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I just received a solicitation from the Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC) in regards to the violence in Gaza. I share the concern over the horrible conditions & events in Gaza & Israel but I am curious regarding the details & perspectives of such a...
by dlsamson
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on Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 07:18 PM PDT
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www.theguardian.com/… After reading this article, please read Timothy Egan’s seering “Fire in the Heartland: the Ku Klux Klan’s plot to take over America, and the Woman who stopped them.” It’s the tale of America’s home grown Nazi-ism in the 1920s-50s...
by 4thcorner
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on Mon Jan 15, 2024 at 09:53 AM PST
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Sunday in Maryland. We are apparently approaching what the forecasters say will be the hottest week of the year. In September. Wow. In the meantime, insurance companies are reworking their risk profiles and a lot of people are going to be surprised by...
by Zonkers
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on Sun Sep 03, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT
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Before I start, I want to be clear — I am not talking about mockery or even being insulting. Schadenfreude is a legitimate thing people feel, and when someone in a position of power does something foolish or boneheaded, raking them over the coals can...
by jaimehlers
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on Wed Aug 23, 2023 at 04:44 PM 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 Aug 18, 2023 at 10:31 PM PDT
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We must continue having Christian principles guiding the medical experts setting our laws to further conservative views that this country is a Christian based one. In that regard, the state of Texas is rightly ignoring stated positions by the American...
by iarnstein
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on Sat May 13, 2023 at 11:10 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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A small business owner near where I live in rural, deep red Pennsylvania recently spent $150K to put up an electronic billboard with rotating messages of hate. The billboard was placed on a busy road that also serves as a school bus route, so that...
by HarmonyRon
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on Wed Feb 22, 2023 at 06:36 PM PST
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My opinion is mine. I do not speak for anyone else. I believe I am right but I admit I could be wrong. “Should we tolerate intolerance? Tolerance is a virtue. Without tolerance, society could not function and we would descend into anarchy. But should...
by DailyDavidEOliver
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on Tue Aug 09, 2022 at 02:11 PM PDT
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This past weekend a group of storytelling friends flew from different parts of the country to join me at Scranton Pennsylvania to participate in an 80 Minutes Around The World Immigration Storytelling show (a show that features the stories of...
by The Boss Gomez
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on Sun May 01, 2022 at 11:09 AM PDT
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As reported on Raw Story
"The original call was to discuss the consolidation of services between the Briarcliffe, Goodwill, and Darby fire companies," � Channel 6 �
by The Boss Gomez
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on Sun Feb 20, 2022 at 10:43 AM PST
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Anti-Semitism thrives in the US. Sometimes it results in synagogue massacres. Sometimes it results in synagogue kidnappings. But most Jews will experience anti-Semitism In the form of harassment and insults. Last Friday, in front of the Kehal Tiferes...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Fri Jan 21, 2022 at 03:31 PM PST
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Please help out those among us who may not move as quickly as you might like on things like pronouns I recently received a change.org petition from someone who attends Berklee College of Music who felt slighted because their professors could not keep their pronouns straight in identifying the person according to their desires. They were petitioning in...
by dlsamson
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on Sun Sep 19, 2021 at 08:14 PM PDT
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When I read Kos community and staff ridiculing Republicans I hear enraged screamers at Gay Pride marches in the ‘80s and 90’s. Read on.
by sufeitzy
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on Fri Jun 25, 2021 at 08:27 AM PDT
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Karma seems to have interceded on the Eastern side of my state in�Moses Lake, Washington on�Memorial��Day.
by Lefty Coaster
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on Tue Jun 01, 2021 at 03:28 PM PDT
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Fundamentalist Intolerance (Daylight Atheism – 1/25/21) By James A. Haught Across America, right-wing politicians pass “religious freedom” laws that have a single purpose: to let narrow-minded believers discriminate against gays — an intolerance that...
by JamesAHaught
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on Thu Jan 28, 2021 at 05:33 PM PST
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Let me preface this by stating that I am Jewish, not Catholic. Although some of my good friends are Catholic (Current and former) I am ignorant of the Catholic theology….so if I make an error please forgive me. This story focuses on a woman that...
by CameronProf
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on Tue Jan 05, 2021 at 12:00 PM PST
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The other day, following Bari Weiss’s appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher, I posted a diary asking two questions about “cancel culture”: (1) Why is “cancel culture” a good reason to vote Republican? and (2) How is canceling “cancel culture” (by...
by GrafZeppelin127
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on Mon Aug 03, 2020 at 08:17 AM PDT
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By Karen Rubin, News-Photos-Features.com I thought it impressive when a couple of dozen elected officials from state, county and local government came to a Shabbat service at Temple Beth-el of Great Neck, Long Island, to show support for the Jewish...
by NewsPhotosFeatures
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on Tue Jan 14, 2020 at 02:16 PM PST
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www.cbsnews.com/… Multiple people stabbed at synagogue in Rockland County www.nytimes.com/… The attack happened during a Hanukkah party around 10 p.m., when a man entered the home and stabbed the five people before fleeing, officials said.
by ca cokz
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on Sat Dec 28, 2019 at 09:55 PM PST
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