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Tonight’s news compilation is mostly meta�about the scientific findings and actions. The stories in the first section bemoan�losses, while the remainder�predominantly are correcting false ...
by Besame
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on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 08:56 PM PST
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Last Friday, we discussed the fact that Republicans are using transphobia to obstruct climate action. Today, we’ll explain how transphobic rhetoric often relies on the same set of science denialist rhetorical techniques as climate change denial. At the...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
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on Mon Jun 12, 2023 at 07:47 AM PDT
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NORTH CAROLINA OPEN THREAD Sunday, April 9th, 2023 WEEKLY EDITION #411 This is a weekly feature of North Carolina Blue. We hope this weekly platform gives readers interested in North Carolina politics a place to share their knowledge, insight and...
by randallt
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on Sun Apr 09, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Folks have read the story of the Duke of Dun, and his antics through out the last year. I believe I posted that duke had come, under light protest, to the cooling AC in the bedroom during the 105 temp spikes here. The story Continues below
by PadreMellyrn
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on Sun Feb 26, 2023 at 07:40 PM PST
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NORTH CAROLINA OPEN THREAD Sunday, January 29, 2023 WEEKLY EDITION #401 This is a weekly feature of North Carolina Blue. We hope this weekly platform gives readers interested in North Carolina politics a place to share their knowledge, insight and...
by randallt
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on Sun Jan 29, 2023 at 10:00 AM PST
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Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver-Velez By now, most of you have probably read the story of what happened to Black Duke women’s volleyball starter Rachel Richardson, who had to play while being called “ni**ger from the stands at a game...
by Black Kos
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on Tue Aug 30, 2022 at 02:00 PM PDT
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NORTH CAROLINA OPEN THREAD Sunday, April 3, 2022 359th Weekly Edition � This is a weekly feature of � North Carolina Blue . We hope this weekly platform gives readers interested in North Carolina ...
by randallt
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on Sun Apr 03, 2022 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Ohio state Rep. Larry Householder was expelled from the state’s House after a 75-21 vote passed through the Republican-controlled chamber on Wednesday. Householder, the former Ohio House Republican speaker, refused to resign amidst calls from both...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Jun 16, 2021 at 04:17 PM PDT
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The NCAA College Basketball Tournament starts in earnest on March 21 (I’m not counting the play-in games). Breakout star for the Duke Blue Devils, Zion Williamson, should enjoy the tournament like nearly everyone else: by filling out a bracket and...
by Tzimisce
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on Thu Feb 21, 2019 at 01:10 PM PST
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David Duke has now come out in support of Tulsi Gabbard, not just for the Democratic nomination, but for the Presidency in 2020 over Trump.
I can’t make this stuff up. We will never nominate a candidate that is preferred by well known racist and...
by Texas Lefty
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on Tue Feb 05, 2019 at 01:19 PM PST
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Duke University is getting a lot of attention on social media these last few days, and none of it is good. Why? Megan Neely, a Duke University professor, reportedly sent an email on Friday asking Chinese students not to speak Chinese in common areas....
by Marissa Higgins
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on Mon Jan 28, 2019 at 10:14 AM PST
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Some Kossacks may remember the diary posted a few days ago about Duke, my sick tomcat and the ‘song’ I had written for Him. I was celebrating what I thought was beginning of his recovery from a three week respiratory infection. I was mistaken....
by River Rover
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on Sat Jan 05, 2019 at 07:56 AM PST
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North Carolina is a state that’s been profoundly affected by the undemocratic gerrymandering the Republican Party uses to consolidate their minority share of the American imagination. Back in November 2015, North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed May 16, 2018 at 08:19 AM PDT
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For someone probably familiar with the cultural history of his workplace Larry Moneta should probably reflect even on those same issues that makes John Kelly so thick-headed about immigrant cultures.
The personal can be political, but not all...
by annieli
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on Sat May 12, 2018 at 05:07 PM PDT
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This looks like a great way to spend the evening of Jan 19th. What a dynamic, dedicated duo.
Sanders will join the Rev. William Barber, past president of the North Carolina NAACP in a conversation, The Enduring Challenge of a Moral Economy: 50...
by roonie
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on Tue Jan 09, 2018 at 06:01 PM PST
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Good news for Americans and citizens around the world who are against racism, KKK, neo-Nazism and white supremacy: the Robert E. Lee monumental statue at renowned Duke University in the former Confederate state of North Carolina—has been removed. The...
by Leslie Salzillo
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on Sat Aug 19, 2017 at 09:57 AM PDT
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There was recently a flurry of media coverage about the potential U.S. Senate candidacy of a local millionaire’s kid named Robert Ritchie (known professionally for playing the role of working-class musician Kid Rock), a seat up for election in 2018 and...
by HappyMichBlogger
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on Thu Aug 17, 2017 at 10:02 PM PDT
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Are there no just men in the White House? Is there no one in the White House who can tell Donald Trump in no uncertain terms that Nazism is an ideology condemned throughout the civilized world. Perhaps, his coterie of “advisors”, Gorka, Miller, Bannon,...
by ARCADIA
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on Wed Aug 16, 2017 at 09:26 AM PDT
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The past bloody weekend in Charlottesville shows that Donald Trump’s “alt-right” supporters are — wait for it — actual Nazis. Anyone marching among Swastikas no longer gets a pass for worn-out platitudes about southern heritage. President Trump’s...
by kmoorh
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on Fri Aug 18, 2017 at 04:01 AM PDT
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The Men’s NCAA basketball tournament started this week, with half the first round games played today. Women begin playing tomorrow. You can mix your politics and sports at Five Thirty Eight, but for many, the next three weeks are going to be a welcome...
by subir
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on Thu Mar 16, 2017 at 07:07 PM PDT
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