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Republicans and former Trump allies just keep spewing ready-made 2024 Joe Biden ads, and Team Biden keeps capitalizing. Several weeks ago, for instance, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina—both running in the...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Tue Oct 03, 2023 at 12:32 PM PDT
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photo source On the 75th anniversary of the executive order prohibiting segregation in the U.S. armed forces, Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., on Wednesday introduced a bill to ban discrimination in the U.S. military. On July 26, 1948 former President...
by cfordlaw
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on Fri Jul 28, 2023 at 10:30 AM PDT
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The following is the “Really Bad News” for Russia and the Russian Military. It reviews the mistakes of the war to date. Also, the futility and danger of the continued Russian/Wagner frontal assaults at Bakhmut and the challenges Russia faces against...
by Verus
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on Wed Apr 05, 2023 at 10:41 AM PDT
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Vote Vets and Major Richard Ojeda sent out two emails after the outrageous vote against caring for veterans who are suffering illnesses due to exposure to poisons in burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yes, these are emails sent out for the purposes of...
by Dem
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on Fri Jul 29, 2022 at 11:55 AM PDT
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It’s not new to see the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) being criticized for neglecting the issues some veterans are facing. For years advocates have been taking note of the lack of care, and raising awareness and aid for those millions of veterans...
by Aysha Qamar
150 comments
on Thu Jul 28, 2022 at 10:59 AM PDT
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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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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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From EngagingPeace.com engagingpeace.com/...
by jkandra
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on Tue Nov 17, 2020 at 07:09 AM PST
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Donald Trump has shown a lack of respect for the military sacrifices made by hundreds of thousands of Americans. That includes calling them “losers” and “suckers” and attacking fallen soldiers’ families who do not agree with him. Between...
by Walter Einenkel
15 comments
on Tue Sep 15, 2020 at 04:14 PM PDT
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For years the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been criticized for neglecting the issues of some veterans, including those affected by toxic fumes inhaled during deployments. Veterans advocates have launched a campaign to raise both awareness...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Tue Sep 15, 2020 at 04:58 PM PDT
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by Mark Fiore
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on Fri Sep 11, 2020 at 04:50 AM PDT
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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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The more Trump lashes out with denials, the more he underscores the truth of the the Atlantic article’s reporting. What a sick swamp monster this boorish fraud is. Let's consider the lame retort of those who want to discount the reporting because...
by tjphoto50
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on Sat Sep 05, 2020 at 09:09 PM PDT
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I got stung by a bee last night, so there’s a chance that I’ve had an allergic reaction, and hallucinated this week’s news. I understand that it’s a fairly slight chance, but nobody’ll mind if I cling to it like a big ol’ o-shaped cartoon life...
by ShowerCap
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on Fri Sep 04, 2020 at 06:59 PM PDT
with 86 Recommends
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Unpopular President Donald Trump has done very little for most Americans. In fact, his biggest accomplishments are paying lip service to white supremacists and stoking the fears of frightened bigots everywhere. Of all the groups of people who...
by Walter Einenkel
35 comments
on Mon Aug 31, 2020 at 02:11 PM PDT
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"We don't want to be responsible anymore." Well, President Trump, you’ve accomplished your mission … few consider America responsible as long as you remain in office. Donald Trump said, "we don't want to be responsible anymore” to explain why he’s...
by Moe Davis For Congress
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on Thu Jul 30, 2020 at 09:18 AM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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Trump has a problematic relationship with intelligence. Both kinds. As a ‘stable genius’ who can’t read more than one page, and a dictator-wannabe who prefers the accounts of Actual dictators to the warnings of CIA professionals. So, given that he and...
by andyboerger
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on Mon Jun 29, 2020 at 04:53 PM PDT
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There is a lot to this story but it boils down to one thing, disrespect and unpatriotic. The legs were returned...unadjusted and unuseable. I know and many vets know there are hoops to jump through but many get tired of waiting for permission to do...
by Vetwife
183 comments
on Sun Jan 12, 2020 at 09:06 AM PST
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The reality television performer who is now the world’s American television nightmare, Donald Trump, has been touring South and North Korea this week. As with everything Trump, the only note on the President’s docket is to promote Donald Trump. During...
by Walter Einenkel
17 comments
on Tue Jul 02, 2019 at 08:05 AM PDT
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- Expect the Senate race to be close this fall—unless Wisconsinites find out what Eric Hovde thinks of them. Are you a farmer? Eric Hovde thinks your retirement age should be pushed up to 72 because after all, “you’re largely driving around on a tractor”...15 comments 86 Recs
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- A new digital ad will run in the swing states during the NFL draft. The draft festivities were held in Detroit, attended by 300,000, and broadcast to millions across the country. The ad targets Trump's lack of interest in football, comparing it to...47 comments 144 Recs
- Never in my long life have I been as enraged and sickened about American politics as I am now. I am close to utter despair at what I’m seeing. My beloved country is becoming an insane asylum, filled with people who want to see the American experiment...120 comments 260 Recs
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