Title	Author	Date	Comments
LGBTQ Literature: Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community LGBTQ Literature is a Readers and Book Lovers series dedicated to discussing literature that has made an impact on the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. From fiction to contemporary nonfiction to history and everything in...	Chrislove	02/23/2020	4
Cattle Call 2020: So much for Bloomberg, can anyone beat Sanders? Last week Mike Bloomberg seemed poised to take control of the party’s center lane, creating a potential face-off with Bernie Sanders, fresh off having consolidated the bulk of the party’s left flank. Then the debate happened and oh well. Back to the...	kos	02/23/2020	619
The Daily Bucket - Shark Fin rock 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...	OceanDiver	02/23/2020	48
Black History Month: Celebrating 'Iko Iko,' Mardi Gras Indians, and the second line There are times when black folks need joy. No matter the pain, the suffering, the obstacles, the discrimination, the disillusionment we face—we must make music, we must dance, we must celebrate ...	Denise Oliver Velez	02/23/2020	231
MFWOT Daily Update Thread - Sunday February 23, 2020 Mojo Friday’s Weekly Open Thread This is a diary for those who continue to participate in the Mojo Friday diary throughout the week. You are welcome to join ...	bsegel	02/23/2020	7
Books So Bad They're Good: Dr. Doyle and the Dear Little Fairies I've always loved mysteries. This in large part the fault of my aunt Betty. Flighty, frivolous, and eccentric as she was, Betty had one great intellectual interest: she adored detective fiction. Thrillers, Gothics, classic locked room puzzles, Golden...	Ellid	02/22/2020	52
Kickstarter employees vote to unionize, this week in the war on workers The meteoric growth of the tech industry has, with few exceptions, created a new no-unions zone in the U.S. economy. Those exceptions, such as a group of Google contractors or Facebook's bus ...	Laura Clawson	02/22/2020	5
To my Bernie Brothers and Sisters Embracing the probability that Bernie will actually win our nomination is a gradual process for me. The prospect is unsettling on various levels. And right now it is complicated by what is starting to feel inevitable — and of course I’m talking about...	Petey2	02/22/2020	101
A small California agricultural community defeats ICE—for now The town of McFarland sits in the Central Valley of California, and agricultural hamlet of some 15,000 where as many as half are both undocumented and long-time residents. This town, undocumented ...	Joan McCarter	02/22/2020	11
MFWOT Daily Update Thread - Saturday February 22, 2020 Mojo Friday’s Weekly Open Thread This is a diary for those who continue to participate in the Mojo Friday diary throughout the week. You are welcome to join ...	bsegel	02/22/2020	4
Moscow Mitch is holding the 2020 election hostage for Trump, Putin Impeached President Donald Trump is becoming increasingly Stalinesque in his purges of national security officials trying to stop Russia's election interference. He is being aided in this by House Republicans, who immediately informed Trump that...	Joan McCarter	02/21/2020	71
Republicans are up to their old trick, sending out fundraising mailers in the guise of the census It's an election year and a census year, so of course the Republican Party is sending out a deceptive "census" form nationwide, one that's really a fundraiser. A Tallahassee, Florida resident got one and shared it with the Tampa Bay Times. It's labeled...	Joan McCarter	02/21/2020	39
I am voting for Elizabeth Warren in the Texas primary Hey y’all! Long time no see. Hope everyone is doing okay. I’m doing alright. Since the disastrous 2016 election, I’ve retired from active blogging and have a good day job nowadays. However, I still run the Facebook page Democratic Majority (formerly...	Scan	02/21/2020	87
Agriculture Secretary Perdue says no farm bailout, Trump says FARM BAILOUT Friday morning, impeached president Donald Trump tweeted out an ALL CAPS edict: "If our formally targeted farmers need additional aid until such time as the trade deals with China, Mexico, Canada and others fully kick in, that aid will be provided by...	Joan McCarter	02/21/2020	29
The debate should have been a lesson for Bloomberg, one he doesn’t seem capable of learning After that shellacking Michael Bloomberg took Wednesday night at the Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren predicted, "You know what I'll bet he's doing right now? I'll bet he's reaching in his pocket and spending $100 million more on...	Joan McCarter	02/21/2020	147
Dear Speaker Pelosi: This is a 'hair on fire' moment. Act. Now House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's hair needs to be on fire today. Impeached president Donald Trump is getting help from Russia for the 2020 election, and Trump and his congressional Republican minions are moving to protect that interference instead of...	Joan McCarter	02/21/2020	323
