs, libercarelessians , teabaggers, and theocRATS. We are also very saddened by how these pitiful excuses ...
by Bort336
on Sun May 17, 2015 at 03:31 PM PDT
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If you have not seen this, it's a must watch. I don't think I have ever watched Stewart go after someone as aggressively. Why she showed up is a bit of a mystery to me. Maybe she needs the money. ...
by Z51Xfire
on Thu Apr 30, 2015 at 07:13 AM PDT
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It’s indicative of the fragile propaganda that’s underpinning Democratic strategy when DNC leaders call for party unity at a time when they are coronating one of the most polarizing political ...
by praenomen
on Sat Mar 14, 2015 at 09:34 PM PDT
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
- Edmund ...
by Samuel Vargo
on Sat Dec 13, 2014 at 11:35 PM PST
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