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ADAPTIVE INDOMITABLE UKRAINE's Flexible Defensive Zones Saving Lives of their Soldiers for THAT Day For many of us who hold the cause of Ukraine dear, the periodic unhappy news of Ukraine performing yet another one of their now well-practiced pull backs from an encircled pocket hits hard. Like the news today that Ukrainian troops have successfully...	Decimus	07/08/2025 10:53 PM	1	1
Ukraine Invasion Day 1,232: Tactical drones in frontline combat operations increase. Russian forces conducted a series of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine on the night of July 7 and 8. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched four S-300/400 air defense missiles from Kursk Oblast and 54 Shahed and decoy...	annieli	07/08/2025 09:28 PM	10	16
When Citizenship Isn’t Guaranteed: The United States is Drawing Its Line in the Sand Let this be a warning: I try my best to speak with humility. I know that tone matters, especially in times like these. I don’t want to come across as aggressive, or as someone shouting fire in a crowded theater. But some truths have a sharp edge, and...	Will Smith	07/08/2025 09:04 PM	3	9
Insomniacs' Late Night Vent Hole - Slavery Edition? Please read and follow instructions before opening. Or consult your physician. This is a no flame zone . This vent-hole (hereinafter known as IVH), if lost or stolen will not be replaced or ...	RRG3DAV	07/08/2025 09:00 PM	3	4
Overnight News Digest July 8, 2025 Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...	Chitown Kev	07/08/2025 08:59 PM	8	19
The Reality of Farming I found this accurate description of USAmerican farming in Ginseng Roots by Craig Thompson (NY: Pantheon, 2025 ISBN 9780593700778), a graphic novel about the author’s childhood in the ginseng growing capitol of USAmerica and how he followed it around...	gmoke	07/08/2025 07:13 PM	5	8
Trump's New Law Supersizes ICE, Mass Detention, Militarization of America: 'BradCast' 7/8/2025 Guest: Josh Kovensky of TPM Also: 140 EPA staffers placed on leave for dissenting SCOTUS greenlights Admin's mass firing of federal workers... Today on The BradCast: Trump's authoritarianism receives yet another greenlight from his corrupted SCOTUS...	TheBradBlog	07/08/2025 07:03 PM	2	6
There is no team like the best team which is our team right here….. When Governor Abbott of Texas announced the substantial increase in missing people from the Texas flooding (nb: this is from ONE County, so the State total could end up being substantially higher, a member of the press had the temerity to ask if he was...	cbastian	07/08/2025 07:00 PM	5	6
PWB Peeps Open Thread: Cow Appreciation Day Cows are friendly,	strawbale	07/08/2025 07:00 PM	20	28
Top Comments: Jews Who Support The Fascist Felon Edition I went out to dinner tonight with my mom and some of her friends. I planned on skipping it because one of the couples are supporters of the Fascist Felon. I really only went because I like the ...	cohenzee	07/08/2025 07:00 PM	21	15
See if you can understand this Trump post Earlier today, Trump had a cabinet meeting. He spent 15 minutes talking about how he redecorated the cabinet meeting room. He talked about painting the ceiling gold and using gold leaf on some objects. The gold curtains obviously aren't enough for him....	Bill Addis	07/08/2025 06:39 PM	52	78
Truth Loses Out: Lies Provide Long-term Entertainment, Truth is Boring and Momentary On the left, we must ask ourselves how lies came to dominate our news media and political culture. The right’s media landscape is a flurry of lies and distortions. The mainstream press often uncritically repeats the same lies with minimal push-back....	pouncecafe	07/08/2025 06:14 PM	5	5
Nonfiction Views: The Library of Congress Book Festival, plus this week's notable new nonfiction The Library of Congress issued a press release today touting it’s 25th annual Book Festival on Saturday, September 6th. At this point, the lineup looks pretty impressive, but September feels a ...	DebtorsPrison	07/08/2025 06:00 PM	7	16
Please help me stop Act Blue related texts All, I cannot believe I am having to go to these lengths to solve the following problem. Can any of you help me stop Act Blue related texts from being sent to me? For example, today I received an unsolicited text from something called TurnLeft PAC....	KossackWithTLC	07/08/2025 05:33 PM	30	14
