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And (of course) slathered in whitewash on a daily basis. On Trump-smeared MSNBC, rogue GOPer Sarah Longwell aptly stresses what should be painfully obvious. Namely, that Dystopic Donald seeks to “create an entire... government…. completely in service...
by Inspector Clueso
on Wed Mar 13, 2024 at 12:27 PM PDT
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I’m old, but I get it. I get the lack of enthusiasm by younger voters. I have three children in their 20s, and they can’t get excited for this election between two really old guys. Of course, most of us know the dire consequences of this election, but...
by imobannon
on Tue Mar 05, 2024 at 08:13 PM PST
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This is frickin’ scary!! And you can’t change the movie, so we’re all stuck with facing this! A long-time friend/colleague of mine said if our democracy falls, she’s leaving the country. I pointed out that the other so-called safe countries, like...
by WatchfulEye
on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 05:09 PM PST
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Don’t look now, but for over a decade, Donald Trump has sought to become the “best friend” (quoting a 2013 letter) of Russia’s murderous, Ukraine-blitzing, Alexei Navalny-snuffing ruler. While straining to liken himself to Navalny (go figure), Trump...
by Inspector Clueso
on Mon Feb 26, 2024 at 01:15 PM PST
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George Conway has been making regular appearances on podcasts in recent months. He is a great source for keeping up with Trump trials, but not for political strategizing, unless you want ignorant attack ads and further division to continue dominating...
by greenandblue
on Wed Mar 27, 2024 at 12:38 PM PDT
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That is to say, can we wake up and smack down pols aligned with coup-doers? Take Donald Trump’s would-be sidekick, Vivek Ramaswamy. (Please.) As if fact-free dreck were food from the gods, the lean, mean pharma bum honks “GO WOKE, GO BROKE!” While...
by Inspector Clueso
on Wed Jan 03, 2024 at 12:12 PM PST
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I received a WhatsApp message the other day asking me to sign a petition demanding the Obama Foundation cancel the scholarship of a student for posting the above commentary on a photo of students demonstrating with Israeli and IDF flags. The people...
by thewavethatiam
on Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 09:28 PM PST
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On 19 September 2023, Volodymyr Zelensky thanked us at the UN. Here are some reasons we should be thanking him and Ukraine. This is a brief summary of Tim Snyder’s "10 Reasons to Appreciate Ukraine.” My own interpolations are in parentheses. 1)...
by maydon
on Fri Sep 22, 2023 at 05:24 AM PDT
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Digby has picked up on a must-read piece by former GOP strategist Rick Wilson. He explains why Republicans win and Democrats lose, and what he has to say is well worth a read. (Sorry, Digby doesn’t have a link to Wilson’s post, but quotes from it.) How...
by xaxnar
on Wed Sep 20, 2023 at 07:04 AM PDT
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On Tuesday, a video showing two women being escorted by state troopers from a Tennessee Capitol hearing room went viral. Their infraction: quietly holding small paper signs that read, “1 KID > ALL ...
by Walter Einenkel
on Wed Aug 23, 2023 at 02:01 PM PDT
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By Karen Rubin, News-Photos-Features.com Last year at this time, I expressed little to celebrate Independence Day after the White Christo Fascist Supermajority on the Supreme Court declared women less than full, sentient adult citizens with agency over...
by NewsPhotosFeatures
on Tue Jul 04, 2023 at 08:08 AM PDT
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Special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s possible interference with the transfer of power after the 2020 presidential election has been hard at work. The New York Times is now reporting that Smith’s team is hunting down...
by Walter Einenkel
on Thu Jun 01, 2023 at 08:35 AM PDT
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Here is a worthwhile viewing for fans of history, political science and democracy. Tyranny of the Minority: How American Democracy Came to the Breaking Point Presented by Steven Levitsky of Harvard University at the Watson Institute for International...
by greenandblue
on Sat May 27, 2023 at 11:14 AM PDT
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Call him “The Ronald.” Launching all-out war on much of the curricula at public colleges and universities, the governor of the Sunshine State throws no small shade. Under his aegis, Florida House Bill 999 decries, damns, and seeks to defund...
by Inspector Clueso
on Wed May 17, 2023 at 02:37 PM PDT
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With all the drama among the chattering classes, the punditocracy, the Very Serious People, who are all dithering about the Constitutional Crisis if Biden acts to preclude a debt ceiling default because Republicans refuse to raise it without massive...
by xaxnar
on Tue May 09, 2023 at 10:08 AM PDT
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Sunday I wrote up a diary based on multiple reports from Alternet that covered the shooting in Allen, Texas . There was one article in particular that deserves more attention, so I’m excerpting ...
by xaxnar
on Mon May 08, 2023 at 06:25 AM PDT
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A tendency (shared by myself) has been to evaluate susceptibility to conspiracy theories as a psychological defect. I have begun to realize that serves to immunize the tyrants that cultivate and profit from such theories. Psychologists see...
by bkbalke
on Fri Apr 07, 2023 at 02:27 PM PDT
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UPDATE: Thursday, Apr 6, 2023 · 10:20:06 PM +00:00 · Walter Einenkel Just going to leave this here. UPDATE: Thursday, Apr 6, 2023 · 9:53:43 PM +00:00 · Walter Einenkel Another update as the Tennesseans who respect the concept of a representative...
by Walter Einenkel
on Thu Apr 06, 2023 at 11:56 AM PDT
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As you probably read in the headlines, the Wyoming Legislature passed the most draconian laws to limit access to abortion care in all forms. Before I get into that, there is something you can do. I want to highlight a group that is supporting Wyoming...
by ecowyoming
on Fri Mar 24, 2023 at 08:28 AM PDT
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Last time I checked, magicians, pickpockets, and pols have been prone to conjure distractions. With that in mind, let’s make bold to shift our focus from internecine grousing over the House speaker’s gavel to the hard right’s malign, ceaselessly...
by Inspector Clueso
on Sun Jan 08, 2023 at 01:47 PM PST
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