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The rapturous religious morons on the Alabama Supreme Court have outdone themselves in 21st century sophistry with their recent ruling declaring frozen embryos to be children. Forget about the offensive and unconstitutional substitution of radical...
by soupbone60
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on Fri Mar 01, 2024 at 02:04 PM PST
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When Mike Johnson pushed his Israel aid bill coupled with a reduction in funding for IRS, I immediately thought, “Well, that’s just a stick in the eye to Democrats. Nobody could be that stupid.” After all, the Congressional Budget Office said that it...
by b3LLsb33r
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on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 05:58 PM PST
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The approach I would dearly love to see an interviewer or debater take with the multi-impeached multi-indicted failure is: You were talking about the election being stolen well before November 2020. So: Did Joe Biden’s team just outsmart you, or Were...
by blue aardvark
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on Sun Aug 20, 2023 at 06:04 AM PDT
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If I hear one more person say ‘Ron DeSantis is smarter than Trump’ I’m going to lose it. If I hear someone say he’s likely to beat Biden I’m going to put a gun in my mouth. There’s no way we’re lucky enough to draw him as an opponent in the first...
by somewhereoutthere
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on Tue Jun 20, 2023 at 06:27 PM PDT
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A new poll of Massachusetts voters suggests Republican former Governor Charlie Baker would defeat Senator Elizabeth Warren for her Senate seat in 2024. ...in MASSACHUSETTS! Stupidity knows no bounds, even in supposedly blue states. A vote for Baker...
by necturus
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on Thu May 11, 2023 at 01:01 PM PDT
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Here is the Constitution's take on the debts and debits of our Country: All bills of credit emitted, monies borrowed, and debts contracted by, or under the authority of Congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present...
by Thinkster
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on Mon Apr 24, 2023 at 07:21 PM PDT
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Expelling two African-American legislators is so over the top I'm beyond speechless! It's just plain stupid & cruel! We need to hit the Republican bastards in Tennessee in their pocketbooks. Money is the only thing they understand! Refrain from...
by ThinkOutsideTheBox
135 comments
on Thu Apr 06, 2023 at 05:55 PM PDT
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The video is out there of her actually making this complaint in her own words, however, I couldn’t find one that was sharable so here is Faron Cousins laying in verbally for us all. We are invited, by MTG to feel sorry for her. Apparently by “serving...
by jwgarman
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on Tue Feb 07, 2023 at 12:12 AM PST
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There’s a lot of drama going on as the Republicans return to their old trick of holding the government hostage over the debt ceiling. Funny how that never happens when a Republican is in the White House. So far Democrats are hanging tough. (Well, don’t...
by xaxnar
86 comments
on Thu Feb 02, 2023 at 05:46 PM PST
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I’m going to give this to you just as I got it. All I can say is “WOW” Chicago—“Governor Pritzker signed the CROWN Act into law today, codifying protections for Illinoisans discriminated against due to hairstyles historically associated with specific...
by skonkrivapolecat
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on Wed Jun 29, 2022 at 01:56 PM PDT
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That is all.
by frankzappatista
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on Sat Jun 11, 2022 at 01:57 PM PDT
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This won’t be much of a diary — more a small rant. A recent BBC article that showed up on Facebook was about a coastal town in Wales that is slated to be ‘decommissioned’ because they expect it to be impractical to keep living in it. The estimate is...
by xaxnar
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on Thu May 19, 2022 at 11:50 AM PDT
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Apparently yesterday a large contingent of Russian soldiers was decimated in a poorly planned and ultimately failed attempt to cross the Donets River via pontoon bridge. As many as 1500 hapless Russian soldiers could have been killed. Up to 50 pieces...
by notdrinkingtherightwingkoolaid
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on Thu May 12, 2022 at 08:14 AM PDT
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Is it just me? As I scan across the headlines of my favorite news/op-ed websites, I find myself going,”Nope....nope....nuh-uh.....f*k that....nope.” Titles so moronic that I’m not curious enough to waste my time finding out what they’re about.
