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It’s long been obvious that Trump thinks he is above the law, that the law does not apply to him. This is clear in his ludicrous attempts to claim that being (or having been) president means he gets absolute immunity from prosecution, but that rests on...
by Dan K
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on Wed Apr 24, 2024 at 11:32 AM PDT
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I’m having trouble copying the image from my email. �It is a picture of an envelope and the sender’s name is printed as President Donald Trump. �You frigging idiot, you are not the president. �...
by flucies
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on Wed Mar 27, 2024 at 06:59 AM PDT
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This diary’s title comes from a New York Times opinion this morning by Frank Bruni: Trump’s Final Battle Has Begun “When it comes to manipulating the information space, getting inside people’s heads, creating alternative realities and mass confusion —...
by Dan K
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on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 09:59 AM PST
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Friday wrapped up a week of good news for America. The Department of Labor reported that 199,000 jobs were added in November, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.7%. And unfortunately for Republican messaging, a steep recession has not materialized....
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Dec 08, 2023 at 01:13 PM PST
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As I write this, it has been about 36 hours since Donald J. Trump, leading candidate of an organization calling itself The Republican Party, declared he’d ‘be a dictator’ on Day One (‘only’). Kash Patel, on Steve Bannon’s Sept 5 podcast, as a potential...
by citixen
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on Fri Dec 08, 2023 at 07:51 PM PST
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This is a story about perception. But aren’t they all? My wallet went. missing this week. It had been several days since I needed to leave the house, so I just stashed it in my nightstand as I normally do, along the with keys. The keys came and went,...
by Robert Dobbs
182 comments
on Sat Nov 25, 2023 at 09:09 AM PST
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There have been several diaries up in the past few days about the already infamous NYT poll showing Trump ahead in most of the battleground states. Most of the stories are about how we shouldn’t get upset, it’s way too early, polls aren’t so reliable,...
by Dan K
193 comments
on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 08:27 AM PST
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Sometimes reality is a difficult concept to wrap your mind around. Today’s turmoil in the Middle East is occurring at one such time. There is no quibbling with the notion that Hamas is a blatant terrorist organization. That is a given. There is also no...
by Wilburhorse
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on Fri Oct 20, 2023 at 09:11 AM PDT
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When talking to people in a friendly manner about software and media, I like to say that "I am not electronically oriented". It oftentimes allows me to get important help with detail and patience. When it comes to getting factual information from the...
by spn09
60 comments
on Mon Oct 02, 2023 at 07:06 AM PDT
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I tend to believe that just about any issue can be debated, Just about any issue can be looked at from multiple sides. Different people from different perspectives can come to different conclusions on the same basis of facts. But there is a point in...
by Frank Vyan Walton
563 comments
on Mon Sep 04, 2023 at 05:12 PM PDT
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I subscribe to very few video accounts, aside from Crashing Vor’s, and mostly ignore them when I do, but I suspect I won’t be ignoring this one, though I don’t expect to be posting many of them here. YouTube brought this up this morning in one of it’s...
by siab
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on Sat Jul 08, 2023 at 02:44 AM PDT
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Jack Smith's Fighting "The Never-Ending Battle for Truth, Justice, and the American Way" (Update 12) Donald Trump is Doomed! Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Look! Up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman! Yes, it's Superman — strange visitor from another...
by JekyllnHyde
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on Tue Jun 13, 2023 at 12:03 PM PDT
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I just watched Reality on HBO Max. Great F’ing Movie It’s the story about the whistle blower that started the Muller investigation. Someone who released an NSA report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. It’s a brilliant piece because its...
by dblecircle
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on Sat Jun 03, 2023 at 10:09 PM PDT
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“Reality, starring Sydney Sweeney, is unsettling, vital viewing.” www.vox.com/… From the review: “The real Reality Winner, you may recall from the headlines, was accused and convicted of leaking an intelligence report regarding attempted Russian...
by liar
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on Tue May 30, 2023 at 03:38 PM PDT
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Back in the early 50’s, the Kinsey reports on what Americans actually did between the sheets scandalized the nation. Some were upset to find out that lots and lots of Americans were “doing it” in ways other than the missionary position, with people...
by Dan K
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on Wed May 10, 2023 at 09:26 PM PDT
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Yes, I said “war on reality.” It is a war on women, very much so. The attacks on women’s bodies, women’s rights, women’s lives, are all specifically aimed at women. I expect an effort to repeal the XIX Amendment giving women the right to vote (there’ve...
by Dan K
181 comments
on Tue May 02, 2023 at 10:48 AM PDT
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One thing that strikes me as Trump is indicted and his world comes crashing down against reality is how many people DON’T WANT any part of reality. When you think about it after Trump took over the totality of the GOP agenda shifted to “sell everyone a...
by dblecircle
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on Sat Apr 01, 2023 at 02:39 PM PDT
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Years ago I had a business partner that I constantly reminded to be careful how he worded his response to our clients inquiries. Why? Perception. We had a legal and ethical obligation to answer their questions truthfully. For example, if a client asked...
by TexDem
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on Fri Jan 20, 2023 at 07:30 AM PST
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Good Day, Gnuville! If you, like me, have been occasionally overcome by the gloom and doom worrywarts and worst-case prognosticators, try my sure-fire cure for G&D: REALITY! Here’s the reality of the big scary Qrazy insurrectionist Republican House....
by niftywriter
184 comments
on Wed Jan 11, 2023 at 04:00 AM PST
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What do Clarence and Virginia Thomas really believe? First, let’s tally up the score for election deniers v. reality: the deniers filed at least 63 lawsuits contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election. The lawsuits covered election...
by b3LLsb33r
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on Sun Oct 09, 2022 at 03:50 PM PDT
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- This is a great post to start off with. “O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” It isn’t graphic, but it was tagged private so I can’t embed it, but this is the Troll of the Year. Superb. *chef’s kiss* Edit: Found one that will embed: I...70 comments 303 Recs
- Multiple news outlets are reporting that infamous right-wing election conspiracy-slinging website, The Gateway Pundit, has declared bankruptcy in order to “consolidate” risk associated with multiple pending lawsuits. These defamation lawsuits are the...78 comments 473 Recs
- "He Wrote All of it Down" - Prosecution has Weisselberg's Handwritten Notes, Spelling Out the SchemeMichael Cohen’s testimony in the election interference trial of Donald Trump shall be corroborated by a simple bank statement, on which CFO Allan Weisselberg broke down the reimbursement scheme. The prosecution has that bank statement, as they told the...177 comments 529 Recs
- David Pecker blames Trump for the entire scheme but still considers him a friend. Was it the lie to Melania or was it the cover-up? He did have a much longer affair with Karen McDougal than with Stormy Daniels, and AMI spent more to keep her quiet than...41 comments 113 Recs
- -Prosecutors argued that Trump has violated the gag order four times since Tuesday’s hearing on potential contempt fines for violating the gag order. The judge has still not ruled on that contempt motion. He set a hearing for 2:15 next Wednesday on the...43 comments 148 Recs
- After a needless delay of several weeks, the Supreme Court has finally assembled to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump can be held accountable for the crimes he committed while occupying the White House. He is asserting that an imaginary doctrine...159 comments 244 Recs
- (Click here for an interactive version of the map above showing brief details for each coal plant.) The Biden-Harris administration on Thursday released its final rules to curb emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. This will force...103 comments 248 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...3 comments 39 Recs
- I just found out that some of our oldest (longest term) and dearest Kossacks have recently been laid off or resigned. Apparently It came up in the comments in the diary about the Second DK Site Maintenance with the recent update. I had no idea. I...825 comments 1357 Recs
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