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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...
by jamess
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on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 06:51 AM PDT
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The Tory government will be out of power at the next election. However, until then, they still have a clear majority in Parliament and they are passing right-wing and divisive legislation while they still can. This legislation will be around long after...
by NY brit expat
36 comments
on Sun Apr 21, 2024 at 03:06 PM PDT
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Donald Trump attacked late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel in an early morning all-over-the-map social media post Wednesday. That night, Kimmel told his audience that he learned about Trump’s latest attack on him from all the text messages waiting...
by Walter Einenkel
35 comments
on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 03:45 PM PDT
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On Tuesday night’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” the comedian zeroed in on Donald Trump and the MAGA-world’s Easter weekend meltdowns, as well as Trump’s Truth Social stock collapse.� ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Apr 03, 2024 at 04:15 PM PDT
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I do not listen to BBC news anymore. It is almost impossible to listen Sky News as well, but periodically they let a tiny amount of criticism of this government and its policies to sneak in. So, when the government passes something which is in...
by NY brit expat
48 comments
on Sun Mar 24, 2024 at 03:00 PM PDT
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— — Funny, it was only a mere 6 months, since this disturbing News broke. Yet somehow it seems like a half-life-time away. So much other disturbing news has long since, washed away — under the Donald-Delay news-culvert-bridge. Trump allegedly discussed...
by jamess
49 comments
on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 02:26 PM PDT
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— The more Trump tries to make himself relevant again — by calling-in to Business News shows — the more he shows how much he is NOT really up to the job. Trump floats 'cutting' retirement spending, drawing quick pushback from Biden www.nbcnews.com —...
by jamess
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on Mon Mar 11, 2024 at 05:49 PM PDT
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The violence and bloodshed did not begin on October 7th, not even close. Hamas and the current Israeli/Settler government have the same raison d’etre, to drive the other out of Israel/Palestine, both have stated this clearly. Both are talking about...
by LaFeminista
383 comments
on Fri Mar 08, 2024 at 08:40 PM PST
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— — The “reviews” of the State of the Union address are in, from the Corporate Media and the Punditry class, and not one word about “being too old”. The best they got to slam the man, is that he turned the supposedly ‘solemn SOTU event’ into — {OMG!} —...
by jamess
76 comments
on Fri Mar 08, 2024 at 06:33 AM PST
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Now that SCOTUS has ruled as we figured they would, why are so many people surprised? Worse, why are so many people pouring gasoline everywhere with their hair not just on fire, but engulfed in an absolute blazing inferno? Why are they trying to spread...
by ASmartFish
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on Tue Mar 05, 2024 at 05:51 AM PST
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The title of this diary includes: Those who cheer for the disenfranchisment and following enslavement of millions of People of Color. Those who cheer for allowing for the legal rape of People of Color, especially women and those assigned female at...
by ASmartFish
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on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 09:56 AM PST
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— — Many are furious about the Supreme Court obvious foot-dragging in their biased handling of Trump’s Presidential Immunity claims — myself included. The concerns stem from SCOTUS kicking the accountability can well past April, and likely into the...
by jamess
20 comments
on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 04:58 PM PST
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Monday was Presidents Day and Donald Trump spent a good part of his morning freaking out about the state of Donald Trump . The wannabe dictator peppered his Truth Social site with his latest angry ...
by Walter Einenkel
348 comments
on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 07:30 AM PST
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One of the biggest non-surprises is that the British economy fell into recession. It is not a surprise because all government and Bank of England policies worked very hard to get us there. In point of fact, it has been obvious for some time that they...
by NY brit expat
40 comments
on Sun Feb 18, 2024 at 03:00 PM PST
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— The Immunity to lie constantly without being questioned. The Immunity to profit from your Office with no accounting worries. The Immunity to break any law without legal consequences. The Immunity from results of state-certified elections. The...
by jamess
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on Sat Feb 17, 2024 at 01:33 PM PST
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Please give me a moment while I climb up on this soap box. A minor rant. Murdered. Assassinated. Killed. These are the terms we should be using when talking about the death of Alexei Navalny. He didn’t just die, it wasn’t a passive act, it didn’t just...
by ontheleftcoast
70 comments
on Fri Feb 16, 2024 at 10:37 AM PST
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Where to begin. First, you all may see a spike in gas prices in the coming days. Second, now I know how much the district administration cares for its staff and students. Let me take a couple of ...
by zenbassoon
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on Sat Feb 03, 2024 at 07:00 PM PST
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— — Damn! Now that’s how you “correct the Congressional Record” — courtesy of Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett. I only heard about the “Because y'all lie” sound-bite, when this happened. Which was in defense of Hunter Biden not wanting to meet...
by jamess
226 comments
on Mon Jan 22, 2024 at 07:19 PM PST
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— — Played for the dupe … the chump … the stooge. Played as an enabling, sycophantic, uncritical, fawning tool. How in the world is the voter to make an informed choice, when you do the absolute minimum to inform them: • Let Trump opt out of the...
by jamess
247 comments
on Mon Jan 15, 2024 at 12:27 PM PST
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Before I begin, I know. Twitter (called some other name I can’t seem to recall for whatever reason) is now being run by someone with a keen interest on spreading misinformation and rightwing rhetoric. Yadda yadda yadda. This is not the point of the...
by ASmartFish
8 comments
on Wed Jan 10, 2024 at 12:38 PM PST
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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...265 comments 821 Recs
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