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In an editorial for The New York Times today, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who is a Republican who was appointed by Gerald Ford in 1975 called for the complete repeal of the Second Amendment.
“Rarely in my lifetime have I seen...
by durrati
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While everyone else was gearing up for the Stormy Daniels fiasco, Barack Obama passed (for the most part) his budget last Friday.
From Russell Berman of The Atlantic:
President Obama finally got a Republican-controlled Congress to fund...
by Dartagnan
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Excuse me while I suppress a snarflegiggle..
***snarflegiggle***
oops.
Washington Post
“As conspiracy theories swirled around the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, lobbyist Jack Burkman took the unusual step of...
by durrati
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For two years in my early twenties, I had the great honor of working 9 to 5 cleaning toilets for the person who penned that very tune.
Seriously, I was Dolly Parton's houseboy.
I had started a cleaning company (well, printed some business cards...
by kaineriggan
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The people who actually do dig coal are going to be digging less of it as another coal mine closes.
It was announced this past week that a coal mine - the 4 West Mine - in southwestern Pennsylvania will close. It's another blow to the coal...
by Mark Sumner
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Dutch reporters are giving American ones a master class in not letting a politician get away with lies after U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra lied about having said something and then lied about his denial in the space of a single...
by Laura Clawson
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The ideological blinders that have guided the Republican party since the Reagan administration are slowly but surely crippling our economy. One area where that is most evident is in our transportation infrastructure where the Republican refusal to...
by m2c4
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I have a rule: never discuss politics at work. Lucky for me, it’s been very easy to keep this rule. Although I’m in a right-wing-dominated industry, in Orlando most people keep their views to themselves. However, for the past few months, I’ve had to...
by SemDem
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A witch hunt continues against the president with tremendous bias, no purpose and no end in sight,” Gaetz said. The Hill There was, [Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro said, “a criminal cabal” within federal law enforcement trying to undermine...
by 4CasandChlo
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Ed Kilgore at New York Magazine has an interesting piece showing just what a watershed moment 2018 could be if all waves broke Democratic. It’s not out of the question, but it will take a heroic grassroots GOTV effort. Anyone up for that?
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by Dartagnan
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