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Joseph Welch: “Have you no sense of decency, sir?” Groucho McCarthy: “That’s a ridiculous question. Of course I don’t! If I had some decency, I wouldn’t even know what to do with it.”
by Perlinator
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on Sat Feb 03, 2024 at 05:58 PM PST
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Other than random comments I’ve never posted a diary, but this latest idiocy from my home in the Gret Stet of Louisiana I couldn’t let pass. It seems a state legislator (R) has discovered that some of the instructors at our state universities are...
by Snorm
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on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 07:31 PM PST
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Leave it to Fox News to throw out a conspiracy, on live air, that is so beyond belief that it makes you question how someone could say it out loud without bursting into laughter. In a set of segments on Fox News, the network has begun to pose the...
by Christopher Reeves
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on Wed Jan 10, 2024 at 09:39 AM PST
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In recent memory, the major bastions of democracy have done things that are clearly not in their best interests, very much unlike who they usually are. Britain withdrew from the European Union, and the U.S. elected someone who will surely go down as...
by Bruce K
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on Tue Aug 29, 2023 at 05:20 PM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. McCarthyism, Then and Now And the (True) One-Party State in America By Tom Engelhardt Can there be any question that we’re in a...
by TomDispatch
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on Tue Feb 21, 2023 at 08:16 AM PST
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Republicans are poised to win a remarkably slim majority in the US House of Representatives. Remarkable because of how very narrow that majority may be — just 4 or 5 seats. As the opposition party, Republicans had numerous advantages in the 2022...
by ARodinFan
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on Wed Nov 09, 2022 at 05:27 AM PST
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America was born out of a dream of faith in the future, hope in humanity and love for self-government. However, even an exceptional theoretical idea, is only as strong as its most self-serving link: the bedrock cashflow theory that the moneyed powerful...
by The Reasonable Voice
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on Mon Nov 07, 2022 at 08:29 AM PST
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The Who: Eminence Front Promo Nope… this isn’t a screed against that tune by The Who. To the contrary, it’s lyrics poetically describe a root cause of where we’re at today as a nation. One has to be old enough to have a functional picture of how this...
by Anakai
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on Sat Mar 25, 2023 at 08:48 PM PDT
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Haley Carter, a celebrated Houston Dash player and former Marine, steps down as Grand Marshal for the 4th of July Parade in Friendswood, an affluent suburb southeast of Houston that once had a prominent population of Quakers. Carter had to face vicious...
by OK Dodo
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on Mon Jun 27, 2022 at 04:18 PM PDT
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“Report your kid’s teacher for admitting racism exists” is apparently going to be to 2022 as “report your coworker for communism” was to the early 1950s. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has a freakin’ tip line for people to do just that, he said on a...
by Laura Clawson
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on Tue Jan 25, 2022 at 07:05 AM PST
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Civil Rights & Diversity in the Entertainment Industry: Authentic Portrayal of People The ATSS/UFT and the United Federation of Teachers Committee for Members Who are Capably Disable are sponsoring a free webinar for teachers on Thursday, December 2 on...
by Alan Singer
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on Wed Nov 17, 2021 at 02:34 PM PST
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Something I’ve been trying to trace back is the failure of the Democratic Party, in the late 1940s, to rebut the charge of inherent “fellow-traveling in Communism” (or, what is now called ‘communism’ by conservatives, which is akin to the catch-all...
by novapsyche
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on Sun Nov 14, 2021 at 08:12 PM PST
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“Born the son of a former slave, in an age of open segregation and persecution, Robeson was one of the most multi-talented and humanitarian artists of the early twentieth century. Yet, his unbounded compassion for the oppressed and his indefatigable...
by JekyllnHyde
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on Sun Mar 07, 2021 at 10:20 AM PST
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The main objective of the HUAC was the investigation of un-American and subversive activities. Soon after his appointment Dies received a telegram from the Ku Klux Klan: "Every true American, and that includes every Klansman, is behind you and your...
by JekyllnHyde
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on Sun Feb 28, 2021 at 10:28 AM PST
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. Welcome to Morning Open Thread, a daily post with a MOTley crew of hosts who choose the topic for the day's posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful dialogue in an open forum. This...
by officebss
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on Mon Feb 01, 2021 at 03:28 AM PST
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On this auspicious day as we celebrate the civil rights legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I can't help wondering what Dr. King would have to say about the current right wing agitation happening across the nation. He directly...
by Mark Taylor Canfield
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on Mon Jan 18, 2021 at 07:43 AM PST
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background Each of us lives in our own time and the arc of history sometimes escapes us. There was a time when the nation faced another evil demagogue who traded in fear and intimidation. Our nation withstood the machinations of Joe...
by vjr7121
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on Sun Sep 13, 2020 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The Paradise Progressive Commentary, Roundup July 2, 2020 8 Minutes July 2, 2020 by David Silverberg If you’ve been preoccupied with the resurgence of coronavirus in Florida, the breakdown of the state unemployment system, protests and reactions and...
by Silmedia2
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on Sat Jul 04, 2020 at 01:02 PM PDT
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At the height of his fame, Josh White was the darling of café society, the honored guest of presidents and world leaders, and an undeniable influence on several generations of musicians who ...
by Denise Oliver Velez
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on Sun May 24, 2020 at 05:59 AM PDT
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Dear Citizens and Elected Officials: When even the centrist to conservative NY Times Editorial Board is critical of Speaker Pelosi and the House Democrats for not doing enough, and it seems to me deceptively so, (the Dems, not the Board) you know we...
by billofrights
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on Sat Mar 14, 2020 at 12:27 PM PDT
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