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I use Wikipedia, most of us do, and its utility and reliability is in a way akin to that of DKos… variable. And moreover it is also a quasi democratic entity and is as good or not so good as the writers/editors for each article/entry. But WTF, the...
by IreGyre
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Welcome, kibitzers, to the middle of the palindromic week.
Today was supposedly the day the Trojan Horse was left by the Greeks as a “peace offering. Dunno how they could figure out the day when ...
by jck
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Introduction Even before the ink was dry, people started arguing about what the Constitution meant. But having just thrown off the yoke of monarchy — and fought for political representation — few early Americans would have argued that the document...
by TheCriticalMind
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If you would like to re-edit, look for the little sketch of a slanted pencil and the word EDIT: that’s the button for the author to reach the “draft layer/”draft-view of her/his/their published diary. As boxed in red below, that button is usually in...
by mettle fatigue
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Arizona AG Kris Mayes announces the State Grand Jury has returned indictments in the state's 2020 fake electors scheme. Of Kelli Ward, the filing states she "was the chair of the Arizona Republican party." "She organized the fake electors' vote on...
by annieli
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WELCOME TO THE SHADE YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS AND EVEN MORE CATS THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CATS EVERY PERSON WHO COMMENTS WILL GET A CAT RULES IN THE DIARY WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING in the DIARY that you...
by Nanny Ogg
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On days, when the never-ending news cycle wears us down, on days when the constant threat to our Democracy from the MAGA crowd depresses us, on days when political pundits tell us that trump is ahead in the polls, let’s draw inspiration from these...
by AKALib
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Latest news out of Arizona: Arizona state House passes a bill to repeal 1864 abortion ban The issue now moves to the state Senate, which is also expected to vote to repeal the near-total ban the Arizona Supreme Court upheld earlier this month. After...
by commander ogg
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In a White House statement, President Biden remembers the Armenian Genocide, honors those who suffered, and renews America’s pledge never to forget. The United States promises to stand up against hate, advocate for human rights, and ensure everyone can...
by tony a
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Let’s not get too excited because the legislation still has to work its way through the Arizona Senate, but last week a couple Republican Senators did crossover to allow the bill to be heard there, so there’s that. But the good news today is that on...
by Mother Mags
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In an ominous sign of yet another humanitarian crisis, Israel has begun to construct tents to house well over one million Palestinian civilians to be marched from Rafah to sites in Khan Younis so that Israel can root out Hamas in Rafah. Of course,...
by Pakalolo
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The NFL Draft begins in downtown Detroit tomorrow. The damage to the Rosa Parks Transit Center, not far from the NFL Draft stage, won’t be repaired by then. But after months of inaction, something was done today. Late July of last year, I noticed that...
by Alonso del Arte
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I just want to say thank you from Ukraine to every US citizen and every friend of Ukraine all over the world who took action and made this critically needed military assistance package possible. Thank you for every call and email to your congressman,...
by KyivGuy
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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump attorney Todd Blanche had a disastrous show...
by justiceputnam
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Hey, when she’s right, she’s right. GET OUT THE VOTE � BIG TIME! HERE ARE THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO DO THAT! Hope Springs ...
by Yosef 52
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I've followed the general outlines of artificial abiogenesis experiments for decades now, but I did not see this coming. (And my apologies to any actual biologists who knew about this line of reseach ages ago and find this old news.) First some...
by JMcDonald
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Some of us remember the killings at Jackson State and Kent State in 1970. We now remember that GOP calls for National Guard intervention on campuses is the variable that Trump manipulated to allow J6 to succeed. Fascist cosplay now increases because...
by annieli
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So, now what? We have 6-8 more weeks of Trumps 1st trial. Then we have 50 more? Okay, maybe not 50. But Trump wasn't the only problem. What about Majorie Taylor Green? What about Matt Gates? What about Lindsy Graham? Mike Johnson, Kari Lake, Ted Cruz,...
by phcarb
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What will it take to end the nuclear nightmare that has gripped the world since the atomic bombings of 1945? For a time, that nightmare seemed to have abated for, in response to massive popular resistance to the prospect of nuclear war, governments...
by Lawrence S Wittner
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Helping Humpday is the Wednesday Street Prophets Coffee Hour. It was created for us by bfitzinAR and was taken over by Dixiecollie, who also left suddenly. Now it’s njm5000 who keeps the list of Kossacks in need. Helping Humpday is still here, the...
by Aashirs nani
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