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If you follow politics, sports, Hollywood or the arts, you’ve no doubt heard the insult “sellout” thrown around to describe someone perceived to have betrayed a core principle or shared value in their pursuit of personal gain. The term has recently...
by iafflerbach
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on Wed Apr 24, 2024 at 12:56 PM PDT
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Another three people are dead in Florida. The state that also brought us the Pulse Night Club shooting and countless other shootings of innocent people minding their own business. Florida is an open carry state. The guy who did this had a history of...
by aPauledInNJ
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on Sun Aug 27, 2023 at 10:06 AM PDT
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The current situation: A vicious cycle 1] The politicians profit from the gangs. 2] The gangs profit from the politicians. 3] The gangs control 60% to 90% of Port-au-Prince. Gang Rule, Gang Killings in Haiti By Ambassador Mark A. Green on April 25,...
by LaFeminista
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on Sat May 13, 2023 at 07:38 AM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Skip all his weirdness for a moment. Instead, it’s worth focusing on the fact that a certain billionaire is once again running for...
by TomDispatch
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on Tue Feb 07, 2023 at 07:30 AM PST
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In thinking of all the bile and the depths to which our country has sunken to in politics, I just keep thinking about the quote from Golda Meir. Hers was about peace and education. Our country is not built upon extremism. Our country was supposed to be...
by iarnstein
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on Sat Nov 12, 2022 at 11:43 PM PST
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Jennifer Rubin wrote today about Mitch McConnell. She warns that Mitch loves only power, and has no loyalty to America. That explains everything about Mitch: there is nothing else there. Sadly, that explains many American politicians, esp. the (R)...
by mcornelison
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on Wed Oct 12, 2022 at 12:54 PM PDT
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This is one possible conversation between a mother and her 9-year-old daughter in the future in a Red state that bans abortions. Daughter: Mama, I don’t feel well. Mother: Baby, what’s the matter are you sick. (Puts hand on her forehead) You don’t feel...
by FightingForWhatsRight
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on Tue Jun 28, 2022 at 07:37 AM PDT
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When Parliament is in recess there is considerably less political news as legislators are on holiday. The newspapers need to find other stories. About 30 years ago a story about a Pitbull mauling someone hit the headlines. A few days later another...
by Shower
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on Thu Jun 02, 2022 at 12:21 PM PDT
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I see the headlines once again, plastered across the banners of the major American newspapers; 19 children and two teachers, killed in the small town of Uvalde, west of San Antonio. On May 14, it was a mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New...
by chsplyr
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on Wed May 25, 2022 at 01:37 PM PDT
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Now only do they get to pay themselves for loans they made to their campaigns but they get to use the money given to them by donors. This means that Trump could claim that he used millions of dollars on his campaign and pocket the money send to him by...
by The Boss Gomez
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on Mon May 16, 2022 at 09:37 AM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Since we’re clearly heading into a new Cold War, if not a hot one, how appropriate today to hear at TomDispatch (via Andrew...
by TomDispatch
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on Tue Mar 01, 2022 at 07:50 AM PST
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No doubt Australia’s prime minister Scott Morrison hoped his recent declaration on 60 Minutes that “I’ve worn out the carpet on the side of my bed ... on my knees, praying and praying” would have boosted perceptions of his character, recently attacked...
by Alan Austin
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on Mon Feb 28, 2022 at 02:38 AM PST
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Mayors and many lower level politicians defying their Republican party leadership, will be remembered as true authentic heroes on the front lines of the current pandemic and it’s accompanying variants. More and more news reports daily show an...
by Richardeslc
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on Thu Aug 19, 2021 at 09:13 AM PDT
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Our Country is at a crossroads in history. With Covid, a racial divide and unrest, and a disturbing amount of mass shootings, we are at a breaking point. What our Government needs right now less Politicians and more Leaders. Our Elected Officials are...
by Chris Townsend
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on Tue Apr 20, 2021 at 03:29 PM PDT
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It is often easier to list politicians that are the worst of all time, or in the top 10 worst of all time. Bush Junior….tRump….Hutchinson...etc...it is not hard to name those we dislike. But sometimes it might be harder to come up with a person or...
by CameronProf
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on Mon Apr 05, 2021 at 05:34 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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You know, I must be living in the damned Twilight Zone or something. Never in my estimation could we have ever gotten to this level...EVER! I have been alive for seven presidential administrations and studied history of the same. You know what? I...
by marroyo66
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on Fri Nov 06, 2020 at 03:12 AM PST
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We hear so often now: Authoritarian, Dictator, Tyrant, even Fascist labels applied to Trump, and they couldn’t be more true. Maybe it’s time to SPELL out the specifics of what that means. Otherwise, to swing state ears, it could sound like more vague...
by KKwriter
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on Thu Sep 03, 2020 at 01:15 PM PDT
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I just wrote and submitted this to DemCastUSA and it should appear within the next few weeks on their website! July 30, 2020 Candidate Name: Richard Thripp Candidate’s Preferred Pronouns: he/his/him Campaign Website: ThrippforCongress.com Campaign...
by ThrippForCongress
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on Thu Jul 30, 2020 at 01:49 PM PDT
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Thank you for your endorsement, Florida for Bernie! This is huge! We will win on August 18th, we will win on November 3rd, and then the real work will begin. We will change hearts and minds in favor of Medicare for All and a Green New Deal in the...
