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Sometimes I wonder if we really deserve to survive as a species. Too many of us delight in shaming, embarrassing, and even driving to suicide other human beings who have done nothing except exist. Whether they are the wrong religion, or the wrong skin...
by Dan K
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on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 09:06 AM PDT
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Donald Trump finally got around to mentioning the Navalny assassination, and of course he made it all about himself. The sudden death of Alexei Navalny has made me more and more aware of what is happening in our Country. It is a slow, steady...
by Dan K
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on Mon Feb 19, 2024 at 08:50 PM PST
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That’s a rhetorical question. Of course we haven’t. And we won’t until we and enough of the public take control our commons, physical and digital, including system wide networks to individual contributions. We’ve trashed much of our physical commons,...
by greenandblue
30 comments
on Sun Feb 04, 2024 at 03:01 PM PST
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“The idea of having to ‘earn a living’ implies that by default, you don’t actually deserve to be alive.” James Ellars Not surprisingly, America’s growing union movement is disagreeable to our wealthy ruling minority, because when workers stick...
by Gregg Matson
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on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 12:04 PM PST
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“Emigration offers some of the things the frustrated hope to find when they join a mass movement, namely, change and a chance for a new beginning.” Eric Hoffer THE TRUE BELIEVER Is there total chaos at America’s southern border? That depends on who...
by Gregg Matson
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on Fri Dec 22, 2023 at 10:47 AM PST
with 10 Recommends
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I received a WhatsApp message the other day asking me to sign a petition demanding the Obama Foundation cancel the scholarship of a student for posting the above commentary on a photo of students demonstrating with Israeli and IDF flags. The people...
by thewavethatiam
44 comments
on Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 09:28 PM PST
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( Some of the events here took place a few years ago. I believe that such moments transcend space and time. If you disagree, please consider yourself forwarned. Thank you. ) What is it like to live in a society with such respect for the tradition and...
by Tevye
28 comments
on Sat Jun 03, 2023 at 03:08 PM PDT
with 105 Recommends
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Many people were shocked on Wednesday when the favorites for this year’s NBA playoffs, the Giannis Antetokounmpo-led Milwaukee Bucks, lost in the first round of the playoffs to the underdog Miami Heat. Following the loss, the Milwaukee superstar faced...
by BeninSC
58 comments
on Thu Apr 27, 2023 at 11:18 PM PDT
with 115 Recommends
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Neil Parrott, a far-right, extremist Republican state representative from Western Maryland, once actually proposed going beyond Nathaniel Hawthorne’s fictional premise of 172 years ago in The Scarlett Letter in real life. He supported branding people...
by jacksonthor
14 comments
on Sat Sep 10, 2022 at 08:59 AM PDT
with 12 Recommends
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Most of you are probably aware that I lost my kitty Noble Fur last December, in the most awful way. The short version is that she was killed by a dog as she was spending time outdoors, something she ...
by foresterbob
290 comments
on Thu Feb 17, 2022 at 06:05 AM PST
with 350 Recommends
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Behold my third “diary” entry for Daily Kos. The first was very well received. 240+ recommendations. Made the front page. Oooo. BMOC. The second, not so much. 4 recommendations. But it’s a new venue to explore. Can’t deny that my inner attention whore...
by rougy77
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on Wed Sep 01, 2021 at 02:26 PM PDT
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From 21st Century Fox and Borderline Cinema comes this brand new adaptation of the music of Rogers and Hammerstein for the classic film and stage play, The Sound of Music. Now updated to reflect on the disparity between the justifiable acceptance of...
by Andrea D
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on Sun Aug 22, 2021 at 08:25 AM PDT
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Welcome Brothers and Sisters. As a union worker, growing up in a union family, I have always loved watching and sharing labor films. All work has dignity, and all workers deserve dignity; union or ...
by Random82
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on Mon Mar 08, 2021 at 09:15 AM PST
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Every Monday morning on Facebook, I submit a post that tries to contextualize the Covid death count. I use the number of deaths on that day and find an image of what that looks like. When the numbers started to get into the thousands, I used arenas,...
by BayAreaKen
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on Mon Nov 02, 2020 at 11:28 AM PST
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Progressives everywhere must broadcast/share/amplify this so that it becomes a pledge we can use to hold a Biden-Harris administration accountable on labor issues. They open with a quote from MLK, which is both savvy and on point in refusing the wedge...
