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Süddeutsche Zeitung on the American press
An article in the April 4 Süddeutsche Zeitung (byline Michaela Haas) talks about how the American press has reported on Donald Trump. It is truly damning. Here are a few choice excerpts. When Trump said he would pull out of NATO if elected president,...
by mcornelison 159 comments 462 Recs
Axios profiles how Hakeem Jeffries has emerged as Congress' "Shadow Speaker"
A new Axios article details something that I’ve been thinking about for some time now: what a crazy excellent job Hakeem Jeffries has been doing as the House minority leader. In fact, Axios points out how Jeffries has emerged as Congress’ Shadow...
by davidkc 26 comments 130 Recs
Voyager 1 calls home!
JPL announced today that engineering data was successfully received from the Voyager 1 spacecraft on Saturday April 20, the first time since Nov 2023. A new set of commands were sent on Thursday to relocate some code around a failed memory chip in the...
by AKALib 215 comments 706 Recs
Glacial melting may drive ocean circulation over W Antarctica's continental shelf, decaying the ice.
The damage to West Antarctica occurs under the massive glacial ice platforms from the warming of the Southern Ocean's Circumpolar Deepwater (CDW) spilling onto the continental shelf via seabed troughs has been documented in recent years. Troughs differ...
by Pakalolo 15 comments 116 Recs
Hillary Clinton says something true and the GOP freaks out
Reposted from my Substack If you haven’t noticed, Hillary Clinton still exists. She still has thoughts. She even has opinions. She even speaks. Apparently, that really freaks the right wing out. This week they claim that she said this: 'What Trump...
by Frank Vyan Walton 127 comments 398 Recs
Why Homelessness Stalks America Like the Grim Reaper
Back in 1967, a friend of mine and I hitchhiked from East Lansing, Michigan to San Francisco to spend the summer in Haight-Ashbury. One ride dropped us off in Sparks, Nevada, and within minutes of putting our thumbs out a city police car stopped and...
by thomhartmann 16 comments 48 Recs
Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday
Let’s Check the Ukraine Relief Tote Board It’s been a few weeks since we checked in on the Daily Kos relief fund for Ukraine. As of this morning, you’ve generously donated a whopping… $3,743,637.35 Nice! As our government finally approves crucial...
by Bill in Portland Maine 175 comments 166 Recs
Hope Hicks will Testify: She Talked w/ prosecutors for hours, and was in on Negotiations w/ Daniels
She also defied a subpoena….. But first, Trump’s apparent defense strategy: …….Trump could go scorched earth. He could deny that he ever had sex with Daniels, argue he paid her off because she was extorting him, maintain there’s nothing wrong with the...
by AlyoshaKaramazov 4 comments 23 Recs
Cartoon: Biden Stuffed Ballot Boxes in Boise!
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by Barry Deutsch 6 comments 49 Recs
Ukraine Invasion Day 790: combat continues, spies arrested
The authorities in Poland and Germany have arrested at least five of their citizens and accused them of spying for Russia or of offering to help Moscow commit violence on European soil, including a “possible attack” on the president of Ukraine,...
by annieli 43 comments 167 Recs
CRYBABY TRUMP is Miffed that His MAGA Cult Isn't Storming the Courts to Protest His 'Persecution'
On the first day of testimony in Donald Trump's election interference (aka "hush money") trial in New York, the defendant sat ruefully contemplating his fate. When he wasn't nodding off, he is reported to have appeared tired and annoyed as the opening...
by News Corpse 252 comments 467 Recs
Will it finally end here? Supreme Court tells Kari Lake and Mark Finchem to pound sand
For more than two years Arizonans have had to put up with the constant legal challenges to the 2022 election brought by Republicans Kari Lake and Mark Finchem. In a year that saw all of the state-level Trump endorsed candidates in Arizona go down, Lake...
by Mother Mags 88 comments 580 Recs

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Montana Democrats call on Sheehy to release hospital report he says he lied about
The strange story of Republican Tim Sheehy’s bullet wound just keeps getting stranger. Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL who is seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in Montana, recently claimed ...
by David Nir 1 comments 4 Recs
$415,000 raised for Democrats up & down the ballot. $3.6 million to go. Let's do this.