Trump continues tariff lie. Kerrville mayor calls out Texas failure. Social Security misinformation. Social Security notice was nothing but a lie to most recipients. Donald Trump rips off MAGA and the rest of us with tariffs. Kerrville mayor calls out Texas's failing. Kerrville mayor calls out Texas failure. Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here....	Egberto Willies	07/08/2025 05:31 PM	2	5
Kitchen Table Kibitzing 7/8/2025: Italian Food Harmony Arthur Wesley Dow : Lily (1901) Good evening, Kibitzers! Well, this is it, my friends! This is my last week of actual work for a salary, at ...	belinda ridgewood	07/08/2025 05:30 PM	116	29
Texas Flood Disaster Could be Far Worse than What's Being Reported Even as the acknowledged body count has soared past 100, with another 170 listed as still missing, an official with one of the rescue/relief agencies was telling CNN that the true death toll along the Gaudalupe River in Texas may be hundreds more. As...	Irontortoise	07/08/2025 05:01 PM	128	287
Contemporary Fiction Views: What's new this week Following are some of the new fiction titles coming out this week. As always, links are to The Literate Lizard online bookstore, and descriptions are by the publishers. Hotel Ukraine : The Final ...	bookgirl	07/08/2025 05:00 PM	11	12
Time for another installment of: Stable Genius emits word-like things Digby has put together another collection of video clips. Again this is Trump showing how the neurons in his brain are firing like bumper cars in an amusement park. While the media may highlight one or two particularly outrageous ones, they largely...	xaxnar	07/08/2025 04:57 PM	10	51
SCOTUS v. Democracy: Seven Supreme Court Decisions Brought Fascism to America The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision on June 27, 2025 created in Donald Trump an American fascist dictator. The decision in the case Trump v. CASA, Inc. did not seem momentous. It declared only that Federal District judges could no longer issue...	Orygunner	07/08/2025 04:40 PM	8	8
Avoid MAGA psychologists I don’t know if there actually are any MAGA psychologists out there, but if there are, they should be avoided.	Perlinator	07/08/2025 04:40 PM	5	16
GFHC: He's where???? We learned in school that Commodore Matthew Perry “opened” Japan to U.S. ships in 1853. But that’s not quite the whole story ~ and an excellent example of the benefits of the newish full-text search at FamilySearch.org ties into the rest of the story....	mayim	07/08/2025 04:31 PM	4	12
Evening Shade---Resistance Rising---Tuesday, July 8 WELCOME TO THE EVENING SHADE A SANCTUARY OF SANITY AFTER A LONG HARD DAY OF FIGHTING FASCISM YOU WILL ...	Girasol	07/08/2025 04:30 PM	132	42
National Gun Violence Victims Day We should have a day - 2nd or 3rd Sunday of a month - that: - Celebrates the lives taken by gun violence - Challenges ALL WING churches to do the same - pray for victims of gun violence [IMPORTANT]	jlynker	07/08/2025 04:18 PM	1	4
Who's Your Daddy? According to the MAGAts of America tRump’s your Daddy. It all started when NATO’s Secretary General Mark Rutte saluted tRump with the paternal nickname of Daddy as recognition for his role in stopping the bombing between two juvenile delinquent nations...	jonquill	07/08/2025 03:41 PM	4
My greatest disappointment I have in my lifetime had three or four unjustifiable wars started by the US and sold to our citizenry by a compliant media and corrupt/clueless political elite. What hurts most about this is that the Democrats, the party of George McGovern, who used...	mbartv	07/08/2025 03:31 PM	19
The best short explanation of flash floods I've seen Here ‘tis. on Youtube.	Thunderthief	07/08/2025 03:31 PM	10	13
A Trip to Switzerland, Prelude (travel tips for going to Europe) This is a bit of a travelogue with some personal anecdotes thrown in along the way. We just took a long planned and rather long vacation to the country of Switzerland, not just a city. We went from June 20th to July 7th, although the first and last...	Sarkazein	07/08/2025 03:19 PM	27	18
Judge States Either Trump's DOJ Is Lying Or El Salvador Is Lying Today a judge handling one of the cases of people sent by Trump to an El Salvador concentration camp effectively told government attorneys that either they are lying to him or El Salvador is lying to the United Nations. The judge made clear the...	KeithDB	07/08/2025 03:11 PM	29	134
