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Some examples of faux outrage from Republican propagandists include: Anti-racist messages on “Sesame Street”, “Mister Potato Head” supposedly dropping the “Mister”, a change of footwear on an M&M candy, Elmer Fudd no longer carrying a rifle in a...
by Perlinator
on Sun Aug 13, 2023 at 08:02 PM PDT
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In case you need more proof that Donald Trump and his half-dozen co-conspirators had a concrete plan to overturn the 2020 election – as opposed to the Right’s absurd claim that this is a free speech issue – we now have it coming right from one of the...
by RickElia
on Thu Aug 10, 2023 at 06:52 AM PDT
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I love console gaming. I really do, and always have. Today wasn’t the best of days as Microsoft/Bethesda announced that two games I had been waiting for this year had been delayed until 2023: Starfield and Redfall. Dang, I was hoping for that news to...
by Christopher Reeves
on Thu May 12, 2022 at 05:29 PM PDT
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Protests for racial justice within law enforcement has brought to light, once again, our country’s systemic issues of racism. These issues are baked into the fabric of our society, and while many people are focused on defunding and...
by Walter Einenkel
on Wed Sep 23, 2020 at 11:34 AM PDT
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On Monday, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly addressed the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The ship of more than 4,000 sailors has been a focal point of novel coronavirus pandemic talk in recent days because its former commander, Captain Brett...
by Marissa Higgins
on Tue Apr 07, 2020 at 08:45 AM PDT
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Over the weekend, The New York Times reported that former Navy commander Captain Brett Crozier has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Why is this particularly big news? Crozier was the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft...
by Marissa Higgins
on Mon Apr 06, 2020 at 10:19 AM PDT
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Huffington Post is reporting that there is this Republican memo that states the following:
The Republican leadership issued a memo Saturday clarifying that the Senate must take action if the ...
by Merlin1963
on Sun Sep 29, 2019 at 05:00 PM PDT
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In the wake of the most recent mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, congressional Republicans have been circulating a “memo,” on how to discuss gun violence. The Tampa Bay Times obtained this memo and report that while not shocking to...
by Walter Einenkel
on Fri Aug 16, 2019 at 11:40 AM PDT
with 218 Recommends
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In movies or comics we have seen villains, such as the joker in Batman, Doctor Octopus in the Spiderman comics, Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the lambs. But all of these villains kill in plain daylight. Then you have Francis Underwood from House of...
by healthy
on Fri Jun 28, 2019 at 06:03 PM PDT
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Multiple sources claim that John Kelly was so disturbed at the facts surrounding Jared Kushner’s security clearance that he wrote a memo in protest. That is a lot more significant than it sounds. Kelly was placing a marker that a bright line of...
by jhop7
on Sat Mar 02, 2019 at 10:01 AM PST
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If you thought Little Donald Trump was going to let Little Leaking Dripping Ice Cream Comey get away with telling the truth in those memos, then you're crazy! Little Donald has his own version of events, and while they're just as incriminating as...
by Poorly Animated
on Sat Apr 21, 2018 at 04:29 AM PDT
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It was a wild week, ending with concerns that Trump is becoming “unglued”.
A week ago, in response to the Devin Nunes memo, Democrats released their counter memo disproving claims that a FISA search warrant was improperly obtained against Trump...
by bmethven
on Sat Mar 03, 2018 at 05:58 PM PST
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A redacted version of the Democratic response memo to the Republican / Nunes memo attacking the FBI has been released. Despite a variety of areas where entire sentences or even paragraphs were blacked out, I think it does a pretty good job of exposing...
by protothad
on Sun Feb 25, 2018 at 03:11 PM PST
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In a touch of good news, there is another chance for the Dreamers not to be deported. Congress has an omnibus spending bill that must pass by March 23. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Democrats and pro-immigration-reform Republicans will attach relief for...
by bmethven
on Sat Feb 24, 2018 at 05:44 PM PST
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Democrats released a heavily censored memorandum Saturday that was crafted by Rep. Adam Schiff in response to one written by Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Devin Nunes, which alleged that federal agents had exceeded their authority in obtaining a...
by Meteor Blades
on Sat Feb 24, 2018 at 01:49 PM PST
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Hey folks. You know the drill. Check out the post on my humble site, if you are so inclined: showercapblog.com/…
When I was a kid, Sunday nights meant curling up with the Simpsons and the X-Files (and Touched by an Angel, because I was dating a...
by ShowerCap
on Sun Feb 11, 2018 at 07:28 PM PST
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The redacted Democratic House Intelligence Committee memo is released with all you need to know.
by awinters24
on Sun Feb 11, 2018 at 10:37 AM PST
with 8 Recommends
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Despite Trump threatening a government shutdown if he didn’t get additional limits on immigration, the Senate calculated the situation correctly, ignored him and passed a long-term spending bill. The House then passed the bill and Trump signed.
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by bmethven
on Sat Feb 10, 2018 at 05:32 PM PST
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Not much of a surprise here, folks—Trump has decided not to release the Democratic rebuttal to the Nunes memo:
In a letter to the House Intelligence Committee, White House counsel Don McGahn says that the president is unable to declassify the...
by lone1c
on Fri Feb 09, 2018 at 05:15 PM PST
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Having accomplished his dud blockbuster expose of the FISA warrant system, Devin Nunes promised to soldier on to Part Deux, the State Department and the stuff going on there. However, this time. we don’t have to wait for Nunes to present his findings...
by barskin
on Thu Feb 08, 2018 at 06:38 PM PST
with 19 Recommends
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