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The impulse to strike back at those who hit us seems built in. But culture can cultivate and magnify that need for revenge. When we look at how revenge impacts the human world, it becomes clear that that vengeful impulse is part of the problem, not the...
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Writer’s note: Posting here today because I just realized Daily Kos readers might enjoy my brand new Substack satire feature in which my fictional alter ego Jeremiah Quill delivers blistering 451°F satire from the epicenter of the 24/7 news cyclone. #...
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If you guessed that it was for Twitter shutting down Trump's Twitter account, you guessed correctly. We should have probably known that Trump had filed a lawsuit against Twitter. Banning him from Twitter after the January 6th insurrection left Trump no...
by Bill Addis
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Good morning, Newdists!
It’s best to be as chill as possible for as long as possible.� But grab a cuppa, anyway!
I have a weird mixed bag of things this morning.�
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During most of the nineteenth century, the policy of the United States was to settle all American Indians on reservations where they would be out of the way of the American settlers who wanted to ...
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The War on Xmas won, J6 felons freed, and Trump got to use “the Beast” as the Daytona 500 pace car (a bucket list item no doubt). Imagine accepting donations in crypto (Trump started doing this in 2024) and controlling the conversion timeline based...
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Any time I report about Bald Eagle chicks makes the decline of the species during the 1960’s seem remote.� After PHScott announced an Eagle was spotted near his turf, I went to look for signs of ...
by CaptBLI
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M y touchstones
Dr. Gerald Jampolsky (1925- 2020) �—�Jampolsky has many published books.
GOOD-BYE TO GUILT: RELEASING FEAR THROUGH FORGIVENESS �
Best short description. In fact, this is ...
by Mathy Kathy
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Yes, this January once again set a surprising global heat record (as did the year 2024). It was the 18th of the last 19 months...
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To start, a quick refresher on what exactly the acronym SCIF stands for and why it is incredibly important to what is happening agency by agency currently as the DOGE under-30s marauders push themselves into our government's agencies and insist they...
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No structure beyond what I am feeling at the moment. No repeats is the only rule. Enjoy!
“I'm shipping off, t o find my wooden leg. . .”
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What the actual fuck.� I can’t believe I am siding with the Wall Street Journal.� They warned us in 2016.� And 2017, and...
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by David Waldman
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The concept of Unelected Bureaucrats is used constantly by the Right to demean government workers. Right-wing commentators tell the public that these individuals are illegally or immorally usurping the power of elected officials. They believe these...
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To � Radio Open Source
Boston, Charles St., Late October 2024
Radio, as dreaded into occlusion,
Open penned everything nascent
Source over undue receiver crash evocatively.
It was a cold ...
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There is an argument floating around that people should not, in protest of Musk’s illegal, unconstitutional and dangerous DOGE program cutting vital programs without Congressional approval, sell ...
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I can’t decide if he’s the new Nero or the new Caligula. Either way, he’s reprehensible.
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‘Scuse me. Gotta make a quick call... [Boop boop boop boop boop boop!] [RingRing! RingRing!] "Hello! Thank you for calling the federal government of the United States of America. Please select your choice from the following menu: For questions related...
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Brain chip research being deregulated will break more than a few eggs. No comment so far from President Musk’s assistant. Some of the latest employees on the chopping block at tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency task force...
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Kev called — he can’t post this morning Daily Toons: President’s Day
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