Vir's Dis-covery	p0m	07/08/2025 03:10 PM	1
White to move and mate in two #689 - Flash Floods in Texas Here is some science background on the devastating flash floods in Texas, which claimed over 100 lives. The Texas Hill Country, scene of the devastating floods, is well known for flash floods. The area lies just along the Balcones Escarpment, which was...	AKALib	07/08/2025 03:00 PM	11	12
Ignorance About Medicaid and Jobs is on Full Display By Trump's Uncaring Cabinet The lasting legacy of Donald Trump is going to be filled with examples of his craving to reign as an anti-democratic autocrat, and his insatiable thirst for enriching himself with sleazy scams. He will be forever remembered as the Grifter-in-Chief who...	News Corpse	07/08/2025 02:57 PM	3	9
On Medicaid? Become a crop picker! www.msnbc.com/… Do these people who work in the government have any idea what Medicaid covers and who is eligible for it? Do they realize these services cover medical interventions and drug prescriptions? Do they realize if someone is on these programs...	MurielVieux	07/08/2025 02:50 PM	11	17
MAGAs, Blind Submission to Authority and Racial Fascism “Uncle Toms” from a black perspective, became a “name” attached to those who act overtly submissive in the presence of whites and often appeared to have exaggerated, stereotypical behaviors in their presence. It was attributed in part to a survival...	psychusa	07/08/2025 02:26 PM	5	7
Tarot Major Arcana: III The Empress. Today I'll discuss the third card of the tarot major arcana, the Empress. The Empress is traditionally depicted as a richly dressed woman in the prime of life, relaxing on a throne, surrounded by ...	A Pagan in Arizona	07/08/2025 02:00 PM	5	20
Black Kos Tuesday: It's not easy in The Big Easy It's not easy in The Big Easy Commentary by Chitown Kev I love New Orleans. Basically, the reason why I love New Orleans is that I like old stuff and few cities in the United States wear their ...	Black Kos	07/08/2025 02:00 PM	58	43
King Coal. a cartoon by opsan.	opsan	07/08/2025 01:58 PM	5	8
Is a Nebraska Senate seat in play in 2026? Dan Osborn will run again - Democrats can learn a lesson Nebraska's Senate races 2024 & 2026 On Monday, Independent Dan Osborne announced he would run again for a Nebraska Senate seat in 2026. Last year, Osborne took on incumbent Republican Senator Deb Fisher. He didn't win. But he cut Fisher's margin to 7%...	TheCriticalMind	07/08/2025 01:58 PM	4	13
#WokeUp & Smell The Weather Just thought that would be a nice National Weather Service sloagan. I kind of like 'in your face' snark. It doesn't really allow for any concessions.	jlynker	07/08/2025 01:54 PM	1	1
Their Modest Proposal Before you flame me, make sure you read Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” and understand it. Thank you. OK, that being done with... It’s pretty clear to me that Tang Hitler and his gang are hellbent on killing as many people as possible around the...	ladyrima	07/08/2025 01:34 PM	2	3
Supreme Court allows treasonous, corrupt Trump to proceed with massive federal workforce cuts The rabidly extreme, partisan right-wing Court today lifted the previous court order which had blocked 19 federal departments and agencies from shredding their workforces. The majority once again granted Trump’s request, and allows the lawless,...	JunglelandDan	07/08/2025 01:32 PM	23	50
Kagro in the Morning podcast (AUDIO): Tuesday, July 8, 2025 Listen to our archived episodes: Pandora|LibSyn|YouTube Support the show: Patreon|PayPal: 1x or monthly|Square Cash * He’s LIVE! David Waldman has been keeping his opinions to himself for DAYS... and he can barely take it any longer. Thank goodness...	Scott Anderson	07/08/2025 01:01 PM	1	1
The Future: What Does It Look Like? William Cooper is the author of the novel The Trial of Donald H. Rumsfeld. “Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when the United States is a...	wcooper11	07/08/2025 12:59 PM	6	5
Museum Pieces: When Japan Bombed Oregon In September 1942, the little town of Brookings OR became the victim of the first enemy bombs�to reach the United States mainland during WW2. "Museum Pieces" is a diary series that explores the ...	Lenny Flank	07/08/2025 12:59 PM	9	23
