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The language police have become mall cops. It’s been a week with police riots at colleges across the US: Emory, GOP photo-ops in NY, and everywhere there are Clint Eastwood central administrators yelling “GET OFF MY LAWN”. Darn that intersectionality...
by annieli
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on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 02:41 PM PDT
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Main points: The startling thing about what the Supreme Court has done to help Trump avoid being tried for his most serious crimes against the Constitution before the election (if ever) is this: THE SUPREME COURT HAS SIDED WITH THE CRIMINAL AGAINST THE...
by AndySchmookler
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on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 12:57 PM PDT
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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...
by thomhartmann
137 comments
on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 08:05 AM PDT
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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...
by Pakalolo
74 comments
on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 04:33 AM PDT
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There are but those two options for America when it comes to the abortion issue: either everyone gets to live in accordance with their own beliefs (and some are not happy with the choices of others) or some get to force their views on all. The American...
by AndySchmookler
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on Tue Apr 23, 2024 at 07:33 AM PDT
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Proposition: Mike Johnson is now positioned to deliver the coup de grâce to the Cantelope Coot. What are the chances he will actually realize how much power now he suddenly wields? Hypothetical situation: Were he to choose to do further “right things”...
by Austex Lightbeam
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 02:18 PM PDT
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“Journalists can give the public what it needs to govern itself, but they can’t save democracy. That will be up to the American people.” George Packer, THE ATLANTIC, Jan/Feb 2024 At stake in the upcoming election is the survival of our democratic...
by Gregg Matson
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 03:48 PM PDT
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Short diary entry — Trump supporter’s real goal : Make Russia Great Again. MRGA We should use it freely. What do you think?
by dlsamson
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on Fri Apr 12, 2024 at 09:10 AM PDT
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Yesterday, Politico published an interview with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy titled “Zelenskyy warns Russia has penetrated U.S. politics, invites Trump to Ukraine.” It’s a chilling read. To compound the concern, the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell,...
by thomhartmann
65 comments
on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 08:10 AM PDT
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Call it remedial vigilance. In a nutshell, let’s play catch-up. Here in the land of the free, the indicted, and the still-at-large, Big Blonder rode to power on two of Benito Mussolini’s pet slogans. One, “Drain the Swamp.” Two, “Make [This Country]...
by Inspector Clueso
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 12:09 PM PDT
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Greetings everyone. I regularly receive America, America, the informative election blog by author and journalist Steven Beschloss. I find his takes on present-day politics to be essential reading for me when they come. I don’t always agree with his...
by ursusdavid
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on Mon Apr 08, 2024 at 10:12 AM PDT
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$43M haul + Pump-and-dump investors cash out on crazy 'The Donald' fans buying up Truth Social stock Big ticket fundraising in addition to reports about successful early investor dump of $DJT stock. Trump sent out a screed comparing himself to Nelson Mandela which should happen only if he spends 27 years behind bars. “….wrapping up with the audacious...
by annieli
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on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 01:54 PM PDT
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[This piece is appearing as an op/ed in newspapers in the very red congressional district (VA-06) in which I ran as the Democratic nominee for Congress in 2011-12. The title under which the piece is running in the papers is “What Kind of Person?”...
by AndySchmookler
184 comments
on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 07:44 AM PDT
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This video is addressed to those voters — Democrats or Republicans — who know that Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy, and must not regain the powers of the presidency, but who are considering voting for third party candidates (or not...
by AndySchmookler
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on Tue Apr 02, 2024 at 08:00 AM PDT
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Enough Already! Even On Easter My Family Was Talking About Trump! We Can't Let Him Get Into Our Head I'm someone who has been following current events for over FIFTY years! During that time, no human being has gotten this much attention — at least in the USA — as Tyrant Trump! And it’s got to ...
by ThinkOutsideTheBox
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on Mon Apr 01, 2024 at 08:11 AM PDT
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So Honest and Outspoken I’ll post more editorial cartoons in the comments section. Look for manual updates by scrolling down a bit. Thanks for your support. In case you missed my recent diaries earlier this week, here are the links. "The Savior": Seek...
by JekyllnHyde
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on Fri Mar 29, 2024 at 07:04 PM PDT
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Donald Trump and his sons put a bullseye on the Hispanic daughter of New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan this week, identifying her by name and picture in repeated posts on his Nazi-infested social media site. Predictably, she’s now receiving...
by thomhartmann
24 comments
on Fri Mar 29, 2024 at 08:02 AM PDT
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A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
by Mike Luckovich
66 comments
on Sat Mar 30, 2024 at 04:50 AM PDT
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If Donald Trump knows how to do anything, it’s destroy a business. And while the Republican National Committee might not be a “business” in the conventional sense, Trump and his family are ...
by Hunter
124 comments
on Fri Mar 29, 2024 at 03:30 PM PDT
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What You Reap is What You Sow I expect to post another 10-15 editorial cartoons in the comments section. If new cartoons go online tonight, I’ll post them as manual updates to the diary. I appreciate your support for this diary series. If you missed my...
by JekyllnHyde
27 comments
on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 07:02 PM PDT
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