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* For those that may not be familiar with Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings mythology, the Nazgul were originally nine mortal men corrupted by lesser rings of power under the control of the One Ring (depicted above), and eventually turned into Ringwraiths to...
by Irontortoise
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on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 01:26 AM PDT
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Florida man Rep. Matt Gaetz went on Newsmax Wednesday night to spin Donald Trump’s win in Monday’s Iowa’s Republican caucuses. After arguing that Trump’s victory was even biglier because the weather in Iowa was so bad, Gaetz addressed the nagging...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Jan 18, 2024 at 10:10 AM PST
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I have been familiar with AB Stoddard for a long time. While I appreciated previous criticism she has offered recently, she didn't seem to have thought out her position logically to its natural conclusion. Nevertheless, I appreciated her stance. Here,...
by Dem
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on Wed Oct 11, 2023 at 06:34 AM PDT
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Donald J. Trump’s plot to overthrown the election hurt every single American who trusted our nation’s electoral process, and in particular, every man or woman who cast a vote against him. The day Trump and his team of wild-eyed sycophants tried to...
by sepiasiren
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on Fri Aug 11, 2023 at 11:35 PM PDT
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Australia, Brazil, Malaysia and Colombia all voted in reformist governments this year, after years of corrupt conservative right wing rule. Progressive governments were returned with strong mandates in Portugal, Malta and Denmark. Women were elected...
by Alan Austin
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on Mon Dec 19, 2022 at 06:53 AM PST
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The map is changing tonight, but as of right now, according to AP’s predictions, Republicans lead in the House of Representatives by 214 to 204. That counts as undecided CA-34, where two Democrats are battling it out. So that makes it 214-205. Then...
by sbd
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on Mon Nov 14, 2022 at 07:19 PM PST
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In thinking of all the bile and the depths to which our country has sunken to in politics, I just keep thinking about the quote from Golda Meir. Hers was about peace and education. Our country is not built upon extremism. Our country was supposed to be...
by iarnstein
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on Sat Nov 12, 2022 at 11:43 PM PST
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Ted Cruz: 2010 , 30-50 seat majority in House, 53-55 in Senate, Rampbell "(D)towards painful losses" Ted Cruz said that he expected a 2010 style Republican Party blowout, big, big majorities, a 30,40, 50 seat majority in the House of Representatives and a 53 or 54 Republican seat majority in the Senate. "Listen, I am very, very optimistic. I think on...
by Dem
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on Fri Nov 11, 2022 at 02:11 PM PST
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I read seemingly nonstop criticisms of my Democratic Party and Democratic Party candidates here. One such criticism of Senator Warnock led me to write about the disadvantage Senator Warnock faces because of asymmetry. It is deductive in that it starts...
by Dem
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on Sat Oct 15, 2022 at 11:32 AM PDT
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While money in politics does no guarantee a win...it does play a part. As in ‘Iron bars do not a cage make’ but they sure help…. :P The example of no guarantee would be the last presidential election. A great deal of money was spent by both sides. The...
by iarnstein
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on Wed Sep 28, 2022 at 11:59 AM PDT
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President Trump is trying to reset the clock to 1957 when 'America was Great again', Science and public health were scoffed at under the heels of Big Tobacco and minorities were sub human. And the sad thing and shame of our country is that so many glom...
by iarnstein
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on Tue Feb 01, 2022 at 11:07 PM PST
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Its become a veritable article of faith that the Dem’s hair-thin majorities in the House and Senate mean we have to cater to the (often-insanely-counterproductive) whims of our problematic “moderates”. I will agree a fair amount of strategic haggling...
by merchantbard
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on Thu Sep 23, 2021 at 05:53 AM PDT
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A sower went out to sow, to plant seeds, hoping for a useful crop, a crop that would help the whole community. The seeds, of course, were seeds of information. The soil, of course, was the hearts and minds of those who would hear, or read, the...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
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on Fri Sep 03, 2021 at 05:46 PM PDT
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You can learn more about Kecia’s race; however, you can also scroll down to the second dog photo. For those who don’t know, Kecia is the Democratic Nominee running in Virginia’s 88th House District, including parts of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania,...
by TeamEvans
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on Thu Aug 26, 2021 at 11:17 AM PDT
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Senator Joe Manchin said, “The right to vote is fundamental to our American democracy and protecting that right should not be about party or politics.” What happens with the infrastructure bill and other legislation is likely to affect the outcome of...
by Dem
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on Sat Jun 26, 2021 at 10:33 AM PDT
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Good day and welcome to DKos Asheville. This is the weekly DKos Asheville Open Thread for Saturday, June 26th, 2021. We offer this space every weekend to share what we're up to in Western North Carolina and beyond. DKos Asheville and other local and...
by randallt
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on Sat Jun 26, 2021 at 08:18 AM PDT
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The Republican Party doesn't care about normal people or the country. Only the Democratic Party does (from my post on Facebook) Every republican voted for the $2 Trillion tax cut for the wealthy which the non partisan Congressional Budget Office stated almost exclusively benefited the rich in 2017 under President Donald Trump. Every democrat voted...
by Dem
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on Sat Mar 06, 2021 at 04:35 PM PST
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Rs want to write bills? Win same amt of votes. Rs $600B bill is a joke. They voted for $1.8T tax cut When republicans control the White House and control Congress, then Mitch McConnell says, “Elections have consequences. Winners make policy. Losers go home. “ When Democrats win elections and control the White House and Congress, republicans expect to...
by Dem
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on Sun Jan 31, 2021 at 12:35 PM PST
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“The best democracies are stable ... because revolt would destroy the very wealth that a revolt is trying to capture: the wealth and productivity of the citizens.” Well, it’s finally come home for Republicans. Took long enough. At long last, their...
by RandomLurker
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on Tue Jan 19, 2021 at 01:11 PM PST
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Representative Mace, I continue to be absolutely stunned at the denseness and the extreme present hedonism which dominates Congressional republicans. I saw the attempt to pretend to promote and support only censuring Trump and I heard Chuck Todd...
by Dem
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on Mon Jan 18, 2021 at 11:40 AM PST
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