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A sermon from ‘self appointed rabbi’ Arnstein on why you can’t vote for the GOP. I think their whole concept and crusades against trans gender and the people streaming to our borders for the problems we've created and the 'American way of life' we've...
by iarnstein
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on Fri Apr 12, 2024 at 02:13 PM 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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Rep. Jasmine Crockett brought her ability to drop mics all over Republicans’ hypocrisies and failures to MSNBC on Sunday. The Democratic congresswoman was asked by host Ali Velshi about fallout from the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Feb 27, 2024 at 07:30 AM PST
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Admin correction: the title of this story has been edited to remove hyperbolic clickbait. DeSantis is no leader and anyone who doubts this need to look no further than his Surgeon General. We are not just talking measles anymore. Someone from Human...
by Vetwife
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on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 05:18 AM PST
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Donald Trump spent Monday in New Hampshire, formally filing his candidacy for the presidential primary before holding a rally in the town of Derry. Four indictments, multiple civil suits, and being ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Oct 23, 2023 at 04:01 PM PDT
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Yes, I’m aware of the irony in the inclusion of a pronoun in the sentence “We hate pronouns”.
by Perlinator
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on Wed Jun 21, 2023 at 08:32 PM PDT
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During a recent town hall appearance, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene answered questions, written on scraps of paper by audience members, that she picked out of a fish bowl on stage. One question was ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Jun 08, 2023 at 03:42 PM PDT
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I am working on an in depth diary full of documentation showing why Ron DeSantis should not be president. It is time consuming to write. However, in the meantime, I wrote this comment in response to another user (apparently a MAGA person) who tried to...
by Dem
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on Thu May 25, 2023 at 09:03 AM PDT
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If Gender dysphoria and gun violence are about mental health, then let's make it about mental health I wonder if someone born with a heart defect thinks they should have a working heart? I wonder if someone born with a deformed limb thinks they should have access to health care that would solve that issue and give them a better life. Should a child...
by iarnstein
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on Mon May 15, 2023 at 08:22 PM PDT
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Minorities were the object of scorn and the military was desegregated and Eisenhower took Truman’s order and made it happen. And there were those that were violently opposed. But Eisenhower was no friend to gay people. And yet there is the story of...
by iarnstein
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on Fri May 05, 2023 at 12:20 PM PDT
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This will prove interesting. Disney has a huge family friendly non-controversial message about love, kindness, death (coco), and the importance of family, and finding yourself despite bigotry and ignorance (Luca (a favorite)). Disney has also added to...
by iarnstein
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on Wed Apr 26, 2023 at 12:43 PM PDT
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Black Face painted on toddlers faces in honor of Black History Month and Desantis does not get why we need AA studies. Parents are upset about a preschool teacher in Miami who apparently put blackface on young kids for a Black History Month lesson....
by Vetwife
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on Wed Feb 15, 2023 at 01:28 PM PST
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Almost 100 years ago we were in a place where some states were banning books and making laws on what should and shouldn’t be taught in schools. Maybe the best known was the one in Tennessee known as the Butler Act. Granted you may not know it by its...
by TexDem
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on Fri Feb 10, 2023 at 07:30 AM PST
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It somewhat shocks me that in this day I am still meeting people that have never met a real life jew before..lr that they think to Jew down is an acceptable term to use. I do what I can to confront such ignorance when asked and sometimes when not...
by CameronProf
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on Mon Dec 12, 2022 at 07:37 AM PST
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Link to Part 1 of this diary — "So Much Winning" — The Week in Editorial Cartoons, Van Gogh Edition, Part 1 The Summary Part 2 has editorial cartoonists portraying Trump as a renegade with no understanding of — let alone have respect for — the United...
by JekyllnHyde
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on Sun Dec 11, 2022 at 06:30 PM PST
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Dear Dr. Oz: Here's those "local political leaders" you want doing pelvic exams on pregnant women... UPDATE: Since this post has gotten some attention, I’m sort of hijacking my own diary (but not really) to urge people to visit the last link above & make a final donation to some of the Democratic candidates listed. NOTE: This is NOT a PAC! These are...
by Brainwrap
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on Thu Oct 27, 2022 at 06:53 AM PDT
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Link to Part 2 of This Diary — Gutting Social Security and Medicare — The Week in Editorial Cartoons, "H.T. Women" Edition, Part 2 Please Read This This diary has over 40 editorial cartoons and other relevant Tweets about Republican insistence on...
by JekyllnHyde
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on Sun Oct 23, 2022 at 08:18 AM PDT
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… As we saw during the Obama Administration, conservatives were apoplectic with fear that they would be stripped of their guns and put into camps. That particular fear was based on their ignorance of just what the president of the U.S. was capable of....
by Frostlight
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on Sun Sep 04, 2022 at 09:00 PM PDT
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Another sermon from a disgusted moderate republican who left the party years ago for its mean spirited attitudes and policies. Not only was there a steal based on absolutely nothing and to appeal to a base of ignorant supporters who you have constantly...
by iarnstein
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on Mon Jul 11, 2022 at 11:12 PM PDT
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Way back in the day, I read the funnies, and I suppose I enjoyed Dilbert as much as the next person, especially as I was just getting into corporate culture. But I stopped reading about twenty years ...
by novapsyche
273 comments
on Thu Jul 07, 2022 at 05:00 AM PDT
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