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A Prequel: Nothing new here: We’ve seen prequels before: “The Young Sheldon”, “Star wars III - how Anakin becomes Darth Vader”, Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and recently, Rachel Maddow’s “Prequel”, a history of Nazi influences in America...
by Telly Caneesis
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on Sun Jan 21, 2024 at 01:48 PM PST
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A Louisville Courier-Journal Op Ed piece ran the other day about how Kentucky law does not really allow victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests to file lawsuits because of statute of limitations ...
by Merlin196360
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on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 05:00 AM PST
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The lawsuit On Monday, lawyers representing eight men filed a federal lawsuit alleging they were the victims of repeated sexual abuse of children at The Lord’s Ranch, a residential treatment facility in Arkansas. The lawyers said this is the first of...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Wed Nov 08, 2023 at 06:13 AM PST
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Speaking to the Jewish News Service, a right-wing outlet funded by conservative megadonor Sheldon Adelson, Nazi conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, “It’s clear to me now that I need ...
by kos
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on Thu Jul 20, 2023 at 06:20 AM PDT
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Those who know me personally might be baffled as to why I’m posting a cartoon about the rights of LGBTQ folks, when neither I nor anyone in my immediate family are in that category. To find your answer, do a search for a poem called “First They Came”....
by Perlinator
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on Sun Jul 02, 2023 at 06:09 PM PDT
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Introduction
Whenever right wing authoritarian movements seek to increase their power, they inevitably look for a weak minority they can target as an enemy to rally their supporters around defeating.
by kbman
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on Fri Apr 21, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
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In 2018, Missouri passed a law raising the marriage age from 15 to 16 and mandating parental permission for older teenagers to marry. This should not have been controversial. However, State Senator Mike Moon objected. He thought it was an unwarranted...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Wed Apr 12, 2023 at 04:09 PM PDT
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Perhaps it’s a class action suit & and all registered Dems can join in—
From 60 Minutes Transcript link below (Didn’t watch. Did read transcript.)
[ Marjorie Taylor] Greene complains that ...
by Joker2101
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on Wed Apr 05, 2023 at 06:01 AM PDT
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QAnon leader Phil Godlewski, when he was a 25-year-old high school baseball coach, repeatedly had sex with a 15-year-old high school girl. In 2008, Godlewski had wormed his way into the girl’s (identified as B.D.) affections by consoling her as she...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Wed Nov 30, 2022 at 03:41 PM PST
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Julie Hoover, 39, a now former teacher at the Point of Grace Christian School in Perry, Florida, was arrested last week and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and being an authority figure soliciting or engaging in lewd conduct...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Mon Sep 12, 2022 at 03:21 PM PDT
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Sacha Baron Cohen is a brilliant prankster and comedian, but perhaps his greatest talent is making Republicans look foolish. Or, rather, more foolish. If there’s an antediluvian sentiment or three sloshing about in a MAGA mite’s rancid paella of a...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Thu Jul 07, 2022 at 10:43 AM PDT
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Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has an editorial which really needs to be read more widely. Genocide is a strong word, but there are times when it is the right thing to use. We may be headed there. Here are some excerpts from behind the paywall:...
by xaxnar
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on Sat Apr 23, 2022 at 09:30 AM PDT
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The long-running gradual consumption of the Republican Party by the authoritarian QAnon conspiracy cult is nearing the terminal takeover phase: A recent survey by Grid found 72 Republican candidates with varying levels of QAnon affiliation. The most...
by David Neiwert
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on Mon Apr 18, 2022 at 01:29 PM PDT
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Senator Josh Hawley chastised Judge Jackson for her sentencing an adolescent voyeur of pediatric porn to several months in prison rather than to ten years of incarceration. Her decision was wise. The boy had not acted on his curiosity. To quote...
by Ortelius
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on Tue Mar 22, 2022 at 03:40 PM PDT
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On Monday there was a hearing to determine whether Gaetz crony, Joel Greenberg, should receive a rare second deferral in his sentencing. �Greenberg received an exceptional plea agreement where all ...
by KeithDB
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on Wed Oct 20, 2021 at 12:15 PM PDT
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Joel Greenberg is the close associate of Florida Representative Matt Gaetz who pled guilty to sex trafficking and two other charges. �In exchange for his guilty plea, and promise of full cooperation ...
by KeithDB
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on Tue Oct 05, 2021 at 10:48 AM PDT
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On this date in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, as well as 2020, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day posted profiles of former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, who is most famous for battling in the United States’ culture wars since 2001, in particular...
by republicinsanity
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on Sun Jan 24, 2021 at 03:04 AM PST
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The post election decent of prior celebrity attorney Lin Wood into insanity has been well documented. It recently included his accusing Chief Justice Roberts of being in a pedophile cult and his calling for Vice President Pence to be...
by KeithDB
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on Mon Jan 04, 2021 at 07:34 AM PST
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One would think the QANon conspiracy could not survive the election. After all, the entire foundation of the theory is the belief that the enigmatic “Q” is a highly placed official of the Trump Administration whose ultra super secret “Q clearance”...
by KeithDB
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on Wed Nov 11, 2020 at 05:43 AM PST
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I was just surfing the web, nosing around like a hungry dog sitting at a computer in that crazy place called Rhode Island. I just saw this piece about a local priest, Fr Richard Bucci, whose current eruption has been noted around the world. This priest...
by RhodeIslandAspie
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on Tue Feb 11, 2020 at 03:40 PM PST
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