by ortheother
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on Tue Sep 08, 2020 at 12:26 AM PDT
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I hate my body image. I hate it even more by the reactions I get to it from some people. Up until 2005, from my years in High School, I was 6 foot 2 and a solid 170 pounds. If I ate a lot or a little, if I played sports (I am no sports player, but we...
by BFSkinner
130 comments
on Wed Jun 24, 2020 at 02:56 PM PDT
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Courtesy on the Ballot ‘He was a hero because he got captured, I like people who weren’t captured’ Donald J. Trump, questioning the valor of former Prisoner of War, and Naval Academy graduate, Senator John McCain Interview March 2016; “…And when you’re...
by Peter Brooks
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on Mon Jun 01, 2020 at 01:37 PM PDT
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Hello, everyone! This is Lisa Stortstrom, M.Ed, Teacher, RYT200, Yoga for the Special Child Practitioner, and Candidate for Representative, Florida’s State House District 74. Today, I am sharing my new ActBlue contribution form. secure.actblue.com/…...
by lisa277
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on Tue May 26, 2020 at 12:11 PM PDT
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"Uppity" has such an ugly relationship with me. I heard "uppity" when I didn't like being called "nigger" by adults, especially school teachers, a certain cafeteria worker, or parents of my ...
by abluerippleinohio
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on Wed Jan 22, 2020 at 02:53 PM PST
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Today is a special day for the former US President. It was Twenty-six thousand seven hundred and sixty-six days ago that President Jimmy Carter married his wife, Rosalynn. 73 years is certainly a long time. And as of today, it is the longest any...
by Christopher Reeves
18 comments
on Fri Oct 18, 2019 at 01:29 PM PDT
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- Kristi Noem is the Governor of South Dakota. A leading candidate for Trump VP. And a woman who takes pleasure in killing things. To promote her candidacy, she will publish her obligatory autobiography, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with...330 comments 222 Recs
- Many Americans are confused by the spectacle they heard (we couldn’t “witness” it because Republicans on the Supreme Court won’t allow their proceedings to be televised) yesterday as an attorney for Donald Trump, at least three different times in...83 comments 248 Recs
- All our fears to the contrary, Trump actually has little real chance of winning the upcoming election. The key is demographics. There are, of course, a number of factors that influence which voters vote for which candidates, and these factors can...49 comments 68 Recs
- If the Supreme Court thinks former presidents have, or do not have, some or absolute immunity against criminal prosecution, why not just say so now? Why would it take months? Do they have something better to do? Are there other priorities on their...302 comments 614 Recs
- Expect the Senate race to be close this fall—unless Wisconsinites find out what Eric Hovde thinks of them. Are you a farmer? Eric Hovde thinks your retirement age should be pushed up to 72 because after all, “you’re largely driving around on a tractor”...23 comments 132 Recs
- Reposted from Substack This week MAGA Media outlets have breathlessly declared that they’ve found “smoking gun” evidence that proves that the Biden Administration was in communication with ...14 comments 122 Recs
- Never in my long life have I been as enraged and sickened about American politics as I am now. I am close to utter despair at what I’m seeing. My beloved country is becoming an insane asylum, filled with people who want to see the American experiment...131 comments 279 Recs
- I am channeling my inner Andy Rooney for this VERY short diary, and am delighted that the Image Library is here to help yet again. Did ya ever notice how, right after the Democrats pull off something absolutely remarkable, this strange thing happens...415 comments 789 Recs
- Happy Freidai, Peeps! Some of us donât have to sweat out a workweek, but even so, sometimes Freidai makes us want to dance. But what KIND of dance? But FIRST: A gentle reminder of how we do ...73 comments 63 Recs
- A new digital ad will run in the swing states during the NFL draft. The draft festivities were held in Detroit, attended by 300,000, and broadcast to millions across the country. The ad targets Trump's lack of interest in football, comparing it to...61 comments 161 Recs
- One predictable effect of the various states charging the fake electors is that because these people were State Party officials, any lawyers hired by the defendants will very likely have their fees paid by the state party. e.g. In GA, the State...148 comments 640 Recs
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