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Guys and Gals: Many of your responses to my original diary entry have been remarkably insightful. Even the skeptical ones. I admit that I am going to have to leave it up to the Minority Leader and his team to figure out how to persuade or maneuver the...
by Keyvince
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on Sat Mar 09, 2024 at 06:21 AM PST
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Good morning! May I say . . . I am most gratified at the responses I received to the diary [is that the right term?] that I posted on Daily KOS on Thursday morning. Not everyone agreed with me, of course, but everyone was well-intentioned and left me...
by Keyvince
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 05:10 PM PDT
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I’ll be darned if the Republicans in the House haven’t managed to give the Democrats a gift — an “open goal,” if not an “own goal.” You soccer and hockey and lacrosse players will know the terms. Here’s the story. On 6 February, Representative Matt...
by Keyvince
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on Wed Mar 06, 2024 at 10:10 PM PST
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Dec 05, 2023, 02:19 PM | 118th Congress, 1st Session ROLL CALL NUMBER: 693 | BILL NUMBER: H. RES. 906 Vote Question: On Agreeing to the Resolution Bill Title & Description:Providing for consideration of (H.R. 4468) Choice in Automobile Retail Sales...
by jwgarman
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on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 12:53 PM PST
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In July, Rep. Becca Balint of Vermont introduced a resolution to censure Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, saying, “Censuring Rep. Taylor Greene is about the health of our democracy and faith in government. Her antisemitic, racist, transphobic...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Oct 26, 2023 at 04:24 PM PDT
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Honestly, it’s not my purpose to embarrass anyone. Let’s face it. The strident, hyper-thymotic* few in the House of Representatives are already setting records in embarrassment. They do not need my help. The real purpose of my Own Goal project is to...
by Keyvince
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on Sat Mar 30, 2024 at 03:23 AM PDT
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On The Fence is a continuing story. Imagine if you were somehow plucked out of your life in 2013 and dropped into all the craziness of the present day you would be totally disoriented. By the same token if you begin reading this ongoing story on page...
by Partofthesolution
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on Mon May 01, 2023 at 06:03 AM PDT
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Welcome 🌻 to Fridayâs Roundup of Good News!
Today is the second anniversary of the attack on the Capitol. I expect there will be a number of pieces in the media about that, unless all the media ...
by chloris creator
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on Fri Jan 06, 2023 at 04:00 AM PST
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"It really is unconscionable that Russia would have the audacity to put forward a resolution asking the international community to solve a humanitarian crisis that Russia alone created” -Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US envoy to the UN The Russian...
by GoinFawr
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on Thu Mar 24, 2022 at 11:14 AM PDT
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Following the recent anti-Muslim remarks made by Rep. Lauren Boebert toward Rep. Ilhan Omar, more than 400 congressional staff members are calling on House leaders to “categorically reject the incendiary rhetoric” in the workplace. At least 50 Muslim...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Wed Dec 08, 2021 at 03:18 PM PST
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Republicans just can’t get enough of Congress’ squad of boss-women. Throughout Donald Trump’s time in office, he repeatedly targeted Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (nicknamed AOC), in addition to other freshmen female Congress members including...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Mon Jun 14, 2021 at 05:13 PM PDT
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Violence against women is not a new phenomenon. Women across the globe are subject to different forms of violence daily. In the United States alone, more than 77% of women had experienced verbal sexual harassment while at least 51% had been sexually...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Wed May 19, 2021 at 01:09 PM PDT
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House Republicans just voted nearly unanimously against the resolution calling on Mike Pence to remove Trump by invoking 25th Amendment.� The only Republican that voted for the measure was Adam ...
by Nonya Biz
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on Tue Jan 12, 2021 at 09:16 PM PST
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I found this article from the Canton Repository, stating the Ohio Board of Education is condemning hate speech. Yes, I fully support this. Here's an excerpt from the article. The Ohio Board of Education condemned hate speech and racism in schools,...
by abluerippleinohio
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on Tue Aug 04, 2020 at 08:14 AM PDT
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It’s alright to be White It’s alright to be White, and proud to be born free, though a history of Racism and hate creates disparity, disunity, partiality. Don’t perpetuate the hate, don’t deny the lie, of discrimination, denigration, and segregation;...
by Brim4peace
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on Fri Jun 19, 2020 at 05:53 AM PDT
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RESOLUTION: DEMOCRACY RECLAIMED THE SIEGE BY THE BESIEGED By: Tim Duff Tonka Bay Minnesota January, the month of making new resolutions, is named after the Greek Janus, the God of two faces, back to back, the God of doorways, always looking both ways,...
by tdduff
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on Thu Jan 02, 2020 at 01:08 PM PST
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Even as South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham presented his suck-up-to-Trump resolution criticizing the House impeachment process, he couldn't stand up for the innocence of the man he's so desperate to please. “I’m not here to tell you that Donald Trump’s...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Fri Oct 25, 2019 at 09:31 AM PDT
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Lindsey Graham is in big trouble with the orange menace in the Oval Office. Not only has Graham criticized Trump's Syria policy, but as Senate Judiciary Committee chair he has failed to hold sham hearings exploring the Biden and DNC server conspiracy...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Thu Oct 24, 2019 at 10:06 AM PDT
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Trump’s insane comments this morning have been well documented here already. Referring to the Kurds as “no angels,” Trump claimed that “we” defeated ISIS, that the invasion of Turkey is not our problem, that Syria is welcome to have Russia as an ally,...
by Colorado Blue
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on Wed Oct 16, 2019 at 12:18 PM PDT
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In a 17-to-8 vote, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) resolutions committee defeated a resolution calling specifically for a climate-focused debate. It was a raucous meeting with members of the Sunrise Coalition, and representatives of the CDP...
by Doctor Jazz
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on Fri Aug 23, 2019 at 03:19 PM PDT
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