Trump is running the government with unqualified temps to keep his quasi-dictatorial power Impeached president Donald Trump has replaced the former acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire with another acting truly atrocious selection who will also only be in the job as an acting DNI. That's because he is so bad and so...	Joan McCarter	02/21/2020	99
The one moment that shows why Elizabeth Warren is the Democrats' top debater Earlier I wrote about why Elizabeth Warren was our best-bet debater against Donald Trump, and why it mattered . Now I’m going to show the one clip that proves it once and for all. Remember, ...	kos	02/21/2020	311
What are you reading? February 21, 2020 In WAYR? , I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books…well, amid all of the news madness, ...	Chitown Kev	02/21/2020	34
MFWOT Daily Update Thread - Friday February 21, 2020 Mojo Friday’s Weekly Open Thread This is a diary for those who continue to participate in the Mojo Friday diary throughout the week. You are welcome to join ...	bsegel	02/21/2020	7
Write On! Least favorite writing advice? Hello, writers. Would anyone like to host Write On! next week (February 27) and the Thursday 2 weeks after that (March 12)? Please let me know. Thanks! Write On hosts: Feb 27- dconrad March 12- strawbale It’s been a while since we’ve talked about this:...	SensibleShoes	02/20/2020	204
Russia is interfering on Trump's behalf again, and he's enraged that Congress now knows it There's a bit more clarity now to the story of the briefing to the House Intelligence Committee that may or may not have contributed to acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire's departure from the Trump administration. According to The...	Joan McCarter	02/20/2020	239
Trump administration proposes another Social Security rule that violates the law, hurts the disabled The Trump administration has been making a low-key but concerted attack on Social Security in the past weeks, not in public pronouncements, but in attacks on the program through the rule-making process. While the proposal intended to kick Social...	Joan McCarter	02/20/2020	53
Warren debated (eviscerated?) Bloomberg the way she would debate Trump—and yes, it matters If debates won presidential elections, we’d be gearing up for President Hillary Clinton’s reelection battle today, AND watching the Republican primary between Ted Nugent and Roy Moore. In all three 2016 debates, Clinton utterly decimated Donald Trump....	kos	02/20/2020	421
After gutting Bloomberg, Warren lands a blow against a Las Vegas billionaire in his own newspaper On Wednesday night, Democrats held their ninth debate on the way to picking a nominee to take on Donald Trump this fall. Based on social media reactions, it was crystal clear Elizabeth Warren won the night—and it started in the first two minutes when...	Jen Hayden	02/20/2020	174
Children under 6 are the new, growing face of the uninsured under Trump The most alarming group in the uninsured population is children under age 6, and that group is increasing according to a new analysis of census data by researchers at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families and reported by Stateline....	Joan McCarter	02/20/2020	14
White Christians are becoming more Republican. How worried should Democrats be? White Christians are increasingly Republican. That brings up two competing questions: What can Democrats do to change that? And how big of a danger sign is it? Donald Trump didn’t just win white evangelical Christians in 2016, Religion News Service’s...	Laura Clawson	02/20/2020	307
Trump is using the pardon power to stroke his own ego, not advance mercy or justice When Donald Trump suddenly gave pardons or commutations to 11 people on Tuesday, you only had to glance at several of the names to know that Trump was doing favors for people in his social circles—people like him. Now we’re getting more information on...	Laura Clawson	02/20/2020	27
Mick Mulvaney once again says the quiet part out loud, Republicans don’t really care about deficits Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, last prominently seen confessing to Donald Trump's quid pro quo attempt with Ukraine on national television, with the now infamous "get over it," has done it again. This time he made his confession...	Joan McCarter	02/20/2020	95
Bloomberg had a debate message prepped. Instead, he ended up flailing and defensive Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg started off Wednesday night’s Democratic primary debate on the message he had clearly prepped for: with an attack on Sen. Bernie Sanders and his Medicare for All plan, and the claim that Mike Bloomberg is...	Laura Clawson	02/20/2020	228
Eight takeaways from the Nevada Democratic primary debate (No. 1: Warren won) How do you begin to do justice to the Greatest Debate of All Time? Let’s start with a simple list. 1. Elizabeth Warren won, and won big. It wasn’t even close. THIS was the Warren that so many of us love and support, and it’s the Warren that has been...	kos	02/20/2020	610