Over the past 3 election cycles, I’ve raised over $7.6 MILLION for HUNDREDS of Democratic candidates at the federal, statewide and state legislative levels. For statewide races, I list every GOP state, no matter how deep red, because I trust people to...
by Brainwrap 1 comments 4 Recs
Hope Hicks will Testify: She Talked w/ prosecutors for hours, and was in on Negotiations w/ Daniels
She also defied a subpoena….. But first, Trump’s apparent defense strategy: …….Trump could go scorched earth. He could deny that he ever had sex with Daniels, argue he paid her off because she was extorting him, maintain there’s nothing wrong with the...
by AlyoshaKaramazov 4 comments 23 Recs
How Hot is It?
At the outset let me let my critics know. this will be a whole lotta links and little writing. Why? It should be abundantly clear and obvious to all of us that we are in extinction. Biden needs crossover votes — he is not going to make declarative...
by Dooey 11 comments 7 Recs
Nevada, Postcards to New Voters & Hope Springs from Field Website
Hope Springs from Field PAC finally has a website. After pestering from some very serious, and knowledgeable contributors, and the kind folks at Cooperative Digital (who patiently worked through our limitations), you can find the first iteration at the...
by snowbored 4 comments 14 Recs
The Underlying Unlawful Campaign Violation
What is the underlying crime that makes 34 misdemeanors into felonies? Over the limit campaign contributions Causing Cohen to lie to his bank or to the IRS Colluding with tabloid friend to influence the election Campaign coordination with corporations...
by CorpFlunky 4 comments 5 Recs
Why Homelessness Stalks America Like the Grim Reaper
Back in 1967, a friend of mine and I hitchhiked from East Lansing, Michigan to San Francisco to spend the summer in Haight-Ashbury. One ride dropped us off in Sparks, Nevada, and within minutes of putting our thumbs out a city police car stopped and...
by thomhartmann 16 comments 48 Recs
Celebrate Bleach Injection Day with the "Most Eligible Batchelor"
In courtroom 1530 at 100 Centre Street, the Trump criminaI trial hearing on alleged gag order vioIations, with the DA Alvin Bragg and his trial team present. Pecker’s in the afternoon. Trump posted this after the hearing: Want to know how badly the gag...
by annieli 6 comments 16 Recs
Cartoon: Biden Stuffed Ballot Boxes in Boise!
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by Barry Deutsch 6 comments 49 Recs
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 8am PT / 11am ET
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy � is � Now Open! � 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our � especially special Daily Special; � Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays! Starting off in the Bistro ...
by justiceputnam 1 comments 0 Recs
Tomgram: Bob Dreyfuss, Going to Hell in a Handbasket in Iran
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. What is it about Iranian generals when it comes to the U.S. and Israel? While president, Donald Trump (who once implicitly...
by TomDispatch 2 comments 7 Recs
How the Issue of Abortion Fits into the Overall Battle of Democracy vs Fascism (15-Minute VIDEO)
dsjlsd You can find the collection of my videos here. I livestream every Monday and Thursday starting at 11 AM Eastern time. You’re invited to subscribe to my Livestream here. A large body of my written works — including free access to the complete pdf...
by AndySchmookler 2 comments 1 Recs
New Day Cafe: Tuesday Treasures From Around the Whirled
Good morning Newdists.� As I’m writing this, I am STILL having issues with the Image Library, so please forgive the lack of newer photos.� But I found some cool things to share, so grab a cuppa ...
by The Marti 201 comments 22 Recs
The Daily Bucket: Spring comes slowly but surely in the PNW.