If you read books Please Read This. COMMUNITY GUIDELINES #4 - Keep in mind the formal site mission: “Daily Kos fights for a progressive America by empowering its community and allies with information and tools to directly impact the political process.” There are diaries on this site that...	oldan inouye	07/08/2025 12:58 PM	4	15
Big Beautiful Bollocks, An SSA Example We already know this propaganda email was nonsense. That’s a given. So what does it actually do? By now, you’ve likely heard the basics. The senior Social Security “tax relief” is actually a temporary four year bump in your standard deduction, adding...	DemosCat	07/08/2025 12:56 PM	11	11
Judge stops lawsuit to reverse DOJ grant cancellations This seems to be breaking news. I’ll post more as I find it: kstp.com/… Federal judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to stop DOJ grant cancellations WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has allowed the Trump administration to rescind nearly $800 million...	CathyM	07/08/2025 12:36 PM	8	21
Trickle-Down Dishonesty “Trump is an Outlier; an Out and Out Liar.” So read my protest sign. Trump is a liar. You might even say Trump is a pathological liar as he is so ignorant and mentally impaired he has difficulty discerning truth from reality. Sometimes when he lies, he...	Stephen Dreyfus	07/08/2025 12:26 PM	2	3
Good Trouble Comes to El Segundo: And it was no Trouble at All El Segundo, CA, is a very small L.A. area suburb tucked between LAX to the north, the Chevron oil refinery to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is known for it's small town vibe, good schools and successful youth sports programs. Locals...	DennisMorrison	07/08/2025 12:23 PM	3	11
Disability Month Why I will never stop talking about Autism The month of July is Disability Pride Month. This is the month where people profess how much they support disabled people and how each of us are “special and unique.” Though the intentions are good, they often feel hollow and performative. To explain...	Rise Hayes for Lynchburg	07/08/2025 12:19 PM	14	18
Why are MAGAs and Trump so cruel, mean and hateful? It’s an honest question. What brings about the direct cruelty that we see in the MAGA movement? Why are they so gleeful to slash heathcare for 17 million Americans? Why does it give them a chuckle to throw people into Alligator Auschwitz? The idea of a...	Frank Vyan Walton	07/08/2025 12:14 PM	115	185
Senator Cabaldon says it’s time for Governor Newsom to move on from the Delta Tunnel SACRAMENTO -- The California Legislature last week passed two trailer bills in the budget package weakening the landmark California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Governor Gavin Newsom’s threat to not sign the budget without their inclusion,...	Dan Bacher	07/08/2025 12:02 PM	4	14
The FAKE IRAN WAR Here is an opinion given by a guy presently sitting around in his underwear. So, take this for what it’s worth. I don’t want to sound like a conspiracy monger, all I am doing is connecting a few observations. Draw your own conclusions. Here is what I...	Crane Brane	07/08/2025 11:53 AM	5	11
Welp, It's That Time Again. The Fourth is over, we’re getting into the dog days of summer, and teachers everywhere are getting ready to ask their friends and social networks for help in stocking classroom supplies. This is our new reality, as this Vox article from 2018...	zenbassoon	07/08/2025 11:47 AM	16	28
Trump’s Greatest Role: Playing a President on Reality TV On TV, Trump is the decisive boss. He never loses. He fires people with a catchphrase. He stares down enemies. He’s the billionaire genius who “wins bigly.” It’s a character — just like a WWE heel or a Bachelor villain. Everything from the lighting to...	davd 113	07/08/2025 11:10 AM	1	6
People are Tariffied of what Trump is doing Donald Trump TACO'ed again yesterday with his new executive order called : "Extending the Modification of the Reciprocal Tariff Rates." He gave the reciprocal tariffs that were going into effect July 9th and moved them back to August 1st, same deadline...	Bill Addis	07/08/2025 11:09 AM	4	15
Krasnov strips pipes from houses. 'Someone' is profiting from tariff chaos, and it could be illegal Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday he was still planning tariffs on select industries, including drugs, semiconductors, and metals. This isn’t a trade policy. It’s a strategic supply chain strike. 50% tariffs on copper sent...	annieli	07/08/2025 11:06 AM	27	152