MFWOT Daily Update Thread - Thursday February 20, 2020 Mojo Friday’s Weekly Open Thread This is a diary for those who continue to participate in the Mojo Friday diary throughout the week. You are welcome to join ...	bsegel	02/20/2020	5
Democrats debate in Las Vegas as primary heats up: Live coverage #4 Here we go. The Nevada caucuses are coming up in days, with early voting already started. Michael Bloomberg will be on the stage, though not on the Nevada ballot. Andrew Yang has dropped out, and ...	Laura Clawson	02/19/2020	470
Democrats debate in Las Vegas as primary heats up: Live coverage #3 Here we go. The Nevada caucuses are coming up in days, with early voting already started. Michael Bloomberg will be on the stage, though not on the Nevada ballot. Andrew Yang has dropped out, and Tom Steyer hasn’t qualified. This is a whole new debate....	Laura Clawson	02/19/2020	637
Charles Portis, author of "True Grit", has sadly passed away in Little Rock on February 17. Charles Portis, one of my most favorite authors, died this past Monday, Feb. 17, at the age of 86 at a hospice in Little Rock, Arkansas, his longtime residence, from Alzheimer’s disease. A story ...	dewtx	02/19/2020	9
Contemporary Fiction Views: A wonderful book of windows Culturally aware educators, especially culturally aware white educators working in a minority-majority district, know the phrase "windows and mirrors". It means students need both kinds of books -- ...	bookgirl	02/18/2020	11
The Language of the Night: A Taste of Honey This is Week 3 of looking at In Our Own Worlds, a Tor anthology of four novellas, and on the menu this week is the graceful and splendid A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson. Next week we’ll finish with Passing Strange by Ellen Klages. Tor has...	DrLori	02/17/2020	5
Vegetable War - ( Naomi Mitchison) My First English Fiction Read To Resonate Once a week, our spreadout family children gather in a internet group call, usually wechat because skype does not always work so well in some countries. Someone kicks off with reading aloud a chapter from book and start the talk about it. An old family...	Torilahure	02/15/2020	13
Beaten Down, Worked Up - A Review Steven Greenhouse, Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor, (NY: Alfred A Knopf, 2019) 340 pages Journalist Steven Greenhouse has returned with a second book on American labor and the condition of life for the working...	Fred Siegmund	02/15/2020	3
Please Nominate Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman for the John F. Kennedy Profile In Courage Award. Sorry for the short diary but I think this is worth it. It literally will only take one or two minutes of your time. And not only is it well deserved it will also piss off Trump. The link to the nomination form can be found here. Thank you. And thanks...	Jim Riggs	02/15/2020	52
Paul's Book Reviews: SF & Fiction “Nothing before the 2020s has ever seemed entirely real, to me. Hard to imagine they weren’t constantly happy, given all they still had. Tigers, for instance.” —William Gibson, ...	pwoodford	02/15/2020	10
⏹️⏹️ Original Fiction, Poetry & Memoir For Fun & Progress: Now Playing + What's Upcoming Now playing!!! Dark Redemption , an urban fantasy novel ...	mettle fatigue	02/14/2020	9
What are you reading? February 14, 2020 In WAYR? , I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books…and I just put this thread up five ...	Chitown Kev	02/14/2020	22
Write On! Dialogue, repetitively Hello, writers. Today I was browsing through an auction online, and I ran across an auction item that I just couldn’t resist. Well, actually I could resist the item just fine. But I fell in love ...	SensibleShoes	02/13/2020	57
Book Review of Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig’s A Very Stable Genius William Galston, a Brookings Institution senior fellow, said that “we are a government of men and not law.” It has no force until people enforce it. That is the underlying theme of Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig’s A Very Stable Genius: Donald J....	Nickjlicata	02/13/2020	4
Top Comments: Judging "Diverse" Books by Their Covers Recent happenings at Barnes & Noble had me picturing a room full of white corporate thinktankers in a room brainstorming the question: “How can we show that we care about diversity?” Given the number of authors of color trying to get their books on...	Tara the Antisocial Social Worker	02/12/2020	16
Bookflurries-Bookchat: Black History Month: How Many Writers Have You Read? Welcome to bookchat where you can talk about anything...books, plays, essays, and audio books. You don’t have to be reading a book to come in, sit down, and chat with us. ... I know many of you have read more than I have from the list at wiki, but here...	cfk	02/12/2020	77

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