Bellingham WA Pacific Northwest After an�unseasonably warm spell in early�January�many plants “thought”�spring was just around the corner and decided to start budding.�Boy were they ...
by RonK 32 comments 27 Recs
Axios profiles how Hakeem Jeffries has emerged as Congress' "Shadow Speaker"
A new Axios article details something that I’ve been thinking about for some time now: what a crazy excellent job Hakeem Jeffries has been doing as the House minority leader. In fact, Axios points out how Jeffries has emerged as Congress’ Shadow...
by davidkc 26 comments 130 Recs
Dirty Don
Listening to the reporting on Trump’s Catch-and-Kill Election Interference trial, I was reminded of a poem by Shel Silverstein, “The Dirtiest Man in the World.” When Donald started to complain about the courtroom temperature, it was too much to resist....
by ruscle 5 comments 12 Recs
Indians 101: American Indians and the English 300 years ago, 1724
By 1724 the English colonies were firmly established along the Atlantic coast and the interactions between the English and the many tribes of the region had significantly modified the Indian cultures.
by Ojibwa 3 comments 13 Recs
Cartoon: Day 5 - Trump Trial Tongue Twisters
Last Friday, the parsimonious editor of The Daily Brooklyn Bugler insisted that I hang around New York to continue my coverage of Trump’s Hush Money/Financial Crimes Trial. The Bugler put me up ...
by EdFlynn 3 comments 18 Recs
What Biden Should Say About Trump's Request for Absolute Immunity: A fictional Amicus Brief
Amicus Brief from President Joseph R. “Joe” Biden, regarding The United States versus Donald J. Trump, specifically regarding the defendant's request to have charges against him, that he undertook a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020...
by John Shaw 5 comments 8 Recs
Uncomfortable Truths and the Lessons They Hold
This past week, we have once again, witnessed “bad acting.” It is a broken record. Mediocre acting, bad role reprisals, weak dramatic presentation and an inability to take direction or listen to others is NOT the hallmark of a star or a leader. I just...
by Ben Kalom 23 comments 12 Recs

	Lt. Gov. candidate E.W. Jackson (R-VA), admitting to a past bankruptcy and unpaid taxes in Massachusetts and Virginia
6%	2 votes
	Former Michigan Supreme Court judge Diane Hathaway, sentenced to one year in jail for bank fraud
3%	1 votes
	Taylor Chapman, whose YouTube video – ranting to a Florida Dunkin Donuts employee that she’s owed a free meal since another employee failed to give her a receipt – backfired over her use of racial slurs, and she was forced to pull her own video
12%	4 votes
	Federal judge Edith Jones, whose public comments - improperly discussing pending cases and making derogatory remarks about minorities and the mentally retarded - have resulted in a public inquiry that Chief Justice John Roberts ordered a review of
9%	3 votes
	Vladimir Putin’s government, passing a law against ‘gay propaganda’, fueled by state-controlled media and the Russian Orthodox church
3%	1 votes
	Facebook chairman Mark Zuckerberg, facing angry questions from investors about the company’s share price being 40% below the May 2012 initial offering price
0%	0 votes
	Rupert Murdoch, whose filing for divorce from his third wife is threatening to become a tabloid scandal for some time
0%	0 votes
	Racist commenters on Twitter, upset that an eleven year-old boy (Sebastien de la Cruz) sang the national anthem – wearing a mariachi outfit - before an NBA final match ….. and even more upset ….. when he was asked back (after the racial slurs)
33%	11 votes
	State rep (and minority leader) Ken Fredette (R-ME), invoking gender-stereotypes in explaining how he is struggling to reconcile his rational male consideration of costs with Democrats’ apparently female desire for 'free things'
6%	2 votes
	Turkish prime minister Erdogan, ordering riot police to use water cannons and tear gas on protesters involved in anti-government demonstrations against his policies
12%	4 votes
	American xenophobes, upset at what Pat Buchanan calls ‘America’s demographic winter’ – the news that among white Americans, births were outpaced by deaths
0%	0 votes
	Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, whose request for a pardon from his 25-year sentence (for abuse of power) has been rejected
3%	1 votes
	Ninety year-old Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX), who attended a reception on Capitol Hill by mistake ...... as the DOMA supporter enjoyed an LGBT Pride event for a few minutes
3%	1 votes
	Tanner Flake, the fifteen year-old son of Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), whose Twitter feed was publicly revealed to have numerous racial, homophobic and ethnic slurs
3%	1 votes
	Multiple choices - other choices (please specify whom in a comment)
6%	2 votes

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