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On Friday, President Joe Biden gave a nearly 20-minute speech to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Construction and Maintenance at its conference in Washington, D.C., touching on ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Just a follow up on the recent top quality diaries by ericlewis0 and Kerry Eleveld on President Biden’s fundraising surge since the State of the Union address, and the strongly positive reception he and his policies have gotten. (Even more amazing...
by Tweedledee5
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on Sat Mar 09, 2024 at 11:28 AM PST
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President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address�has been going very poorly for the Republican Party. It is tough to have to face the facts. Biden has been unrelenting in his speech, driving home ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 07:03 PM PST
with 139 Recommends
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President Biden would be fine. He was fine in the senate and fine talking off teleprompter but Trump? I want his rally to be what is really rumbling around in his two brain cells. I don’t want his supporters to hear what Steven Miller or Bannon are...
by Vetwife
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 06:05 AM PST
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It’s that time of year again,�when the House Republican leader has an adult talk with�fellow Republicans and begs them to act like big kids during the president’s State of the Union speech. Well,
by Walter Einenkel
234 comments
on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 06:30 AM PST
with 218 Recommends
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That being said, I do not think that his slowing down is an artifact of any age related infirmity. I think that it is the result of over two decades of hard work. The younger Joe Biden was a human gaffe machine, and while the press loved this, it is...
by msaroff
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on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 08:36 PM PST
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President Joe Biden will be in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on Friday, to kick off his 2024 reelection campaign. He’ll be speaking near the site where George Washington and the Continental Army weathered the brutal winter of 1777-1778. At this location,...
by Mark Sumner
127 comments
on Fri Jan 05, 2024 at 12:00 PM PST
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UPDATE: Saturday, Dec 9, 2023 · 10:27:33 PM +00:00 · annieli UPDATE: Friday, Dec 8, 2023 · 5:44:48 PM +00:00 · annieli The House subcommittee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing to call on the presidents of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT to answer...
by annieli
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on Fri Dec 08, 2023 at 03:28 AM PST
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World's richest man Elon Musk went on libertarian entertainer Joe Rogan’s podcast on Tuesday. In the clip below, Rogan tries to get Musk to open up on how he feels after one year of ownership of X (
by Walter Einenkel
120 comments
on Sat Nov 04, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT
with 252 Recommends
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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
70 comments
on Thu Oct 26, 2023 at 04:24 PM PDT
with 201 Recommends
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On Wednesday, after three weeks and one day of chaos and infighting, Republicans finally elected a new speaker of the House in Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana. As is custom, Minority Leader Hakeem ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Oct 25, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
with 215 Recommends
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Politico has an article about Cancel Culture and Free Speech, describing Greg Lukianoff’s efforts to promote a broader, more respectful discourse between competing views, based on his civil libertarian philosophy. He wrote The Coddling of the American...
by CorpFlunky
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on Sun Oct 22, 2023 at 09:12 AM PDT
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House Minority Whip Katherine Clark nominated Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for speaker during Friday’s continued Republican-led fiasco. Clark gave a rousing speech, bringing Democrats together in a show of unity that continues to elude the...
by Walter Einenkel
113 comments
on Fri Oct 20, 2023 at 10:28 AM PDT
with 478 Recommends
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Rep. Pete Aguilar did the honor of nominating Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to become the next speaker of the House. Nothing against Jeffries, but a prank canister of peanut brittle would be ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Oct 17, 2023 at 11:55 AM PDT
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday that he is going to run for president as a third-party independent candidate. The news was not the least bit surprising, since his attempts to gain traction as a Democratic candidate burned out faster than...
by Walter Einenkel
90 comments
on Mon Oct 09, 2023 at 01:21 PM PDT
with 205 Recommends
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley retired Friday. President Joe Biden spoke at a ceremony honoring the general held at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall near Washington, D.C. ...
by Walter Einenkel
104 comments
on Fri Sep 29, 2023 at 02:09 PM PDT
with 436 Recommends
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On Monday, Rep. Matt Gaetz announced plans to give a fiery speech on the House floor Tuesday to denounce the lack of political will to impeach President Joe Biden on zero evidence. The Florida man’...
by Walter Einenkel
247 comments
on Tue Sep 12, 2023 at 11:45 AM PDT
with 380 Recommends
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On Sunday, thousands of people made the pilgrimage to our nation’s capital to celebrate the 60th anniversary of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington. Comedian and civil rights advocate Sacha Baron Cohen opened with a...
by Walter Einenkel
56 comments
on Wed Aug 30, 2023 at 10:10 AM PDT
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Admin note: This story, titled “Autism: the Thief of Speech,” explored autism research by Dr. Allyson Muotri, and has been removed because it made unverified and unsourced claims. This is a violation of our Rules of the Road.
by diverdonreed
44 comments
on Wed Aug 30, 2023 at 05:51 AM PDT
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I just read a diary that pissed me the hell off! Every now and then you’ll see some moralizing diary on the trend list lecturing progressives about words and imploring us to sanitize our speech very carefully so as not to offend the feelings of some of...
by Democratic Strategist
730 comments
on Tue Jul 11, 2023 at 08:13 AM PDT
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