by RMDF
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on Wed Apr 27, 2022 at 03:39 AM PDT
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As if Florida has not become scary enough...check this out. www.baynews9.com/… Packing Heat: Will Florida be the next constitutional carry state? TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A gun owner currently carrying a firearm in Florida also needs to carry a license...
by Vetwife
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on Sat Apr 09, 2022 at 12:28 PM PDT
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I hate writing this kind of post but let me introduce you to my world for a minute. It is going to get worse not better I fear. We have the most inconsiderate assholes here in Florida that I have ever run across. That takes some doing considering I am...
by Vetwife
532 comments
on Fri Dec 31, 2021 at 11:27 AM PST
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Not only did he wear a Thong instead of mask on his face but he had the nerves to compare himself to Rosa Park!!!! Oh the caucasity worse, other people agreed with him and decided to leave the flight as well. You can read the article here or watch a...
by The Boss Gomez
65 comments
on Fri Dec 17, 2021 at 05:53 AM PST
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Texas governor Greg Abbott has made headlines once again. Oakland and Auckland, Australia and Austria, Slovakia and Slovenia… the world is full of countries that sound so similar, you'd be forgiven for mistaking one for the other. But if you're the...
by OK Dodo
12 comments
on Wed Dec 01, 2021 at 05:43 AM PST
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Tired of reading that? I am. As a paramedic (or Ambulance Driver as some call us), I cringe every time I hear that or “transported with non-life threatening injuries”. The later because I have take more than one gun shot victim who will now have a...
by Brutus R Yates
272 comments
on Thu Oct 14, 2021 at 07:09 AM PDT
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When my grandmother died, my aunt and I somehow became responsible for cleaning out her house. This wasn't an easy task due to her tendency to hoard stupid shit and the fact that she kept items she found through her genealogy research and mementos of...
by BoiseBlue
39 comments
on Fri Sep 17, 2021 at 07:11 PM PDT
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- With righteous outrage and humor, Rep. Jared Moskowitz calls out MTG as Putin's envoy to US CongressBack in 1954, when Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s anticommunist campaign was at its peak, the Wisconsin senator picked a fight with the U.S. Army, claiming there was lax security at a top-secret army facility. The U.S. Army hired Boston lawyer...166 comments 628 Recs
- Conservatives, by definition, are slow to change, if at all. Changes with time and circumstances mark a progressive society. History is its own proof. We once burned so-called witches at the stake, ostracized left-handed people, disallowed a single...28 comments 75 Recs
- Today, the state of Louisiana managed to do something I didn’t think possible — they found a new low. Once Jeff Landry, a far-right acolyte, was elected governor I knew the place was going to be in rough shape. The state legislature is hopeless, with...150 comments 543 Recs
- The BIGGEST NEWS of the DAY: Ukraine aid will finally get a vote and it took Democrats to get it done….. Mind you not enough Democrats but it is done. The country should have showed unity and voted as one. Bipartisan House coalition advances Ukraine aid A rare coalition of Democrats and Republicans — 316 — voted overwhelmingly to pass the procedural...84 comments 129 Recs
- This cartoon is written by me and drawn by the always-great R. E. Ryan. It's not just cruel - these laws are literally demanding the impossible. Human beings are, alas, embodied physical beings existing in a physical universe, and it follows that we...41 comments 164 Recs
- A new season and more rituals now that itâs Spring uh, Mom?? So what now? However firstâ¦. A gentle reminder of how we do things: 🐱🐶🐦 Do not troll the diary. If you hate ...62 comments 62 Recs
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- So we won’t pay attention to his courtroom antics, Trump brings lots of printouts for his mini-presser after Thursday’s trial session. Trump’s playlist Donald also controls the volume of the (Mar-a-Lago) music, which is usually ear-shatteringly loud,...140 comments 244 Recs
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