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The 2022 midterms shed light on the 2024 presidential election and elections for seats in Congress. Prior to the 2022 midterms, President Biden's approval ratings had dipped to 39 % and the title of the link said: . Biden approval dips to 39% as...
by Dem
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on Sun Nov 05, 2023 at 01:02 PM PST
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. It’s the military from hell — and, no, I don’t mean the Russian army, though, it certainly qualifies. Few now doubt that Vladimir...
by TomDispatch
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on Thu Mar 30, 2023 at 09:44 AM PDT
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Debates on nonviolence are often couched in binary totalizing language wherein arguments are frequently made that nonviolence must for some reason be adhered to in all situations. Some proponents of nonviolence wish to apply its measures in situations...
by Peter Olandt
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on Tue Mar 21, 2023 at 05:16 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. I felt it then. I feel far more certain of it now. My dad, who died in 1983, was a member of what came to be known as the Greatest...
by TomDispatch
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on Thu Nov 10, 2022 at 07:21 AM PST
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. I still remember my parents singing the World War I-era song: “You’re in the Army now, You’re not behind a plough, You’ll never...
by TomDispatch
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on Mon Aug 15, 2022 at 06:19 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. For more than 20 years, the civilian casualties of the Global War on Terror have, at best, been nameless, faceless victims to most...
by TomDispatch
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on Tue May 31, 2022 at 06:39 AM PDT
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Clint Watts who served in the US Army and was recruited by the FBI is a frequent guest expert on intelligence matters and foreign affairs on cable news channels. He explains why it is not inconceivable that Putin’s actions may lead to the fall of...
by Dem
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on Mon Mar 07, 2022 at 10:31 AM PST
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We keep hoping for a spiritual evolution of humans, but it may be as incremental as Darwin’s evolution with leaders like Kim, Maduro, Putin and Trump. Their maniacal need to cling to power and readiness to sacrifice human life is retrogressive and a...
by iarnstein
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on Sun Feb 27, 2022 at 03:47 PM PST
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Throughout history Europeans have feed their daughters less food then their sons, a practice that continues with every-other Caucasian family to this date, and a practice that has spread to parts of the South Asia (i.e. Pakistan etc.) and Africa that...
by Kaizar
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on Wed Mar 16, 2022 at 11:02 AM PDT
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Morning Open Thread is a daily, � copyrighted � post, from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful dialogue in ...
by Otteray Scribe
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on Wed Nov 10, 2021 at 03:30 AM PST
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6.4 Trillion dollars were spent to nation build in the Middle East in the past twenty years. 7,057 U.S. service members were killed during that time. More than 30,000 soldiers who served during that time have committed suicide. Nearly 200,000 uniformed...
by Poorrichardjr
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on Thu Aug 26, 2021 at 03:24 PM PDT
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Incredibly, as I heard Biden justify his quick exit from Afghanistan, and the ensuing chaos, the GOP seems to have total amnesia about what their own former guy was up to. Trump wanted an even quicker pull out and evidence emerged that he’d tried to...
by KKwriter
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on Tue Aug 17, 2021 at 08:13 AM PDT
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Thank you for your service to our country. Peace out….
by LamontCranston
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on Mon May 31, 2021 at 06:34 AM PDT
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Having recently “returned” from a virtual pilgrimage to Italy, where images of sacrifice surrounded me, I find myself contemplating sacrifice and suffering. In the midst of co-leading a pilgrimage, I saw everywhere biblical images of sacrifice (Abraham...
by mbenefiel
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on Thu May 27, 2021 at 09:45 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. From the dawn of recorded history, humans have been making war and rape has been part of it. In ancient Greece, the rape of a...
by TomDispatch
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on Mon May 24, 2021 at 08:07 AM PDT
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How many times have you seen a live crab in a market waiting for a grisly death at the hand of its Human oppressors? How many times have you seen a lobster with its claws meaninglessly tied shut as they are forced to watch the boiling alive and ripping...
by iarnstein
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on Thu May 20, 2021 at 10:31 PM PDT
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Like many, now President Joe Biden wasn’t my first choice and I was rougher on him in the primary than I should have been. Current Vice President Kamala Harris was my first choice by far. I regrouped after my disappointment and Senator Elizabeth Warren...
by Dem
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on Thu Apr 29, 2021 at 05:18 AM PDT
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Fuck him royally: Sen. Tammy Duckworth went hard after Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Thursday, tweeting from her campaign account, “F–k Tucker Carlson.” “F*ck Tucker Carlson. While he was practicing his two-step, America’s female warriors were hunting...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Mar 11, 2021 at 02:04 PM PST
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Hi friends ! None of us enjoy speaking ill of others, especially not our own friends or co-workers or family or even acquaintances. We are very sentimental and want to be charitable even towards those on the other side of the political aisle. I get...
by Dem
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on Sat Dec 05, 2020 at 06:51 AM PST
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U.S. Senate candidate, Jon Ossoff (D. GA), recently did an interview with Q Magazine and vowed to be an unwavering ally for LGBTQ rights in the U.S. Senate: “There’s no place for discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity,”...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Sep 09, 2020 at 12:58 PM PDT
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