by ThrippForCongress
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on Sat Jul 18, 2020 at 11:15 PM PDT
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- — — I made the decision to listen to the SCOTUS hearing yesterday. I had lots of emotions in reaction to it, but the overriding one had to do with a sense of dread. Followed by a nagging thought: “Is there any common sense left on the bench that Trump...160 comments 391 Recs
- Kristi Noem is the Governor of South Dakota. A leading candidate for Trump VP. And a woman who takes pleasure in killing things. To promote her candidacy, she will publish her obligatory autobiography, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with...138 comments 109 Recs
- Many Americans are confused by the spectacle they heard (we couldn’t “witness” it because Republicans on the Supreme Court won’t allow their proceedings to be televised) yesterday as an attorney for Donald Trump, at least three different times in...55 comments 154 Recs
- If the Supreme Court thinks former presidents have, or do not have, some or absolute immunity against criminal prosecution, why not just say so now? Why would it take months? Do they have something better to do? Are there other priorities on their...284 comments 578 Recs
- Expect the Senate race to be close this fall—unless Wisconsinites find out what Eric Hovde thinks of them. Are you a farmer? Eric Hovde thinks your retirement age should be pushed up to 72 because after all, “you’re largely driving around on a tractor”...9 comments 65 Recs
- A new digital ad will run in the swing states during the NFL draft. The draft festivities were held in Detroit, attended by 300,000, and broadcast to millions across the country. The ad targets Trump's lack of interest in football, comparing it to...41 comments 129 Recs
- Never in my long life have I been as enraged and sickened about American politics as I am now. I am close to utter despair at what I’m seeing. My beloved country is becoming an insane asylum, filled with people who want to see the American experiment...113 comments 255 Recs
- Reposted from Substack This week MAGA Media outlets have breathlessly declared that they’ve found “smoking gun” evidence that proves that the Biden Administration was in communication with ...10 comments 58 Recs
- As my birthday looms ahead this weekend, and the distance I’ve circled around the sun keeps lengthening like a shadow, I thought I would summarize four of the more important studies that have been published on longevity. Unlike other things that have...83 comments 102 Recs
- I am channeling my inner Andy Rooney for this VERY short diary, and am delighted that the Image Library is here to help yet again. Did ya ever notice how, right after the Democrats pull off something absolutely remarkable, this strange thing happens...397 comments 776 Recs
- Russian forces conducted missile strikes against Ukrainian railway and logistics infrastructure on April 25. Ukrainian military officials reported that Russian forces struck a logistics and railway connection point in Smila, Cherkasy Oblast likely with...35 comments 166 Recs
- Welcome 🌻 to Fridayâs Roundup of Good News! President Biden has said many times that he is a president for all of America, whether you voted for him or not. His attitude can be hard to take at ...99 comments 147 Recs
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- Happy Freidai, Peeps! Some of us donât have to sweat out a workweek, but even so, sometimes Freidai makes us want to dance. But what KIND of dance? But FIRST: A gentle reminder of how we do ...9 comments 14 Recs
- The Justice Department reports that a Duval County Florida man was sentenced yesterday to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for committing two federal hate crimes by attacking two black women with a firearm. Frederick...3 comments 6 Recs
- I have been troubled over the past few weeks by some events happening on our nation’s college campuses, particularly the Ivy League. At one campus, I believe it was Columbia, the police were even called in to break up the protests with force by the...9 comments 6 Recs
- To sum it all up, Trump borrowed his way into apparent wealth. 1929 seems eerily familiar. From 1928 thru 1929, USA’s Gross National Product hovered around $104 Billion U.S. Dollars. By 1931, it had fallen to less than $60 Billion, a decline of over...5 comments 4 Recs
- I often see titles like this in the EU except that they are talking about the Orange Skid Mark. Has the world gone bat-shit crazy? Could Israelis Seriously Elect Netanyahu Again? Link to Haaretz The latest Israeli polls give Benjamin Netanyahu and his...10 comments 8 Recs
- I am heartbroken to hear of Mike Pinder’s passing. His music and the Moody Blues have played such a formative role in in my life and how I see the world. I am a kinder person for the influence of his and their music. If there is a great beyond, I’ve no...11 comments 22 Recs
- Kristi Noem is the Governor of South Dakota. A leading candidate for Trump VP. And a woman who takes pleasure in killing things. To promote her candidacy, she will publish her obligatory autobiography, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with...138 comments 109 Recs
- I found this video. This may be a way to control deception running rampant on social media without actually regulating speech.1 comments 2 Recs
- Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] volunteers start canvassing tomorrow in Pennsylvania and Ohio. “Got to get started sometime,” one of our Ohio volunteers texted. They seem to be coming off a victory high (we saw that in Georgia, too, a few years...2 comments 25 Recs
- Expect the Senate race to be close this fall—unless Wisconsinites find out what Eric Hovde thinks of them. Are you a farmer? Eric Hovde thinks your retirement age should be pushed up to 72 because after all, “you’re largely driving around on a tractor”...9 comments 65 Recs
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- So, Mr. Alito, I think I follow you so far: If the Supreme Court Rules that the President is Immune from criminal prosecution for crimes committed while in office, even if they might include things like assassinating their political opponent, then said...8 comments 18 Recs
- Now that the Trump’s hush payment trial has moved past the hubbub of the first couple days, it is starting to become rather boring. However, it will still occupy a lot of Trump’s attention, and be the leading story about him. What I predict, or maybe...2 comments 9 Recs
- Well. Well.Well. Trump was in for another “woke” scene (mystery nap) in his own trial when he suddenly fell asleep again without hoving anyone noticed. That is another surprising misbehaviour not paying attention and it clearly depreciates the...11 comments 7 Recs
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- What a performance yesterday at the supreme court. No caps was my intention. repect not needed. It was like watching a Madonna movie, without alcohol or being high. I have never done that. But bet it would help. Just an opinion, but think this is what...4 comments 0 Recs
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