Explaining Trump: How narcissists react when they make a mistake Let’s be honest: you might be thinking, “Not another article about Trump on Daily Kos!” But stick with me—this isn’t just about one person. It’s about understanding narcissism, a ...	Snap Dragon	07/08/2025 11:00 AM	7	23
PWB Peeps: Toosdai Critters' Grab Bag A gentle reminder of how we do things:   🐱🐶🐦 Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul. Please do share pics of your fur kids!  If you have ...	samanthab	07/08/2025 10:45 AM	106	83
Spare me I wrote this in 2021 after Jan 6th Change? hmm	MurielVieux	07/08/2025 10:40 AM	3	18
BL: "I vant to drink your bloodh!" Our Vampire vs Vampire showdown If you ever thought your boyfriend was being a little too needy when he asked you to fix him a bite to eat, consider yourself lucky. The boyfriends we’re discussing today need to drink your blood. That’s asking a bit(e) much, don’t you think? And yet,...	Krotor	07/08/2025 10:00 AM	4	2
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday Podcast (Audio) Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, it was a sight to behold Fox News panicking on live tv over...	justiceputnam	07/08/2025 09:58 AM	1	1
Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine names Russian major responsible for attack on children's hospital Russias new long-range drone hits an apartment building — in Russia. Russia supposedly had three prototypes of this drone. Now they have two. There were also reports that Russia attempted to launch one of its new Oreshnik ballistic missiles from Crimea...	quaoar	07/08/2025 09:57 AM	76	306
Alligator Dictator You knew the feud wouldn't last. No, not the one between Elon and DoJo. Rather the pissing match between RonDe and DJT when they were both running for the GOP Presidential Nomination in 2024. Well, Ron DeSanctimonious is now again in the good graces of...	jonquill	07/08/2025 09:53 AM	1	5
Texas State Government is guilty Per the Houston Chronical on July 7th: In Kerr County they were looking into uprading their flood system starting in 2016. They KNEW it wasn’t up to snuff. Though local officials agreed to spend $50,000 on an engineering study, which made specific...	BeadLady	07/08/2025 09:31 AM	109	196
What's up in June, down here in Covidlandia! Welcome back to this month’s installment of a series I call Covidlandia, a forgotten realm between black and white, carefree and cautious, pandemic beginning and end. Here I present recent Covid news, scientific discoveries, and medical knowledge that...	Examined	07/08/2025 09:22 AM	13	45
Kentucky Gov. explains Big Beautiful Bill’s exploitation & slams GOP governor’s dereliction. Kentucky Democratic governor Andy Beshear itemized the Big Beautiful Bill’s attack on Americans as he slammed Republican governors for their dereliction of duty to their constituents. Kentucky Gov. explains Big Beautiful Bill. Watch Politics Done Right...	Egberto Willies	07/08/2025 09:01 AM	7	11
The Administration's New Playbook: Embedding Fox News to Incite, Justify & Escalate ICE Raids On July 7, a dramatic—but relatively peaceful—“raid” by ICE, Customs and Border Protection, and the National Guard in Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park provided chilling insight into the current administration’s playbook. Brought down upon the community in...	Shawn510	07/08/2025 08:52 AM	6	26
Tomgram: Andrea Mazzarino, Rootless in an Increasingly Foreign Land This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Hey, you remember that guy, right? You know, the candidate who, in his third campaign for president in 2024 insisted that he was...	TomDispatch	07/08/2025 08:28 AM	2	2
Puzzle, anyone? Silk, Day 2 Made some progress …..	RandomNeuron	07/08/2025 08:00 AM	9	4
Nobody Called Government Fascist when Tanks Were at Wounded Knee '73, Did They (Update 3x)? UPDATE: Tuesday, Jul 8, 2025 · 8:00:54 PM +00:00 · Winter Rabbit For some who have missed the point, and complain it's not a tank. APC: Length from around 15 to 25 feet, 8 to 12 feet wide, and 7 to 9 feet high. For example, the M113 APC, a widely used...	Winter Rabbit	07/08/2025 07:55 AM	45	72
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 8am PT / 11am ET West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy � is � Now Open! � 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our � especially special Daily Special; � Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe , it was ...	justiceputnam	07/08/2025 07:50 AM	1	1
