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International reporting is revealing that our friends abroad are deeply disappointed and disturbed by American apathy towards what they see as dangerous circumstances. They have seen this before. Here’s one poignant take from international news...
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One of the enduring mysteries in today’s American political life is why so many Republican politicians and their friends are adopting or promoting openly Nazi symbols, iconography, and slogans. Is it a shout-out to the hardcore racists and haters that...
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In a Truth Social post, Donald Trump declared he would “make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN” by terminating the Board of Trustees and appointing himself as chairman. His decision led to the removal of key figures, including David...
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The Facebook group Trumpeters Against Trump is still active. At least it was when I checked yesterday. But with poorly socialized weirdo Mark Zuckerberg indulging Trump’s fascism, Facebook groups like Trumpeters Against Trump might be deleted....
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Question for our collective wisdom -— what might be the repercussions if a few million of us filed for a six-month tax extension? Yes, most folks have already paid through witholding from their paychecks, and many are expecting a refund. But not a few...
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The DOGE website has finally been updated with receipts. That's where they had a link off the menu that said Savings. But before they did any updating, unknown computer hackers took a look at the website and found it was completely unsecured. They...
by Bill Addis
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Mexico says it owns more of the ‘Gulf of America’ than the U.S. and will sue Google if it doesn’t change the name on its part back According to ChatGPT, The Aztecs own it. The Gulf belongs to the indigent natives of what is now Mexico The gulf's...
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It feels to me like it’s gone far enough — it’s clear the Don isn’t gonna follow the law; clear that he’s lying and we’re not getting the real facts. And I understand that Congressional Democrats don’t have much leverage right now. But one thing they...
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Ok, Ok, so they cannot tow anything heavy. Ok, Ok, if they do install or tow that expensive and very heavy portable electric battery, which gives them the range that Leon originally promised, they cannot carry anything else. even with the added battery...
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A third independent spillover of avian flu to dairy cows has occurred in Arizona. This is also the D1.1 subtype, but sequencing shows it was not spread from the Nevada herds. The cattle were not ...
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When I saw the screaming headlines about $4.7M in “untraceable” treasury payments “uncovered” by the DOGE team, my BS detector began flashing red. The first problem with this assertion is that it defies basic logic: if the transactions were...
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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 ...
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My 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 what made me decide ACIM was what I was looking for. I will always...
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