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Groups: New England Kossacks, 50 State Strategy Project

Diaries published: 306 (16 days since last diary on Wed Mar 22, 2023 at 10:05 AM PDT)

Comments posted: 1821 (15 days since last comment on Wed Mar 22, 2023 at 05:26 PM PDT)

Diary frequency: often

Comment frequency: frequent

Total Recommends: 9526

Total Comment Ratings: 6050

Most Recommended Diary: Scientists Visit the Creation Museum, 891 comments, 1010 recommends

People Following DowneastDem: 36

DowneastDem's Most Recent Diaries:

The New College of Florida was always an oasis for non-traditional students who rejected the party and football atmosphere at Florida’s other public universities. Students could pursue a self-directed course of study based in liberal arts that...
by DowneastDem
Comment Count 210 comments on Wed Mar 22, 2023 at 10:05 AM PDT with 389 Recommends
On paper, Oklahoma seems like a good place for starting a business: low taxes, plentiful affordable housing, very low cost of living in comparison to California. But after making abortions illegal after “fertilization” — by far the most restrictive in...
by DowneastDem
Comment Count 147 comments on Tue Jun 07, 2022 at 07:40 AM PDT with 177 Recommends
Three years ago the Senate Republicans were poised to vote on Trump’s $trillion tax cut giveaway to billionaires and large corporations.  The final vote they needed to pass the measure was that of Susan Collins, who was considering a last-minute...
by DowneastDem
Comment Count 16 comments on Fri Oct 30, 2020 at 10:16 AM PDT with 9 Recommends
Two weeks ago a mob of Nazis stormed the Reichstag in Berlin after one of the leaders announced that “Trump has landed in Berlin!”.  That was the signal they had been waiting for; only the brave intervention of three police officers prevented them...
by DowneastDem
Comment Count 28 comments on Tue Sep 08, 2020 at 07:14 AM PDT with 19 Recommends
Tens of thousands ‘Corona-Truthers’ descended on Berlin today to protest the  measures  implemented by Angela Merkel and her government to prevent the coronavirus spread.  What is ironic is that the preventative measures have been...
by DowneastDem
Comment Count 58 comments on Sat Aug 29, 2020 at 03:06 PM PDT with 109 Recommends
The New York Times has an excellent article explaining why white evangelicals overwhelmingly support Trump.  The gist of the piece is that these folks are willing to overlook Trump’s obvious character deficiencies because he promised that...
by DowneastDem
Comment Count 19 comments on Sun Aug 09, 2020 at 01:31 PM PDT with 15 Recommends

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