Trump's DoD will turn off three critical weather satellites July 31st On Monday, June 23rd, the Department of Defense announced that it would "stop ingesting, processing, and transmitting data essential to most hurricane forecasts," from three satellites. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites to be...	Bill Addis	07/08/2025 07:33 AM	220	422
New Day Cafe: Tuesday Treasures Good morning!� Grab a cuppa and spend some time with us.� We have treasures to share, and I’ll bet YOU do, too!� I’ll accept�pet pics, as they are the best things to treasure!	The Marti	07/08/2025 07:30 AM	250	34
Cathy Rec Responds to Delegate Todd Gilbert’s Appointment as United States Attorney for the Western WOODSTOCK, VA – Cathy Rec, Democratic candidate for Virginia’s House District 33, issued a statement today following news that Delegate Todd Gilbert has been appointed as the Federal Prosecutor for the Western District of Virginia. “I would like to...	csthyrec	07/08/2025 07:22 AM	1	4
Indians 101: Shoshone and Bannock Indians and the Mormons 150 years ago, 1875 By 1875, the primary American Indian policies of the United States were focused on concentrating American Indians on reservations where they would be segregated from American society while they were ...	Ojibwa	07/08/2025 07:15 AM	8	30
The sloop Restauration Vesterheim Museum and the people of Stavanger, Norway are celebrating the bicentennial of the emigration of Norwegian families to the US. In 1825, 52 Norwegian settlers arrived in New York from Stavanger, fleeing religious discrimination and beginning...	Woodworker	07/08/2025 07:13 AM	3	15
Texas Special Session? TX LG said Texas has a special session coming up, which was scheduled before the floods. What was the original purpose of this special session? Calling a 'special' session typically means something important & being Texas, I'd expect it to be no good.	jlynker	07/08/2025 07:12 AM	6	3
Daily Bucket - Waders at the Catfish Farm The Daily Bucket is a nature refuge. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s patterns. We invite you to note what you are seeing around you in your own part of the world, and to share your observations in the...	CaptBLI	07/08/2025 07:00 AM	99	36
Kevin Kiley: Shameless and Spineless Here in California’s Gold Country, we know all too well about lasting, irreparable damage caused by greed and impatience. Hydraulic mining washed away entire hillsides with high pressure hoses in the search for gold during the late 1800s. We see...	Heidi Hall	07/08/2025 06:09 AM	5	15
Tuesday 7/8 edition of lots and lots of Democrats in action! A BIG welcome to everyone and let’s jump right in! Personal privilege This is happened yesterday in my state, California. �It’s a preview of what’s to come across the country. �That HUGE ...	Janesaunt	07/08/2025 06:00 AM	16	24
Growing Prosperity: The Economic Case for a 10-Year Regenerative Transition I. Introduction: Crisis Meets Opportunity We are standing atop a field of trouble. Today’s U.S. croplands are losing at least twice as much soil to erosion as was lost annually during the peak of ...	Chris Buxton	07/08/2025 06:00 AM	5	18
I'll never forget I was rich, I had shoes. Repost from 2007! I remember growing up with not much but even sadder were the immigrants that sat in school with me. To the white folks in San Antonio I was just another Mexican. In my world, I was "middle class" because my dad was a welder at the air force base and...	TexMex	07/08/2025 05:59 AM	14	60
I don’t want to imitate the right! People need to screw their heads on straight! There’s a difference between saying democrats and the left in general have things they should change and saying “it worked for tacoman” “that’s how they do it” “fight fire with fire!” NO damn it I will not....	MurielVieux	07/08/2025 05:56 AM	71	30
Depression the Soul Crusher I try really hard to be upbeat when I post. Sometimes life gets in the way and pulls you down. Right now I am at rock bottom. Losing Pixie, my companion of 20 years, has been really hard. I still have her kitty food dishes. I can't bear to put them...	michelewln	07/08/2025 05:53 AM	7	21
Kagro in the Morning is LIVE at 9 AM ET!	David Waldman	07/08/2025 05:45 AM	1	3
