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This cartoon is by me and R. E. Ryan. Transcript, comments, and a blog post about this cartoon are here, and I’ll also post the transcript in comments. I make a living because of hundreds of supporters pledging low amounts - $1-$3 - and that's just how...
by Barry Deutsch
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on Fri May 03, 2024 at 10:29 AM PDT
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The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government held its latest hearing Wednesday morning and the ranking Democrat once again set the proper tone ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 01:00 PM PDT
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The single-seat Japanese interceptor/fighter Nakajima Ki-43 first flew in 1939 was named Hayabusa ( 隼 ) for the Peregrine Falcon, a bird of prey known as a graceful, speedy hunter. Once the ...
by Ojibwa
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on Fri May 03, 2024 at 07:10 AM PDT
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Colin Jost, co-anchor of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update segment and husband to actress Scarlett Johansson, was an entertainer at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday. His 20-minute set was filled with jokes made at the...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Apr 29, 2024 at 02:00 PM PDT
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In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant issued an�executive order establishing the Colville Reservation for the Salish-speaking Indian nations in north central Washington. Among the Indian nations of ...
by Ojibwa
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on Thu May 02, 2024 at 07:28 AM PDT
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Americans�have witnessed something remarkable unfolding in the judicial�system in recent years: Conservative jurists seemingly bent ...
by Dartagnan
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 10:55 AM PDT
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Like other Southeastern American Indians, the Cherokees were farmers whose primary crops were maize (corn), beans, squash, and tobacco. The Cherokee farmers also raised pumpkins, sunflowers, ...
by Ojibwa
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on Tue Apr 30, 2024 at 07:28 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 09:29 PM PDT
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Donald Trump has had a lot to complain about since his first day in court. Whether it’s witch hunts or just how terrible everybody is for bringing dozens of charges against, one thing is ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Fort Nisqually was established by the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), a London-based fur trading company, on Puget Sound in present-day Washington state in 1833. Fort Nisqually was intended to trade ...
by Ojibwa
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on Mon Apr 29, 2024 at 08:30 AM PDT
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Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee told reporters Thursday that he plans to sign Republican-driven legislation that will let teachers carry guns in classrooms. "What's important to me is that we give districts tools," Lee said of the bill that is predicated on...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 01:30 PM PDT
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— — I made the decision to listen to the SCOTUS hearing yesterday. I had lots of emotions in reaction to it, but the overriding one had to do with a sense of dread. Followed by a nagging thought: “Is there any common sense left on the bench that Trump...
by jamess
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on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 06:51 AM PDT
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The history of automobiles begins on July 3, 1886. On this date, the first useable car, developed by German engineer Karl Benz (1844-1929), made its appearance. In 1893, Benz’s “horseless ...
by Ojibwa
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on Sun Apr 28, 2024 at 11:15 AM PDT
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A new AP investigation describes how political fights quickly trampled scientific efforts to identify the origins of COVID-19. The investigation drew on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails and documents and dozens of interviews that showed the...
by AChris
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on Wed Apr 24, 2024 at 07:24 PM PDT
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Fort Stevens began in 1863 as a Civil War fortification guarding the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon. The Fort Stevens Historic Area of the Fort Stevens State Park has examples of some of the ...
by Ojibwa
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on Sat Apr 27, 2024 at 07:06 AM PDT
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During World War II, the Lockheed P-38 Lighting served with distinction in all combat theaters. Its unique twin boom design made the most recognizable American fighter during World War II. The P-38 ...
by Ojibwa
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on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 07:05 AM PDT
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The Great Plains is the huge area in the central portion of the North American continent which stretches from the Canadian provinces in the north, almost to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, from the ...
by Ojibwa
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on Thu Apr 25, 2024 at 07:21 AM PDT
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Things got spicy at a Republican county campaign event in Perryville, Missouri, last Friday, in an expletive-filled confrontation that was caught on video. State Sen. Denny Hoskins cursed out Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, calling him...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Apr 23, 2024 at 02:15 PM PDT
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke with alleged conman and former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon on his “War Room” show Monday. The interview was what anthropologists might call … bananas .�
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Apr 23, 2024 at 11:45 AM PDT
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem did her best to avoid discussing abortion rights during an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday. When asked about her state’s near-total abortion ban —which ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Apr 22, 2024 at 12:15 PM PDT
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