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Charlie Chaplin’s satirical anti-Hitler film “The Great Dictator” was released to theaters in 1940, but he began working on it in 1938. In 1938, no other entertainer was willing to express any opinion about Hitler, pro or con. Chaplin received letters...
by Perlinator
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on Mon Jan 08, 2024 at 06:05 PM PST
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I grew up thinking Academia was a golden world, and that academics were people of integrity like my Dad (who was a professor of economics). Then, at the age of 24, I had a life-changing experience — feeling “called” to develop a Big Idea that I...
by AndySchmookler
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on Sat Dec 02, 2023 at 07:54 AM PST
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14-year-old Connor Halsa of Moorhead, Minnesota was fishing with his family on Lake of the Woods, a massive lake straddling both sides of the US/ Canadian border. “We were doing a walleye drift, so we stopped the boat, put some spinners on, and just...
by Tevye
123 comments
on Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 03:22 PM PDT
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I destroyed my credibility yesterday. It was worth it, if it meant keeping my integrity. I’m a small town reporter, grew up on a farm, went to college, decided to make my home town my hometown. My last piece is called “Stay and make it better” and I’m...
by MattJ570
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on Wed Sep 20, 2023 at 09:28 AM PDT
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I was reading a truly excellent diary and I felt like I wanted to add onto that: . Lindsey Graham knows that what he has been saying is false. When he started making false allegations and Hunter and Joe Biden and President Biden said something to him...
by Dem
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on Sun Sep 10, 2023 at 11:03 AM PDT
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I am about to tell you the future. Not predict it, but tell you what will absolutely happen. The difference between Democrats and Republicans is boundaries. Don’t want to allow a president to nominate a Judge for the Supreme Court? Refuse to allow it...
by MsTree
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on Sat Jul 01, 2023 at 09:34 PM PDT
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In the words of Bob Marley, “The greatness of a man (or woman) is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” As I neared the end of the Q1 for 2023, I made a big push to show a high...
by JessAndersonForVirginia
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on Wed Apr 05, 2023 at 04:13 AM PDT
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This is just truth as I see it. I greatly respect Marcos and he deserves and has earned it. Marcos and Daily Kos have done a lot of good in the world. . Marcos led Daily Kos to become the leading political website for democrats and progressives Nearly...
by Dem
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on Sat Mar 04, 2023 at 03:05 AM PST
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Fox News has been a misinformation project from its inception. The people that have ascended to the highest, muddiest rungs of the Fox-o-verse are the top liars, willing to spew the most ignorant right-wing entertainment propaganda. However, after...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Feb 27, 2023 at 01:41 PM PST
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Jimmy Carter. A man ahead of his time. He had something most politicians lack: INTEGRITY
by Donnyboy4
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on Mon Feb 20, 2023 at 12:42 PM PST
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Jimmy Carter. Aman ahead of his time. He had something most politicians lack: INTEGRITY
by Donnyboy4
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on Mon Feb 20, 2023 at 12:24 PM PST
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So, we have a problem! Actually we have quite a few problems when it comes to the Rule of Law, and the execution of said laws. We have this guy, the individual in charge of the DOJ, Merrick Garland clearing not exercising his powers to ensure that all...
by allenels
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on Thu Jan 19, 2023 at 11:48 AM PST
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On The Fence is a continuing story. Imagine if you were somehow plucked out of your life in 2012 and dropped into all the craziness of the present day you would be totally disoriented. By the same token if you begin reading this ongoing story on page...
by Partofthesolution
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on Mon Jan 16, 2023 at 07:05 AM PST
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Kevin McCarthy does not deserve to be speaker of the house, and should not be for weakness, lack of empathy (a typical republican characteristic), lack of morals (ditto) and lack of integrity (rolls eyes). The opposite of Kevin McCarthy is Liz Cheney....
by MsTree
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on Mon Jan 02, 2023 at 07:31 PM PST
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No, not that one—DeSantis. If you can manage getting your head out of his law-abiding tuchas for just a bit, and come up for a little fresh gasp of reality… You might notice that your favorite Covid managing, honest Governorship hasn't reported a...
by oldupperwestsideLIBERALjew
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on Mon Nov 28, 2022 at 07:32 PM PST
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I can feel a shift in America. Bullying, hate-mongering, name-calling, mocking and other incredibly immature 4-year-old behavior by Trump, Musk and others may have been novel for a while, but it quickly becomes wearing, and lots of us are tired of and...
by otter54
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on Sun Nov 27, 2022 at 02:27 PM PST
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What? Huh? She is facing a primary and she is raising money for it (I receive emails from her) and she says that she and Senator McConnell are friends and that the friendship is rooted in commonalities (she is saying that they have things in common?),...
by Dem
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on Mon Sep 26, 2022 at 12:36 PM PDT
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The combination of ignorance and apathy is likely to bring down American democracy. While many people complain about political leadership in the U.S., it must be remembered that those officials were put in those positions through election processes....
by JohnBAlexander
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on Mon Aug 15, 2022 at 10:50 PM PDT
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A push email from nextdoor came in about someone told not to skate through downtown Garland Texas. I hate conjecture and BS. I looked it up, and in certain areas skating is not allowed. I posted the ordinance. And then I thought - wow - missed...
by iarnstein
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on Thu Nov 11, 2021 at 08:46 PM PST
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Analysis published on Monday in Australia shows that without severe penalties, political corruption will continue to flourish worldwide. The article in Independent Australia presents a concise history of politicians imprisoned. France’s...
by Alan Austin
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on Tue Oct 19, 2021 at 04:51 AM PDT
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