Screens Are Not The Problem Or What Ives Shows About Tech On the one hand, this story about how Johnny Ives and Sam Altman apparently just stone cold ripped off another company’s ideas wholesale, down to the name (the TLDR is that a company called Iyo ...	angryea	07/08/2025 05:00 AM	7	12
Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday Fingers, Fingers Everywhere As a courtesy to our C&J readers, here's today's list of who or what is being blamed for the floods in Texas by the Republicans in charge who could've and should've prevented the death toll: "They did it, not us!" "No, they...	Bill in Portland Maine	07/08/2025 04:49 AM	211	129
A Course in Miracles, discussion Next week I will be considering the thoughts in Lessons 190 — 196 ================================ In today’s reading I noticed the abrupt pronoun changes. The lesson started out with you. If you feel the Love of God within you, you will look out on a...	Mathy Kathy	07/08/2025 04:45 AM	5	2
Renewable Tuesday: Learn to Say Petawatt and Exawatt China is going to produce more than a petawatt-hour per year from wind. Let me see…kilo, mega, giga, tera, peta…Oh, yes, then comes exa! 10 18 ! And on the other end of the scale, we have passed ...	Mokurai	07/08/2025 04:00 AM	2	31
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Looking for the golden mean We begin today with� Jennifer Rubin �of The Contrarian charting a possible course of action for Democrats now that the Big Oo-gly Bill has become the law of the land. It is time � to stop berating ...	Chitown Kev	07/08/2025 04:00 AM	226	281
GNR for July 8, 2025 — "A boiling point of quockerwodgers" Good morning, Gnusies! “Quockerwodger” is absolutely my favorite new word of the year, maybe the decade. Jeff Roush, whose post is embedded below, is a poet, and I think it took a poet’s eye ...	arhpdx	07/08/2025 04:00 AM	86	137
Morning Open Thread Tuesday, July 8, theme: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer Welcome to Morning Open Thread , a daily post with a MOTley crew of hosts, who choose the topic for the daily posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, ...	Ozarkblue	07/08/2025 03:20 AM	30	14
A Transgender Ex-Firefighter Talks About Flags and Fireworks So… you’re probably looking at the title and thinking, “The transgender ex-firefighter has written a piece in early July and claims she is going to talk about flags and fireworks. Given that there is no discernible relationship between transgender...	Soaked Ferret	07/08/2025 03:12 AM	17	9
THEY KEEP MOVING THE LINE!!! Where does it stop? And when do we start calling people out for calling us WOKE for noticing that they’re the ones who have allowed this to happen?	babylonbros	07/08/2025 01:58 AM	6	26
Child marriage survivor urges Canada to outlaw child marriage Samra Zafar was just 16 when her parents forced her to marry a man who lived far from her home in Abu Dhabi. Today, she is Dr. Samra Zafar—a physician and inspirational human rights activist. But the journey from child bride to an advocate for women’s...	FreedomUnited	07/08/2025 01:07 AM	8	70
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 32 Greetings fellow doom-and-gloom refugees. It’s time again for me to bring you some gallows-humor, silly laughs, and cute animals from Bluesky. I hope you enjoy today’s selection. Oh my… I have no idea what this means, but it made me smile Perspective...	OzPerspective	07/08/2025 12:05 AM	30	229
Bob's Picture of the Day for July 8th, 2025 Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...	bsegel	07/08/2025 12:00 AM	16	37
S. Korea has a free trade agreement with the US, It charges zero tariffs, but TACOs coming in August TACO Trump did a Tariff Trump this week. South Korea has a free trade agreement with the U.S. It charges zero tariffs on nearly everything. Why impose tariffs simply to escalate a meaningless ‘war’. The new tariff shake-down will eventually recede with...	annieli	07/07/2025 11:48 PM	8	22
We Need to Start Talking About Jury Nullification Jury nullification is an old American tradition, dating back to before the War of Independence. You may remember a printer named John Peter Zenger from American history classes. Zenger was a printer and publisher in New York who angered British...	TheRailSplitter	07/07/2025 10:48 PM	31	22

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