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After a good dose of positive momentum in mid-late April, I have recently felt, along with various others around here I’m sure, a weight on our spirits and diminished hopes for a not-Trump-autocracy in six to eight months’ time. SCOTUS is a cerberustic...
by AnOceanOfNotions
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According to Axios, "Trump says he still loves Kristi Noem. In an audio obtained by Axios, Trump at a private luncheon commented on each of his VP wannabes report. Trump's response to Noem was that the GOP governor is, "Somebody that I love. She's been...
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I’m old, in my seventies, been a diehard fan of Formula 1 races since the early sixties. Was screaming yes, yes, yes… today because Lando Norris won the Miami F1 race today. Thrilled and super happy that he finally won a race and a huge supporter of...
by Canadian Dog
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I'm Special Agent DJ Justice, Radio Host and Managing Partner for Netroots Radio and I'm manning the dials, spinning the discs, warbling the woofers, putting a slip in your hip and a trip to your hop. The podcast for the 5 May 24 8pm to 9pm Pacific...
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Fast Food in History
Americans did not, in fact, invent the fast food restaurant, although I think we’re entirely to blame for drive-ins and drive-throughs. But Romans were enjoying fast food ...
by Youffraita
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The Fulani are primarily pastoralists (herders) living mainly in West Africa but are also distributed across the Sahel from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. There are approximately 1,800,000 people of Fulani descent living in Burkina Faso, or about 8.4% of...
by GatheringTribes
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The Russian military reportedly redeployed a battalion of the 76th Airborne (VDV) Division to Kursk Oblast as part of a larger ongoing Russian effort to gather an operationally significant force for a possible future Russian offensive operation against...
by annieli
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and ...
by side pocket
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Many of my concerns about the disputes over the war in Gaza were expressed in the excellent essay “We are importing the worst of Israel and Palestine to our campuses” by NYU Israel Studies professor Lihi Ben Shitrit. She describes how supposedly...
by AChris
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All that causality, Trump’s endorsement and visit ensured a McLaren Formula-1 victory at the Miami�Grand Prix./...
by annieli
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I'm Special Agent DJ Justice, Radio Host and Managing Partner for Netroots Radio and I'm manning the dials, spinning the discs, warbling the woofers, putting a slip in your hip and a trip to your hop. The playlist for 5 May 24 8pm to 9pm Pacific...
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There’s a good interview on Semafor, which I’ve never heard of before, and I hope it’s from an approved web site LOL. The topic is why doesn’t the NYT come out and publish in such a way as to boost Biden, as a Trump presidency would be a disaster. To...
by Somchai
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Here at Top Comments we strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most informative commentary, and we ...
by gizmo59
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It’s a day for celebrating independence.
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by strawbale
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So. Looks like we need to win an election. But if we can’t put people who try to overthrow the country behind bars (and, as an advocacy community, if we cannot effectively advocate for those outcomes), then winning the election will not save us: They...
by will cambridge
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Future Jailmates? I expect to post at least another 15-20 editorial cartoons in the comments section and also perhaps as manual updates to the diary. I’ll try to post Part 2 of this diary at some point tomorrow night. It will focus primarily on Trump’s...
by JekyllnHyde
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We have been reading� Braiding Sweetgrass , published in 2013. It’s still in high demand at our local library, on the reserve list. “The author,� �a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer, has ...
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This is an extended update of my diary from last week on the current political situation in Hungary heading into the June 9 elections for the European Parliament. Fidesz defector and former government insider Peter Magyar, who still describes himself...
by Irontortoise
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Our Fantastic Economy The Republicans have been saturating the airways with the story that the economy is in bad shape. This summation seems to have resonated with a share of the electorate. A recent CBS News poll found that 65 percent of Americans...
by Raven100
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“Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right” ― Theodore Roosevelt On Sunday, NBC’s Kristen Welker interviewed Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the newly-minted Trump apologist. During the conversation, Scott proved that he would say...
by TheCriticalMind
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